Coláiste Moibhí was a preparatory school

University-preparatory school

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 in the Republic of Ireland

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 providing Irish-language

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

 instruction for Protestant

Protestantism

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 girls intending to proceed to train as primary schoolteachers. Operating from 1926 to 1995, it was located just outside Shankill, Co. Dublin, until the premises closed when it was relocated in Rathmines

Rathmines

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, Dublin, and run by the Church of Ireland

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. In 1968, it became the Juniorate of the adjacent Church of Ireland College of Education

Church of Ireland College of Education

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, to which most pupils would graduate. It was named after Moibhí, a sixth-century saint from Kilmovee

Kilmovee

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, County Mayo

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, who is associated Glasnevin

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.

The Coláiste was one of seven Irish-language preparatory schools established by the government of the newly-established Irish Free State

Irish Free State

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, as part of a Gaelicisation policy which required a supply of teachers fluent in Irish. It was approved by John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg

John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg

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, the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin

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, and was a mark of both the Protestant, historically unionist minority's commitment to the new state, and the state's commitment to preserve that community's identity.

In the light of the growth of multidenominational school

Multidenominational school

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s, Coláiste Moibhí closed in June 1995. Its premises now form the Resource Centre of the Church of Ireland Training College library.