Some of the key dates in applying for a place at a local post-primary school.
This term we are reading Under the Hawthorn Tree as our class novel.
Here is a short summary of the plot:
'Ireland in the 1840s is devastated by famine. When tragedy strikes their family, Eily, Michael and Peggy are left to fend for themselves. Starving and in danger of the dreaded workhouse, they escape. Their one hope is to find the great aunts they have heard about in their mother’s stories. With tremendous courage they set out on a journey that will test every reserve of strength, love and loyalty they possess.'
