Bunscoil in Newry

A gaelscoil (Plural: gaelscoileanna) is an Irish-speaking school often also co-educational usually found in Ireland, but outside the Irish speaking Gaeltacht areas. Irish is the working language for these schools. Most of the schools are under the patronage of Foras Pátrunachta na Scoileanna LánGhaeilge.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1322x713, 495 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Irish language in Northern Ireland Gaelscoil Bunscoil an Iúir Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1322x713, 495 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Irish language in Northern Ireland Gaelscoil Bunscoil an Iúir Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Students in Rome, Italy. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ... Gaeltacht regions in Ireland Gaeltacht (pronounced ; plural Gaeltachtaí) is an Irish word for an Irish-speaking region. ...

There are currently 31,000 pupils attending gaelscoileanna, with 158 gaelscoileanna at primary level and 36 schools at post-primary level (gaelcholáistí), in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ^{[citation needed]}Gaelscoileanna amount for 1% of the Northern Irish school system.^{[citation needed]} The largest gaelscoil in Belfast is Coláiste Feirste.^{[citation needed]} There is now at least one gaelscoil in all 32 traditional counties of Ireland and several in each of the bigger cities^{[citation needed]} (for example Derry has nine. Motto:  (Latin for Who will separate us?)[1] Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Ulster Scots, Irish3, Northern Ireland Sign Language, Irish Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Coláiste Feirste is the largest second level Irish medium school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... The island of Ireland was historically divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). After the partition of Ireland in 1921, what became the Republic of Ireland comprised 26 of these, with Northern Ireland comprising the remaining six. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...

The idea of founding gaelscoileanna harks back to the turn of the century and the Gaelic Revival. Bilinguality from an early age is recommended by many linguists, as it helps children become more adept at picking up languages. Some studies have shown that bilingual children have advantages over monoglot children in other subjects.^{[citation needed]} The Gaelic Revival of the Irish language was mainly promoted by the Gaelic League and Douglas Hyde for much of the late 19th century and early 20th century. ... The term bilingualism (from bi meaning two and lingua meaning language) can refer to rather different phenomena. ... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ...

Nowadays in Ireland, many people send their children to these schools, as they would not otherwise get to speak Irish.^{[citation needed]} Ireland is mostly English-speaking, and although non-Gaelscoil schools also have Irish as a mandatory subject, many students leave with only a rudimentary knowledge of the language. ^{[citation needed]}There are both Irish-speaking primary and secondary schools, called bunscoileanna and meánscoileanna respectively, these are the lower two tiers of education in Ireland before college (coláiste) and university (ollscoil) - third level education. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Secondary school is a term used to describe an institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Students attend a lecture at a tertiary institution. ...

See also

• Education in Ireland
• Medium of instruction
• Gaelscoileanna Teo.

The Republic of Irelands education system is quite similar to that of most other western countries. ... Medium of instruction is the language that is used in teaching. ...

List of gaelscoileanna

• Gaelscoil na Camóige
• Gaelscoil Cheatharlach
• Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin
• Gaelscoil Choráin
• Gaelscoil O Doghair
• Scoil Lorcáin