Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair (''Gweedore Community School'') is an Irish-medium secondary school in the

Gaeltacht ( , , ) are the districts of Ireland, individually or collectively, where the Irish government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant vernacular, or language of the home. The ''Gaeltacht'' districts were first officially recog ...

district of Gaoth Dobhair,

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconne ...

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. It has a pupil attendance of around 400.

Alumni

Aoife Ní Fhearraigh Aoife Ní Fhearraigh (), or simply Aoife, is an Irish singer. A well-known interpreter of Irish Gaelic songs, she released her first recording in 1991 and worked with Moya Brennan to produce her much acclaimed 1996 album ''Aoife''. She reached int ...

, singer * Brídín Brennan, singer * Gavin O Fearraigh, actor *

Maria McCool Maria McCool (born 23 May 1974) ( ga, Maria Nic Cumhaill) is an Irish people, Irish singer from Gweedore, County Donegal. She is well known for performing old Irish songs in her native Irish and in English. Her albums include ''Ailleog'' and ''Do ...

, singer *

Natasha Nic Gairbheith Natasha Nic Gairbheith (born 1981) was crowned Miss Ireland on 5 July 2004, becoming the first ever fluent Irish-speaker to win the competition. She competed at Miss World 2004 where she did not place. She is originally from Gweedore, County Don ...

, former Miss Ireland *

Odhrán Mac Niallais Odhrán Mac Niallais (born 17 August 1992) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Gaoth Dobhair and the Donegal county team. With two Ulster Senior Football Championships to his name, Mac Niallais was a prominent feature of the Donegal m ...

, Gaelic footballer *

Pearse Doherty Pearse Daniel Doherty (born 6 July 1977) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency since the 2016 general election, and previously a TD for the Donegal South-West constituency from 2010 to ...

, Sinn Féin TD * Rónán Mac Aodha Bhuí, radio presenter

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Buildings and structures in Gweedore Secondary schools in County Donegal Community schools in the Republic of Ireland 1975 establishments in Ireland Educational institutions established in 1975 {{Ireland-school-stub