Teacher fellows

Andrew Dermody

My name is Andrew Dermody and I’m a history teacher at St Finian’s College, Mullingar County Westmeath, and I’m a trustee of Parallel Histories Ireland. I’m really happy to be a new teaching fellow with Parallel Histories, working on the topic of partition and the foundation of Northern Ireland in 1921. When I saw the opportunity come up online, I was really excited by the idea of working and linking with schools in England and Northern Ireland on such a contentious topic that creates great debate, even a hundred years after the formation of the state. With talk of a border poll and perhaps a united Ireland coming in the future, I think it’s essential for students throughout the island to have a real awareness of the opposite side to what their viewpoint may be, and to understand and hopefully respect that viewpoint and get a greater knowledge of it. I think Parallel Histories provides that with their platform for debating. I really look forward to learning everything I can this year and providing my students with knowledge and skills that will help them not just in their studies, but hopefully in later life and that they will remember for a long long time.

Andrew Dermody

My name is Andrew Dermody and I’m a history teacher at St Finian’s College, Mullingar County Westmeath, and I’m a trustee of Parallel Histories Ireland. I’m really happy to be a new teaching fellow with Parallel Histories, working on the topic of partition and the foundation of Northern Ireland in 1921. When I saw the opportunity come up online, I was really excited by the idea of working and linking with schools in England and Northern Ireland on such a contentious topic that creates great debate, even a hundred years after the formation of the state. With talk of a border poll and perhaps a united Ireland coming in the future, I think it’s essential for students throughout the island to have a real awareness of the opposite side to what their viewpoint may be, and to understand and hopefully respect that viewpoint and get a greater knowledge of it. I think Parallel Histories provides that with their platform for debating. I really look forward to learning everything I can this year and providing my students with knowledge and skills that will help them not just in their studies, but hopefully in later life and that they will remember for a long long time.