About Leaving Cert Plus
It started with one student looking for a better way to learn.
Before founding Leaving Cert Plus, Aaron Keane was simply trying to make studying more effective.
As a Leaving Cert student balancing school with competing internationally in athletics, he was always looking for ways to make better use of his time. He listened to audio recordings while training and in the gym, revised flashcards on car journeys, and even recorded short video explanations of difficult topics for himself so he could revisit them whenever he needed.
Those study habits stayed with him.
While studying Medicine at university, Aaron began giving Leaving Cert grinds. To support students outside of lessons, he started recording videos explaining individual topics and organised them into simple folders that students could access whenever they wanted.
The feedback surprised him. Many students preferred learning this way. They could pause, rewind and revisit explanations as often as they liked, learning at their own pace rather than trying to absorb everything in a single class.
That experience became the foundation of Leaving Cert Plus.
Rather than creating another collection of videos, Aaron set out to build a complete learning platform—bringing together expert video lessons, concise notes, quizzes, flashcards, exam questions, audio learning and intelligent revision tools in one place to help students study more independently and more effectively.
Built on a shared commitment to quality
As Leaving Cert Plus grew, one thing became clear: outstanding technology is only as good as the educational content behind it.
That shared belief led to a partnership with CJ Fallon, one of Ireland's most respected educational publishers.
Working closely with Brian Gilsenan, CEO of CJ Fallon, Leaving Cert Plus combines two complementary perspectives: Aaron's experience as a recent student and educator who understands how today's students learn, and CJ Fallon's long-standing expertise in developing trusted, high-quality educational resources.
Together, they share a simple goal: to combine the rigour and quality of traditional educational publishing with the accessibility and flexibility of a modern learning platform.
Today, Leaving Cert Plus supports thousands of students across Ireland, with the same mission that inspired it from the very beginning—to help every student study more efficiently, understand more deeply and achieve their full potential.