Support every child with dignity.
We reduce barriers to participation by creating warm, practical pathways into literacy, attendance, creativity, and confidence.
About & Team
Local education work built on trust, continuity, and people who know the community well.
Scoil Iosagain combines practical learning support with family partnership, creative opportunity, and everyday care so children in Ballybunion can feel steady, capable, and connected to school.
Meet The Team
Our Story
We exist to make learning feel reachable, relational, and rooted in place.
Scoil Iosagain began with a simple commitment: children do better when support is coordinated across school, home, and community life. That commitment still shapes how we work every day.
Our programmes bring together literacy support, wellbeing routines, creative workshops, and parent engagement so families can find consistent help rather than fragmented services.
Work across the whole support circle.
Teachers, carers, volunteers, and partner services move further when they are working from one shared plan around a child.
Keep local relationships at the center.
Place matters. We build programmes that feel recognisable to Ballybunion families and flexible enough to respond to changing needs.
8
core team members
18
active local learning projects
420+
children and carers reached yearly
5
partner schools and services
42
volunteers and mentors engaged
How We Work
Support is strongest when children experience the same belief in them across every setting.
We design programmes that connect classroom progress with breakfast support, family communication, enrichment activities, and trusted mentoring. That continuity helps change feel stable instead of short-lived.
The team blends educational, pastoral, and community expertise so interventions stay practical while still feeling personal.
Family partnership and steady routines are built into the model, not added afterwards.
Full Team
The people behind Scoil Iosagain’s daily work.
Diarmuid Lynch
Director
Diarmuid leads strategy, partnerships, and long-range planning, keeping the organisation grounded in practical local impact.
Aoife Kelleher
Head of Programs
Aoife coordinates programme design across literacy, wellbeing, and enrichment, making sure each strand works as part of one system.
Niamh O'Donnell
Family Partnerships Lead
Niamh works directly with parents and carers, helping families navigate support, strengthen communication, and stay connected to school life.
Seamus Harty
Learning & Wellbeing Coordinator
Seamus links attendance support, mentoring, and wellbeing routines so children have steady structures around the school day.
Maeve Connolly
Literacy Development Specialist
Maeve shapes reading interventions, home-learning packs, and small-group supports that help early confidence turn into stronger habits.
Ciaran Walsh
Creative Learning Producer
Ciaran develops arts-led projects with local facilitators, giving young people more ways to express ideas, collaborate, and build pride.
Sorcha Finn
Community Outreach Officer
Sorcha manages local engagement, seasonal events, and referral pathways, helping families access support in flexible and familiar ways.
Eoin McCarthy
Volunteer & Partnerships Coordinator
Eoin supports volunteers, local partners, and cross-sector collaboration so more people can contribute to sustained educational support.