Áine Ní Cheanainn

Female, Person

1907 –

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Who is Áine Ní Cheanainn?

Áine Ní Cheanainn, headmistress and co-founder of Cumann Scannán na nÓg, 1907-1999.

Cheanainn was born in Derryvea, Kiltimagh, County Mayo, daughter of a shopkeeper. She was taught locally before attending Carysfort Training College from 1925 to 1927, graduating with a qualification for primary level. She later studied at UCD, where she obtained an M.A. in education.

She taught at Scoil Mhuire in Howth from 1927, and became principal of Scoil Eoin Baiste girl's school in Clontarf in 1941. By the 1950s, Scoil Eoin was one of the most prestigious in Dublin. The following decade she introduced audio-visual equipment, years before their official introduction as part of the curriculum in 1974.

Cheanainn was actively involved in many areas of education, such as the Eigse Raifteri summer school, the Comoradh Mhic Eil, the Irish branch of UNESCO, the Irish-German society, and Corfheile na Scoileanna.

She was a co-founder of Cumann Scannán na nÓg, which was merged with the Irish Film Institute to form the Irish Film Centre. She was the only woman appointed to the Teilifís Éireann authority, serving from 1960 to 1965, but was disappointed not to be asked to serve a second term. It was at her insistence that the new media station was called Raidió Teilifís Éireann.

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1907

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on July 23, 2013

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