Is Gaelic taught in all of Ireland schools?

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tony m

Hello,
Not ALL of Irelands schools teach the Gaelic language, but I wish I had been taught the language instaed of doing it the way I am doing it now, because I keep getting dialectic pronunciations mixed up, Now when I was at School as a sprite of a boy, I had loads and loads of Latin thrust at me by the "brutal brothers" Ah well! I don't supposed it did my all that much harm, and stood me in good stead in my later life, and as to my responses at mass, well, I was always, at least as good as the priest, which showed I paid some good attention, but the homework was very difficult, and I never once got a strapping for getting it wrong, but to get back to what you were asking.
If Irish was taught today in all Irish schools right from National school level, it would be a great feather in the cap of all my Irish bretheren. I know my Daughjter has my Granddaughter in a Gaelscoil, and little Aisling Loves the language and herself is suffering no difficulty for the learning of our home Language, and is abl;e to chat to me in English too, with a smattering of irish for good measure, I hope all my Grandchildren in Galway, Roscomon and Clare learn to speak it, it would be a great thing they have learned, that their Grandad missed out on Bless them all. ..............................Tony M

murnip

Irish (not Gaelic) is a compulsory subject the whole way through school, but you can get an exemption in special cases, e.g. if you're not an Irish citizen

barbara b

yes, there are even a growing number of Gaelscoils, schools that teach everything in Irish.

I did Irish for 12 years in school, and still only have a basic knowledge of it. I am better at French. It is a shame, but I always felt bullied into learning what was seen as a dead language, now like most of the population regret my lack of enthusiasm for the native tongue

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cloclo

Yes and No. You must pass leaving certificate Irish exam to finish school and so you must study Irish UNLESS you weren't born or rared there. There are exceptions if you're new to the country and can't speak the language. They can't expect you to catch up with the class if they've already got a basic grasp of it.
Now that the EU is getting bigger and our country is seeing so many non-english speaking students many Irish feel we're losing our culture.
Oh, and obviously this just applies to the Republic of Ireland. Up North they don't have to speak Irish, no.
Oh, and obviously this is just the Republic of Ireland. Up North they don't have to speak Irish.
The number of Irish speaking schools (where their first language throughout the day is irish) is really growing as people are afraid we might lose this language.

Keanoite

Irish (not Gaelic,we don't use that term to describe the language just the football) is taught in all public schools in the Republic,it is taught in the North too but not in every school.Children are taught Irish from the age of 5 when they start school until the age of 18 when they leave.As a lot of people have said already most who study Irish never master it.It is a difficult language to learn but the real problem is the poor teaching method. As for the requirements for entering college,Irish is no longer one of them.The only subject you must pass to get into college in Ireland is maths.

Veston Pants

As an option in almost all. Even in the North in most Catholic and multi faith schools.

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red lyn

Yes in most of them it is compulsory but there are some multi domination schools and they do not.

Trish D

It is taught in all schools in Ireland, though not all in Northern Ireland.

Just to clear something up - it is absolutely possible to enter university without Irish in the Leaving Cert.. Many people are exempt from sitting it at all, mature students do not need Irish to enter college and students on access programmes do not need it.

Garnet

yes it's compulsory in all schools. to get in to college/university students have to sit the Leaving Certificate exams and they have to get at least 40% on the Irish, Maths and English exams to get accepted into college. there's not much enthusiasm about learning it-I'm in my final year at school, I've been learning the language for 14 years and, like most of my classmates, I can only speak basic Irish...

Karena O

First of all lets get some things straight...its not gaelic(thats actually a sport) the language is called Irish..in the republic of ireland you cant enter a third level institution without passing irish in the leaving cert. Irish is taught to ALL school children from the age of 6 until they finish secondary school at the age of 18. it is a compulsory subject and not an optional like some of the other answerers seem to think. believe me i know..i spent 12years learning a language that i dont ever use..having said that though i do believe that it should stay compulsory as it is part of our heritage....
now this brings me to my second point..did you mean gaelic the sport..if you did then no its not!!!

peter k

no not in the north it is a foreign language we prefer english

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