Education Corner
Are you a teacher or librarian? You can borrow our Teachers’ Pack.
Our Teachers’ Pack is a selection of items available to lend to schools, associations and school librarians. It focuses on Ireland and its culture and can be borrowed in the context of an educational project.
Its contents include numerous resources in French and in English concerning a variety of themes: history and civilisation (St Patrick…), literature (Oscar Wilde and contemporary writers), visual arts (Francis Bacon…), cinema (Bloody Sunday…), music... These can be adapted for all age groups.
You can join the Médiathèque to borrow the Teacher's Pack (+ deposit: €50)
Loan for 1 to 2 months
The pack must be borrowed from and returned to the Médiathèque : 5 rue des Irlandais 75005 Paris
To reserve the Teachers’ Pack or for information:
Marion Mossu, Libraries and archives officer
Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais 75005 Paris
Tel : 01 58 52 10 83 / 30 or mmossu@centreculturelirlandais.com
Our Teachers’ Pack is a selection of items available to lend to schools, associations and school librarians. It focuses on Ireland and its culture and can be borrowed in the context of an educational project.
Its contents include numerous resources in French and in English concerning a variety of themes: history and civilisation (St Patrick…), literature (Oscar Wilde and contemporary writers), visual arts (Francis Bacon…), cinema (Bloody Sunday…), music... These can be adapted for all age groups.
You can join the Médiathèque to borrow the Teacher's Pack (+ deposit: €50)
Loan for 1 to 2 months
The pack must be borrowed from and returned to the Médiathèque : 5 rue des Irlandais 75005 Paris
To reserve the Teachers’ Pack or for information:
Marion Mossu, Libraries and archives officer
Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais 75005 Paris
Tel : 01 58 52 10 83 / 30 or mmossu@centreculturelirlandais.com
Contents
PDF list of the contents →CDs (music and literature)
- We Are Ireland: Emerging Irish Music (2017) A selection of contemporary music: folk, traditional, rock, jazz…
- Beginners Guide to Ireland (2005) A selection of traditional music since 1960.
- Les Légendes du Rock irlandais (2004) A selection of Irish rock singers and bands.
- Short Stories / Oscar Wilde (1994) CD + text book with worksheets. In English.
DVDs
- Irlande(s) : l’aube d’un pays / documentary by Emmanuel Hamon (Arte, 2016). In French.
- Bloody Sunday / film by Paul Greengrass (Haut et Court distribution, 2002). In French or English, French subtitles.
- Irish Talent on Film: 3 (The Irish Film Board, 2001) 2 DVD of Irish short films. In English without subtitles or in Irish with English subtitles.
BOOKS
- Irlande : Terre des Celtes / Pierre Joannon, Seamas Daly. Rennes : Editions Ouest-France, 2001. In French.
- A Short History of Ireland / Richard Killeen. Dublin : Gill and Mcmillan, 2006. In English.
- Le Goût de Dublin / Jean-Pierre Kremer, Alain Pozzuoli. Paris : Mercure de France, 2006. In French.
- Poètes d'Irlande du Nord / Seamus Heaney, John Montague... Amiot-Lengenay, 1991. Bilingual French / English.
- Exploring the Book of Kells / George Otto Simms. Dublin : The O'Brien Press, 1988. In English.
- Francis Bacon's Studio at the Hugh Lane / Barbara Dawson. Dublin : Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, 2001. In English.
- L'Irlandais de poche / Ciaran Mac Guill. Assimil, 2003. In French.
- Celtic Decorative Art: a Living Tradition / Deborah O’Brien. Dublin : The O’Brien Press, 2000. In English.
- Once upon a Place / Eoin Colfer. Dublin : Little Island, 2015. In English.
OTHER
- Les Irlandais 200 ans de rébellion, L’Histoire magazine, issue 455, January 2019. In French.
- Voyage dans l’Irlande du Brexit, Courrier International, issue 1431, 5 April 2018. In French.
- Presentation dossier Ireland in brief / Department of Foreign Affairs, 2013. In English.
- Map Literary Ireland / Office National du Tourisme Irlandais. In French.
- Presentation dossier Dublin City of Words from the Irish Times, 29th September 2010. In French.
- Article 48 hours in Dublin, from the magazine « Vocable ». In English.
- Leaflet Patrick, patron de l'Irlande / Department of Foreign Affairs. In French.
- Leaflet Le folklore en Irlande / Department of Foreign Affairs. In French.
- Worksheet The Great Hunger, from the magazine “New Standpoints”. In English.
- Study guide on Bloody Sunday. In English.
- Comic books and study guide on Francis Ledwidge and Alice Milligan. In English.