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Please complete this form to register for the Oireachtas Essay Competition.

Make sure that you have read and understood the Competition Rules and Procedures.

After completing this form, you will receive an email to your email address with your ID registration number.

Please use this ID registration number to name your essay. Only your issued ID number may feature in the title of the essay being submitted.

To upload your essay, please click the “Upload Your Essay” link in the registration acknowledgement email.

Thanks and good luck.

An entry form in the Irish-language is available here.

This section should be completed by the student.

Student Full Name (Required)

Student’s School-Issued Email Address (Required)

I consent to being contacted occasionally by email by the Competition Organisers (Required)¹

Yes

I certify that I qualify for the 2025/26 Oireachtas Essay Competition and that I am

I certify that any essay I submit will be my own work and that any material from any other source will be featured only where quoted and/or properly referenced (Required)²

Yes

I consent to the use of my essay or any part of it by the Competition Organisers in any publication or otherwise for the purposes of promoting the Oireachtas Essay Competition (Required)

Yes

I consent to the future use, in the event that I receive an award, of any photos or other publicity material involving myself by the Competition Organisers for the purpose of promoting the Oireachtas Essay Competition (Required)

Yes

Region / Category (Required)

Name of School (Required)

School Address (Required)

This section should be completed by the by the Teacher Point of Contact. (See Rules and Procedures for definition of ‘Teacher Point of Contact')

Teacher Point of Contact Name (Required)

Department / Subject Taught

Teacher Point of Contact Email (Required)

The above-named student is a Transition year, 5th year or 6th year student (Republic of Ireland) or an AS level/A level student who is known to me. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and judgment, this student will submit only an essay that is his/her own work (Required)

Yes

As Teacher Point of Contact, I consent to being contacted by the Competition Organisers in connection with this year’s Oireachtas Essay Competition (Required)

Yes

I consent to being contacted occasionally by the Competition Organisers in future years about the Oireachtas Essay Competition (Required)

Yes

Name of School Principal (Required)

School Email (Required)

School Telephone (Required)

¹ In respect of any certification or consent given by any student registering on this page for the Oireachtas Essay Competition, it is expected that any necessary agreement by parents or guardians to such certifications and/or consents has been sought and given.

² Presentations of prizes, award ceremonies etc may involve interviews with winning students about the content of their essays. The above certification includes an undertaking that there has been/will be no use of any artificial intelligence, e.g. Chat GBT or any other (AI) chatbot, or of any similar resource, in the preparation of the essay submitted in connection with this registration.

The student should double check the details in this form before pressing the Register button.

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This section should be completed by the student.

Student Full Name (Required)

Student’s School-Issued Email Address (Required)

I consent to being contacted occasionally by email by the Competition Organisers (Required)

Yes

I certify that I qualify for the 2023/24 Oireachtas Essay Competition and that I am

I certify that any essay I submit will be my own work and that any material from any other source will be featured only where quoted and/or properly referenced (Required)

Yes

I consent to the use of my essay or any part of it by the Competition Organisers in any publication or otherwise for the purposes of promoting the Oireachtas Essay Competition (Required)

Yes

Region / Category (Required)

To see a full list of all schools, click here.

Name of School (Required)

School Address (Required)

This section should be completed by the by the Teacher Point of Contact. (See Rules and Procedures for definition of ‘Teacher Point of Contact')

Teacher Point of Contact Name (Required)

Department / Subject Taught

Teacher Point of Contact Email (Required)

The above-named student is a 5th year or 6th year student (Republic of Ireland) or an AS level/A level student who is known to me. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and judgment, this student will submit only an essay that is his/her own work (Required)

Yes

As Teacher Point of Contact, I consent to being contacted by the Competition Organisers in connection with this year’s Oireachtas Essay Competition (Required)

Yes

I consent to being contacted occasionally by the Competition Organisers in future years about the Oireachtas Essay Competition (Required)

Yes

Name of School Principal (Required)

School Email (Required)

School Telephone (Required)

The student should double check the details in this form before pressing the Register button.

Only fill in if you are not human

*Regions are organised as follows:

Dublin: Schools in Dublin City and County;

Leinster (excluding Dublin): Schools anywhere in Counties Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow;

Connacht: Schools anywhere in Counties Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon & Sligo.

Munster: Schools anywhere in Counties Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.

Ulster: Schools anywhere in Counties Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Donegal, Derry / Londonderry, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Monaghan.

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