Irish-medium schools
Irish-medium education is education provided in an Irish speaking school. The Department of Education has a duty to encourage and facilitate the development of Irish-medium education.
There are currently two types of Irish-medium schools in Northern Ireland. There are stand-alone schools, of which there are 21, and there are Irish-medium units attached to English-medium host schools. There are 12 of these type of school.
In addition to this, there are two independent schools teaching through the medium of Irish. These are Gaelscoil Ghleann Darach in Crumlin and Gaelscoil na Daróige in Derry City.
List of all Irish-medium schools
If you would like more information about Irish-medium education you can contact Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta (CnaG). CnaG was established by the Department of Education in August 2000 and its remit is to promote Irish-medium education.
A review of Irish-medium education iscurrently taking place and the aim of this is to develop a comprehensive and coherent Irish-medium education policy. More information can be found by clicking the link below:
