Pádraig Fahey

Pádraig Fahey is a faculty member in the Faculty of Education at the University of Limerick, specializing in language education and teacher training within the Irish educational context. His research focuses on enhancing language teaching practices in primary education settings.

His primary research interests include Language Education, Bilingual Education, and Teacher Training, with particular emphasis on Irish language pedagogy in English-medium schools. Fahey examines how Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approaches can develop teachers' language awareness and improve second language teaching competency.

His recent scholarly work analyzes how CLIL methodology impacts teacher language awareness in Irish language instruction within English-medium primary schools in the Republic of Ireland. This research contributes to understanding effective strategies for supporting teachers' language development in bilingual educational contexts.

Fahey's work connects language education theory with practical classroom applications, focusing on how teachers can better support second language learning in primary school environments.