Coláiste Bhríde

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Coláiste Bhríde

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Established| 1912; 113 years ago (1912)
Language| Irish

Coláiste Bhríde is an Irish language college in Rann na Feirste, County Donegal. It was originally founded in 1912 in Omeath but Fr Lorcán Ó Muireadhaigh moved it to the Donegal Gaeltacht in 1926.[1]

People to have visited or attended the college include Phil Coulter, Éamon de Valera, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Paul Brady, Pádraig MacNamee, Tomás Ó Fiaich and T. K. Whitaker.[1]

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta aired a special programme about the college in May 2020, with the college breaking from 94 years of opening at its Donegal headquarters due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3][4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Looking back at famed Irish college", Donegal News. 30-04-2020, p. 34.
2. ^ "Coláiste Bhríde, Rann na Feirste", RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.
3. ^ "Historical Donegal college to feature in Bank Holiday weekend documentary: The college has been welcoming students since 1912". 28-04-2020.
4. ^ "Documentary to be broadcast on Donegal's historic Rannafast Irish college: Special programme about the famed Coláiste Bhríde Irish college in Rann na Feirste". 29-04-2020.

## External links

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* Information about the college
* "August 31st Fielday in Ranafast", County Donegal Historical Society

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