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Step 1: NCSE TPL Funding Application Form

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Step 1: NCSE TPL Funding Application Form

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Schools can apply for funding to complete a ISL QQI 3, 4 & 5 Course. Fill out this application and email to funding@ncse.ie If approved teachers will be reimbursed when they show proof of certification at the end of the course.

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Teachers can apply to the NCSE for funding to attend approved teacher professional development courses. Currently the core courses available are:

Picture Exchange Communication System(PECS)

Braille

Lámh - whole staff training

Irish Sign Language(ISL)

Post-Graduate Courses with a Special Educational Needs background will also be considered subject to certain conditions and budget constraints. Other relevant courses that principals consider worthy will also be considered subject to approval.

To submit an application for TPL Funding, access the NCSE School Support Portal below and create a new support ticket. Select "CPD Funding" from the "Type" menu.

School Support Portal

Click here to log into the School Support portal to create a new 'TPL Funding' ticket.

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Teachers can apply to the NCSE for funding to attend approved teacher professional development courses. Currently the core courses available are: Picture Exchange Communication System(PECS) Braille Lámh - whole staff training Irish Sign Language(ISL) Post-Graduate Courses with a Special Educational Needs background will also be considered subject to certain conditions and budget constraints.

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Trinity Evening Course (Registration opens in July 2026) 24 weeks from Sept or 10 week Introduction Jan 2027

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Trinity Evening Course (Registration opens in July 2026) 24 weeks from Sept or 10 week Introduction Jan 2027

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Evening Class Information will be Updated and Open for Applications: End of JULY 2026

Whether for personal reasons or professional purposes, an evening language course can offer a manageable and achievable means of improving your language fluency or adding a new language to your repertoire. We offer enjoyable and accessible public evening courses in the following languages:

Irish Sign Language

Our extramural classes commence in September each year, and run over a period of twenty-four weeks divided into two terms (twelve + twelve), except the ISL Introduction course which runs for 10 weeks from January. Most classes are held in CLCS (follow signs for the Language Centre), Level 4, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Irish Sign Language (ISL) classes are held in the Centre for Deaf Studies on Level 1, 7 – 9 South Leinster Street, Dublin 2.

Irish Sign Language

Course fee €400.00 EUR

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Evening Courses - School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences | Trinity College Dublin

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Evening Class Information will be Updated and Open for Applications: End of JULY 2026

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Fluirse Summer ISL Course Online - Register now

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Fluirse Summer ISL Course Online - Register now

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Wednesday 1st July and must be completed by Friday 21st August 2026.

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FSC2628 An Introduction To Sign Language And Deaf Awareness | Flúirse Teacher Summer Courses

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Gain an awareness of the culture surrounding individuals with hearing difficulties, being to use ISL (Irish Sign Language) and acquire vocabulary to communicate competently in the classroom.

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Step 2: Book in with course provider - Irish Deaf Society ISL Courses 

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Step 2: Book in with course provider - Irish Deaf Society ISL Courses 

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Check out the Irish Deaf Society to book in for online or in person ISL Courses.

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Information about the Edmark Reading Programme for teachers

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Information about the Edmark Reading Programme for teachers

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Edmark Reading Program: Homepage - Outside the Box Learning Resources

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Irish Sign Language Home Tuition Scheme Information 2024/2025

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Irish Sign Language Home Tuition Scheme Information 2024/2025

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Edmark Level 1:                    Words 1 - 50

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Edmark Level 1:                    Words 1 - 50

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Irish Deaf Society Deaf Awareness Training

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Irish Deaf Society Deaf Awareness Training

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Deaf Awareness Training (DAT) aims to highlight the experience of the Deaf Community and the issues and barriers that they face. This programme has the hope of giving guidance and clarity to those who have little or no experience with the Deaf Community, creating understanding and an ability to communicate in a Deaf-friendly way. It seeks to show the culture and language of the Deaf community. Awareness of the Deaf community is needed in order to break down barriers and unfounded attitudes.

Through practical learning, open discussion, and reflection, participants gain the knowledge and confidence to create environments where Deaf people can participate fully and equally.
What You'll Learn
Our comprehensive, interactive workshop covers key topics such as:

Irish Sign Language (ISL): A brief introduction to ISL and an overview of the ISL Act 2017

Deaf Community & Culture: Understanding Deaf identity, community values, and the concept of positive Deafness

Communication Barriers & Solutions: Exploring real-world challenges and effective approaches to accessibility

Inclusive Language and Terminology: Promoting respectful and accurate communication

Lip-Reading Challenge: Experiencing how visual communication differs from spoken communication

Practical Communication Tips: Simple strategies to make your workplace or service more Deaf-inclusive

ISL Mini-Session: Learn how to sign your name and key greetings

Q&A and Discussion: An open space to ask questions and share insights

Why Choose DAT?

Deaf-led perspective: Learn directly from Deaf trainers with lived experience and professional expertise.

Inclusive practice: Gain the tools to make your services and communications more accessible for all.

Compliance and best practice: Supports your organisation's obligations under the ISL Act 2017 and Public Sector Equality Duty.

Engaging and practical: Interactive content designed to inspire meaningful, lasting change.

Learning Options:

In-person/ Zoom workshops - Ideal for teams, workplaces, and schools seeking a dynamic group experience.

DAT Online: Self-Paced Awareness Training - Learn at your own pace through our new interactive e-learning platform.

Both options offer the same expert Deaf-led content, designed to promote equality and inclusion through better understanding.
Testmonies: "An excellent and inspiring session! The presenters were engaging, the delivery was fun and interactive, and the content was both moving and educational. Everyone came away with a deeper understanding of the Deaf community and practical ways to improve accessibility."
- House of the Oireachtas
"The Deaf Awareness Training was fantastic - informative, eye-opening, and engaging. It really made me realise the barriers Deaf people face that I'd never considered before. The presenters were wonderful, and I left inspired to learn ISL and make my workplace more inclusive."
- Accenture Global Solutions
Get Involved:
Be part of creating a more inclusive Ireland. Email: deafawareness@irishdeafsociety.ie Text/Call: 086 834 2253

Together, we can strengthen communication, accessibility, and equality across all sectors.

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Deaf Awareness Training (DAT) aims to highlight the experience of the Deaf Community and the issues and barriers that they face. This programme has the hope of giving guidance and clarity to those who have little or no experience with the Deaf Community, creating understanding and an ability to communicate in a Deaf-friendly way.

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Edmark Level 1:               Words 51-100

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Edmark Level 1:               Words 51-100

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Irish Sign Language (ISL) Learn 20 School Sign

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Irish Sign Language (ISL) Learn 20 School Sign

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Edmark Level 1:              Words 100- 153

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Edmark Level 1:              Words 100- 153

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These alphabet graphics can be used for you to build your own personalised resources for your students.

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Irish Sign Language (ISL) Learn 20 Basic Signs

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Irish Sign Language (ISL) Learn 20 Basic Signs

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The Primary School subjects in ISL

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(ISL) Signs for Secondary School Subjects

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(ISL) Signs for Secondary School Subjects

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Secondary school Junior Cert subjects in ISL

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(ISL) ALPHABET VIDEO

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(ISL) COLOURS VIDEO

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(ISL) FEELINGS/EMOTIONS

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(ISL) FAMILY SIGNS

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(ISL) TIMES (DAY/NIGHT/AFTERNOON)

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(ISL) Commonly Used Phrases

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(ISL) MEALS

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(ISL) NUMBERS VIDEO

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Irish Sign Language (ISL) Learn Numbers

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CLICK HERE: LINKS TO ALL (ISL) STORY SIGN VIDEOS BELOW 

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CLICK HERE: LINKS TO ALL (ISL) STORY SIGN VIDEOS BELOW 

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The Irish Deaf society supported by Libraries Ireland and European Union of the Deaf (EUD)/Huawei Project have been working together to launch ISL Story Sign part of the International Week of Deaf people. In agreement with publishers, each libraries chose their own book to translate in ISL.

The international Week of Deaf People is celebrated through various activities by Deaf communities all around the world. These include events welcoming everyone and all members of Deaf communities, which include families of Deaf people, professionals and accredited sign language interpreters, peers as well as stakeholders and government, and organisations of Persons with Disabilities.

On this International Day of Sign Languages, we celebrate collective efforts of Irish Deaf community, governments and society in recognising and promoting Irish Sign Language (ISL) - together we recognise sign languages as an essential human right for Deaf people and children.

Each day of the week has different theme, we will be launching the ISL Story Sign videos on Friday's theme "Sign Language Unite Us!"     at 12pm

Keep an eye on our social media and share the videos to all families and friends.

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More children stories in ISL

The Irish Deaf Society has received funding from Huawei and EUD to launch an exciting project. This follows on from the success of Huawei's StorySign App and EUD have collaborated with Huawei to fund Deaf organisations in Europe to provide a project for their community. We have used this funding to provide ISL Linguistics workshops and ISL classes for parents and professionals working with Deaf children, which are ongoing. If interested you can contact us for more information.

We are delighted to announce that, as part of this project, we have produced 4 videos of ISL Stories for Deaf children! All 4 of the stories are Irish Legends and Myths as these types of stories are not available in ISL and we felt it is important to promote this part of Irish culture. We would like to thank publishers Gill Books and authors Yvonne Carroll, Fiona Waters and Felicity Trotman for giving us permission to use their book.

We will be launching a new video every Monday in June, starting on the bank holiday Monday, 1st June! Keep an eye on our social media accounts to see which story will be published every week. We really hope you enjoy the videos and please share with all your friends and family.

June 2020

Huawei Mobile
EUD - The European Union of the Deaf

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Animals in ISL

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Books with Deaf/Hard of Hearing Characters

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Books with Deaf/Hard of Hearing Characters

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This dictionary contains around 1000 up-to-date signs in Irish Sign Language. It provides a core vocabulary which complements the learning of sign language. A clear and concise introduction for beginners. Size A5 book.

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This dictionary contains around 1000 up-to-date signs in Irish Sign Language. It provides a core vocabulary which complements the learning of sign language. A clear and concise introduction for beginners. Size A5 book.

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Concise ISL is an Irish Sign Language (ISL) video dictionary which contains approximately 1000 signs.

This mobile app was developed by two young Irish engineers, one of whom is a life-long practitioner of Irish Sign Language, in response to the need for digital resources to support sign language learning in Ireland. Our aim is to provide a comprehensive ISL dictionary system in an easy-to-use form.

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Each sign contained within Concise ISL is presented in video form and accompanied by high quality images of the component signs for each hand.

All signs can be sorted by category, an organisational approach chosen to support learning.

Specific words and categories can be easily found within Concise ISL, using a simple and efficient search interface, swipe gestures, sliding menus and other intuitive interaction mechanisms.

This app is designed to be child-appropriate, with the inclusion of a large number of signs in categories such as Animals, Colours, Food, Sports and many others.

Through the inclusion of signs such as "texting", "tablet", "facebook" and many more, this ISL dictionary reflects the modern context of the language.

Concise ISL currently includes approximately 1000 signs, a figure which we have continuously strived to increase.

Concise ISL supports offline use. A data connection is required to download signs for the first time. These videos are then stored on-device for subsequent viewing offline. This approach allows the inclusion of such a large number of signs without imposing the consumption of a significant amount of on-device memory on all users. The video size has been carefully calculated to reduce bandwidth consumption.

Concise ISL also includes a number of additional sections containing information concerning the history of ISL, the grammatical structure of the language and more.

We hope you enjoy using Concise ISL!

Kevin & Micheál

Bug fixes for video loading animation and video playback issues introduced in iOS 13.2.3

Such a helpful resource!

My 4 year old son is profoundly deaf and wears cochlear implants. While we have a weekly ISL tutor, it's been a struggle to find good resources to learn sign so we can teach the whole family. This app has been invaluable for our learning journey. His brothers now get excited when we're trying to learn a new word or phrase - it's become a fun family game. We are so grateful for this easy-to-use app!

Incredible resource

This app is full of modern ISL vocab that people actually use in everyday conversations. Really useful resource to have. It's 10 times cheaper than my printed dictionary too

Thanks for the kind words M

Definitely worth downloading

This app, unlike so many others, has so much work put into it and is definitely worth the small cost. It's also very effective - all the images and short videos are very clear and easy to learn from. I did notice however that in the colours section there is no orange. But that's just a minor error in a great app. I would definitely recommend this app.

Many thanks for your kind words, we will be sure to add Orange to the list :)

The developer, Kevin Doherty, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

No Details Provided

The developer will be required to provide privacy details when they submit their next app update.

Information

Compatibility

iPhone

Requires iOS 9.0 or later.

iPad

Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.

iPod touch

Requires iOS 9.0 or later.

Mac

Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision

Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.

Family Sharing

Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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The Irish Sign Language Dictionary built by the Deaf Community

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Christmas Vocabulary in ISL

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Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer in ISL

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Swim Ireland ISL Videos - Greeting & General Conversations for Swimmers

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Swim Ireland ISL Videos - Greeting & General Conversations for Swimmers

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Greeting & General Conversations for Swimmers in Irish Sign Language Final

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Clothes in ISL

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Back to school vocabulary in ISL

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(ISL) Questions how to sign Who, What, When, Where, How?

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(ISL) Questions how to sign Who, What, When, Where, How?

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Who, what, when, where, how? in ISL video

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Numbers 1-10 in Irish Sign Language

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1,2 Buckle my shoe nursery rhyme in ISL

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1,2,3,4,5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive nursery rhyme in Irish Sign Language