About Us
As a privately run College ‘Coláiste Laighean’ offers Junior and Senior courses with classes directed towards preparation for state exams. Good Counsel College’s private campus, located just outside New Ross town, offers a unique opportunity to create a Gaeltacht atmosphere and provides a true learning experience for all students in the Sunny South East. The campus provides an excellent learning environment, offering a wide range of educational, sporting and social activities, boarding accommodation and a modern restaurant.
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Our History
Coláiste Laighean has been a remarkable success story since it started in 2004 offering a real alternative to the traditional trips west to the gaeltachtaí on the Campus of Good Counsel College, New Ross.
- 'Wexfords own Mini-Gaeltacht'
- Exceptional Irish teachers
- Cinnirí & Cúntóirí assistants to help students
- Campus offers an excellent learning environment
An Ghaeilge
As the main purpose of the course is to develop the pupils’ Irish language fluency, Coláiste Laighean has a strict but fair rule regarding communication.
- If a student speaks a complete sentence in English, they will receive a verbal warning.
- If a student speaks a complete sentence in English for a second time, their parents are informed.
- If a student speaks a full sentence in English a third time, their parents are informed.
- If a student speaks a full English sentence for a fourth time they will have to be removed from the course and picked up by their parents/guardians.
We hope that all students will enjoy the course and leave with a better standard of Irish, learning in a fun and safe environment. Those not committed to making an honest effort however should not apply for a course. In the unlikely event that your child is removed from the Coláiste, fees are non-refundable.
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A true learning experience for all students in the Sunny South East
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Course Staff
The teachers and instructors at Coláiste Laighean are carefully selected and are among the best in their field. Our most senior staff coordinate and teach at our Junior & Leaving Cert revision courses. All our teaching staff strive for ‘excellence in Irish’ while helping our students to prepare for the state exams.
Our Cinnirí & Cúntóirí (student assistants) are employed to supervise and assist the students as they try to improve their Irish while at Coláiste Laighean. We believe that having excellent Cinnirí & Cuntóirí ensures the success of our courses.