Courses

​​The following are the courses being offered for Spring Term 2019. We have both daytime and evening courses available across the week. Online enrolment is now available. Courses start from January 22nd (see table and individual course descriptions for start dates for individual courses.

Daytime courses

Evening courses
Code Course (Click on title to link to full description) Day Time Daytime/ Evening Wks Price* Start Date
TH1  Basketball for Women (beginner) Thurs 7:30pm-8:30pm Evening 10 €70 26 Sept
TH2  Basketball for Women (experienced & improver) Thurs 8:30pm-9:30pm Evening 10 €70 26 Sept
TH11  Beauty & Makeup Thurs 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 6 €70 17 Oct
CPE1  Bookkeeping Manual & Computerised (5N1354) Tue 6:30pm-9:30pm Evening 10 €325 24 Sept
T7  Bridge (beginner) Tue 7:15pm-9:15pm Evening 8 €85 1 Oct
WED2  Bridge (beginner) Wed 10:15am-12:15pm Daytime 5 €60 2 Oct
W10  Bridge (improver level I) Wed 7:15pm-9:15pm Evening 8 €85 2 Oct
MON1  Bridge (level II) Mon 10:15am-12:15pm Daytime 5 €60 30 Sept
TH6  Bridge (level II) Thurs 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 8 €85 3 Oct
CPE2  Care of the Older Person (QQI 5N2706) Tue 7:00pm-9:30pm Evening 10+2xSat €325 24 Sept
MON2  Computers (improver) Mon 10:30am-12:30pm Daytime 6 €70 30 Sept
W11  Counselling (introduction) Wed 7:30pm-9:00pm Evening 8 €70 2 Oct
T1  ECDL Word & Excel (2 modules) Tue 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 10 €170 24 Sept
T2  ECDL Word Tue 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 5 €90 24 Sept
T3  ECDL Excel Tue 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 5 €90 5 Nov
W1  ECDL PowerPoint & Access (2 Modules) Wed 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 10 €170 25 Sept
W2  ECDL PowerPoint Wed 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 5 €90 25 Sept
W3  ECDL Access Wed 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 5 €90 6 Nov
T8  Energy & Vitality in Movement Tue 7:30pm-9:00pm Evening 5 €60 1 Oct
TH10  Excel (intermediate to advanced) Thurs 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 6 €90 10 Oct
T9  Herbal Medicine (introduction) Tue 7:30pm-9:00pm Evening 8 €70 1 Oct
TH6  Interior Design Thurs 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 8 €85 3 Oct
W12  Jewellery Making (introduction) Wed 7:15pm-9:30pm Evening 8 €90 2 Oct
WED3  Mindfulness Wed 11:30am-12:45pm Daytime 8 €70 2 Oct
TH7  Mindfulness/Meditation Thurs 7:00pm-8:15pm Evening 8 €70 3 Oct
T13  Nail Glamour Tue 7:30pm-9:00pm Evening 7 €65 15 Oct
W13  Oil Painting & Soft Pastels Wed 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 8 €85 2 Oct
CPE3  Payroll Manual & Computerised (5N1546) Wed 6:30pm-9:30pm Evening 10 €325 25 Sept
W14  Photography (level 1) Wed 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 8 €85 2 Oct
M3  Pilates (beginner) Mon 8:15pm-9:15pm Evening 10 €80 23 Sept
W5  Pilates (beginner) Wed 8:00pm-9:00pm Evening 10 €80 25 Sept
M2  Pilates (continuation) Mon 7:30pm-8:15pm Evening 10 €70 23 Sept
W4  Pilates (continuation) Wed 7:00pm-8:00pm Evening 10 €80 25 Sept
M1  Pilates (advanced) Mon 6:45pm-7:30pm Evening 10 €70 23 Sept
T4  Pottery (beginner & improver) Tue 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 10 €130 24 Sept
W6  Pottery (taster beginner course) Wed 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 5 €70 25 Sept
TH8  Self Defence for All Thurs 7:30pm-9:00pm Evening 5 €60 3 Oct
T5  Sewing for all Skill Levels Tue 7:15pm-9:45pm Evening 8 €110 24 Sept
WED1  Sewing for all Skill Levels Wed 2:00pm-4:30pm Daytime 8 €110 25 Sept
W7  Sewing for all Skill Levels Wed 7:15pm-9:45pm Evening 8 €110 25 Sept
TH3  Sewing for all Skill Levels Thurs 7:15pm-9:45pm Evening 8 €110 26 Sept
F1  Sewing for all Skill Levels Fri 7:15pm-9:45pm Evening 8 €110 27 Sept
SAT1  Sewing for all Skill Levels Thurs 9:30am-12:00pm Daytime 8 €110 28 Sept
SAT2  Sewing for all Skill Levels Fri 2:00pm-4:30pm Daytime 8 €110 28 Sept
WED4  Smartphone/Tablet/iPad Wed 10:30am-12:30pm Daytime 6 €70 2 Oct
T6  Sound Engineering & Music Technology(introduction) Tue 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 10 €120 24 Sept
W8  Sound Engineering & Music Technology (intermediate) Wed 7:30pm-9:30pm Evening 10 €120 25 Sept
W9  Spanish (beginner) Wed 7:15pm-9:15pm Evening 9 €90 25 Sept
TH4  Spanish (continuation) Thurs 7:15pm-9:15pm Evening 9 €90 26 Sept
CPE4  Special Needs Assisting Level 5 (QQI 5N1786) Wed 7:00pm-9:30pm Evening 12 €325 25 Sept
CPE5  Special Needs Assisting Level 6 (6N1957) Thurs 7:00pm-9:30pm Evening 10 €325 26 Sept
WED5  Tai Chi (beginner) Wed 2:00pm-3:00pm Daytime 8 €65 2 Oct
T10  Typing/Keyboard Skills Tue 7:00pm-9:00pm Evening 6 €80 1 Oct
T11  Yoga Tue 7:00pm-8:15pm Evening 8 €70 1 Oct
T12  Yoga Tue 8:15pm-9:30pm Evening 8 €70 1 Oct
TH9  Yoga Thurs 8:15pm-9:30pm Evening 8 €70 3 Oct

​* 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.