Every graduate has a public reference letter at builtinireland.ie that names the cohort, the project, the role, and the specific work shipped. Click any name to read theirs.
The Academy launched in May 2026 with Cohort 1 (County Carlow on localnews.ie). The first graduate page will go live the day Cohort 1 finishes.
We're being honest about this rather than padding it with fake testimonials — the whole point of The Academy is that every reference is verifiable. The page being empty for a few weeks is part of that.
When the first cohort finishes, each graduate gets a card on this page with:
That's the structure. Built In Ireland is where the formal reference letter lives; this page is the discovery surface that points to it. Two-way link, two healthy sites in the same niche, one closed loop.
Automatically. When your reference letter goes live at builtinireland.ie/references/<you>, a card for you is added here. You don't have to do anything else — signing off on the reference at the end of your cohort is enough.
If you'd rather not appear publicly on this page even though you have a reference, tell us at hello@theacademy.ie — the reference letter itself stays up and verifiable, you're just not in the wall of graduates. Your call.