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A Gaelscoil (; plural: Gaelscoileanna) is an -medium school in Ireland: the term refers especially to Irish-medium schools outside the Irish-speaking regions or . Over 50,000 students attend Gaelscoileanna at primary and second levels on the island of Ireland. Additionally, more than 13,000 students are receiving their primary and second level education through Irish in the Gaeltacht. Gaelscoileanna and Irish-medium schools in the Gaeltacht are supported and represented by and An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta or COGG in the Republic of Ireland and by Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta in Northern Ireland. The largest patron body of Gaelscoileanna in the Republic of Ireland is An Foras Pátrúnachta, although the vast majority of schools under their patronage are at primary level.

Students in the Gaelscoileanna acquire the Irish language through language immersion, and study the standard curriculum through it. Gaelscoileanna, unlike English-medium schools, have the reputation of producing competent Irish speakers. English-medium schools, in contrast, produce relatively few fluent Irish speakers, despite the being an obligatory subject in the Republic of Ireland in both primary and secondary school. This has been attributed in part to the lack of Irish-language immersion programs.http://www.comhairle.org/uploads/publications/Immersion%20Education%20Policy%20SGIP.pdf

Gaelscoileanna have undergone a striking expansion over the last few decades, although there are now concerns that rules limiting the founding of new schools are affecting the establishment of new Irish-medium education in areas where there is competition amongst educational patrons. Their success is due to effective (though limited) community support and an efficient administrative infrastructure. They are distinguished by being the product, not of state policy, but of a genuine community movement.

In 1972 there were only 11 such schools at primary level and five at secondary level in the Republic of Ireland. As of September 2023 there were 188 gaelscoileanna at primary level, attended by over 40,000 students, and 31 gaelcholáistí and 17 aonaid Ghaeilge (Irish language units) at secondary level, attended by over 12,000 students in non- areas across . 35 of these primary schools, two of the postprimary schools and four of the postprimary units operated are in Northern Ireland. Additionally, some 4,000 children attend Irish-medium preschools or Naíonraí outside the Gaeltacht with around 1,000 children attending Naíonraí within the Gaeltacht. There is now at least one gaelscoil in every county in Ireland with over 50 in County Dublin; 30 in County Cork and 13 in County Antrim included.

Social status and function
Gaelscoileanna have acquired a reputation for providing excellent academic results at a moderate cost. They have been described as a system of "positive social selection" giving better than average access to tertiary education and the social and employment opportunities which follow. An analysis of "feeder" schools which send students on to tertiary level institutions shows that 22% of Irish-medium schools send all their students on to tertiary level, compared to 7% of English-medium schools.

Supporters argue that the bilingualism resulting from early acquisition of another language is of general intellectual benefit and helps children to learn still other languages. Irish-language advocates of the immersion approach sometimes refer to studies showing that bilingual children have advantages over monoglot children in other subjects.

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Statistics
Gaelscoil (primary) students35,8505,113
Gaelscoil (primary) schools14335
Total primary students536,747168,669
Total primary schools3,137827
Percentage Gaelscoil students6%2.1%
Percentage Gaelscoil schools8.6%4.4%
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By province (primary level)
  • Leinster – 19,331 primary students attend 71 gaelscoileanna.
  • Ulster – 6,801 primary students attend 45 gaelscoileanna.
  • Munster – 11,332 primary students attend 44 gaelscoileanna.
  • Connacht – 3,509 primary students attend 18 gaelscoileanna.

Post-primary education through Irish
A secondary-level Gaelscoil located in a non-Gaeltacht area is commonly known as a Gaelcholáiste. There are 31 Gaelcholáistí and 17 second-level Irish language units ( aonaid Ghaeilge) on the island of Ireland, attended by over 12,000 students. Close to 4,000 further students receive their second-level education through Irish in the Gaeltacht.

Two new second-level gaelscoileanna opened in Ireland in 2014: Coláiste Ghlór na Mara in and Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh in (both in ). Gaelcholáiste Charraig Uí Leighin opened in and 's second gaelcholáiste Gaelcholáiste Dhoire opened in in 2015. Gaelcholáiste Mhic Shuibhne opened in in 2019. Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad opened in in September 2020.

Gaelcholáistí are supported and represented on a practical day-to-day basis by (who also support Irish-medium schools in the Gaeltacht) and An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta (whose name translates into English as "The Council for Gaeltacht and Gaelscoileanna Education") or COGG in the Republic of Ireland and by Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta in Northern Ireland.

In 2023 An Foras Pátrúnacha revealed that there is a demand for 7 new Gaelcholáistí in the Republic of Ireland and in 2021 Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta revealed that there is a demand for 3 new Gaelcholáistí in Northern Ireland.

List of Gaelcholáistí
Coláiste AilighLetterkennyDonegalRepublic of Ireland
Coláiste ChilliainClondalkinDublinRepublic of Ireland
Coláiste Cois LifeLucanDublinRepublic of Ireland
Coláiste EoinBooterstownDublinRepublic of Ireland
Coláiste FeirsteBelfastAntrimNorthern Ireland
Coláiste Ghlór na MaraBalbrigganDublinRepublic of Ireland
Coláiste MhuireCabraDublinRepublic of Ireland
Coláiste RáithínBrayWicklowRepublic of Ireland
Coláiste an EachréidhAthenruGalwayRepublic of Ireland
Coláiste an PhiarsaighCorkCorkRepublic of Ireland
Coláiste de hÍdeTallaghtDublinRepublic of Ireland
Coláiste na CoiribeGalwayGalwayRepublic of Ireland
Coláiste na TulchannClonsillaDublinRepublic of Ireland
Coláiste ÍosagáinBooterstownDublinRepublic of Ireland
Gaelcholáiste Charraig Uí LeighinCorkCorkRepublic of Ireland
Gaelcholáiste CheatharlachCarlowCarlowRepublic of Ireland
Gaelcholáiste ChiarraíTraleeKerryRepublic of Ireland
Gaelcholáiste Chill DaraNaasKildareRepublic of Ireland
Gaelcholáiste ChéitinnCTI ClonmelTipperaryRepublic of Ireland
Gaelcholáiste DhoireDungivenNorthern Ireland
Gaelcholáiste LuimnighLimerickLimerickRepublic of Ireland
Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh NuadMaynoothKildareRepublic of Ireland
Gaelcholáiste Mhic ShuibhneKnocknaheenyCorkRepublic of Ireland
Gaelcholáiste Mhuire (A.G.)CorkCorkRepublic of Ireland
Gaelcholáiste ReachrannDonaghmedeDublinRepublic of Ireland
Gaelcholáiste na MaraArklowWicklowRepublic of Ireland
Gaelcoláiste an PhiarsaighRathfarnhamDublinRepublic of Ireland
Meanscoil GharmanEnniscorthyWexfordRepublic of Ireland
Scoil ChaitríonaGlasnevinDublinRepublic of Ireland

Strategy proposals
The function and future of Gaelscoileanna in the Republic of Ireland falls within the scope of the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030, published by the then-Irish government in December 2010. This report emphasises the importance of offering all children in primary schools in Ireland the opportunity to experience partial immersion in the formative years of primary education. It calls for primary teachers to have additional immersion classes to improve their competence in the language. This would involve teaching some subjects such as Mathematics and Science in Irish.

See also
  • An Foras Pátrúnachta
  • , bilingual French- school in , France
  • Diwan (school) – Breton medium education in
  • Education in the Republic of Ireland
  • Education in Northern Ireland
  • French immersion in Canada
  • Gaelic medium education in Scotland – Scottish Gaelic equivalent in
  • , similar education centre in Basque language
  • Kōhanga reo and Kura Kaupapa M%C4%81ori, Māori language immersion schools in Aotearoa/New Zealand
  • , a bilingual French- school network in Northern Catalonia, France
  • List of Irish medium primary schools in Northern Ireland
  • Medium of instruction
  • Official Languages Act 2003
  • Welsh medium education

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