Jane Ní­ Luasa is a native Irish speaker from the renowned beauty spot of Gougane Barra in the Múscraí­ Gaeltacht where her family owns and runs Gougane Barra Hotel. Jane completed a Bachelor of Education at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick in 2018. She was an active member and chairperson of the college’s Cumann Gaelach. As…

Ms Alene O Malley graduated from Mary Immaculate College (MIC) with an honours Bachelor of Education degree and subsequently a First Class honours Masters Degree in Educational Leadership and Management. During her time in MIC, she was chairperson of the Cumann Gaelach and is a past pupil of Coláiste Cnoc na Labhras in Limerick. She…

Ms Yvonne De Faoite attained her primary teaching degree from Froebel College of Education in 2008. In 2012, she spent a year in Perth, Australia where she gained valuable international teaching experience.Recently she completed a Masters in Irish Immersion Education from Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Prior to this, she completed a Diploma in Educational Leadership…

Dr Seaghan Mac an tSionnaigh graduated from Mary Immaculate College with a first class honours degree in the Liberal Arts. He went on to write his Master’s thesis on Irish lexicography which was published by Coisceim under the title Focail agus Focloireacht T. O’Neill Lane (2013). He co-founded Meanmanra, a psychology and philosophy conference with…

Ms Vicky Brady graduated from Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick in 2010 with a B.A. in Irish and English. She completed a Masters in Irish in 2011 and is currently a PhD candidate and tutor at Mary Immaculate College. She will be a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at Villanova University, Philadelphia.

Ms Anna Ni Choirbin completed a B.A. in Modern Irish and English in the National University of Ireland Galway in 2008 and completed a Dioploma Iarcheime san Oideachas and an M.A. at University of Ireland Galway in 2010. She has been a secondary school teacher for the past 6 years and will be a Fulbright…