INTRODUCTION
The Patrick Kavanagh project concept was conceived by HITEC Carrickmacross and Monaghan Education Centre in early 2004 and involved a project application to the National Centre of Technology (NCTE).

Approval and funding was received in May 2004 and the NCTE seconded a part time coordinator, Kathleen Tinnelly, to coordinate the project from September 2004 to June 2005.

Tomás Ó Briain was subsequently appointed by NCTE as the project evaluator. A project steering committee administered the project and was composed of schools and key partners’ representatives.

Each school was equiped with a laptop and a digital camcorder and received training in digital video editing.

The project involved the following four primary schools and three post primary schools from the south Monaghan area;

	Scoil Cholmcille NS, Blackstaff	View School Details
	Corcreagh NS, Raferagh.	View School Details
	St. Daigh’s NS, Inniskeen.	View School Details
	Scoil Rois, Carrickmacross.	View School Details
	Inver College, Carrickmacross.	View School Details
	Patrician High School, Carrickmacross	View School Details
	St Louis Secondary School, Carrickmacross	View School Details

Project Objectives
The overall objective of this collaborative project was to provide a fresh insight into the interpretation of Patrick Kavanagh's works and to provide interactive resources that enhance and support the learning and teaching experience in the classroom.

The key project objectives were;

• To create a unique cross-curricular digital resource for the exploration of Kavanagh’s literature.
• To promote and facilitate inter-school collaboration on the development of indigenous digital educational content and resources.
• To produce and digitally collate local Kavanagh resources thereby providing a lasting and tangible educational resource for the local and national educational community including formal and non formal education and lifelong learning.
• To provide students and teachers globally with an insight into the social and physical landscape that shaped Kavanagh’s work.
• To explore Kavanagh’s work from different thematic and project strand perspectives and provide a substantive and interactive educational resource.
• To utilise ICTs to develop unique resource materials from the different project strands and to combine them into one substantial and distinctive resource.
• To involve the local community and tourist authorities in a heightened awareness and promotion of the south Monaghan area.