Mary Immaculate Secondary School
Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare · V95 R2AW · Roll number 62000W
Mary Immaculate Secondary School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Lisdoonvarna. Every school in and around Lisdoonvarna →
What stands out about Mary Immaculate Secondary School
- A small post-primary school: 284 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+13%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is CEIST; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only post-primary school in Lisdoonvarna or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Mary Immaculate Secondary School had 284 pupils in 2025/26, against 273 in 2015/16 (+4%). Girls are 44% of them. Its largest roll was 331, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Mary Immaculate Secondary 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 Mary Immaculate Secondary 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 Mary Immaculate Secondary 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 Mary Immaculate Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Mary Immaculate Secondary 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Mary Immaculate Secondary School has grown by 13% since 2019/20. All the schools around Lisdoonvarna together changed by +12%.
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, 2 have more pupils than Mary Immaculate Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +13%; 3 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Immaculate Secondary School | 284 | +13% | Catholic | English | ||
| Ennistymon Community School | 693 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste Ghobnait | 35 | +46% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Eoin | 41 | +3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School | 449 | +41% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Colaiste Chroi Mhuire | 270 | +17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| Colaiste Cholmcille | 101 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 25 km |
The other 13 post-primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ennis Community College | 614 | +33% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 29 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 1,013 | +3% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Rice College | 666 | −5% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Flannan's College | 1,270 | +8% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Michael's Community College | 283 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School Tulla | 727 | +22% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St John Bosco Community College | 289 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 42 km | |
| Kilrush Community School | 343 | −20% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Shannon Comprehensive School | 765 | +38% | Inter-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| St Caimin's Community School | 794 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| St Joseph's Community College | 171 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Scariff Community College | 429 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 53 km | |
| St Anne's Community College | 731 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 62 km |
Living in Lisdoonvarna
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V95 Eircode area
Housing in Lisdoonvarna →The median sale price rose from €251,500 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+27%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Clare
Cost of living in Lisdoonvarna →New tenancies in Co. Clare averaged €1,170 a month in 2025, against €1,080 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Lisdoonvarna, V95 R2AW
Post-primary schools near Mary Immaculate Secondary School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Mary Immaculate Secondary School
Is Mary Immaculate Secondary 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 Mary Immaculate Secondary School have?
284 pupils in 2025/26. That is +13% since 2019/20.
Does Mary Immaculate Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: Mary Immaculate Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Mary Immaculate Secondary School?
Mary Immaculate Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is CEIST.
How do pupils get a place at Mary Immaculate Secondary 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 Mary Immaculate Secondary School?
The nearest are Ennistymon Community School (10 km), Coláiste Ghobnait (16 km) and Coláiste Naomh Eoin (21 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 Lisdoonvarna; 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).