Leaving Certificate

On this episode of Pints of Malt, we discuss our experiences with the Irish junior and leaving cert exams. We also discuss Chinua Achebe’s “Things fall apart” being translated as Gaeilge. We hope you enjoy it! #PintsOfMalt Make sure to…

A stranger, a teacher, an entity from some mysterious Irish town you’ve never heard of. You’ve most likely become comfortable with them by the end of the exams; purely due to the ‘mere-exposure effect’, a theory which suggests that we feel…

Most of us can recall the personal essay from our Leaving Cert English papers: that chance to write about our own lives and reflect on the world in all our eighteen year old wisdom.  Who doesn't love a bit of self-indulgence? Though long…

“Mharaigh mé mo leanbh de bhrí gur cailín í. Fásann gach cailín suas ina bean. Ach tá m’iníon saor. Ta sí saor. Ní bheigh sí ina hóinsín bhog ghéilliúil ag aon fhear. Tá sí saor” “I murdered my daughter because she is a girl. Every girl…

When my sister asked me to help her with her Leaving Cert. English revision (not so much asked as relented to my pleas) I realised that enough time has passed since I sat mine to appreciate the literature offered on the syllabus. This…