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Irish Gaelic in Ireland


pre-primary education primary education secondary education
  Gaelscoil na Dúglaise  
  Gaelscoil Sáirséal Sráid an Droichid  
 

Gaelscoil Mhíchíl Cíosóg

 


 

Gaelscoil na Dúglaise

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Contact person Niamh Ní Mhaoláin
E-mail email address
Website  www.gaelscoilnaduglaise.ie
Total number of teachers 12
Total number of pupils 280 
Languages of instruction Irish, English
Teaching material The availability and quality of the Irish teaching material is reasonable.
Remarks The main problems are the availability of teachers, ancillary staff with fluency in Irish, opportunities to expand the childrens Irish language beyond the classroom and the accuracy in the Irish language amongst children. Teaching aids and inservice training are also problematic for the school.

 

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Gaelscoil Sáirséal Sráid an Droichid
 
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Contact person Dónal Ó hAiniféin
E-mail email address
Website  
Total number of teachers 11
Total number of pupils 225
Languages of instruction Irish, English 
Teaching material The availability and quality of teaching material is bad.
Remarks The main problem at the moment is the supply of teachers, who are willing and able to teach in an immersion education setting. We also need to develop standardised reading tests for the Irish language and materials to help children with learning difficulties through the medium of Irish.

 

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Gaelscoil Mhíchíl Cíosóg

 


Contact person Dónal Ó hAiniféin
E-mail kerry.ennis@eircom.net
Website  
Total number of teachers 10
Total number of pupils 191
Languages of instruction Gaeilge for all subjects except English
Teaching material Availability and quality is reasonable
Remarks The main problem at the moment is lack of support and understanding in Dept. of Education re Immersion education. Preservice and Inservice education for teachers teaching in immersion settings. Solution: An education that is willing to learn and a proper preservice and inservice facility for teachers dealing with education through irish.

 

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