28 September 2008
Only Irish girl in class
A seven-year-old girl who recently started second class in a school in Balbriggan, Co Dublin, is the only native Irish child in her class. When Rachel Clarke joined her classmates in Bracken Educate Together school earlier this month, her mother realised she was the only child of Irish parents among the 20 pupils.
Niamh Clarke says she was shocked at the sheer number of nationalities in the classroom.
"I felt like I was in a different country, like I was the outsider. At first we were the only white people there. Then when we did see white people coming along, they weren't Irish, they were Polish or Russian," she said.
Tribune
Balbriggan, I weep for thee.
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