Coláiste Moibhí was a
preparatory school in
Ireland
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providing
Irish-language
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instruction for
Protestant
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boys and girls intending to proceed to
train
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as
primary school
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teachers. Operating from 1926 to 1995, it was located just outside Shankill, County Dublin, until the premises closed. It was relocated in
Rathmines
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,
Dublin
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. Run by the
Church of Ireland
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, it became in 1968 the Juniorate of the adjacent
Church of Ireland College of Education
The Church of Ireland College of Education or C.I.C.E. as it was more commonly known ( ga, Coláiste Oideachais Eaglais na hÉireann) was one of five Irish Colleges of Education which provided a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree, the qualific ...
, to which most pupils would graduate. It was named after Moibhí, a sixth-century saint from
Kilmovee
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In March 2004, the Cois Tine Heritage Centre was opened and since then it has become ...
,
County Mayo
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.
The college was one of six Irish-language preparatory schools established by the government of the newly established
Irish Free State
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, as part of a
Gaelicisation
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policy which required a supply of teachers fluent in Irish. It was approved by
John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg
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, the
Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin
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. It survived the closure of the other 5 (Catholic ethos) preparatory schools (2 for boys and 3 for girls) in 1961, as decided by
Patrick_Hillery
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, Minister for Education in the Fianna Fáil Government between 1959-1965, and later
President of Ireland
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The president holds office for seven years, and can ...
. In light of the growth of
multidenominational school
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s, Coláiste Moibhí closed in June 1995 and its former premises now form the Resource Centre of the Church of Ireland Training College library.
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1926 establishments in Ireland
Educational institutions established in 1926
Education in Dublin (city)
Anglican schools in the Republic of Ireland
Secondary schools in Dublin (city)
Irish-language schools and college
Rathmines
Defunct Christian schools
1995 disestablishments in Ireland
Educational institutions disestablished in 1995