*** Leaving Cert Higher Irish 2014 - Before and after discussion

Mundy07

Thank you what does it mean exactly?

spurious

Sorry, I just thought that might help too and was coming back to edit it. It means 'Love conceals imperfections and defects' - or roughly that.
Searc is a kind of literary word for love.

Mundy07

You're a legend. Thanks a million

FatRat

Does anyone know where I can find a summary of a thig na tit orm in ENGLISH. I'm fine for the Irish but I don't know the story and I don't want to read the whole book.

aleatorio

Realistically speaking, would writing 600-700 words in good irish be enough? I know they say it is, but would it really? :pac:

aleatorio

Can anyone tell me what this means in english?
is fearr an diabhal abhus ná an diabhal anall.

jellytots95

FatRat wrote: »

Does anyone know where I can find a summary of a thig na tit orm in ENGLISH. I'm fine for the Irish but I don't know the story and I don't want to read the whole book.

Just google 'house dont fall on me' and a google book version comes up

iamthestig

Any ideas for an "An Triail" question?

jellytots95

jellytots95 wrote: »

Just google 'house dont fall on me' and a google book version comes up

Oh wait thats not a summary its all of it sorry

FatRat

aleatorio wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what this means in english?
is fearr an diabhal abhus ná an diabhal anall.

Better to keep enemies close than far away.. I think. Thanks for the thig na tit orm - to the above poster^

EoghanIRL

Our teacher said if you are looking for an a1 then try and write 4 pages . For essay this is
How much are ye being told to write ?

2014lchelp

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Our teacher said if you are looking for an a1 then try and write 4 pages . For essay this is
How much are ye being told to write ?

FOUR?????? our teacher said 2 - 2.5 max

chatterboxxx95

aleatorio wrote: »

Realistically speaking, would writing 600-700 words in good irish be enough? I know they say it is, but would it really? :pac:

My irish teacher said to us 600 words is plenty, regards Aiste anyway. Anymore and if you're not repeating yourself or going off topic , the more you write, the more likely you are to make silly grammar mistakes. I wrote 2 pages and 3/4 in my mocks and got an A2 and apparently our mocks were marked "fairly".

eva_123

Has anyone got a good essay on the Irish language.. I had an A1 one but lost it and I'm so worried its going to come up now, please please please it'd be so appreciated!

Fiske

My Irish teacher is amazing and she said that the 600 words or whatever they ask you to write is fine. I know that writing less than what they ask can potentially bring you down a lot, but writing more can also do more harm than good since they care much more about accuracy in your Irish than the actual content of the essay, and writing more just gives you more opportunity to make mistakes.

On another note, if anyone has an essay on Daoine Óga they'd be willing to share, I will love them forever. I have nothing at all on it due to missing a lot of school this year and now I'm really worried about it coming up.

aleatorio

2014lchelp wrote: »

FOUR?????? our teacher said 2 - 2.5 max

I was told 4 too, but I aint doing that :pac:

chatterboxxx95 wrote: »

My irish teacher said to us 600 words is plenty, regards Aiste anyway. Anymore and if you're not repeating yourself or going off topic , the more you write, the more likely you are to make silly grammar mistakes. I wrote 2 pages and 3/4 in my mocks and got an A2 and apparently our mocks were marked "fairly".

Awh thats such a relief I feel like if I can take forever to plan and write out phrases and stuff and get my thoughts in order, and take my time writing, it'll be much better than a rushed 4 page essay :pac:

EoghanIRL

2014lchelp wrote: »

FOUR?????? our teacher said 2 - 2.5 max

They aren't that nice though If you are looking for an A1.
I do understand that you make more inaccuracies the more you write . But my intro and closing would take an a4 page in itself . I have so much irish learned off anyways . I might as well use it , seeing as I will never have anything to do with Irish ever again once I'm finished .

cferry3

I wrote just over 2pages for my mocks and got 84/100 so u don't need anything like 4!!

Chonaic17

EoghanIRL wrote: »

They aren't that nice though If you are looking for an A1.
I do understand that you make more inaccuracies the more you write . But my intro and closing would take an a4 page in itself . I have so much irish learned off anyways . I might as well use it , seeing as I will never have anything to do with Irish ever again once I'm finished .

I agree with you. Yeah, of course it's possible to get an A1 with a smaller essay (~600 words), but you do leave a bit up to chance, and if you have good Irish then a few mistakes spread out over a lot of good work looks a lot better than a smaller amount of mistakes but with less written in between. My mocks story was 14 A4 pages long and got 100/100, now obviously that's a bit extreme, but you shouldn't limit yourself to 2-3 pages, you have all that time, and if you can think of a plan, you may as well use it.

CloCloBrowne

JD244 wrote: »

Our teachers saying Dís and Colscaradh, I think. I clearly need more Gaeilge prep. She's new to the job and hoping their going to cycle through the syllabus. Essay's focused mainly on the culú and a good few topics linked in to it so emigration, politics, lives of young people today, education, even sport.

I have a feeling the prós will be cáca milis/an coilear lasa (always a choice between them two) if its cáca milis then I think the fillíocht will be colscaradh, however if dís comes up I think it will be with an spailpin fánach. Essay I think it will be something like "Rudaí a théann I bhfeidhm ar saol an déagóra." I can't predict anything for an trial because I do Gafa, but to anyone who does Gafa, my guess would be something on Breandán or Eoin because Eithne has come up the past two years

Fiske

Anyone got a good essay on Daoine Óga that they wouldn't mind sharing? I've been sick for so much of this year that I don't have one, and now I'm pretty worried about it.

Curious x

CloCloBrowne wrote: »

I have a feeling the prós will be cáca milis/an coilear lasa (always a choice between them two) if its cáca milis then I think the fillíocht will be colscaradh, however if dís comes up I think it will be with an spailpin fánach. Essay I think it will be something like "Rudaí a théann I bhfeidhm ar saol an déagóra." I can't predict anything for an trial because I do Gafa, but to anyone who does Gafa, my guess would be something on Breandán or Eoin because Eithne has come up the past two years

I wish we knew what was coming up!

Efafitz1994

I swear if stadas na gaeilge or something along those lines come up I'd be so delighted...what are the odds??

sarbear18

aleatorio wrote: »

Realistically speaking, would writing 600-700 words in good irish be enough? I know they say it is, but would it really? :pac:

Definitely :-) quality not quantity! No matter how much you write if you're not answering the question accurately you're not going to get the A :-) Don't worry!

b3rnade11e

Chonaic17 wrote: »

My mocks story was 14 A4 pages long and got 100/100

That just made me sad..:(

kateconolly

Okay so I have an essay on drugs, alcohol, social media and Idirlion...will that cover me??

sayitaintso

I’m learning:
Aistí: Daoine Óga, Na Meáin Chumarsáide, Ceol, An Ghaeilge

Prós & Filíocht: Dís & Cáca Milis, An Spailpín Fánach, Colscaradh & Géibheann

An Triail: Teicnící drámata, Mailí, Bean Uí Chathasaigh, maybe Seán & Liam, Tragóid

Do yous reckon that’s enough? What are the rest of you doing?

hontheroyalz

I've next to nothing done for irish..I could answer the essay on anything got to do with Meath na Gaeilge but thats about it, what should I cram??

Tanya696

Can someone send me an essay on meain cumarsaide.. Or cyber bulling

Tanya696

sayitaintso wrote: »

I’m learning:
Aistí: Daoine Óga, Na Meáin Chumarsáide, Ceol, An Ghaeilge

Prós & Filíocht: Dís & Cáca Milis, An Spailpín Fánach, Colscaradh & Géibheann

An Triail: Teicnící drámata, Mailí, Bean Uí Chathasaigh, maybe Seán & Liam, Tragóid

Do yous reckon that’s enough? What are the rest of you doing?

Can u send me your essay on meain cumarsaide