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In Secondary schools, pupils focused on dramatised workshops on a new text on the Irish A’ level curriculum, Breithiúnas. Janet Muller said, ‘This is the first time that this complex drama has been on the A level syllabus. Teachers are less familiar with it and we decided to work with artists and actors to help pupils get a sense of the themes of the play, whilst also enjoying high level readings and input from Irish language artists.’ These workshops, run by Séamas Mac Annaidh, featured professional actors Mary Ryan and agus Dónall Mac Giolla Chóill. St Dominic’s High School Irish teacher Andrea Higgins said of the project, ‘A2 Irish language literature is a great challenge for pupils and, unfortunately, resources in this area are lacking. I think that POBAL’s project is extremely important and i am grateful to them for catering to these needs. These workshops create opportunities for us to discuss the themes and plots with a professional writer and i am sure that the students benefited enormously from the use of professional actors in the workshops.’
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