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CensusAtSchool and Being Irish
Please get your class to fill out our new CensusAtSchool questionnaire
http :// www . censusatschool . ie / en / take-part / questionnaires / phase15-16
We ’ d love to know What one word would you use to describe being Irish ? We ’ ve got some cool answers so far but we ’ d love to know what you think ?
Amazing , awesome , banter , cool , craic , friendly , fun , grand , green …… are some of the popular words so far , what ’ s your word ?
CensusAtSchool 2015 / 2016 Questionnaire
1 . Are you :
9 . b ) Have you attended / do you attend a 14 . Has any member of your family , Gaelscoil ? parents , grandparents , great Female Male grandparents kept memorabilia Yes No
2 . a ) Please state your present age in relating to Irish events from the completed years . 10 . Do you speak Irish ? period 1912-1922 ? years Yes No
Yes No If yes , outside of school , do you speak Irish : If yes please tick what they were
2 . b ) What year are you in at school ? Daily
Weekly Newspaper Audio recording
Monthly Yearly clippings Stamps
Year e . g . 5 th Year
Never outside school
Photographs Schoolwork Books
Handwritten
11 . Do you study history ? Medals documents / Letters 3 . In what county do you live ?
Other
Yes No ( please specify ) …………………………………………
If yes , mark on the scale how you 15 . Estimate , in billions , the following rate your enjoyment of history . 4 . In what country were you born ? quantities ?
Not at all
Very much The growth in the world population since 1916
5 . Complete the following measurements . 12 . Have you ever visited an historical
The cost to Irish tax payers
( Answer to nearest mm / tenth of a cm ) site relating to Irish events from the of the bank guarantee period 1912-1922 ?
Height ( without shoes ) ............. cm
16 . The reading of the 1916
Yes No Proclamation of Independence was on
Open arm span ............. cm
If yes which of the following sites have you April 24 th 1916 at 12:00 ( approx .) Vertical reach
............. cm visited : You may tick more than one .
Since this date / time to April 24 th Index finger length ( left hand ) ............. mm The Garden of The General Post 2016 at 12:00 how many of the
Ring finger length ( left hand ) ............. mm
Remembrance Office ( GPO ) following time units have passed ? Beggars Bush Glasnevin
Years Hours
6 . a ) How do you usually travel to Barracks
Cemetery school ? ( Select one answer ) Béal na mBláth
Months Kilmainham Gaol
Minutes
Other ( please Dublin Castle Days
Seconds Walk Rail / Dart / Luas specify ) …………………
Bus Boat
13 . a ) How many people signed the 1916 17 . How many old pennies were in 3 Car
Other ( please Proclamation of Independence ? pounds , 5 shillings and 6 pence Cycle specify ) ……………… (£ 3.5s . 6d .)?
6 . b ) How long does it usually take you to Old Pennies travel to school ? ( Answer to the nearest minute ) 13 . b ) How many women signed the 1916
18 . Which of the following social Proclamation of Independence ? minutes networks and mobile apps do you use ?
( You may tick more than one .)
7 . There is a national census in Ireland in Ask FM
Snapchat 13 . c ) Please tick who was NOT a
2016 . During which month is Census Day ? Facebook
Tumblr signatory of the 1916 Proclamation of Messenger
Twitter
Independence ? You may tick more than one . Google + Viber
Instagram Vine
Kitty O ’ Shea Michael Collins OoVoo
WhatsApp
8 . What one word would you use to Eamon DeValera Patrick Pearse Periscope
YouTube
Constance describe being Irish ?
James Connolly Pinterest
Markievicz
Other ( please specify ) ………………………..………
… 13 . d ) Name a signatory , not listed above , 19 . What sporting activities have you of the 1916 Proclamation of taken part in during the last year ? 9 . a ) Do you live in a Gaeltacht area ?
Independence ? This can be a club activity .
Yes No
This resource is from the CensusAtSchool project at www . censusatschool . ie
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