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Information on Gaeltacht Summer Irish College course dates and fees are made available here on our website from September. Bookings for summer courses usually begin to arrive as soon as dates and forms are available in September and continue until April and sometimes May (depending on availability). We advise parents and students to apply as early as they can as trends vary from year to year (certain dates can fill very quickly one year whilst others are more popular the next year). Students who want to attend with friends are urged to apply early and at the same time.
Only one booking for one child on one course is permitted per form / transaction. Consideration will be given to making this a feature on the website for future years.
The main difference is those who stay on campus have the convenience of having everything on site i.e. accommodation, meals, classes, activities etc. Otherwise all students participate in the full 2 week programme of classes and recreational activities, including evenings and weekends.
The on-campus accommodation is based on separate dormitories on separate floors – one for male students and one for female students. The dormitories are further divided into smaller sections consisting of beds with a locker and wardrobe.
Students are supervised throughout their time at Coláiste na Rinne. During the day and throughout evening activities students are supervised by teachers and young adult supervisors. Overnight the Coláiste has Tuismitheoirí Tí (House Parents) who overnight in the students’ dormitory area. There are also nurses on-call during the summer months to attend to the medical needs of students should they arise.
We expect all students to make an honest effort to use Irish throughout their stay in Coláiste na Rinne. We encourage and reward sincere efforts and improvements and monitor closely students who repeatedly use English. The parents of students who do not make an honest effort after a number of interventions by Coláiste staff are asked to take their child home as they disrupt the learning opportunities for others, this happens only when other efforts have been exhausted.
The Coláiste offers an extensive range of team games, individual sports and recreational activities including football, hurling, rounders, basketball, volleyball, pitch & putt, handball, tennis, table tennis, chess, draughts, swimming at designated beaches, céilithe etc. Informal games and recreation, such as treasure hunts, walks, competitions, etc., are organised on a weekly basis.
When applying students are asked to indicate whether they will be / are pursuing honours or pass level of Irish in school. Coláiste na Rinne streams classes according to this information and according to age groups.
Some students register with a friend from school or from home whilst many come on their own and make lots of new friends during their time at the Coláiste. We also aim to accommodate students who register to attend on their own with other students who have registered on their own.
We keep a formal waiting list once places on the course have been filled. In many cases those on the waiting list are offered a place, though we can’t guarantee this. Parents on the waiting list do complete the application form and also pay the deposit and are offered a place as cancellations are received.
Parents / guardians can also email to withdraw from the waiting list and receive a full refund at any point. Parents do cancel their children’s places over the coming months for a wide variety of reasons, so places do become available on an ongoing basis, right up until the weeks before courses start.
No, as the course is relatively short the Coláiste staff schedule lots of weekend activities to entertain students and also to continue the learning process.
The Coláiste makes exceptions on a case by case basis and is always happy to facilitate important occasions.
Students’ days are filled with ranganna | classes, sporting activities, recreation and their evening is rounded off with a Céilí. There is really no time for boredom!
