Courses

​​The following are the courses being offered for Autumn Term 2020. We have both daytime and evening courses available across the week. Online enrolment is now available. Courses start in September/October 2020 (see table and individual course descriptions for start dates for individual courses)

Daytime courses

Evening courses

PLEASE NOTE TABLE BELOW IS FROM JANUARY '20, we have been unable to update table this term.
​FOR JANUARY '21 brochure please see Home Page.
Code Course (Click on title to link to full description) Day Time Daytime/ Evening Wks Price* Start Date
TH4  Basketball for Women (beginner) Thurs 7:30pm-8:30pm Evening 8 €55 6 Feb
TH5  Basketball for Women (experienced & improver) Thurs 8:30pm-9:30pm Evening 8 €55 6 Feb
W10  Beauty & Makeup Wed 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 6 €70 5 Feb
T9  Bridge (beginner) Tue 7:15pm-9:15pm Evening 8 €85 4 Feb
W11  Bridge (introduction) Wed 7:15pm-9:15pm Evening 5 €60 5 Feb
MON1  Bridge (improver) Mon 10:15am-12:15pm Daytime 5 €60 3 Feb
MON2  Computers (improver) Mon 10:30am-12:30pm Daytime 6 €70 3 Feb
T1  ECDL Word & Excel (2 modules) Tue 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 10 €170 28 Jan
T2  ECDL Word Tue 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 5 €90 28 Jan
T3  ECDL Excel Tue 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 5 €90 3 Mar
W1  ECDL PowerPoint & Access (2 Modules) Wed 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 10 €170 29 Jan
W2  ECDL PowerPoint Wed 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 5 €90 29 Jan
W3  ECDL Access Wed 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 5 €90 4 Mar
T10  Energy & Vitality in Movement Tue 7:30pm-9:00pm Evening 5 €60 4 Feb
TH7  Excel (intermediate to advanced) Thurs 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 6 €90 13 Feb
W12  Jewellery Making (introduction) Wed 7:15pm-9:30pm Evening 8 €90 5 Feb
WED2  Mindfulness Wed 11:30am-12:45pm Daytime 8 €70 29 Jan
TH1  Mindfulness/Meditation Thurs 7:00pm-8:15pm Evening 8 €70 30 Jan
TH6  Nail Glamour Thur 7:30pm-9:00pm Evening 7 €65 6 Feb
W13  Oil Painting & Soft Pastels Wed 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 8 €85 5 Feb
W14  Photography (level 1) Wed 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 8 €85 5 Feb
M3  Pilates (beginner) Mon 8:15pm-9:15pm Evening 10 €80 27 Jan
W5  Pilates (beginner) Wed 8:00pm-9:00pm Evening 10 €80 29 Jan
M2  Pilates (continuation) Mon 7:30pm-8:15pm Evening 10 €70 27 Jan
W4  Pilates (continuation) Wed 7:00pm-8:00pm Evening 10 €80 29 Jan
M1  Pilates (advanced) Mon 6:45pm-7:30pm Evening 10 €70 27 Jan
W6  Pottery (beginner/improver) Wed 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 10 €130 29 Jan
T4  Sewing for all Skill Levels Tue 7:15pm-9:45pm Evening 8 €110 27 Jan
WED1  Sewing for all Skill Levels Wed 2:00pm-4:30pm Daytime 8 €110 22 Jan
W7  Sewing for all Skill Levels Wed 7:15pm-9:45pm Evening 8 €110 28 Jan
TH2  Sewing for all Skill Levels Thurs 7:15pm-9:45pm Evening 8 €110 30 Jan
F1  Sewing for all Skill Levels Fri 7:15pm-9:45pm Evening 8 €110 31 Jan
SAT1  Sewing for all Skill Levels Thurs 9:30am-12:00pm Daytime 8 €110 25 Jan
SAT2  Sewing for all Skill Levels Fri 2:00pm-4:30pm Daytime 8 €110 25 Jan
WED4  Smartphone/Tablet/iPad Wed 10:30am-12:30pm Daytime 6 €70 5 Feb
W8  Sound Engineering & Music Technology(introduction) Wed 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 10 €120 29 Jan
T5  Sound Engineering & Music Technology (intermediate) Tue 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 10 €120 28 Jan
T6  Spanish (absolute beginner) Tue 7:15pm-9:15pm Evening 10 €100 27 Jan
W9  Spanish (beginners continuation) Wed 7:15pm-9:15pm Evening 10 €100 29 Jan
TH3  Spanish (improvers) Thur 7:15pm-9:15pm Evening 10 €100 30 Jan
CPE2  Special Needs Assisting Level 5 (QQI 5N1786) Wed 7:00pm-9:30pm Evening 12 €325 5 Feb
CPE1  Special Needs Assisting Level 6 (6N1957) Tue 7:00pm-9:30pm Evening 10 €325 4 Feb
WED3  Tai Chi (beginner) Wed 2:00pm-3:00pm Daytime 10 €80 29 Jan
T11  Typing/Keyboard Skills Tue 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 6 €80 4 Feb
T7  Yoga Tue 7:00pm-8:15pm Evening 8 €70 28 Jan
T8  Yoga Tue 8:15pm-9:30pm Evening 8 €70 28 Jan

​* Price does not include the €1.50 administration fee per transaction (you only pay once if enrolling for two or more courses/people in the one payment). There are additional costs for some courses (ingredients, equipment materials). See individual course descriptions for details of what is included in the course price, and what courses have additional requirements. 
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Donahies Community School is part of the National Association of Adult and Community Education Directors (NACED) network. Schools within this network run classes across Ireland. You can find links to all schools within the network and links to their class timetables on the Adult Education Ireland website. Neighbouring school Pobalscoil Neasain also runs courses.