On Friday April 28th Minister for Education, Norma Foley visited Kiltallagh National School, a beautiful warm and welcoming two-teacher primary school, nestled in the heart of Castlemaine village, home of the wild Colonial Boy. Greeted by local piper Gerry Bayham, Minister Foley was officially welcomed by Bishop Michael Burrow’s representative and former Chairperson, Andrew Eadie and Kiltallagh Principal of 16 years Paula Ní Bhriain.
Minister for Education, Norma Foley visited Kiltallagh National School, a beautiful warm and welcoming two-teacher primary school, nestled in the heart of Castlemaine village in Co Kerry . . Photo By : Domnick Walsh
The Junior and Senior children of the school then proudly guided Minister Foley on a delightful tour of their stunning learning environment to give her a glimpse of their diverse range of creative and innovative initiatives and activities that they have the opportunity of and the pleasure of enjoying as part of their school life.
Minister for Education, Norma Foley visited Kiltallagh National School, a beautiful warm and welcoming two-teacher primary school, nestled in the heart of Castlemaine village in Co Kerry . . Photo By : Domnick Walsh
From their Teacher Artist Partnership, a unique Department of Education and Skills Initiative for supporting Arts in Education, to gardening, to being one of only five schools in Kerry to perform with the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland in Peace Proms 2023 in the University of Limerick, to securing a Schools Excellence Fund to engage in a collaborative creative cluster of schools, to working with an Artist in Residence, a specialist PE Teacher and the Marine Institute of Ireland, Kiltallagh certainly is a vibrant hive of educational activity where the students are clearly happy and thriving with the nurturing support of their exceptional school staff and school community.
Minister Foley, clearly impressed by this hidden gem of a little school and overwhelmed by the warmth of the reception she received, departed, following her visit with a smile on her face, her heart uplifted and with beautiful memories to cherish of a truly special afternoon with the inspirational children, staff and community of Kiltallagh National School Castlemaine.
Minister for Education, Norma Foley visited Kiltallagh National School, a beautiful warm and welcoming two-teacher primary school, nestled in the heart of Castlemaine village in Co Kerry . . Photo By : Domnick WalshMinister for Education, Norma Foley visited Kiltallagh National School, a beautiful warm and welcoming two-teacher primary school, nestled in the heart of Castlemaine village in Co Kerry . . Photo By : Domnick WalshMinister for Education, Norma Foley visited Kiltallagh National School, a beautiful warm and welcoming two-teacher primary school, nestled in the heart of Castlemaine village in Co Kerry . Student Madeleine Lynch takes the minister on a tour of the school . Photo By : Domnick WalshMinister for Education, Norma Foley visited Kiltallagh National School, a beautiful warm and welcoming two-teacher primary school, nestled in the heart of Castlemaine village in Co Kerry . Students Naomi O’Neill , Molly Teahan ,Chrisrian Wharton , Jerry O’Neill Elena O’Neill show the minister the Schools Lego town . . Photo By : Domnick Walsh Minister for Education, Norma Foley visited Kiltallagh National School, a beautiful warm and welcoming two-teacher primary school, nestled in the heart of Castlemaine village in Co Kerry . Students Ava Courtney , Evan Clifford , Evan Wharton and Phoebe Fehilly-Stoat show the minister their Art with T-Shirts . . Photo By : Domnick WalshMinister for Education, Norma Foley visited Kiltallagh National School, a beautiful warm and welcoming two-teacher primary school, nestled in the heart of Castlemaine village in Co Kerry . Students Isabelle Wharton , Keziah , Bohdan Malikov , Valeriia Malikov and Sadie Clifford take the minister into the School garden . Photo By : Domnick Walsh
Minister for Education, Norma Foley visited Kiltallagh National School, a beautiful warm and welcoming two-teacher primary school, nestled in the heart of Castlemaine village in Co Kerry . The Students presented the minister with an hand painted picture of all the hands of each student . Photo By : Domnick Walsh
