First year/Trinity Hall Student Residency Scheme
The application process for the First-Year Irish Language Residency Scheme (An Scéim Cónaithe) is open for the 2024-25 academic year.
This Scheme is for first-year students. Accommodation is offered in Irish language apartments located in Trinity Hall, Dartry, Dublin 6 and a grant payment of €1,000 is provided to each student who participates in the Scheme.
Students who will be in first year in September 2024 are invited to apply by downloading and completing the application form below. The Residency Scheme is open to students from across Ireland and abroad who are fluent in Irish and wish to speak it on a daily basis. Please note that applications cannot be accepted from students from within the greater Dublin area.
Please read the information below carefully and then click on the link below to download the application form.
Download the Application Form at this link
Deadline: Monday 10th June 2024
General information
This scheme is administered by the Irish Language Office and Coiste na Gaeilge in partnership with the Junior Dean to promote the Irish language in university life by offering Irish language accommodation to student speakers who meet the criteria below.
Applications are sought from Irish speakers who wish to speak the language daily, who will support Irish language events and who will fulfill the Scheme's conditions. Student are required pay for the cost of their accommodation but will receive a grant payment of €1,000 over the course of the academic year. One half of the grant (€500) is paid after Michaelmas Term (1) and the remaining half is payed at the end of the academic year.
A separate application, outside of the application for the Irish Language Residency Scheme, should be made to the Accommodation Office if you wish to live in Trinity Hall. In this way, if you are not offered a place on the Irish Language Residency Scheme, you may still have an opportunity to live in university accommodation. You may wish to include a note in your application to state that you would like to be placed in the same building as An Scéim Cónaithe apartments, where possible, so that you are close to other Irish speaking students. It is not necessary, however, to have applied for general accommodation in Trinity Hall to apply for the Irish Language Residency Scheme.
Accommodation - Trinity Hall, Dartry, Dublin 6
- There are twelve places available on the Scheme.
- There are two apartments, and six students live in each apartment (may be mixed gender).
- Each student has their own bedroom and ensuite bathroom. They share the common living spaces e.g. kitchen/living area with the remaining five students.
- Please find further information on Trinity Hall at this link.
Do you fulfill the requirements below?
- You will be a first year fulltime, undergraduate student in Trinity College Dublin in September 2024.
- You would like to share accommodation with other Irish speakers.
- You are an Irish speaker and wish to speak the language in your daily life.
- You do not live in the Greater Dublin area.
Download the Application Form at this link
Deadline: Monday 10th June 2024
Application Process
May/June
The application process opens and students are invited to complete and submit an application form.
June/July
Applications are shortlisted and students named on the shortlist are invited for interview.
Following the interview process, twelve first-year students are selected for Trinity Hall's Irish Language Residency Scheme.
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