Party to mark 30 years of teaching through Irish
January 5, 2012
CALLING all Gaeilgeoirí! 2012 marks the 30th anniversary of education through Irish in Carlow and there’s a hell of a hoolie planned!
Coinciding with the International Pan Celtic Festival, which will be hosted locally for the coming two years, a fantastic reunion of pupils and teachers, past and present, is planned for Sunday 8 April.
Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc opened its doors on 1982 to 20 junior infants. The old school, now the Cathedral Parsih Centre on College Street, paved the way for bigger and better things for education in the country and the school has gone from strength to strength ever since, moving to its current premises in Ashgrove in December 2006.
Second-level education through Irish was made available for pupils with the setting-up of Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach in 1990. A growing demand for and interest in education ‘as Gaeilge’ meant that the Gaelcholáiste also moved to state-of-the-art facilities in 2006, after a long wait and planning process.
According to founder, Bríd de Róiste: “Thirty years later, the Gaelscoil has an enrolment of almost 500 pupils, while there are 335 students in the Gaelcholáiste.”
To mark 30 years of education through Irish in Carlow, past pupils, as well as past and present parents, teachers and staff, are invited to the celebrations on Easter Sunday – and a huge reunion is envisaged.
The team at Glór Cheatharlach are using Facebook to spread the word. More information is available from emma@glorcheatharlach.ie.
CARLOW NATIONALIST
