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Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara is an
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 ...
secondary level school (a ''
Gaelcholáiste A Gaelcholáiste is a secondary school on the island of Ireland (in either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland) located outside Gaeltacht areas, where Irish is the primary language of teaching and communication. Gaelcholáistí are sup ...
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Naas Naas ( ; ga, Nás na Ríogh or ) is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. In 2016, it had a population of 21,393, making it the second largest town in County Kildare after Newbridge. History The name of Naas has been recorded in th ...
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County Kildare County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county, ...
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Gaelscoil Chill Dara Gaelscoil Chill Dara (GSCD) is a coeducational Irish language primary school situated on the Green Road in the Curragh, County Kildare in Ireland. The school was founded in 1995 with the vision of delivering primary education through the mediu ...
was founded in 1995, parents in this primary school wanted to provide post-primary education for their children through Irish. In 2002 the first full class finished their primary education in Gaelscoil Chill Dara. Parents started working on a secondary school while the Gaelscoil was still temporarily housed in Herbert Lodge. The Gaelscoil moved to its present accommodation on the Green Road in June 2002 and with it grew the vision of a Gaelchampus. It was the choice of parents, pupils (270 at the time and increasing), the Irish community, Newbridge Town Council and Irish organisations that Gael-Choláiste would start immediately. The founders investigated alternative patronage and management structures in the pursuit of an all-Irish secondary education for our children and having done so adopted "An Foras Pátrúnachta" as the school's patron, it being the only patron who would guarantee the school's ethos and culture and so it also became part of the JMB structure. Within a year Gael-Choláiste Chill Dara welcomed its first group of students in September 2003. As 2018, there were over 300 pupils attending Gael-Choláiste Chill Dara.


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1995 establishments in Ireland Educational institutions established in 1995 Gaelcholáiste Irish-language schools and college Naas Secondary schools in County Kildare {{Ireland-school-stub