The Daily Mail (London, England), June 9th, 2007
Byline: EITHNNE SHORTALL
FOR thousands of students across the country, yesterday marked the end of a 14-year relationship with their national language.
And it was a goodbye with mixed emotions. For many of the girls taking the second, and last, Irish leaving certificate paper at Loreto College, Stephen's Green, Dublin, it was a fond farewell.
A few students leapt for joy as they left the old Georgian school - Irish could 'lean ar aghaidh' for all they cared.
But for many it was a more sentimental 'slan agus beannacht'. The majority found Irish to be an easy subject to study and, more imp...
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