Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach
Easca, Ceatharlach · R93 HY89 · Roll number 70440A
Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach is one of 6 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Carlow. Every school in and around Carlow →
What stands out about Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach
- A small post-primary school: 342 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−7%).
- Every subject is taught through Irish.
- The smallest of the 6 post-primary schools around Carlow.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Kilkenny & Carlow ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach had 342 pupils in 2025/26, down from 368 in 2015/16 (−7%). Girls are 56% of them. Its largest roll was 372, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
It teaches every subject through Irish.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach has shrunk by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Carlow together changed by −1%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest post-primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 5 have more pupils than Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −7%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach | 342 | −7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ||
| Presentation College | 801 | −0% | Catholic | English | 0.1 km | |
| St Mary's Academy CBS | 367 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1 km |
| St. Leo's College | 842 | −18% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| Tyndall College | 1,048 | +96% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| St Mary's Knockbeg College | 515 | +17% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Colaiste Lorcain | 334 | −18% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.4 km |
The other 5 post-primary schools in Co. Carlow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tullow Community School | 901 | +27% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Aindriú | 142 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Presentation / De La Salle College | 769 | +5% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 358 | +58% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Borris College | 558 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km |
Living in Carlow
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R93 Eircode area
Housing in Carlow →The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €287,200 in 2025 (+15%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Carlow
Cost of living in Carlow →New tenancies in Carlow averaged €1,347 a month in 2025, against €1,232 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Carlow, R93 HY89
Post-primary schools near Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach
Is Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach have?
342 pupils in 2025/26. That is −7% since 2019/20.
Does Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach is taught through Irish.
Who runs Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach?
Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kilkenny & Carlow ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach?
The nearest are Presentation College (0.1 km), St Mary's Academy CBS (1 km) and St. Leo's College (1.2 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Carlow; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).