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Scoil Bhríde - 100 Bliain d'Aois

The history and influence of the first school (outside of the native Irish-speaking regions of the Gaeltacht) to teach subjects solely through Irish, 100 years old in 2017.

Chomhbhunaigh Louise Gavan Duffy Scoil Bhríde, scoil lán-Ghaeilge, i 1917, in éineacht le Anne McHugh (a phós an polaiteoir Ernest Blythe). Ba í seo an chéad scoil in Éirinn, taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht, ar éirigh léi córas lán-tumoideachais a thabhairt isteach (gach ábhar á theagasc trí mheán na Gaeilge agus gach cumarsáid idir an fhoireann agus na daltaí trí Ghaeilge fosta) agus ba í an eiseamláir í don iomad Gaelscoil a bunaíodh ó shin. Céad bliain níos moille, tá oidhreacht Lúise Gabhánach Uí Dhufaigh ag bláthú agus tá breis agus 55,000 dalta ag freastal ar Ghaelscoileanna sa lá atá inniu ann. Chun comóradh 100 bliain na chéad Ghaelscoile a cheiliúradh, scrúdaíonn iardhalta Róisín Ní Chéileachair, stair agus tionchar na scoile agus saol an phríomhbhunaitheora tarraingtigh. Tagann an ghearrthóg ina bhfuil Lúise Gabhánach Uí Dhufaigh ag caint le caoinchead ó RTÉ Archives.

Scoil Bhríde, the first all-Irish school outside the Gaeltacht, was co-founded in Dublin in 1917 by Louise Gavan Duffy and Anne McHugh. One hundred years later there are more than 55,000 pupils attending all-Irish schools. To celebrate the centenary of Scoil Bhríde, past pupil Róisín Kelleher examines the history and influence of the school and the life of its principal founder, Louise Gavan Duffy. The archive clip of Louise Gavan Duffy is courtesy of RTÉ Archives.

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Déar 14 Noll 2017 19:03