“What an amazing brain workout!”Daria Biel, Presentation Secondary School, Limerick
“The linguistics puzzles we were given to solve were very challenging to begin with, but it was very rewarding to take part in something new that used all the skills we acquired in preparation for the tests. It was definitely something worth doing!”Maggie Shalloe, Ramsgrange Community School, Wexford
“I have found it interesting having to work on the phonetics of words rather than just the spellings and grammar. It has been a revelation in terms of other languages and their complexities.”Nathan Wafflart, Wellinton College Belfast
“I like that this competition is challenging me in a way that I don’t normally experience in the day to day life of school.”Sallyanne McCarthy, St Louis High School, Dublin
“I found the puzzles challenging but worthwhile. Unknown languages make sense when you think about them. I especially liked the Egyptian question – it was so cool, I felt transported back in time.”Bessie Pilinci, Presentation Secondary School, Thurles
“It was incredibly rewarding to feel that I could understand these complex languages. I feel that these activities assist me in how I approach learning languages.”Clodagh Herron Rice, St Joseph’s Secondary School, Navan
“I think that the Linguistics Olympiad is a very good exercise to develop your logic. If you are interested in languages, you will certainly enjoy it because it is not studying them, it is turning them into a “game” to challenge you.”Alessia Cipparrome, St. Kilian’s Deutsche Schule, Dublin
“A fantastically fun yet frustrating phonetic frenzy!”Lia Grogan, Presentation Secondary School Thurles
“I believe studying languages is an exciting and interesting task, studying how they are formed is really challenging. I am considering studying a degree in languages and linguistics in the University of Limerick.”Conor Costelloe, Coláiste Chiarain, Croom
“The linguistics puzzles we were given to solve were very challenging to begin with, but it was very rewarding to take part in something new that used all the skills we acquired in preparation for the tests. It was definitely something worth doing!”Maggie Shalloe, Ramsgrange Community School, Wexford