Connaught Marshner,
President
Connaught Marshner is an author and advocate for education reform, and the renewal of the Irish language.
Formerly she was Chair of the Advisory Panel on Financing Elementary and Secondary Education of the U. S. Department of Education. Her books include: Blackboard Tyranny,
Decent Exposure, Can Motherhood Survive?, and A Blueprint for Education Reform.
In 2017, she founded the Shenandoah Gaeltacht, to help keep the Irish language and authentic Irish history and culture alive in the northern Shenandoah Valley.
Connie's newest book is Monastery and High Cross: the Forgotten Eastern Roots of Irish Christianity, published by Sophia Institute Press. The book grew out of her dissertation at University College Cork for a Master's Degree in Gaelic Literature. More information is available at www.ConnieMarshner.com.
She lives in Front Royal, Virginia, with her husband, William, who was a founding faculty member of Christendom College, from where she conducts Irish language classes on Zoom at Christendom College.
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