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St Nicholas' Primary School, Carrickfergus
St. Nicholas' Primary School (Irish language, Irish: ''Bunscoil Naomh Nioclás, Carraig Fhearghais'') is a Education in Northern Ireland#Catholic maintained, Catholic Maintained primary school located in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. History The school origins date back to Mount Saint Nicholas National School, an inter-denominational National school (Ireland), national school, which opened in 1871, formerly located in the current school/chapel car park. In 1910, St. Nicholas' Boys and St. Nicholas' Girls Primary Schools, replaced the national school, whose building was subsequently used by Mount St. Nicholas playgroup until the 1990s. In 1959 the school building was refurbished, helping to accommodate the growing Catholic population in the town. This population growth is largely attributed to the industrialisation of the town in the mid 20th century, with the town becoming a hub for the textiles industries, which attracted employees from Belfast and further a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century. Irish is still spoken as a first language in a small number of areas of certain counties such as Cork, Donegal, Galway, and Kerry, as well as smaller areas of counties Mayo, Meath, and Waterford. It is also spoken by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers, mostly in urban areas where the majority are second-language speakers. Daily users in Ireland outside the education system number around 73,000 (1.5%), and the total number of persons (aged 3 and over) who claimed they could speak Irish in April 2016 was 1,761,420, representing 39.8% of respondents. For most of recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
