by admin | Apr 8, 2013 | 5th/6th, History, Video
This video explains a little about the personalities involved in the 1916 Rising, as well as the results of the Rising. It contains some actual video footage from the time…. RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Mar 29, 2013 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, History, Maths, Powerpoint
This Powerpoint presentation shows a selection of images from the pages of a 4th Class Maths Book from 1940’s Ireland. It shows examples of old money (pounds, shillings and pence), old measures of length (miles, perches, furlongs), old measures of capacity...
by admin | Mar 17, 2013 | Apps, Teaching News, Technology
The Irish in Stories is a new interactive iBook just released in the last couple of days. It is a 60 page book for the iPad which opens in the iBooks application. It aims to bring to readers the rich and varied history and mythology of ancient Ireland. It is full of...
by admin | Mar 17, 2013 | Apps
The Book of Kells is one of the world’s most famous illustrated manuscripts and the most elaborate manuscript of its kind to survive from the early Middle Ages. A copy of the four gospels, it was written by Irish monks in the 9th Century on calf-skin,...
by admin | Mar 16, 2013 | Apps, Technology
To mark Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union and to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, a new free app/ebook has just been released called A History of Ireland in 100 Objects. The development of this app/ebook has been a collaboration...