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 | Teaching News, Website
The National Sea Life Centre is located on the sea front in Bray, Co. Wicklow. Sometimes described as an “aquatic zoo”, it is home to over 1,000 creatures including Black Tip Reef Sharks, Octopus, Seahorses, Stingrays and Red-Bellied Piranha. It is a...
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...
by admin | Mar 8, 2013 | Teaching News
Living the Eviction is a new series commencing this Monday March 11th on RTÉ 1. Ronan Mac Aodha Bhui presents the programme as two families spend three days living as their ancestors would have done in the late 19th century during an impoverished time, retelling the...
