Student Sample: The Dangers of Stereotypes

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Good evening ladies and gentlemen, My name is Eoin O’Driscoll and this evening, I am here to talk to you about our new campaign to eradicate stereotyping from our society. Throughout this speech, I will give you, the audience, examples of stereotyping within our society and more importantly, the dangers of stereotyping. Let me first Read More …

Leaving Cert Speech: 2022 Exam Paper

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“You are a candidate in the next election for the presidency of Ireland. Write a speech to bedelivered during the election campaign, in which you outline the social and cultural values youwould promote if elected and explain the perception of Ireland you would cultivate abroad,given the opportunity to do so.” Ladies and gentlemen, my name Read More …

Student Sample: 2021 Speech

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“In TEXT 3, Chadwick Boseman draws attention to the dangers of stereotyping.You have been asked to speak, as a representative of a national youth organisation, at the launch of a major campaign against stereotyping. Write the speech you would deliver.“ Good afternoon everyone, my name is Ally McElroy and today I am going to talk Read More …

Speech on the Value of Education

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Benjamin Franklin once said, ‘Investment in education pays the greatest interest.’  Good afternoon, my name is John Dowling and I am here today to talk to you about the importance of education in today’s world. As a student who has spent the last fourteen years of his life in the corridors of the Irish education Read More …

Elements of Speech Writing

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Use these eight points to help you write your own speech or to analyse a speech, for either Junior or Leaving Cert English. Engage your audience by addressing them in the introduction. Say who you are and explain what you are going to talk about. Structure: Speeches must have a beginning, a middle and a Read More …