St Caimin's Community School
Tullyvarraga, Shannon, Co. Clare., Co. Clare. · V14 XY54 · Roll number 91447I
St Caimin's Community School is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Shannon. Every school in and around Shannon →
What stands out about St Caimin's Community School
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 794 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+5%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 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 & Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Caimin's Community School had 794 pupils in 2025/26, against 710 in 2015/16 (+12%). Girls are 50% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Caimin's 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 St Caimin's 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 St Caimin's 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 St Caimin's Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Caimin's 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Caimin's Community School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+5%). All the schools around Shannon together changed by +7%.
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, 1 have more pupils than St Caimin's Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +5%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Caimin's Community School | 794 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Shannon Comprehensive School | 765 | +38% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.2 km | |
| Salesian Secondary College | 746 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Colaiste Mhuire | 269 | −32% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Mungret Community College | 991 | +175% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Villiers Secondary School | 508 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Thomond Community College | 597 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
The other 14 post-primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Flannan's College | 1,270 | +8% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St John Bosco Community College | 289 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Rice College | 666 | −5% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 1,013 | +3% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Ennis Community College | 614 | +33% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 18 km |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School Tulla | 727 | +22% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Anne's Community College | 731 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Scariff Community College | 429 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| St Michael's Community College | 283 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Ennistymon Community School | 693 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School | 449 | +41% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Kilrush Community School | 343 | −20% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Mary Immaculate Secondary School | 284 | +13% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Joseph's Community College | 171 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 53 km |
Living in Shannon
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Homes in the V14 Eircode area
Housing in Shannon →The median sale price rose from €206,000 in 2023 to €272,500 in 2025 (+32%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V14 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Shannon
Cost of living in Shannon →New tenancies in Shannon averaged €1,229 a month in 2025, against €1,130 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Shannon, V14 XY54
Post-primary schools near St Caimin's 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 St Caimin's Community School
Is St Caimin's 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 St Caimin's Community School have?
794 pupils in 2025/26. That is +5% since 2019/20.
Does St Caimin's Community School teach through Irish?
No: St Caimin's Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Caimin's Community School?
St Caimin's Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Limerick & Clare ETB & Bishop of Killaloe.
How do pupils get a place at St Caimin's 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 St Caimin's Community School?
The nearest are Shannon Comprehensive School (1.2 km), Salesian Secondary College (6.5 km) and Colaiste Mhuire (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 Shannon; 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).