Our inspiring teachers: 'I don't remember the curriculum, but what he opened our eyes to'

To celebrate International Day of Education, Jonathan deBurca Butler asks Muinteoir Ray, Aisling Larkin, and Tom Dunne, to recall their most inspirational teachers

Ray Cuddihy, AKA Múinteoir Ray from 'Homeschool Hub' with his neighbour and former teacher, Eamonn Horgan, in Doneraile Park, Co Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

As he approached the tail end of his primary school years, Ray Cuddihy, better known as Múinteoir Ray from Homeschool Hub, would spend his free time out galavanting in the North Cork countryside that was and still is his home.

“I was beholden to nature,” says the teacher and television host, “devouring books like Tom McCaughren's Run With The Wind and TV shows like The Wind In The Willows.