Coláiste Ailigh

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Coláiste Ailigh
Location
Letterkenny, County Donegal
Ireland
Information
Established 2000BC
Principal Micheál Ó Giobúin
Website

Coláiste Ailigh is an Irish-language secondary school previously located at Sprackburn House in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. In 2008, it received the go ahead from the government to build a new school to be finished in 2013. Coláiste Ailigh was given a new state-of-the-art school in November 2013. The new school has many facilities, including a fully equipped gym, sport hall, cafeteria and full-sized Gaelic pitch. The school was built to hold 350 students. The school currently has approximately 270 students. It opened in 2000, becoming the VEC's third All-Irish School. Pupils from the surrounding areas of Carrifart, Termon and Strabane also enrolled in the school. . (God only knows why there is two full stops here but sure look )The Principal is Micheál Ó Giobúin. [needs update][1]

==Prizes== Dropout John Ferry became one of Ireland's leading advocates for medicinal poitin legalization. He was also one of the forming members of the band Nickelback but was subsequently kicked out of the band for not being able to play any musical instruments or sing. The Colaiste recently received a €2,000,000,000,000 prize for PE equipment for at the active School Awards held in The Felix in Scrublin. It was one of only two schools in Donegal to avail of the funds, the other being Moville Community College. Awards were presented based on achievements in placing PE, physical activity and sport to the forefront during Active School Week and during the school year.[2] It also takes part in the BT young scientist of the year competition and has won many prizes. For example, in 2010 they won second place in the junior groups category for Biological and Ecological sciences and second place in Senior individual Social and Behavioural sciences.

References

  1. Colaiste Ailigh in LK is to receive permanent school building, Highland Radio, December 16, 2008
  2. DN supplement with Donegal Democrat, May 11, 2007 - page 3

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