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Gaelscoils - the unspoken reason for their growth

category national | miscellaneous | other press author Monday August 11, 2008 09:00author by Gegentypus Report this post to the editors

How to ensure your child doesn't mix with "blacks"

A controversial viewpoint that sees the recent "enthusiasm" for Gaelic language schools in working class areas as just another manifestation of insularity and... whisper it.... racism.

Gaelscoils, by their very nature, do not have a very high take-up from minorities - be they foriegn nationials, those with special needs, or people from the travelling community.

Many Irish parents see this as a great advantage, and are sending their children to get their education through a medium that they themselves don't speak, for motives that are far from admirable.

Whereas previously, Gaelic schools were seen as a free-education route to higher points by the middle classes (ludicrously - through taking exams through Irish), now they are seen by racist Irish parents as a way of ensuring their offspring don't have to mix with foreign nationals and other undesirables.

And, as we know, the Irish Language Lobby are never slow to take up an opportunity. The well-oganised Gaelscoil movement, in tandem with Sinn Fein, are hungrily pushing for their exclusive brand of schooling in boom-estate areas - most of which have a high proporition of immigrants, and are crying out for inclusive education in the vernacular.

See link below on the Gombeen Nation site : "Gaelscoleanna - no foreigners need apply", for a recent Gaelscoil campaign in Tyrellstown, West Dublin.

Related Link: http://gombeennation.blogspot.com/2008/07/gaelscoileanna-gaelscoils-no-foreigners.html

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Is that so     Anthurium    Mon Aug 11, 2008 17:57 
   Careful now....down with this sort of thing.     BadSnake    Tue Aug 12, 2008 03:54 
   on a similar tack     wondering    Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:33 
   Educate Together and Gentrification     Leon    Tue Aug 12, 2008 14:35 
   discrimination doesn't mean snobbery     lulu    Tue Aug 12, 2008 15:25 
   Why are people so negative?     Saidhbhin    Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:14 
   working class and gaelscoil movt     Torlach    Wed Aug 13, 2008 17:42 
   It's not the language or the ethos - its the quality.     sportsman    Wed Aug 13, 2008 17:59 
   Ignorance     Darren J. Prior    Sat Aug 23, 2008 15:17 
 10   ????     bolivar rossa    Sun Aug 24, 2008 20:24 
 11   Attacks on two kinds of schools     Spinning Quickly    Mon Aug 25, 2008 20:09 
 12   Sir     Sean    Tue Sep 02, 2008 02:10 
 13   Bilingual children more likely to stutter     An Bodach    Tue Sep 09, 2008 18:55 
 14   Stuttering nations?     Smaointeoir    Wed Sep 10, 2008 00:13 
 15   stutter?     Daffy Duck    Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:03 


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