‘Father Ted explained the Irish nouns to me’ – students take fun route to EU exam success

Retired US professor David Robinson pictured at the Pádraic Ó Conaire statue in Eyre Square in Galway

Lorna Siggins

This week’s Leaving Cert Irish may be filling some secondary students with dread, but US statistician David Robinson loves the idea of early exposure to the first language.

Fellow north American Thomas ‘Rusty’ Weise, who has been refining his blas in Galway, is similarly enthused.