Pupils and staff at schools across the north have had their Irish language skills recognised.
Dinner ladies at Mercy College in north Belfast were among those presented with Cúpla Focal certificates and badges as part of a school-wide Irish drive.
The nearby Holy Cross Girls' PS was also celebrating achieving a language `double', winning both the Clann Lir shield for conversation and the Tir Na nOg shield for poetry at Feis Bheal Feirste.
"This is a fabulous ending to another successful year for Holy Cross Girls," said principal Maura McNally.
"We were graded as outstanding in our ETI inspection report in march and achieved Green Flag status in June. Being outright winner of both shields at the feis has ended our year on a high. Comhghairdeas linn."
Culture minister Carál Ní Chuilín, meanwhile, has presented Cúpla Focal badges to P5 children at Holy Trinity PS in west Belfast.
The Irish language programme has been delivered at the school by Glór na Móna and class teachers since the beginning of 2015 and approximately 80 have taken part.
"This is a fantastic achievement by each and every one of the pupils," Ms Ní Chuilín said.
"It is fantastic to see Irish-language groups like Glór na Móna working with English-medium primary schools and giving the pupils the opportunity to learn the language. It was great to see so many pupils actively learning the language and there are 12,000 people like them around the north who have committed to learn or improve their Irish through the Líofa campaign."
