Coláiste Feirste Explained

Coláiste Feirste
Motto:Is Gael Mise
Motto Translation:I am a Gael
Streetaddress:7 Páirc Radharc na bhFeá
City:Belfast
Country:Northern Ireland
Coordinates:54.5917°N -5.9719°W
Schooltype:Irish-medium
Principal:Mícheal Mac Giolla Ghunna[1]
Established:1991, as Meánscoil Feirste
Teaching Staff:65
Enrolment:842
Hours In Day:6 hours ten minutes (normal school day)
Feeder Schools:Irish-medium schools in the Greater Belfast area
Gender:Co-educational

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

Previously known as Méanscoil Feirste, the Irish: [[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 supervision 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. The school is now situated in Beechmount, the former home of the Riddel family.[4]

Notable former pupils

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Réamheolaire/Prospectus. 11 September 2022 . colaistefeirste.org . Coláiste Feirste .
  2. Web site: Headteacher's Welcome. https://web.archive.org/web/20090126090107/http://colaistefeirste.com/index-e.htm . 2009-01-26 . colaistefeirste.com . Coláiste Feirste .
  3. Web site: Prospectus 2018. 4 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003649/https://www.colaistefeirste.org/reamheolaire-prospectus. dead. 5 December 2018 . colaistefeirste.org . Coláiste Feirste .
  4. McClelland, Gillian (2005) Pioneering Women: Riddel Hall and Queen's University Belfast, Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast
  5. Web site: December 2012 . Nuachtlitir Choláiste Feirste . Coláiste Feirste Newsletter . live . Yumpu . Coláiste Feirste . 3 . GA. https://web.archive.org/web/20220305171708/https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/38880264/read-more-colaiste-feirste . 2022-03-05 .
  6. Mac an tSionnaigh. Seaghan. GANGSTA RAP FROM BELFAST'S GAELTACHT QUARTER. en.