CICE Publications
CICE Publications is the publishing imprint of the Church of Ireland College of Education.
Publications
Slates Up! Schools and Schooling in the Nineteenth Century (2005)
ISBN: 9780950928944
Compiler: Karen Willoughby
Consultant Editors: Valerie Coghlan, Geraldine O’Connor, Susan Parkes
Slates Up! captures what it was like to be a child at school in the nineteenth century. Based on the records of the Kildare Place Society (a pioneering charitable institution involved in Irish education) it provides a focused and stimulating guide to the early days of schooling in Ireland.
Contents include:
- A look at a typical nineteenth century schoolhouse
- What and how children learned
- Rewards and punishments
- Suggestions for a re-enactment of a typical 19th century school day
- Teachers’ guidelines and pupils’ activity sheets
Price: €20.00 (Cheques payable to: Church of Ireland College of Education)
Available from:
The Church of Ireland College of Education
96 Upper Rathmines Road,
Dublin 6.
This well-produced book enables pupils of today to act as real investigative historians as
they explore the everyday educational experience of pupils at the beginning of the 19th
century. … This is how history should be experienced, as exciting discovery of a past which has something to say to our present 
John Fahy. Review in Inis No 15, Spring 2006
Irish Children’s Writers’ and Illustrators 1986-2006. A Selection of Essays
ISBN: 9780950928951
Edited by: Valerie Coghlan and Siobhán Parkinson (2007)
Published in conjunction with Children’s Books Ireland
A unique collection of essays by experts in the field, about contemporary Irish writers and illustrators for children at the turn of the 21st century. This publication offers an authoritative yet accessible commentary on ten authors and three illustrators whose work represents excellence in contemporary children’s literature. It also reflects a growing interest and a new dynamism in critical study in this area.
Students of children’s literature will find this book an invaluable resource. It will also be very relevant for teachers at all levels, librarians, parents and readers with a general interest in children’s books or Irish literature.
Writers and illustrators featured in the volume include: Eoin Colfer, Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Maeve Friel, P.J. Lynch, Sam McBratney, Elizabeth O’Hara, Mark O’Sullivan, Siobhán Parkinson, Niamh Sharkey, Matthew Sweeney, Kate Thompson, Martin Waddell, Gerard Whelan.
Price: €15.00 + €2.85 p&p Cheques payable to CBI
Available from:
Children’s Books Ireland
17 North Great George’s Street
Dublin 1.
This is a world-class list which encompasses several genres and shows the dynamism of
contemporary Irish children’s books. The list of contributors in equally impressive,
including many scholars who are well established internationally
Kimberley Reynolds, Professor of Children’s Literature, University of Newcastle, UK
Other CICE publications include:
Susan M. Parkes, Kildare Place, (1984) The History of the Church of Ireland Training College 1811-1969 (Out of print).
Áine Hyland & Kenneth Milne, (Eds) (1987) Irish Educational Documents. Volume 1. A selection of extracts from documents relating to the history of Irish education from the earliest times to 1922 (Out of print).
Áine Hyland & Kenneth Milne, (Eds) (1992) Irish Educational Documents. Volume 2. A selection of extracts from documents relating to the history of education from 1922 to 1991 in the Irish Free State and Republic of Ireland
Áine Hyland, Kenneth Milne, Gordon Byrne & John Dallat, (Eds) (1995) Irish Educational Documents. Volume 3. A selection of extracts from documents relating to the history of education from 1922 to 1992 in Northern Ireland
Available from the Church of Ireland College of Education.