Caolán Ó Coisneacháin

Caolán Ó Coisneacháin graduated from Ulster University with a first-class BA degree in Irish Language and Literature, and later obtained a PGCE through the medium of Irish (TICO) from Queen’s University Belfast. He has spent many summers working for Gael Linn on their Gaeltacht courses in the Donegal Gaeltacht, as both a Leader (Ceannaire) and a Teacher. He has taught Irish in schools all over Ireland at both primary and secondary level. As an Irish language teacher with 10+ years of experience, he has taught Irish-language courses and adult classes at a variety of levels including teaching A-level Irish courses in An Droichead, Belfast. Caolán was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship as an FLTA in 2020 and spent a year teaching Irish in Davidson Davie Community College in North Carolina, USA. More recently, he has worked in Culturlann Mac Adam O Fiaich promoting the Irish language in Belfast; as a Learning and Outreach Facilitator in Turas, a cross-community Irish Language organisation; and as a translator at CCEA, the Northern Irish education and exam board. Caolán is passionate about the Irish language, and looks forward to promoting and sharing Irish language and culture with the students at University of Alberta!