This has been a week of great news for ancient Greek and Latin at second level!

Firstly, details of prescribed material for the new Ancient Greek and Latin specifications have been released, including the capstone texts (spoiler: Euripides’ Medea for Greek and Virgil’s Aeneid for Latin) and details on grammar needed for Ordinary and Higher Level. Secondly, the long-standing restriction on students studying combinations of Classical Studies, Latin and Ancient Greek at Senior Cycle has been removed, which means that students can now sit more than one of these subjects for the Leaving Cert! And finally, mock exams for the new Leaving Certificate ancient Greek and Latin specifications have been released (available here). Everything is now set for the new specifications to come on stream in September 2025! A huge amount of work lies behind all three of the above so huge congratulations to everyone involved!