Diary of an Irish Teacher: Literature, like music, reminds us of what it means to be alive

"I’m so grateful that in the modern Irish classroom, we get to be as human as we choose to be."

Jennifer Horgan - the Examiner's Irish Teacher. Pic: Larry Cummins

My Leaving Cert class just finished reading Philadelphia, Here I Come!.

We’ve booked to see it in Cork Opera House soon. My dashing colleague has promised to wear a pocket square for the occasion. I’ve decided on a green and gold dress. Full length. It’ll be a daytime showing for secondary school students so we might look a tad over-zealous but post-Covid, over-zealous seems about right.