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to promote the cultural, social and economic welfare of the Gaeltacht; to encourage the preservation and extension of the use of Irish as a vernacular language; and, to such extent as may be necessary or appropriate, to consult and advise with other Departments of State in respect of services administered by such Departments which affect the ...
From the mid-1980s onwards, several attempts were made to either ban or curtail the celebration of Debs balls in Ireland. In 1986, for example, the Loreto Order of nuns, who were patron to dozens of girls' schools across the country, issued a decree that school management should not support or participate the organisation of these events.
Also deriving from the Education and Training Boards Act, [7] Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) [8] was established in 2013, replacing the Irish Vocational Education Association (IVEA). ETBI is the national representative association for the sixteen ETBs, and works to protect, promote and enhance the interests of vocational education ...
The first printing press in Ireland was established in 1551, [1] the first Irish-language book was printed in 1571 and Trinity College Dublin was established in 1592. [ 2 ] The Education Act 1695 prohibited Irish Catholics from running Catholic schools in Ireland or seeking a Catholic education abroad, until its repeal in 1782. [ 3 ]
National schools, established by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland government, post the Stanley Letter of 1831, and were intended to be multi-denominational. [2] [6] The schools were controlled by a state body, the National Board of Education, with a six-member board consisting of two Roman Catholics, two Church of Ireland, and two Presbyterians.
Chapter 5 in Irish Popular Culture 1650–1850 edited by J Donnelly & K Miller, Irish Academic Press 1999, ISBN 0-7165-2712-X; Marianne Elliott, The Catholics of Ulster, Penguin 2001, at pp. 179–181. Fernández-Suárez, Yolanda. "An Essential Picture in a Sketch-Book of Ireland: The Last Hedge Schools", Estudios Irlandeses; Lyons, Tony.
Bosco is an Irish children's television programme produced during the late 1970s and 1980s. It was produced and shown by RTÉ in Ireland. The show was created by Joe O'Donnell [3] with the puppet designed by Jan Mitchell. Bosco was voiced by Jonathan Ryan initially, in the pilot series that was broadcast, with four presenters per show, in 1979 ...
The raising of school leaving age (ROSLA) is an act brought into force when the legal age a child is allowed to leave compulsory education increases. In most countries, the school leaving age reflects when young people are seen to be mature enough within their society, but not necessarily when they are old enough to be regarded as an adult.