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Multidenominational school

primary school in Ireland

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ6934648 ↗
Source-derived summary

A multidenominational school (Irish: scoil ilchreidmheach) is a modern type of primary school in Ireland that moves away from the Catholic school model, which are common in Ireland (these also include Church of Ireland schools).

See also

Education in the Republic of Ireland

Education in Northern Ireland

Educate Together

External links

Educate Together, the representative organisation for English-language multi-denominational schools in Ireland

An Foras Pátrúnachta, founded in 1993 to act as an alternative patron for new gaelscoileanna (Irish language schools), its schools include Catholic schools, interdenominational schools, multi-denominational schools and non-denominational schools.

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The public source identifies “Multidenominational school” as primary school in Ireland. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Multidenominational, school and primary.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Multidenominational, school and primary providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Multidenominational school”, the useful work is to connect “primary school in Ireland” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 16, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6934648. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1993.

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This entry incorporates text from “Multidenominational school” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.