Coláiste Feirste
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Coláiste Feirste is the only secondary-level Irish-medium school in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Coláiste Feirste | |
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Address | |
7 Páirc Radharc na bhFeá Belfast , Northern Ireland | |
Coordinates | 54°35′30″N 5°58′19″W |
Information | |
School type | Irish-medium |
Motto | Is Gael Mise (I am a Gael) |
Established | 1991, as Meánscoil Feirste |
School board | Education Authority (Belfast) |
Principal | Mícheal Mac Giolla Ghunna[1] |
Teaching staff | 65 [1] |
Gender | Co-educational |
Enrolment | 842[1] |
Hours in school day | 6 hours ten minutes (normal school day) |
Colour(s) | |
Feeder schools | Irish-medium schools in the Greater Belfast area [1] |
Website | colaistefeirste |
Previously known as Méanscoil Feirste, the 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 care 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.[citation needed] The school is now situated in Beechmount, the former home of the Riddel family.[4]