Scoil Lorcáin
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Scoil Lorcáin is an all-Irish voluntary primary gaelscoil
Gaelscoil
A gaelscoil is an Irish-medium primary school in Ireland, of a sort found outside the traditionally Irish-speaking regions, especially in urban areas....

 which is located in Monkstown, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It prides itself in the Irish culture and teaches all subjects except English through the means of the 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...

. The school is financed by resources from the Department of Education and Science, voluntary donations and money raised by parents. The school was founded in 1952.

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    , lead singer with the Hothouse Flowers
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There are two sections in Scoil Lorcáin the new school "an scoil nua" and the old school which they call the "scoil thall" there are four rooms on the first floor of the new school with two junioir and senior infants on the next floor there is two classrooms on the left and right although on the left there is a kitchen where the teachers eat there lunch at 11:45-12:10 which is play time for the classes there is a hall and the second floor too. On the third floor there are four classrooms.
In the old school there are six classrooms and a small library. There used to be 5 classrooms and a mixed 4th and 5th class but they moved the library and now every class has a room each.

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Sport

Scoil LORCAIN have very talented athletes. The school have various teams- hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

, gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 and camogie
Camogie
Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....

. These teams have reached many finals thanks to the excellent skills CUALA are teaching their young footballers/hurlers.
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