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Coláiste Feirste

Coláiste Feirste

School in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Coláiste Feirste is the only secondary-level Irish-medium school in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Previously known as Méanscoil Feirste, the gaelscoil (Irish language school) is located in the west of the city in a new facility on Belfast's Falls Road. Founded in 1991 with just nine pupils, as of 2022 the school had around 850 pupils and 65 teachers.[2][1]

The school was first situated in Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich and was opened under the care of the first school principal Fergus O'Hare who was replaced in 2002 by Garaí Mac Roibeaird as principal.[3] Mícheal Mac Giolla Ghunna has been principal since 2019.[citation needed] The school is now situated in Beechmount, the former home of the Riddel family.[4]

Notable former pupils

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Réamheolaire/Prospectus". colaistefeirste.org. Coláiste Feirste. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Headteacher's Welcome". colaistefeirste.com. Coláiste Feirste. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Prospectus 2018". colaistefeirste.org. Coláiste Feirste. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  4. [4]
    McClelland, Gillian (2005) Pioneering Women: Riddel Hall and Queen's University Belfast, Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast
  5. [5]
    "Nuachtlitir Choláiste Feirste" [Coláiste Feirste Newsletter]. Yumpu (in Irish). Coláiste Feirste. December 2012. p. 3. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022.
  6. [6]
    Mac an tSionnaigh, Seaghan. "GANGSTA RAP FROM BELFAST'S GAELTACHT QUARTER". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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