Status of the Irish language Northern Ireland, including Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, learned Irish while in prison, a development known as the "Jailtacht". Although the language was taught in Catholic secondary schools (especially by the Christian Brothers), it was not taught at all in the controlled sector, which is mostly attended by Protestant pupils. Irish-medium schools, however, known as "Gaelscoileanna", were founded in Belfast and Derry and the Gaelscoileanna movement has since expanded to across much of Northern Ireland similar to its expansion in the Republic of Ireland. An Irish-language newspaper called "Lá" (later called "Lá Nua") produced by The Andersonstown News Group (later
Andy Barr (Irish politician) Jimmy Graham to organise a march to demonstrate this. General Secretary of the TUC Len Murray led the march, into the Port of Belfast, with Barr. Andy Barr (Irish politician) Andy Barr (23 September 1913 – 30 March 2003) was an Irish communist and trade unionist. He was born in Belfast, Barr became a sheet metal worker, and joined the Communist Party of Northern Ireland (CPNI) in 1942. Barr became a shop steward in 1942, and by 1948 was a member of the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers's Executive Committee. In 1949, he was sacked for organising