Contact
Telephone
01 853 5185
Location
St Mary's, Room 218
Rannóg
Department of Arts, Literacy & Early Childhood
Role
Assistant Lecturer in Integratred Arts (Visual Arts and Drama)
Qualifications
M.Oid., B.Ed.
Teaching
B.OID2: BO8207 – Drámaíocht agus na hEalaíona (Na hAmharcealaíona & Ceol) — Module leader and lecturer
B.OID3: BO8302 – Ceol agus na hEalaíona (Na hAmharcealaíona & Drámaíocht) — Module leader and lecturer
Ed. Studies 1: ES8103 – Education and the Arts — Module leader and lecturer
B.ED3: ED8302 – Music and the Arts – Visual arts — Module leader and lecturer
B.OID1: BO8104 – Na hAmharcealaíona & na hEalaíona (Ceol & Drámaíocht) — Module leader and lecturer
B.ED2: ED8204 – Drama and the Arts – Visual Arts — Lecturer
M.ES VA: Visual Arts, Ideation and Integration — Module co-ordinator and lecturer
Publications and other outputs
Journal Articles
Nic An Bhreithiúnaigh, R. & Kenny, A. (2026). Teacher communities supporting arts education: A systematic literature review. Teaching and Teacher Education, 176, 105509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2026.105509
Keane, E. and Nic An Bhreithiúnaigh, R. (2025). Bilingual Arts Practice, Frameworks and Possibilities. Int J Art Des Educ. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12622.
Nic an Bhreithiúnaigh, R., & Ó Brolcháin, C. (2023). Eispéireas an ábhair oide ar B.Oid trí Mheán na Gaeilge maidir le FCÁT a chur i bhfeidhm sna hAmharcealaíona ar Shocrúchán scoile. Léann Teanga: An Reiviú. https://doi.org/10.13025/h8r5-zz92
Conference Contributions
Nic An Bhreithiúnaigh, R. (2026, June 6). Teacher communities supporting Professional Learning for educators of the arts: A systematic review on Professional Learning for arts education. [Paper Presentation]. Professional Learning Research and Practice Assembly, DCU.
Nic An Bhreithiúnaigh, R. (2026, June 5). Charting Collaborative Frontiers: A Systematic Review of Teacher Communities in Arts Education. [Paper Presentation]. IPDA conference, Dublin.
Nic An Bhreithiúnaigh, R. (2026, June 4). Stages of Learning: Transformative Knowledge-Making in a Community of Practice in Primary Arts Education. [Paper Presentation and Workshop]. ISTR conference, TUD, Dublin.
Nic An Bhreithiúnaigh, R., McEntee, L. & Fahy, E. (2026, May 28). Threads of Practice: Weaving Artist, Researcher, and Teacher Identities Through the Integrated Arts [Round Table Presentation]. ESAI conference, Galway University.
Nic An Bhreithiúnaigh, R. (2025, November 6-8). Teacher Communities as Ecological Networks: Sustaining Arts Educators Through Shared Practice [Paper presentation]. The National Society of Art and Design Education, iJADE conference, Arnolfini & UWE Bristol.
Nic An Bhreithiúnaigh, R. (2025, August 26-29). Immersion Primary Student Teachers' Dual Identity as Language and Subject Teachers Implementing CLIL in Visual Arts Through the Medium of Irish on School Placement. [Paper presentation]. ATEE Annual Conference, Marino Institute of Education, Dublin.
Nic An Bhreithiúnaigh, R. (2025, April 12) The experience of student teachers on the Bachelor of Education through the medium of Irish implementing CLIL in Visual Arts on School Placement. [Poster presentation]. ESAI conference, Athlone.
Nic An Bhreithiúnaigh, R. and Keane, E. (2024, November 8-9) Exploring arts-based research and a bilingual approach to craft heritage using visual competency and language frameworks. [Poster presentation]. LAI conference, Dublin.
Keane, E. and Nic An Bhreithiúnaigh, R. (2024, November 7-9). Reasons to talk: Fostering dialogue about Irish cultural heritage through bilingual arts practice. [Paper presentation]. The National Society of Art and Design Education, iJade conference, Liverpool Hope University.
Professional Magazines
Nic An Bhreithiúnaigh, R. (2025, April). Léitheoireacht, Sult agus Ealaíona Comhtháite. LAI Literacy News The Joy of Reading, Spring 2025, 18–22.