Editing Gaelscoil

{{Short description|School in which Irish is the working language}}
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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.

==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.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Language and Occupational Status: Linguistic Elitism in the Irish Labour Market|journal=The Economic and Social Review|year=2009|volume=40|publisher=The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 40, No. 4, Winter, 2009|page=446|url=https://ideas.repec.org/a/eso/journl/v40y2009i4p435-460.html|last1=Borooah|first1=Vani K.|last2=Dineen|first2=Donal A.|last3=Lynch|first3=Nicola|access-date=16 October 2015|archive-date=29 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329152128/https://ideas.repec.org/a/eso/journl/v40y2009i4p435-460.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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.<ref name="B&H">{{cite book|last=Bialystok and Hakuta|title=In Other Words: The Science and Psychology of Second-Language Acquisition|publisher=[[Basic Books]]|year=1994|location=New York|isbn=0-465-03281-8}}</ref>

==Statistics==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  Primary level
!  Republic of Ireland
!  Northern Ireland
|-
|  Gaelscoil (primary) students
|  35,850
|  5,113
|-
|  Gaelscoil (primary) schools
|  143
|  35
|-
|  Total primary students
|  536,747
|  168,669
|-
|  Total primary schools
|  3,137
|  827
|-
|  Percentage Gaelscoil students
|  6%
|  2.1%
|-
|  Percentage Gaelscoil schools
|  8.6%
|  4.4%
|-
| colspan = 3 | <small>Sources:</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deni.gov.uk/publications/school-enrolments-school-level-data-201516|title=School enrolments – school level data 2015/16 {{!}} DE|website=DE|access-date=2016-03-22}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/en/about/statistics/|title=Statistics : Gaelscoileanna – Irish Medium Education|access-date=18 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201431/http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/en/about/statistics/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Key-Statistics/Key-Statistics-2014-2015.pdf|title=Key Statistics|access-date=17 June 2016|archive-date=9 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509030831/http://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Key-Statistics/Key-Statistics-2014-2015.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

===By province (primary level)===

* Leinster – 19,331 primary students attend 71 gaelscoileanna.<ref name="gaelscoileanna">{{cite web |url=http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/files/Oideachas-Tr---Mhe--n-na-Gaeilge-2016-1.pdf |title=Oideachas Trí Mheán na Gaeilge 2015/2016 |trans-title=Education Through the Irish Language 2015/2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919172127/http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/files/Oideachas-Tr---Mhe--n-na-Gaeilge-2016-1.pdf |archive-date=19 September 2016}}</ref>
* Ulster – 6,801 primary students attend 45 gaelscoileanna.<ref name="gaelscoileanna" />
* Munster – 11,332 primary students attend 44 gaelscoileanna.<ref name="gaelscoileanna" />
* Connacht – 3,509 primary students attend 18 gaelscoileanna.<ref name="gaelscoileanna" />

==Post-primary education through Irish==

A secondary-level Gaelscoil located in a non-Gaeltacht area is commonly known as a Gaelcholáiste.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/dec/08/teenagers-not-alone-sharing-intimate-stories-stephen-moss|title=Teenagers trade personal stories: 'It's great to find you are not alone'|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=8 December 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Gaeloideachas">{{Cite web|url=https://gaeloideachas.ie/i-am-a-researcher/statistics//|title=Gaeloideachas- statistics}}</ref>

Two new second-level gaelscoileanna opened in Ireland in 2014: Coláiste Ghlór na Mara in [[Balbriggan]] and Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh in [[Rathfarnham]] (both in [[County Dublin]]). Gaelcholáiste Charraig Uí Leighin opened in [[Carrigaline]] and [[Northern Ireland]]'s second gaelcholáiste Gaelcholáiste Dhoire opened in [[Dungiven Castle]] in 2015. Gaelcholáiste Mhic Shuibhne opened in [[Knocknaheeney]] in 2019. Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad opened in [[Maynooth]] in September 2020.<ref name="GCMN.ie">{{Cite web|url=http://gcmn.ie/page/School-History-Stair-an-Cholaiste/68184/Index.html/|title=Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad- School History|access-date=25 October 2020|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021094338/http://gcmn.ie/page/School-History-Stair-an-Cholaiste/68184/Index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gaelcholáistí are supported and represented on a practical day-to-day basis by [[Gaeloideachas]] (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<ref name="Near FM (2023)">{{Cite web|url=https://tuairisc.ie/26-gaelscoil-5800-dalta-gaelcholaiste-ar-bith/|title=26 Gaelscoil, 5,800 dalta – gaelcholáiste ar bith - Tuairisc|website=[[Tuairisc]] |date=17 May 2023 |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref> and in 2021 Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta revealed that there is a demand for 3 new Gaelcholáistí in Northern Ireland.<ref name="Near FM (2021)">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysc_R-u8Fv4|title=Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta agus an Gaeloideachas @ 50 i dTuaisceart Éireann- Raidió na Life (2021))|website=[[YouTube]] |date=9 August 2021 |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>

===List of Gaelcholáistí===

[[File:Gaelcholaiste an Phiarsaigh.jpg|thumb|Coláiste an Phiarsaigh]]<!-- Please maintain alphabetical order (A-Z) when updating table. -->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!School Name
!Location
!County
!Region
!Ref.
|-
|[[Coláiste Ailigh]]
|Letterkenny
|Donegal
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=COLÁISTE AILIGH |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=76081F |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|Coláiste Chilliain
|Clondalkin
|Dublin
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=COLÁISTE CHILLIAIN |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=70100W |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|Coláiste Cois Life
|Lucan
|Dublin
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=COLÁISTE COIS LIFE |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=76065H |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Coláiste Eoin]]
|Booterstown
|Dublin
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=COLÁISTE EOIN |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=60041D |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Coláiste Feirste]]
|Belfast
|Antrim
|Northern Ireland
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eitheas/Ethos |url=https://www.colaistefeirste.org/ethos |website=colaistefeirste}}</ref>
|-
|Coláiste Ghlór na Mara
|Balbriggan
|Dublin
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=COLÁISTE GHLÓR NA MARA |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=68082L |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|Coláiste Mhuire
|Cabra
|Dublin
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=COLÁISTE MHUIRE |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=60450U |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Coláiste Ráithín]] 
|Bray
|Wicklow
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=COLÁISTE RAITHÍN |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=70821M |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|Coláiste an Eachréidh
|Athenru
|Galway
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=COLAISTE AN EACHRÉIDH |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=76102K |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Coláiste an Phiarsaigh]]
|Cork
|Cork
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=COLAISTE AN PHIARSAIGH |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=62301N |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|Coláiste de hÍde 
|Tallaght
|Dublin
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=COLÁISTE DE HÍDE |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=70021D |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Coláiste na Coiribe]]
|Galway
|Galway
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=COLÁISTE NA COIRIBE |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=71330V |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|Coláiste na Tulchann
|Clonsilla
|Dublin
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Coláiste na Tulchann |url=https://www.colaistenatulchann.ie/ |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=colaistenatulchann.ie}}</ref>
|-
|[[Coláiste Íosagáin, Booterstown|Coláiste Íosagáin]]
|Booterstown
|Dublin
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=COLÁISTE ÍOSAGÁIN |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=60042F |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|Gaelcholáiste Charraig Uí Leighin
|Cork
|Cork
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=GAELCHOLÁISTE CHARRAIG UI LEIGHIN |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=76273O |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach
|Carlow
|Carlow
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=GAELCHOLÁISTE CHEATHARLACH |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=70440A |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí 
|Tralee
|Kerry
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=GAELCHOLÁISTE CHIARRAÍ |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=70560K |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara]]
|Naas
|Kildare
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=GAEL CHOLAISTE CHILL DARA |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=68072I |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gaelcholáiste Chéitinn]] 
|CTI Clonmel
|Tipperary
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=CENTRAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=72420E |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CTI Clonmel |url=https://www.cti-clonmel.ie/ |website=cti-clonmel.ie}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gaelcholáiste Dhoire]]
|Dungiven
|[[County Londonderry|Londonderry<!-- Please do not change Londonderry to Derry. 

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|Northern Ireland
|<ref name="Derry Now 30 Nov 2017">{{cite news |date=30 November 2017 |title=GAA – Gaelcholáiste Dhoire coming of age |url=https://www.derrynow.com/sport/gaa-gaelcholaiste-dhoire-coming-age/197192 |work=Derry Now}}</ref>
|-
|Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh
|Limerick
|Limerick
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=GAELCHOLÁISTE LUIMNIGH |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=76101I |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad
|Maynooth
|Kildare
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref name="GCMN.ie" />
|-
|Gaelcholáiste Mhic Shuibhne
|Knocknaheeny
|Cork
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |date=5 September 2019 |title=New Knocknaheeny school opening 'an historic event for education' |url=https://www.ucc.ie/en/news/new-knocknaheeny-school-opening-an-historic-event-for-education.html |publisher=[[University College Cork]]}}</ref>
|-
|Gaelcholáiste Mhuire (A.G.)
|Cork
|Cork
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=GAELCHOLÁISTE MHUIRE |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=62531H |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gaelcholáiste Reachrann]]
|Donaghmede
|Dublin
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=GAELCHOLÁISTE REACHRANN |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=76085N |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gaelcholáiste na Mara]] 
|Arklow
|Wicklow
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=GAELCHOLÁISTE NA MARA |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=76106S |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|Gaelcoláiste an Phiarsaigh
|Rathfarnham
|Dublin
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=GAELCHOLÁISTE AN PHIARSAIGH |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=68161H |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|-
|Meanscoil Gharman
|Enniscorthy
|Wexford
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=School Detail |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=68080H |website=Department of Education}}</ref>
|-
|Scoil Chaitríona
|Glasnevin
|Dublin
|Republic of Ireland
|<ref>{{cite web |title=SCOIL CHAITRIONA |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=60700R |publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)]]}}</ref>
|}

== 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ahg.gov.ie/en/20-YearStrategyfortheIrishLanguage2010-2030/Publications/20-Year%20Strategy%20-%20English%20version.pdf |title=20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030 (English Version) |access-date=2012-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017082918/http://www.ahg.gov.ie/en/20-YearStrategyfortheIrishLanguage2010-2030/Publications/20-Year%20Strategy%20-%20English%20version.pdf |archive-date=17 October 2013 |publisher=Department for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[An Foras Pátrúnachta]]
* [[Calandreta]], bilingual French-[[Occitan language|Occitan]] school in [[Occitania]], France
* [[Diwan (school)]] – Breton medium education in [[Brittany]]
* [[Education in the Republic of Ireland]]
* [[Education in Northern Ireland]]
* [[French immersion in Canada]]
* [[Gaelic medium education in Scotland]] – Scottish Gaelic equivalent in [[Scotland]]
* [[Ikastola]], similar education centre in Basque language
* [[Kōhanga reo]] and [[Kura Kaupapa M%C4%81ori]], Māori language immersion schools in Aotearoa/New Zealand
* [[La Bressola]], a bilingual French-[[Catalan language|Catalan]] 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]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [[:ga:Liosta Gaelscoileanna in Éirinn|List of Gaelscoileanna in Ireland (Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland)]]
* [http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/?lang=en Gaelscoileanna.ie (website of Gaelscoileanna Teo)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120216070155/http://www.cogg.ie/downloads/Gaeltacht%20achoimre2.pdf Stats on Gaeltacht schools 2004]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140912104226/http://www.ahg.gov.ie/ie/Straiteis20BliaindonGhaeilge/Foilseachain/Staid%C3%A9ar%20Cuimsitheach%20Teangeola%C3%ADoch%20ar%20%C3%9As%C3%A1id%20na%20Gaeilge%20sa%20Ghaeltacht%20%28achoimre%29.pdf Gaeltacht Comprehensive Language Study 2007]
* [http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/assets/Staitistic%C3%AD-2010-2011_Gaeilge.pdf Gaelscoil stats 2010–2011]
* [http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census2006results/volume9/volume_9_irish_language_entire_volume.pdf Republic of Ireland Census 2006 – daily speakers outside education system]
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