IS IRISH REQUIRED FOR TCD????

brownlad

i know i should look @ the prospectus...but i haven't got one and the online one is a tad confusing... i would like to know if Irish is a requirement to get admitted to tcd ... im in sixth year doing french English lcvp maths biology physics and business... and i was also born in Germany.....would i need to send in like a birth cert in advance or something?? thanks in advance :D

http://www.tcd.ie/Admissions/undergraduate/assets/pdfs/admission_requirements_summary_2011.pdf

With regards to leaving certificate:

To be considered for admission to the University you must:
Present six subjects, three of which must be at grade C or
above on higher Leaving Certificate papers or at least grade
C in the University matriculation examination

The six subjects above must include:
A pass in English
A pass in mathematics (or foundation-level mathematics)
and a pass in a language other than English
OR
A pass in Latin and a pass in a subject other than a
language

Unless your course specifies that Irish is needed (which would only be a few courses where Irish is relevant), you just need a pass in English and Maths.
If English isn't your first language you have to provide proof that you're fluent.
It should all be in the booklet above. I know you said you looked at the online prospectus but I wasn't sure if you meant this booklet or not.

Gae

true-or-false wrote: »

Unless your course specifies that Irish is needed (which would only be a few courses where Irish is relevant), you just need a pass in English and Maths

As long as you also have another language like French or German or something...

You don't need Irish if you have a foreign language. Conversely, you don't need a foreign language other than English as long as you have Irish. One way or another, you need a language other than English.

goingnowhere

Wrong!

You do not need Irish for any courses in TCD unless that course specially requires it, e.g Early Irish

Irish is considered a 'foreign' language for the purposes of entrance matriculation at TCD.

So
Irish + English + Maths => Entry
German + English + Maths => Entry
Latin + anything other than a language => Entry

You can FAIL Irish at leaving certificate level and still get into TCD providing you have sufficient CAO points.

In the NUI universities you must past Irish to enter, but if you don't sit Irish at leaving certificate as you are not required due to the fact you are not under the mandatory Irish requirement you can get in as well.

IvyTheTerrible

angela1711 wrote: »

Irish is necessary unless you have an exemption

Not true for Trinity.

Gae

angela1711 wrote: »

Irish is necessary unless you have an exemption

It is necessary to take it as a subject in school unless you have an exemption, but you do not have to pass the exam (or even sit it) if the college you are applying to doesn't require it. In Trinity it is not required.

andrew

Irish is a foreign language in Trinity you see, unlike other colleges which require you to have an actual foreign language in addition to Irish.

part of me actually believes that this is true

sdiff

andrew wrote: »

Irish is a foreign language in Trinity you see, unlike other colleges which require you to have an actual foreign language in addition to Irish.

part of me actually believes that this is true

What do you mean by the last bit? I thought that was the case

andrew

sdiff wrote: »

What do you mean by the last bit? I thought that was the case

I meant foreign in the sense of Alien, in a reference to Trinity's protestant, British heritage.