Category Archives: Schools and Youth Services

An Bhfaca Tú An Nuacht ar Maidin (A Gairmscoil Chú Uladh Transition Year Project)?

Seo tionscnamh atá idir lámh ag an Idirbhliain. Craoltar é gach maidin Dé hAoine i nGairmscoil Chú Uladh; ach téann sé amach fósta tráthnóna Dé Luain ar shuíomh Facebook agus Twitter an Bhoird Oideachais agus Oiliúna (ETB). Is tionscnamh é a d’fhorbhair an múinteoir Eoghan Ó Dochartaigh i nGairmscoil Chú Uladh. Is é príomhchuspóir na […]

Official Opening of New Buncrana Youthreach Centre

Donegal ETB Chairperson Cllr Rena Donaghey officially opened the new Buncrana Youthreach Centre on Thursday 23 November 2017.  Youthreach is part of Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service and provides a wide range of education, training and work experience opportunities for young people in a wide variety of subject areas including art, catering, […]

Seomra Léitheoireachta Nua Oscailte i nGairmscoil Chú Uladh

Bhí oscailt oifigiúil Seomra Léitheoireachta Ghairmscoil Chú Uladh sa scoil Dé hAoine seo caite. Bhí lá ghalánta ag gach duine agus buíochas ó chroí leis na h-aíonna speisialta a bhí ann ar an lá – file agus scríbhneoir Denise Blake, staraí Noel Ó Gallachóir, ealaíontóir Stephen Bennett agus stiúrthóir na scoileanna leis an mBord Oideachais […]

Donegal ETB School Open Nights in November

  We’ve a number of open nights taking place in our schools in the next two weeks: – Finn Valley College: Monday 20 November, 6.30-8.30pm – Gairmscoil Chú Uladh: Tuesday the 21st November at 7.00pm – Coláiste Chineál Eoghain: Thursday 23 November, 7.00-9.00pm – Coláiste Ailigh, Letterkenny: Wednesday 29 November at 7.00pm – Crana College: Thursday 30 […]

New Youthreach Coordinator Appointed to Donegal ETB’s Gortahork Youthreach Centre

Donegal ETB has appointed a new Coordinator to its Gortahork Youthreach Centre. Caitriona Cullen has been appointed following the former Coordinator’s move to a new post. Gortahork Youthreach is based in Donegal ETB’s Gortahork Adult Education and Training Centre. Caitriona has been working as the Acting Coordinator of the Leixlip Youthreach centre on a number […]

Gortahork Wins Youthreach Masterchef Final 2017

Congratulations to Gortahork Youthreach who won the annual Youthreach Masterchef Final 2017 on 24 October. The winning dishes made by Team Gortahork (Cameron Mc Quillan and Sean Mc Causland, pictured left and right) were Beef Wellington with red wine jus served with roasted potatoes and roasted veg followed by sticky toffee pudding and salted whiskey […]

Leading International Maths Professor to visit Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada

Ahead of Maths Week next week, Professor Colm Mulcahy, who is based in the United States will be visiting our Arranmore Island school, Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada tomorrow to facilitate maths workshops with students and maths teachers. He specialises in recreational/fun maths for students. A native of Ireland, Professor Mulcahy is professor of mathematics at Spelman College, in Atlanta, where […]

Music Service Students Invited to Audition for Major Concert

Congratulations to four of our music service students, Donegal Music Education Partnership, including the service manager (and well-known traditional musician) Martin McGinley, who have been invited to audition for a major classical music concert after earning distinctions in their examinations with the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM). They’ve been asked to send video recordings […]

German Visit to Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada, Arranmore Island

During the week of 18-22 September staff and students from the Hannah Arendt Gymnasium School, Barsinghausen (near Hanover), Germany visited Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada, Arranmore Island and took part in activities organised by the school. The visiting students, aged 15 -17 years, attended class in the school and also participated in a range of activities and workshops […]

St Catherine’s Vocational School Student Invited to Participate in Junior Science Olympiad

St. Catherine’s Vocational School Transition Year student Erin Gallagher was recently selected to attend the Irish Junior Science Olympiad being held in Dublin City University on 21 October. The Irish Junior Science Olympiad (IrJSO) is a science competition for students who are under sixteen on December 31st of the year of the competition. Finalists qualify through the […]