Kilrush Community School
Kilrush, Co. Clare · V15 KT04 · Roll number 91448K
Kilrush Community School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Kilrush. Every school in and around Kilrush →
What stands out about Kilrush Community School
- A small post-primary school: 343 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 343 pupils, 20% fewer than the 431 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- A community school: run by a board of the local Education and Training Board and the religious or other bodies that founded it.
- Its patron is Limerick & Clare ETB & Congregation of Christian Brothers; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Kilrush or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Kilrush Community School had 343 pupils in 2025/26, down from 433 in 2015/16 (−21%). Girls are 53% of them. Its largest roll was 446, in 2017/18. 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 Kilrush Community School
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 Kilrush Community School 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 Kilrush Community School
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 Kilrush Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Kilrush Community School 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Kilrush Community School has shrunk by 20% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kilrush together changed by −11%.
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, 3 have more pupils than Kilrush Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −20%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilrush Community School | 343 | −20% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Tarbert Comprehensive School | 546 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Joseph's Community College | 171 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Michael's Community College | 283 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School | 349 | +9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Coláiste na Ríochta | 178 | +109% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| St. Michael's College | 347 | +37% | Catholic | English | 22 km |
The other 13 post-primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph's Secondary School | 449 | +41% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St John Bosco Community College | 289 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Ennistymon Community School | 693 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| St Flannan's College | 1,270 | +8% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Ennis Community College | 614 | +33% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 40 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 1,013 | +3% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Rice College | 666 | −5% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Shannon Comprehensive School | 765 | +38% | Inter-denominational | English | 41 km | |
| St Caimin's Community School | 794 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Mary Immaculate Secondary School | 284 | +13% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School Tulla | 727 | +22% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Scariff Community College | 429 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 70 km | |
| St Anne's Community College | 731 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 72 km |
Living in Kilrush
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V15 Eircode area
Housing in Kilrush →The median sale price rose from €190,000 in 2023 to €227,500 in 2025 (+20%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V15 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Kilrush
Cost of living in Kilrush →New tenancies in Kilrush averaged €897 a month in 2025, against €785 in 2024 (+14%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Kilrush, V15 KT04
Post-primary schools near Kilrush Community School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Kilrush Community School
Is Kilrush Community School 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 Kilrush Community School have?
343 pupils in 2025/26. That is −20% since 2019/20.
Does Kilrush Community School teach through Irish?
No: Kilrush Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Kilrush Community School?
Kilrush Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Limerick & Clare ETB & Congregation of Christian Brothers.
How do pupils get a place at Kilrush Community School?
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 Kilrush Community School?
The nearest are Tarbert Comprehensive School (10 km), St Joseph's Community College (12 km) and St Michael's Community College (14 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 Kilrush; 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).