Day and evening courses for Deaf Adults

The Deaf Adult Literacy Services (DALS) are funded by the Department of Education and Skills and we provide classes for Deaf people all over Ireland.

All our classes are taught by Deaf tutors using Irish Sign Language. Our tutors are trained and certified by the Waterford Institute of Technology.

The Irish Deaf Society set up the Deaf adult literacy services in 2001 as we realised that there was a need for literacy classes due to the poor education that Deaf people received in Ireland. 

All of our courses are free* and run for 30 weeks (September - June)

If you wish to contact Brian Crean or Susan Whelan for more information, contact them at the Irish Deaf Society.

Contact details:

Text: 085-284-1884
Email: dals@irishdeafsociety.ie
Telephone: 01-860-1878

For Irish Sign Language classes - please email: islclasses@irishdeafsociety.ie

* Currently the only class we charge for is art classes (for materials)