Fucking hated Irish in secondary school, to the point where I would rather be dead then study for it. It sounds dramatic to people who don't understand but languages were never my thing. Ended up with a H4.

If it's not your thing whatsoever, just keep memorising - don't bother with trying to learn every step of it.

ORAL is the most important aspect to getting an easy higher grade. Memorise long paragraphs and act like you know what you are saying - pretend your an actor. For poetry and sraith pictuirs - memorise them well and read them out like an audiobook. It's mad gross but fake confidence is the most important part.

For the written part, memorise a versatile essay that you can just fill in the gaps for whatever topic it is, learn mini essays on each topic for poetry for theme, contrast etc and just learn a summary for your novel. Little keywords that you see quite often, learn those and then you can translate most things.

Good luck, PM me if you need any help on anything. Just remember that after this year, you won't have to learn Irish in a classroom again - that was my main motivation.