Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Fair Hill has 3 fee-paying secondary schools in and around it
55% of the schools around Fair Hill are DEIS schools, above both Co. Cork’s towns (35%) and Irish towns (35%). 32 of its 58 schools are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas, against 30% across Ireland. Ireland publishes no school results, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them, so these schools are described here, never graded or ranked.
Schools in the town or within 3 km of its outline, Department of Education lists for 2025/26; the Ireland figures cover all schools listed.
What stands out about Fair Hill’s schools
Fee-paying secondary schools
Several of the secondary schools within reach charge fees; the others are free. Fee-paying schools are listed with the rest below, each with its own page. Fee-paying: Christian Brothers College (919), Presentation Brothers College (692) and Scoil Mhuire (432). Every school ↓
Extra support for many schools
Many schools here are in DEIS, which gives schools in disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and help; across Ireland, 30% of schools are. In DEIS: Coláiste Éamann Rís (811), Gaelcholáiste Mhuire (690), Scoil Oilibheir (511) and Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal B (403), and 28 more. Who runs them ↓
A wide choice at twelve
Families here can choose among 35 post-primary schools within 10 km of the town, of more than one kind; each admits on its own published policy, so applying to more than one is common. The nearest: Nano Nagle College (0.4 km), Gaelcholáiste Mhuire (0.9 km) and North Monastery Secondary School (1 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
The 58 schools in and around Fair Hill
Every school in Fair Hill or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. You won’t find letters or results below: Ireland publishes none for single schools.
Show all 30 primary schools
Who runs Fair Hill’s schools
Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.
46 of Fair Hill’s 58 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Bishop of Cork & Ross (28), CEIST (5) and Edmund Rice Schools Trust (4). 32 of the 58 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
Where the 58 schools in and around Fair Hill are
Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Fair Hill’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Teaching through Irish in and around Fair Hill
Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.
5 of Fair Hill’s 58 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelcholáiste Mhuire, Gaelscoil Peig Sayers and Coláiste Daibhéid.
Who Fair Hill’s schools serve
The pupils at the area’s schools by share, beside Co. Cork’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools
| Share of pupils | Around Fair Hill | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 50% | 18% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 10% | 8% | 6% |
| Girls | 54% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 54% | 33% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 21% | 7% | 6% |
DEIS schools teach 50% of the pupils around Fair Hill, a larger share than Ireland’s 27% (Co. Cork: 18%). Where this area differs most from Ireland is post-primary pupils at single-sex schools, at 54% against 29%. Coláiste Éamann Rís, with 811 pupils, is the largest school here in DEIS.
Each of the 58 schools
| School | Pupils | Girls | DEIS | All-Irish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Aiseiri ChriostPrimary | 232 | 100% | ✓ | |
| Scoil IosagainPrimary | 222 | 0% | ✓ | |
| Nano Nagle CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 161 | 51% | ✓ | |
| Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys SeniorPrimary | 207 | 33% | ✓ | |
| Scoil Padre Pio N.S.Primary | 264 | 48% | ✓ | |
| North Monastery Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 271 | 14% | ✓ | |
| St Vincents Convent N.S.Primary | 208 | 71% | ✓ | |
| Gaelcholáiste MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 690 | 47% | ✓ | ✓ |
| St Vincent's Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 283 | 100% | ✓ | |
| Gaelscoil Peig SayersPrimary | 280 | 58% | ✓ | ✓ |
| North Presentation Primary SchoolPrimary | 288 | 52% | ✓ | |
| Scoil ColmcillePrimary | 264 | 32% | ✓ | |
| Cork Educate Together National SchoolPrimary | 193 | 54% | ||
| St. Angela's CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 606 | 100% | ||
| St Aidan's Community CollegePost-primary · ETB | 309 | 46% | ✓ | |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegePost-primary · ETB | 302 | 52% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Bhreanndain CPrimary | 115 | 92% | ✓ | |
| Presentation Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 692 | 0% | ||
| Christian Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 919 | 0% | ||
| S.N. Iosef NaofaPrimary | 215 | 0% | ||
| Scoil MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 432 | 100% | ||
| Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoinePrimary | 195 | 51% | ✓ | |
| Scoil OilibheirPrimary | 511 | 53% | ✓ | |
| St Aloysius SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 323 | 100% | ||
| Scoil Naomh MhuirePrimary | 312 | 55% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Mharcuis BPrimary | 99 | 0% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Barra NaofaPrimary | 75 | 47% | ||
| Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 403 | 47% | ||
| S.N. MhuirePrimary | 316 | 48% | ||
| St Patricks CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 218 | 80% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa CPrimary | 128 | 100% | ✓ | |
| St Patricks B N.S.Primary | 152 | 0% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Padraig NaofaPrimary | 86 | 40% | ✓ | |
| Greenmount Monastery N.S.Primary | 240 | 45% | ✓ | |
| St Lukes Mxd N.S.Primary | 96 | 55% | ||
| Coláiste DaibhéidPost-primary · ETB | 151 | 54% | ✓ | ✓ |
| St Kevins SchoolSpecial | 10 | 10% | ||
| Coláiste Éamann RísPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 811 | 44% | ✓ | |
| Mayfield Community SchoolPost-primary · Community school | 362 | 40% | ✓ | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal BPrimary | 403 | 0% | ✓ | |
| Muire Gan Smal CPrimary | 297 | 99% | ✓ | |
| Coláiste Chríost RíPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 502 | 0% | ||
| Bunscoil Chriost RiPrimary | 453 | 47% | ||
| Gaelscoil an Ghoirt AlainnPrimary | 393 | 51% | ✓ | |
| Scoil AislinnSpecial | 36 | 19% | ||
| Presentation Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 190 | 87% | ✓ | |
| Scoil EannaSpecial | 66 | 48% | ||
| Mount Mercy CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 811 | 100% | ||
| Scoil Maria AssumptaPrimary | 168 | 100% | ✓ | |
| Ashton SchoolPost-primary · Comprehensive | 539 | 52% | ||
| Our Lady of LourdesPrimary | 215 | 100% | ||
| Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh NaofaPrimary | 193 | 53% | ✓ | ✓ |
| St Paul's SchoolSpecial | 92 | 43% | ||
| St Bernadettes Spec SchSpecial | 132 | 39% | ||
| Scoil Naomh CaitrionaPrimary | 414 | 100% | ||
| Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 700 | 100% | ||
| Cork University Hos SchoolSpecial | 17 | 47% | ||
| St Killians Spec SchSpecial | 106 | 34% |
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary): enrolments by sex and the DEIS list. Shares are of pupils, not of schools; a county’s are the schools listed with its towns.
The 18 patrons of Fair Hill’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
18 patrons run the 58 schools around Fair Hill; the largest, Bishop of Cork & Ross, has 28 of them and 37% of the pupils. The local Education and Training Board runs 5. Educate Together runs one.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop of Cork & RossScoil Oilibheir, Bunscoil Chriost Ri, Scoil Naomh Caitriona, Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal B, Scoil Naomh Mhuire, Muire Gan Smal C, North Presentation Primary School, Gaelscoil Peig Sayers, Scoil Padre Pio, Scoil Colmcille, Greenmount Monastery, Scoil Aiseiri Chriost, Scoil Iosagain, St Patricks College, S.N. Iosef Naofa, Our Lady of Lourdes, St Vincents Convent, Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys Senior, Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoine, Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa, Scoil Maria Assumpta, St Patricks B, S.N. Padraig Naofa C, S.N. Bhreanndain C, St Killians Spec Sch, S.N. Mharcuis B, S.N. Padraig Naofa, St Kevins School | Catholic | 28 | 6,495 |
| CEISTMount Mercy College, Christ King Girls', St Aloysius School, Presentation, Nano Nagle College | Catholic | 5 | 2,185 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustChristian Brothers College, Coláiste Éamann Rís, Gaelcholáiste Mhuire, North Monastery | Catholic | 4 | 2,691 |
| Cork ETBSt Aidan's, Terence Mac Swiney, Coláiste Daibhéid | Inter-denominational, Multi-denominational | 3 | 762 |
| Bishop of Cork & Ross & COPE FoundationSt Bernadettes Spec Sch, St Paul's School, Scoil Eanna | Catholic | 3 | 290 |
| Presentation Brothers Schools TrustPresentation Brothers College, Coláiste Chríost Rí | Catholic | 2 | 1,194 |
| Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross COISt Lukes Mxd, S.N. Barra Naofa | Church of Ireland | 2 | 171 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustSt. Angela's College | Catholic | 1 | 606 |
| Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross COI/ Cork ETBAshton School | Church of Ireland | 1 | 539 |
| Named IndividualScoil Mhuire | Catholic | 1 | 432 |
| Educate TogetherCork Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 1 | 403 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil an Ghoirt Alainn | Multi-denominational | 1 | 393 |
| Cork ETB & Bishop of Cork and RossMayfield | Inter-denominational | 1 | 362 |
| Bishop of CloyneS.N. Mhuire | Catholic | 1 | 316 |
| Religious Sisters of CharitySt Vincent's | Catholic | 1 | 283 |
| Cork School ProjectCork Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 1 | 193 |
| COPE FoundationScoil Aislinn | Other | 1 | 36 |
| CEO of Cork University HospitalCork University Hos School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 17 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Fair Hill
Starting primary school
Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.
Moving to secondary school
Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools. The 3 fee-paying schools here set their own fees and admissions.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
12 schools here have grown by 5% or more since 2019/20, 23 have shrunk by as much, out of 51; across Ireland: +5%.
All 51 schools
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September, 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary). No capacity is published, so how full a school is can’t be shown.
Inspection reports for Fair Hill’s schools
Reports from the Department of Education’s Inspectorate, every school’s linked and none rated
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.
The reports describe what inspectors saw and what each school should do next. They give no overall grade, so none is shown here; the 58 schools below each link their own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Fair Hill
Every post-primary school within 10 km of the town; families choose and apply to each, at about twelve
Within 10 km of Fair Hill there are 35 post-primary schools: 24 voluntary secondary schools, 6 ETB schools, 4 community schools and one comprehensive school. Of these, 14 are single-sex: 8 for girls and 6 for boys. Fees are charged at 3 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 3 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nano Nagle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 161 | 0.4 km |
| Gaelcholáiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 690 | 0.9 km |
| North Monastery Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 271 | 1 km |
| St Vincent's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 283 | 1.2 km |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 302 | 1.7 km |
| St Aidan's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 309 | 1.8 km |
| St. Angela's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 606 | 1.8 km |
| Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 919 | 1.9 km |
| Scoil MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 432 | 2 km |
| Presentation Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 692 | 2 km |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 403 | 2.2 km |
| St Aloysius SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 323 | 2.2 km |
All 35 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Patricks CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 218 | 2.4 km |
| Coláiste DaibhéidETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 151 | 2.8 km |
| Coláiste Éamann RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 811 | 3 km |
| Mayfield Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 362 | 3 km |
| Coláiste Chríost RíVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 502 | 3.3 km |
| Mount Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 811 | 3.5 km |
| Ashton SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 539 | 3.5 km |
| Presentation Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 190 | 3.6 km |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 700 | 3.9 km |
| Coláiste an Spioraid NaoimhVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 715 | 4.2 km |
| Bishopstown Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 306 | 4.4 km |
| Regina Mundi CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 564 | 4.7 km |
| Douglas Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Boys | – | 605 | 5.1 km |
| Scoil Mhuire gan SmalVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 1,124 | 5.3 km |
| Ursuline College BlackrockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 352 | 5.4 km |
| Colaiste An PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, Boarding | 578 | 6.1 km |
| Nagle Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 315 | 6.4 km |
| Coláiste ChoilmETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Irish stream | 1,357 | 7 km |
| Glanmire Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,141 | 7.3 km |
| Coláiste an Chroí NaofaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 461 | 7.8 km |
| Ballincollig Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 987 | 8.3 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School BallincolligVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 254 | 8.4 km |
| St Francis Capuchin CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 730 | 9.2 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Fair Hill
7 special schools serve the area: St Kevins School, Scoil Aislinn, Scoil Eanna, St Paul's School, St Bernadettes Spec Sch, Cork University Hos School and St Killians Spec Sch, 459 pupils between them. 22 of the 30 primary schools have special classes for children who need more support. Their cards ↑
Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.
Fair Hill beside the 100 other Irish towns of 3,400 to 6,600 people
Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinasloe | 6,597 | 6 | 2,019 | 1 | 50% | 1.8 km |
| … | ||||||
| Tullow | 5,138 | 4 | 1,339 | 0 | 75% | 0.5 km |
| Clonakilty | 5,112 | 6 | 2,124 | 1 | 0% | 0.5 km |
| Glounthaune | 5,000 | 32 | 10,210 | 4 | 19% | 3.7 km |
| Woodquay and Nuns Island | 4,948 | 33 | 11,452 | 5 | 33% | 0.2 km |
| Fair Hill | 4,910 | 58 | 17,368 | 5 | 55% | 0.4 km |
| Mountmellick | 4,905 | 5 | 1,405 | 0 | 80% | 0.3 km |
| Duleek | 4,899 | 4 | 957 | 0 | 50% | 6.8 km |
| Poleberry | 4,875 | 29 | 11,782 | 1 | 45% | 0.4 km |
| Chapelizod | 4,862 | 154 | 44,846 | 5 | 58% | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||||
| Clara | 3,403 | 3 | 699 | 0 | 100% | 0.3 km |
Of the other 100 towns, 27 have more pupils at the schools around them than Fair Hill. Teaching through Irish is on offer within 3 km in 78 of the 101.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Fair Hill
Pupils every September at the schools in or within 3 km of the town, each counted at today’s site.
The schools in and around Fair Hill had 17,510 pupils in 2015/16 and 17,368 in 2025/26, fewer than before. Coláiste Éamann Rís grew most: +149% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Fair Hill
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.
Schools in the towns around Fair Hill
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Hill | 58 | 17,368 | 5 | 55% | 0.4 km |
| Farranree 0.7 km | 57 | 16,957 | 5 | 56% | 0.4 km |
| Hollyhill and Ballincolly 0.8 km | 84 | 27,337 | 7 | 43% | 1.1 km |
| Knocknaheeny 1.2 km | 59 | 18,265 | 5 | 59% | 0.5 km |
| Gurranebraher 1.3 km | 64 | 19,573 | 6 | 55% | 0.6 km |
| Blackpool 1.4 km | 65 | 18,866 | 5 | 52% | 0.6 km |
| Shandon 1.5 km | 63 | 19,030 | 5 | 52% | 0.4 km |
Hollyhill and Ballincolly has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 7. Since 2019/20 the pupils around Fair Hill changed by −0%; among its neighbours, Hollyhill and Ballincolly’s grew most (+4%) and Farranree’s least (−1%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Fair Hill or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
- The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
- Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
- No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
- What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
- Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
- The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.
Questions about schools in Fair Hill
How many schools are there in Fair Hill?
In Fair Hill or within 3 km of it: 30 primary schools, 21 secondary schools and 7 special schools, with 17,368 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Fair Hill that teach through Irish?
Yes, 5: Gaelcholáiste Mhuire, Gaelscoil Peig Sayers and Coláiste Daibhéid teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Fair Hill?
3 of the 21: Presentation Brothers College, Christian Brothers College and Scoil Mhuire. The others are free.
What is the best school in Fair Hill?
We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.
How do I get a place at a school in Fair Hill?
Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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).