Tuairisc le hAnton Mac Cába
D’OSCAIL Gaelscoil Neachtain i nDún Geimhin, Co Doire, don chéad uair Dé Luain. Tá 63 dalta ar an scoil faoi láthair.
Cuireadh tús leis an scoil naoi mbliain ó shin, mar shruth Gaeilge i mBunscoil Naoimh Chainnigh ar an bhaile.
Cuireadh an iarratas chuig an Seirbhís Pleanála ó thuaidh an seachtain seo caite le síneadh a chur leis an scoil.
Is scoil rialaithe é Gaelscoil Neachtain. De ghnáth, luaitear an earnáil sin le scoileanna a dhéanann freastal ar an phobal Protastúnach.
Dúirt Nodlaig Ní Bhrollaigh, Cathaoirleach choiste na scoile, gur mar scoil rialaithe a bhí an tacaíocht ab fhearr le fáil.
“Bhíomar istigh mar aonad, ní raibh an spás againn le forbairt,” ar sise. “Ní raibh ach beirt mhúinteoir againn. Anois tá príomhoide againn.”
Tá Iníon Uí Bhrollaigh iontach sásta leis an tacaíocht a fuair siad ó Bhord Oideachais agus Leabharlainne an Iarthair (WELB).
“Tá siadsan ag foghlaim faoin Ghaeloideachas chomh maith,” ar sise.
Dar léi go bhfuil tábhacht leis an stádas nua. “Tá sé tábhachtach don Ghaeloideachas go bhfuilimid ag oscailt doirse do dhaoine sa phobal,” ar sise.
“Tá fhios againn nach bhfuil sin ag dul a tharlú thar oíche.”
Bhíodh scoil rialaithe i nDún Geimhin. Druideadh sin ceithre bliain ó shin. Tá ath-chóiríú le déanamh ar an bhfoirgneamh agus tá Gaelscoil Neachtain le haistriú isteach ann i gcionn 18 mí.
Idir an dá linn, tá sé lonnaithe i mBunscoil Naoimh Chainnigh ar fad. Thosaigh 25 páiste ar an naíscoil i mbliana.
Dungiven Irish medium stream transforms into stand-alone school
Dungiven’s Irish medium stream in St. Cainneach’s Primary school began 9 years ago, this week the it flew the nest to form Gaelscoil Neachtain.
There are currently 63 pupils in the school with 25 children going into its the pre-school this year.
Interestingly, Gaelscoil Neachtain is a ‘controlled school’, the school sector normally associated with the Protestant community.
UPDATE (20:45, 06 Sept)
The sign below is surely one that those who founded the Gaelscoil movement in the North never thought they would see, a school both ‘controlled’ and Irish medium.
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