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Do you need to pass irish to pass your leaving cert?

  • 14-04-2016 06:09PM
    #1
    berco24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭


    I'm doing pass Irish and the amount of work it will take for me to do well doesn't seem to be worth the points. So I was thinking of taking up a subject with a short course and working hard at it (ie. Economics) to get the best points I can and simply going to the exam and orals and saying/writing what I know.

    But before I make such a commitment I need to know if you need irish to pass the leaving?


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  • #2
    berco24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭berco24


    oh and I know you need it to get in to colleges in Ireland but I plan to go abroad


  • #3
    TSMGUY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 855 ✭✭✭TSMGUY


    berco24 wrote: »
    oh and I know you need it to get in to colleges in Ireland but I plan to go abroad

    Well then you're grand! Nowhere outside of Ireland has Irish as a matriculation requirement. You could honestly get an A1 in honours economics if you acted decisively from now. Well worth a try if you know you don't have a propensity for Irish. GL!


  • #4
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 27,434 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    No you don't.
    Leaving Cert. standard is generally taken to be 5 passes at any level in any subjects. Usually these will include English, Maths and Irish, but there is no rule saying they must.

    If you do what you are planning, a poor grade for Irish will appear on your results sheet. You might be better off not going into the orals or the written exam at all. Then there will be no mention of Irish on your results sheet.


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