Sold for €17.7m in 1999 and bought from NAMA for €2.3m, Rathfarnam's Loreto Abbey, which dates back to the 18th century, is to house Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh, the first all-Irish secondary school to be established in south Dublin since Tallaght’s Coláiste de hÍde was founded in 1993. The huge growth in demand for Irish language schooling has intensified the need for Irish language post-primary schools to accommodate the numerous Gaelscoileanna that have sprung up across Dublin city and county in recent years. After campaigning for 10 years for a site to house an Irish language post-primary school in the area, parents were told in January that the Department of Education had identified a permanent location suitable for the school. “There has been a clear demand for a Gaelcholáiste in this area for a long time and this can be seen in the level of demand for places in Coláiste Eoin and Íosagáin. We hope the new school will cater for the need that is there at the moment and that we will see in the future."
That username is already in use. wrote: » http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/loreto-abbey-to-open-doors-to-irish-language-post-primary-1.1713595http://www.gaelcholaiste.com/
SEPT 23 1989 wrote: » what's the angle here?
Cienciano wrote: » Can someone tell me how I'm supposed to be offended by this?
anncoates wrote: » 'I've often wondered since if the sudden popularity of Irish schools in part a reaction to the amount of foreign nationals that have came to Ireland and by extension, entered the school system.
anncoates wrote: » If it's the building I think it is, it's good to hear it's being used for something, even better if it's for an educational purpose and will be architecturally preserved. Don't see the issue with people opting to having their kids schooled in the language of the nation myself. We thought about seedling our child to the local Gaelscoil- as we would have dearly liked him to grow up speaking the language properly - but we were put off by what we thought was essentially a mildly unpleasant interrogatory approach in assessing our suitability and stuff like the principal insisting on periodically addressing us in Irish when it was clear our grasp of the language was very rusty. 'I've often wondered since if the sudden popularity of Irish schools in part a reaction to the amount of foreign nationals that have came to Ireland and by extension, entered the school system.
syklops wrote: » Controversial option alert!
anncoates wrote: » Certainly wasn't intended as such.
syklops wrote: » I think few people intend for their opinion to be controversial.
Femme_Fatale wrote: » Coincidentally, someone said on the (latest) racism thread that they heard it is the case some parents are opting to send their kids to a gaelscoil because of less exposure to fardners.
syklops wrote: » I would reason that its less exposure to scumbags to be honest.
conorhal wrote: » It's mildly amusing that a language which was derided for centuries as being the language of ignorant pesants is now so suddenly being derided as the language of elitists....
syklops wrote: » I wasn't deriding the language as being the language of elitists. Simply pointing out that places in Gael Scoils tend to be in short supply and the schools themselves don't put up with students disrupting people who want to learn, or want to be left alone. I went to a private school and it seemed to me that so long as the parents paid the fees the school was happy for little johnny to cause as much disruption as he was capable of.
Lapin wrote: » Looks like one of those threads where the OP dumps his load, then fucks off assuming we all give a all give a toss about the shít he left behind. I reckon the vast majority of people on boards don't give a rat's arse about buildings in south county Dublin.
My name is URL wrote: » Do students attending Gael Schools still get extra points for sitting their Leaving Cert in Irish?
Teyla Emmagan wrote: » Isn't that where they think poor Philip Cairns is buried?
syklops wrote: » Wheres my NAMA joe? Wheres my NAMA?
