All Ireland Linguistic Olympiad

On the 28th January 2020, Kelly, Cathal and Gabriella (Transition Year Students) took part in the preliminary round of the All Ireland Linguistic Olympiad or AILO. The AILO is a contest in which secondary school students develop strategies for solving problems in interesting languages from around the globe most of which are not known. They used their skills to solve puzzles such as deciphering Idalion tablet (see picture) and translating Kolyma Yukagir from the Far East of Russia.