Ms Mitchell's Fourth Class

Third and Fourth class recently explored the history of schooling in Ireland from early times to the twentieth century. We really enjoyed learning about all the different types of schools and seeing how different they were to our school today. We looked at education throughout different time periods; Pre-Christian and Christian Times Early Irish Monastic Schools Hedge School – 17 th  & 18 th  Century National Schools in the 19th Century We explored in detail School 100 Years Ago. Here is a summary of all we learned, through examining photographs, memoirs, artifacts, roll-books and school reports: Life in Irish Schools was very different 100 years ago. There were no computers, CD players, gel pens or markers. Many schools were small; often they had only one room. There was no running water and the heat came from a fireplace behind the teacher’s desk. Taking care of the schoolhouse was everyone’s job. Families took turns sending wood to the school for heating. Windows were usually hi

It was wonderful to have the opportunity to hear An Taoiseach talk about his childhood growing up, what inspired him, where he found his voice, why he chose a career in politics and what drives him today. Here are just some of the facts we learned about Mícheál Martin: He was born on 1st August 1960. He has been the Taoiseach of Ireland since 27 June 2020 and leader of Fianna Fáil since 2011.  He was born in Cork and and has a twin brother called Pádraig. He was the first to ban tobacco smoking in all Irish workplaces and Ireland became the first country to do so.  He attended University College Cork to study Bachelor in Arts and completed his Masters in Political Science. He worked as a teacher for one year. Growing up he admired Jack Lynch and loved playing football and soccer. Dr Fidelma Healy Eames asked An Taoiseach to describe what it was like to be a Politician, a Minister and An Taoiseach: A Politician is someone who