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The All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) 2022 awards were held at Trinity College Dublin on Wednesday 4th May 2022. Eoin Boushel was named AILO Champion 2022 and will represent Ireland in this summer’s International LInguistics Olympiad on the Isle of Man. Joining Eoin on the team are Finn Wallace (CBC Monkstown), Justin Cunningham (Patrician Secondary School Newbridge) and Arthur McKeever (Methodist College Belfast).

Prof Vincent Wade, Dr Cara Greene (Irish co-team leader) and the Irish International Linguistics Olympiad team 2022 Eoin Boushel (Belvedere College), Justin Cunningham (Patrician Secondary School Newbridge), Finn Wallace (CBC Monkstown) and Arthur McKeever (Methodist College Belfast)

The four students came through from the top 100 linguistic problem-solvers are the National final of AILO in Dublin City University (DCU) in March. The Junior Champion is Turlagh McDaid from St Columba’s Comprehensive in Glenties, Donegal. Finn O’Toole from St. Vincent’s Castleknock got second place. Niamh Armstrong from Meánscoil Gharman, Enniscorthy got third place and Louise Wade from Salesian Secondary College in Limerick got 4th place in the Junior competition.

There was a joint winner of the team competition round for the first time. The joint winners were Gonzaga College (Henry Li, Seán Radcliffe, Cormac Hannon, Jacques Murphy) and a team made up of two from CBC Monkstown (Finn Wallace, Hugh O’Connor) and Eoin Boushel (Belvedere College) and Cathal Ó hÓbáin (Sutton Park School). Well done to all the students who took part in AILO this year and special thanks to all the teachers involved.

About AILO

AILO is run by ADAPT, the world-leading SFI Research Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology. The contest challenges secondary school students to apply logic and reasoning skills to solve complex puzzles in unfamiliar languages. 

The Irish team has taken home a bronze medal and an honourable mention from the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL), taking place remotely from ADAPT Dublin City University this week. The Irish team is made up of the top four students from the 2021 All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) which is run by ADAPT, the SFI Research Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology, at the School of Computing, DCU.

Pictured: David Wright, Natalia Timulakova, Oscar Despard and Justin Cunningham

The team was made up of Justin Cunningham from Patrician Secondary School, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Oscar Despard (Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, Dublin), Natalia Timulakova (Holy Faith Clontarf, Dublin) and David Wright (Lucan Community College, Dublin). Oscar Despard won a bronze medal in the Individual Round and Natalia Timulakova won an honourable mention in the same round.

The students undertook online training with co-team leaders Prof Harold Somers and Dr Cara Greene of ADAPT in the School of Computing. The International Olympiad was held remotely (hosted by Latvia) and saw the students come up against approximately 200 top linguistic problem-solvers, from 30 countries, to tackle some of the toughest puzzles in logic and linguistics in little-known languages from all over the globe. The students faced a 6-hour individual round paper on Tuesday in the School of Computing DCU and a 4-hour team round on Wednesday. Well done to the whole team. They have done Ireland proud.

Four students are representing Ireland at the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL), taking place remotely this week, from Dublin City University (DCU). The Irish team is made up of the top four students from the 2021 All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) which is run by ADAPT, the SFI Research Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology, at the School of Computing, DCU.

Justin Cunningham from Patrician Secondary School, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, clinched top spot in the National Final. Justin also made the team last year when the internationals were unfortunately cancelled, and is a previous Junior Champion. Joining him on the IOL team are Oscar Despard (Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, Dublin), Natalia Timulakova (Holy Faith Clontarf, Dublin) and David Wright (Lucan Community College, Dublin).

The students have taken part in online training with Prof Harold Somers and Dr Cara Greene of ADAPT in the School of Computing. The International Olympiad will see the students come up against approximately 200 top linguistic problem-solvers, from 30 countries, to tackle some of the toughest puzzles in logic and linguistics in little-known languages from all over the globe. The students are facing a 6-hour individual round paper today and a 4-hour team round on Wednesday. Results will be announced on Saturday.