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{{Short description|School in which Irish is the working language}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} A '''Gaelscoil''' ({{IPA|ga|ˈɡeːl̪ˠsˠkɛlʲ}}; plural: ''Gaelscoileanna'') is an [[Irish language]]-[[Medium of instruction|medium school]] in Ireland: the term refers especially to Irish-medium schools outside the Irish-speaking regions or [[Gaeltacht]]. Over 50,000 students attend Gaelscoileanna at primary and second levels on the island of Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics |url=https://gaeloideachas.ie/i-am-a-researcher/statistics/ |publisher=Gaeloideachas |access-date=25 October 2020|archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029115459/https://gaeloideachas.ie/i-am-a-researcher/statistics/|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, more than 13,000 students are receiving their primary and second level education through Irish in the Gaeltacht.<ref name="Gaeloideachas"/> Gaelscoileanna and Irish-medium schools in the Gaeltacht are supported and represented by [[Gaeloideachas]] 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. [[File:Irish language medium school sign Newry.jpg|thumb|Sign for primary Gaelscoil in [[Newry]], Northern Ireland]] [[File:Dublin City North 2009.jpg|thumb|[[County Dublin]] has over 50 Irish language-medium schools attended by over 13,000 pupils.]] Students in the Gaelscoileanna acquire the Irish language through [[language immersion]], and study the standard curriculum through it. Gaelscoileanna, unlike [[English-medium school]]s, have the reputation of producing competent Irish speakers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/en/immersion-education/cad-e-tumoideachaswhat-is-immersion-education/ |title=Retrieved 27 June 2011 |publisher=Gaelscoileanna.ie |date=22 February 1999 |access-date=2 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012153057/http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/en/immersion-education/cad-e-tumoideachaswhat-is-immersion-education/ |archive-date=12 October 2013 }}</ref> English-medium schools, in contrast, produce relatively few fluent Irish speakers, despite the [[Irish language]] 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.<ref>http://www.comhairle.org/uploads/publications/Immersion%20Education%20Policy%20SGIP.pdf {{dead link|date=May 2012}}</ref> [[File:Gaeloideachas logo.jpg|thumb|Gaelscoileanna and Irish language-medium schools in the Gaeltacht are supported and represented by Gaeloideachas and An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta or COGG in the Republic of Ireland and by Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta in Northern Ireland.]] 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-[[Gaeltacht]] areas across [[Ireland]].<ref name="Gaeloideachas" /> 35 of these primary schools, two of the postprimary schools and four of the postprimary units operated are in Northern Ireland.<ref name="Gaeloideachas" /> Additionally, some 4,000 children attend Irish-medium preschools or [[Naíonra]]í outside the Gaeltacht with around 1,000 children attending ''Naíonraí'' within the Gaeltacht.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} 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.
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