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Paul Galvan is a Resource Teacher working in the Patrician Secondary School in Newbridge, Co Kildare. He decided to study for a B.A Honours in Geography and French following his Leaving Cert, as these were subject that he had a great interest in. He was then eligible to study for the H. Dip in Education, which he carried out in NUI Maynooth .

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