Coláiste Eoin
Hacketstown, Co Carlow · R93 CY86 · Roll number 70410O
Coláiste Eoin is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Hacketstown. Every school in and around Hacketstown →
What stands out about Coláiste Eoin
- A small post-primary school: 358 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 358 pupils, 58% more than the 227 of 2019/20.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Kilkenny & Carlow ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Hacketstown or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste Eoin had 358 pupils in 2025/26, against 233 in 2015/16 (+54%). Girls are 54% of them. Its largest roll was 365, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Coláiste Eoin
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 Coláiste Eoin 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 Coláiste Eoin
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 Coláiste Eoin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Eoin 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Coláiste Eoin has grown by 58% since 2019/20. All the schools around Hacketstown together changed by +36%.
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 Coláiste Eoin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +58%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Eoin | 358 | +58% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Scoil Chonglais | 452 | −9% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Tullow Community School | 901 | +27% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Bhríde Carnew | 836 | −4% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Colaiste Lorcain | 334 | −18% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Avondale Community College | 644 | +20% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Kevin's Community College | 829 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
The other 9 post-primary schools in Co. Carlow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation College | 801 | −0% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach | 342 | −7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| St Mary's Academy CBS | 367 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| St. Leo's College | 842 | −18% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Mary's Knockbeg College | 515 | +17% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Tyndall College | 1,048 | +96% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Coláiste Aindriú | 142 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Presentation / De La Salle College | 769 | +5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Borris College | 558 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 38 km |
Living in Hacketstown
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R93 Eircode area
Housing in Hacketstown →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 Co. Carlow
Cost of living in Hacketstown →New tenancies in Co. Carlow averaged €1,316 a month in 2025, against €1,199 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Hacketstown, R93 CY86
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Eoin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Eoin
Is Coláiste Eoin 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 Coláiste Eoin have?
358 pupils in 2025/26. That is +58% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Eoin teach through Irish?
No: Coláiste Eoin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coláiste Eoin?
Coláiste Eoin has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kilkenny & Carlow ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Eoin?
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 Coláiste Eoin?
The nearest are Scoil Chonglais (13 km), Tullow Community School (14 km) and Coláiste Bhríde Carnew (17 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 Hacketstown; 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).