The famous school becoming a gaelscoil will exclude many of its current students to cater to the fashions of the middle-class Irish
There was the story of the schoolbook showing the traditional Irish family as a bunch of backwards bigots, like a lampoon from an old Punch magazine. Politicians said it was sneering and discriminatory, which it probably was.
However, one education story that went completely under the radar deserves much closer inspection. Synge Street CBS - one of the most famous secondary schools in the country - is to become a co-educational Gaelcholaiste. It’s great it’ll be co-educational because it’s perverse madness how many schools remain boys-only or girls-only in modern Ireland. But I’m not a fan of gaelscoils for the same reason - because they divide. They result in segregation based on social status.
Another cohort of Synger - which is a DEIS school - are disadvantaged inner-city kids. By changing to a gaelscoil, Synge Street will exchange these students for the affluent sons and daughters of gentrification. Minister Foley noted the demand for a Gaelcholaiste in south Dublin city.
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