Colaiste An Phiarsaigh
Gleann Maghair, Corcaigh · T45 HC86 · Roll number 62301N
Colaiste An Phiarsaigh is one of 17 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyvolane. Every school in and around Ballyvolane →
What stands out about Colaiste An Phiarsaigh
- 578 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+6%).
- Every subject is taught through Irish.
- Takes day pupils and boarders.
- 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 Gaelachas Teo; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Colaiste An Phiarsaigh had 578 pupils in 2025/26, against 545 in 2015/16 (+6%). Girls are 54% 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 Colaiste An Phiarsaigh
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 Colaiste An Phiarsaigh 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 Colaiste An Phiarsaigh
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 Colaiste An Phiarsaigh
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Colaiste An Phiarsaigh 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. It takes boarders as well as day pupils.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Colaiste An Phiarsaigh has grown by 6% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballyvolane 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, 1 have more pupils than Colaiste An Phiarsaigh. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +6%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colaiste An Phiarsaigh | 578 | +6% | Catholic | All in Irish | ||
| Glanmire Community College | 1,141 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.7 km | |
| Ursuline College Blackrock | 352 | +45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Nagle Community College | 315 | +61% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Mayfield Community School | 362 | +28% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| St Patricks College | 218 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| St Aidan's Community College | 309 | −23% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
The other 78 post-primary schools in Co. Cork
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork Educate Together Secondary School | 403 | +54% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.5 km | |
| Ashton School | 539 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.6 km | |
| Regina Mundi College | 564 | −0% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 919 | +1% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 432 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| St. Angela's College | 606 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Douglas Community School | 605 | +19% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.3 km | |
| Coláiste Daibhéid | 151 | −28% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Coláiste Chríost Rí | 502 | −13% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 5.5 km | |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 283 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| St Francis Capuchin College | 730 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire | 690 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| North Monastery Secondary School | 271 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary School | 700 | −10% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Nano Nagle College | 161 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Coláiste Éamann Rís | 811 | +149% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| St Aloysius School | 323 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Presentation Brothers College | 692 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 190 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| St Peter's Community School | 354 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community College | 302 | +81% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Mount Mercy College | 811 | +2% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Coláiste an Chroí Naofa | 461 | −15% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh | 715 | +1% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Carrigtwohill Post Primary | 912 | +237% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Bishopstown Community School | 306 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| St Aloysius College | 765 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Coláiste Muire | 709 | +6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin | 302 | +156% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| Carrignafoy Community College | 322 | +0% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 10 km |
| Scoil Mhuire gan Smal | 1,124 | +40% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Carrigaline Community School | 1,072 | −2% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 580 | +73% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 1,357 | −0% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 13 km | |
| Ballincollig Community School | 987 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig | 254 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Colaiste Muire | 523 | +16% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 957 | +13% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Midleton College | 498 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| St Mary's High School | 762 | +6% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Colman's Community College | 1,171 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Coláiste an Chraoibhín | 918 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Kinsale Community School | 1,450 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 729 | +18% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 716 | +39% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Coachford College | 848 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Davis College | 1,033 | +26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 28 km |
| St. Brogan's College | 905 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Patrician Academy | 568 | +1% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 749 | +6% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Coláiste na Toirbhirte | 456 | −8% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh | 399 | +1% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Bandon Grammar School | 712 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| Nagle Rice Secondary School | 260 | +39% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Pobalscoil na Tríonóide | 1,086 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 36 km | |
| St Mary'S Secondary School | 431 | +33% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| McEgan College | 289 | +60% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| De La Salle College | 409 | +11% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 410 | +27% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Coláiste Fionnchua | 449 | +63% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 342 | +9% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire | 589 | +34% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Coláiste Treasa | 647 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 271 | −7% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 568 | +7% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Clonakilty Community College | 696 | +17% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 47 km | |
| Millstreet Community School | 359 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 49 km | |
| Colaiste Ghobnatan | 212 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 52 km | |
| Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí | 313 | +11% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 322 | +10% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Boherbue Comprehensive School | 551 | +70% | Inter-denominational | English | 53 km | |
| Maria Immaculata Community College | 642 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 54 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 403 | +30% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 109 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 58 km | |
| Skibbereen Community School | 956 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 72 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí | 752 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 77 km | |
| Schull Community College | 359 | −7% | Inter-denominational | English | 90 km | |
| Beara Community School | 308 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 108 km |
Living in Ballyvolane
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Homes in the T23 Eircode area
Housing in Ballyvolane →The median sale price rose from €299,100 in 2023 to €370,600 in 2025 (+24%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the T23 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ballyvolane
Cost of living in Ballyvolane →New tenancies in Ballyvolane averaged €1,701 a month in 2025, against €1,559 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Ballyvolane, T45 HC86
Post-primary schools near Colaiste An Phiarsaigh
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Colaiste An Phiarsaigh
Is Colaiste An Phiarsaigh 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 Colaiste An Phiarsaigh have?
578 pupils in 2025/26. That is +6% since 2019/20.
Does Colaiste An Phiarsaigh teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Colaiste An Phiarsaigh is taught through Irish.
Who runs Colaiste An Phiarsaigh?
Colaiste An Phiarsaigh has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Gaelachas Teo.
How do pupils get a place at Colaiste An Phiarsaigh?
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 Colaiste An Phiarsaigh?
The nearest are Glanmire Community College (1.7 km), Ursuline College Blackrock (2.8 km) and Nagle Community College (3 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 Ballyvolane; 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).