Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin
Gaelcholáiste Charraig Uí Leighin, Árd na Cloiche, Carraig Uí Leighin · P43 XV78 · Roll number 76273O
Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin is one of 3 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Carrigaline. Every school in and around Carrigaline →
What stands out about Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin
- A small post-primary school: 302 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Growing: 302 pupils, 156% more than the 118 of 2019/20.
- Every subject is taught through Irish.
- The smallest of the 3 post-primary schools around Carrigaline.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Cork ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin had 302 pupils in 2025/26, against 18 in 2015/16 (+1,578%). Girls are 53% of them. Its roll rose in 10 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin
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 Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin 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 Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin
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 Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin has grown by 156% since 2019/20. All the schools around Carrigaline together changed by +9%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +156%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin | 302 | +156% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ||
| Carrigaline Community School | 1,072 | −2% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.4 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 580 | +73% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| St Francis Capuchin College | 730 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| St Peter's Community School | 354 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.1 km | |
| Douglas Community School | 605 | +19% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.5 km | |
| Regina Mundi College | 564 | −0% | Catholic | English | 7 km |
The other 78 post-primary schools in Co. Cork
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nagle Community College | 315 | +61% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Colaiste Muire | 523 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary School | 700 | −10% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Ursuline College Blackrock | 352 | +45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Coláiste Muire | 709 | +6% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Ashton School | 539 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.2 km | |
| Coláiste Chríost Rí | 502 | −13% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 8.3 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 190 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Carrignafoy Community College | 322 | +0% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Coláiste Éamann Rís | 811 | +149% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Coláiste Daibhéid | 151 | −28% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| St Aloysius School | 323 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary School | 403 | +54% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 432 | +2% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 919 | +1% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| St. Angela's College | 606 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Presentation Brothers College | 692 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Patricks College | 218 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Mayfield Community School | 362 | +28% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 10 km |
| Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh | 715 | +1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Colaiste An Phiarsaigh | 578 | +6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 283 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| North Monastery Secondary School | 271 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Mount Mercy College | 811 | +2% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Bishopstown Community School | 306 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire | 690 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 11 km |
| Nano Nagle College | 161 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community College | 302 | +81% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Aidan's Community College | 309 | −23% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Glanmire Community College | 1,141 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Aloysius College | 765 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Carrigtwohill Post Primary | 912 | +237% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 1,357 | −0% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 14 km | |
| Ballincollig Community School | 987 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig | 254 | – | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire gan Smal | 1,124 | +40% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Kinsale Community School | 1,450 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste an Chroí Naofa | 461 | −15% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 957 | +13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Mary's High School | 762 | +6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Colman's Community College | 1,171 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Midleton College | 498 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| St. Brogan's College | 905 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Coláiste na Toirbhirte | 456 | −8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh | 399 | +1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Bandon Grammar School | 712 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| Coachford College | 848 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Coláiste an Chraoibhín | 918 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 729 | +18% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 716 | +39% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Davis College | 1,033 | +26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 37 km |
| Patrician Academy | 568 | +1% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 749 | +6% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Pobalscoil na Tríonóide | 1,086 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 39 km | |
| St Mary'S Secondary School | 431 | +33% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| McEgan College | 289 | +60% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| De La Salle College | 409 | +11% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 568 | +7% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Clonakilty Community College | 696 | +17% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 40 km | |
| Nagle Rice Secondary School | 260 | +39% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire | 589 | +34% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 410 | +27% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Coláiste Fionnchua | 449 | +63% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 342 | +9% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Maria Immaculata Community College | 642 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 51 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 403 | +30% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Coláiste Treasa | 647 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 52 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 271 | −7% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Millstreet Community School | 359 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 53 km | |
| Colaiste Ghobnatan | 212 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 53 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 109 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 57 km | |
| Boherbue Comprehensive School | 551 | +70% | Inter-denominational | English | 58 km | |
| Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí | 313 | +11% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 322 | +10% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Skibbereen Community School | 956 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 66 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí | 752 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 74 km | |
| Schull Community College | 359 | −7% | Inter-denominational | English | 86 km | |
| Beara Community School | 308 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 106 km |
Living in Carrigaline
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the P43 Eircode area
Housing in Carrigaline →The median sale price rose from €365,000 in 2023 to €420,000 in 2025 (+15%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the P43 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Carrigaline
Cost of living in Carrigaline →New tenancies in Carrigaline averaged €1,592 a month in 2025, against €1,445 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Carrigaline, P43 XV78
Post-primary schools near Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin
Is Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin 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 Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin have?
302 pupils in 2025/26. That is +156% since 2019/20.
Does Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin is taught through Irish.
Who runs Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin?
Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Cork ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin?
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 Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin?
The nearest are Carrigaline Community School (1.4 km), Edmund Rice College (2.4 km) and St Francis Capuchin College (5.1 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 Carrigaline; 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).