爱尔兰语言趋势2025/26

Commissioned researchreport byHelen McKelvey,Natalie Finlayson, Ian CollenandJayne Duff In partnership with This research was commissioned by theBritish Council Ireland and Post-Primary Languages Ireland (PPLI) on McKelvey, H., Finlayson, N., Collen, I.,& Duff, J. (2026).Language Trends Ireland 2025-26.British Council. Edited by David Vescio forBritish Council Ireland Design: Fintan Wall Designfintanwall.com © British Council 2026.Shared undera Creative Commons AttributionNon-commercial 4.0 InternationalLicence (https://creativecommons. britishcouncil.org/research-insight Table of contents Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................3Headline Findings from 2025/26.....................................................................................................................4Policy Context and Background.......................................................................................................................4Research Outline....................................................................................................................................................7Profile of responding schools........................................................................................................................9Public Examination Figures..............................................................................................................................12Leaving Certificate...........................................................................................................................................12Junior Cycle........................................................................................................................................................15Findings from Post-Primary School Leaders.............................................................................................17Overview..............................................................................................................................................................17Junior Cycle Languages............................................................................................................................... 20Senior Cycle Languages............................................................................................................................... 23International Dimension................................................................................................................................ 25Challenges......................................................................................................................................................... 27What’s working well.........................................................................................................................................31Room for improvement................................................................................................................................. 32Findings from Post-Primary Year 1.............................................................................................................. 34School day languages................................................................................................................................... 34International Trips........................................................................................................................................... 36Careers and languages................................................................................................................................. 37Benefits and improvements........................................................................................................................ 44Findings from Post-Primary Year 5.............................................................................................................. 45School day languages................................................................................................................................... 45International Trips........................................................................................................................................... 47Careers and languages................................................................................................................................. 48Benefits and improvements........................................................................................................................ 50Conclusion............................................................................................................................................................. 53Reference Bibliography.................................................................................................................................... 54 Introduction British Council Ireland and