Over 7 thousand students across Galway now have their first state exam behind them.
4 thousand Junior Cert students sat their English Paper, while more than 3,700 Leaving Certs tackled English Paper 1.
And how did they get on - Sarah Slevin and David Nevin have been out and about to find out.
First, Sarah was at St Paul's in Oughterard to speak with Leaving Cert students and their teachers.
Meanwhile, David Nevin was at Salerno Secondary School in the city to speak with Junior Cert and Leaving Cert students.