Mr Jamie Mc Garrigle completed a B.A. in Modern Irish and Music at UCD. Having been awarded a scholarship, he then graduated from the postgraduate studies programme in Irish Writing and Communications there. He is currently completing a Professional Masters in Education through Irish and undertaking research on ‘The Use and Effects of Music in Language Acquisition‘ at NUI Galway, and has been working as a secondary school teacher of Irish and Music as part of this course. As a Fulbright FLTA, he will teach the Irish language and take courses at Davidson College.