A selection of 2021 inspirational stories

Louise O’Neill chats on the podcast today about Adele who picked her English teacher this week as the most inspirational person on her Audience with Adele show. Emma Thompson asked Adele who her childhood inspiration was growing up and she said it was her Year 8 English teacher, Miss McDonald: “She was so cool. She got me really interested in literature. We knew she cared about us.”

Louise also shares two inspirational story submissions from this year, and they are both French teachers. For Joanne O’Donnell her French teacher, Orla Finnucane, in Salesian Secondary College in Limerick, “opened up a whole new world for me- a world involving the beautiful French language and France - a country I would grow to love in years to come”. Asked what she had learnt by her teacher that has stayed with her, she said, “to look beyond the confines of your locality and embrace foreign cultures and languages.” 

The next inspiring story is from Elaine Murray who chose her French teacher Brid Fox in the Sacred Heart Secondary School in Drogheda in County Louth. At 17 and in her Leaving Cert year, Elaine Murray thought her dream of playing football in America was about to become reality. She had represented Ireland at under 15 and under 17. “Anybody that knew me knew that my only dream was to play football in America and be a professional,” she said from her now home in Auckland, New Zealand. After a career changing ACL injury, Elaine was encouraged and helped by her French teacher, Brid Fox, who also coached her in the school soccer team and this guidance had a huge impact on her life.
 
 This Teachers Inspire Ireland initiative is brought to you by DCU. Over the last month we have been receiving lots of uplifting story submissions from you celebrating those inspiring teachers that made a positive impact on your lives. Our curator the best selling author Louise O’Neill shares more inspirational stories.

I’d ask that you follow or subscribe to the podcast on your favourite platform to be the first to get a new episode every Thursday. We look forward to chatting to you again next week. 

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Louise O’Neill chats on the podcast today about Adele who picked her English teacher this week as the most inspirational person on her Audience with Adele show. Emma Thompson asked Adele who her childhood inspiration was growing up and she said it was her Year 8 English teacher, Miss McDonald: “She was so cool. She got me really interested in literature. We knew she cared about us.”

Louise also shares two inspirational story submissions from this year, and they are both French teachers. For Joanne O’Donnell her French teacher, Orla Finnucane, in Salesian Secondary College in Limerick, “opened up a whole new world for me- a world involving the beautiful French language and France - a country I would grow to love in years to come”. Asked what she had learnt by her teacher that has stayed with her, she said, “to look beyond the confines of your locality and embrace foreign cultures and languages.” 

The next inspiring story is from Elaine Murray who chose her French teacher Brid Fox in the Sacred Heart Secondary School in Drogheda in County Louth. At 17 and in her Leaving Cert year, Elaine Murray thought her dream of playing football in America was about to become reality. She had represented Ireland at under 15 and under 17. “Anybody that knew me knew that my only dream was to play football in America and be a professional,” she said from her now home in Auckland, New Zealand. After a career changing ACL injury, Elaine was encouraged and helped by her French teacher, Brid Fox, who also coached her in the school soccer team and this guidance had a huge impact on her life.

 This Teachers Inspire Ireland initiative is brought to you by DCU. Over the last month we have been receiving lots of uplifting story submissions from you celebrating those inspiring teachers that made a positive impact on your lives. Our curator the best selling author Louise O’Neill shares more inspirational stories.

I’d ask that you follow or subscribe to the podcast on your favourite platform to be the first to get a new episode every Thursday. We look forward to chatting to you again next week. 

Follow us on social media for the latest news

Twitter @TeachersInspIE

Facebook @teachersinspireireland

Instagram @teachersinspireireland

 #TEACHERSINSPIRE2021

#TEACHERSINSPIREIRL