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Schools in and around Farranree · Department of Education

Farranree has 3 fee-paying secondary schools in and around it

The DEIS programme includes 56% of the schools around Farranree, above both Co. Cork’s towns (35%) and Irish towns (35%). DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas, reaches 32 of its 57 schools; across Ireland, 30%. Nothing here grades or ranks these schools: Ireland publishes no results school by school, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.

Schools
57
in or within 3 km of Farranree
4 inside the town itself
Pupils
16,957
−1% since 2019/20
Ireland: +5%
Teach through Irish
5 of 57
teach every subject through Irish
Ireland: 8%
DEIS
32 of 57
get extra support for disadvantaged areas
Ireland: 30%
School Grade
Not graded
no school results are published (Education Act 1998, s.53)

Counted from the Department of Education’s 2025/26 lists: every school in the town or within 3 km of it, against every school in Ireland.

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about Farranree’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: Gaelcholáiste Mhuire (0.4 km), Nano Nagle College (0.5 km) and North Monastery Secondary School (0.5 km). Post-primary choices ↓

Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.

Every school

The 57 schools in and around Farranree

Here are the schools in Farranree or within 3 km of it, every one with its own page. Without school-level results from Ireland, the cards show no letters.

Secondary schools2 in Farranree, 18 within 3 km
Gaelcholáiste Mhuire
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GaelcholáisteDEIS
690 pupils+20% since 2019/20
North Monastery Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
271 pupils−22% since 2019/20
St Vincent's Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEISGirls
283 pupils+39% since 2019/200 km outside the town
Nano Nagle College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
161 pupils−18% since 2019/200.1 km outside the town
St. Angela's College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
606 pupils+4% since 2019/200.5 km outside the town
Christian Brothers College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
919 pupils+1% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town
Scoil Mhuire
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
432 pupils+2% since 2019/200.7 km outside the town
St Aidan's Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational
DEIS
309 pupils−23% since 2019/201 km outside the town
Cork Educate Together Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Multi-denominational
403 pupils+54% since 2019/201 km outside the town
Presentation Brothers College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
692 pupils−3% since 2019/201 km outside the town
St Aloysius School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
323 pupils+5% since 2019/201.2 km outside the town
St Patricks College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
218 pupils−14% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
Terence Mac Swiney Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational
DEIS
302 pupils+81% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town
Coláiste Daibhéid
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
GaelcholáisteDEIS
151 pupils−28% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
Coláiste Éamann Rís
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
811 pupils+149% since 2019/201.9 km outside the town
Coláiste Chríost Rí
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Boys
502 pupils−13% since 2019/202 km outside the town
Mayfield Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
362 pupils+28% since 2019/202.1 km outside the town
Ashton School
Post-primary · Comprehensive · Church of Ireland
539 pupils+2% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Presentation Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
190 pupils−18% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
Christ King Girls' Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
700 pupils−10% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
Primary schools2 in Farranree, 29 within 3 km
Gaelscoil Peig Sayers
Primary · Catholic
GaelscoilDEISSpecial classes
280 pupils+0% since 2019/20
Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys Senior
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
207 pupils+54% since 2019/20
Scoil Aiseiri Chriost
Primary · Catholic
DEISGirlsSpecial classes
232 pupils−25% since 2019/200 km outside the town
Scoil Iosagain
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
222 pupils−33% since 2019/200.1 km outside the town
St Vincents Convent N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
208 pupils−23% since 2019/200.1 km outside the town
North Presentation Primary School
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
288 pupils+27% since 2019/200.1 km outside the town
Scoil Padre Pio N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
264 pupils−9% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town
Scoil Colmcille
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
264 pupils+22% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town
S.N. Bhreanndain C
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
115 pupils+16% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town
Cork Educate Together National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
193 pupils−8% since 2019/200.8 km outside the town
S.N. Mharcuis B
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
99 pupils−1% since 2019/201.1 km outside the town
S.N. Iosef Naofa
Primary · Catholic
BoysSpecial classes
215 pupils−0% since 2019/201.1 km outside the town
Scoil Oilibheir
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
511 pupils−6% since 2019/201.2 km outside the town
St Lukes Mxd N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
Special classes
96 pupils+16% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
Scoil Naomh Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
312 pupils+1% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
St Patricks B N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
152 pupils−28% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
S.N. Padraig Naofa C
Primary · Catholic
DEISGirls
128 pupils−27% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
S.N. Padraig Naofa
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
86 pupils−31% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
S.N. Barra Naofa
Primary · Church of Ireland
75 pupils−16% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town
Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoine
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
195 pupils−24% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
Greenmount Monastery N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
240 pupils+1% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Alainn
Primary · Multi-denominational
Gaelscoil
393 pupils+7% since 2019/202 km outside the town
Bunscoil Chriost Ri
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
453 pupils−4% since 2019/202.1 km outside the town
Our Lady of Lourdes
Primary · Catholic
Girls
215 pupils−9% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Show all 31 primary schools
Special schools0 in Farranree, 6 within 3 km
Who runs them

Who runs Farranree’s schools

Each school’s ethos, 2025/26: the bars show the share of schools of each kind.

46 of Farranree’s 57 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Bishop of Cork & Ross (29), Edmund Rice Schools Trust (4) and CEIST (4). 32 of the 57 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).

CatholicChurch of Ireland and other ProtestantMulti- and inter-denominationalOther faiths
Primary schools 31 schools87%
Secondary schools 20 schools70%
Special schools 6 schools83%
All of Farranree’s schools 57 schools81%
Ireland 3,938 schools80%

Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.

Map

Where the 57 schools in and around Farranree 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 Farranree’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.

St Kevins School · Catholic · 10 pupilsScoil Aislinn · Other · 36 pupilsScoil Eanna · Catholic · 66 pupilsSt Paul's School · Catholic · 92 pupilsSt Killians Spec Sch · Catholic · 106 pupilsSt Bernadettes Spec Sch · Catholic · 132 pupilsS.N. Barra Naofa · Church of Ireland · 75 pupilsS.N. Padraig Naofa · Catholic · 86 pupilsSt Lukes Mxd N.S. · Church of Ireland · 96 pupilsS.N. Mharcuis B · Catholic · 99 pupilsS.N. Bhreanndain C · Catholic · 115 pupilsS.N. Padraig Naofa C · Catholic · 128 pupilsColáiste Daibhéid · Multi-denominational · 151 pupilsSt Patricks B N.S. · Catholic · 152 pupilsNano Nagle College · Catholic · 161 pupilsScoil Maria Assumpta · Catholic · 168 pupilsPresentation Secondary School · Catholic · 190 pupilsCork Educate Together National School · Multi-denominational · 193 pupilsGaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa · Catholic · 193 pupilsScoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoine · Catholic · 195 pupilsScoil Mhuire Fatima Boys Senior · Catholic · 207 pupilsSt Vincents Convent N.S. · Catholic · 208 pupilsS.N. Iosef Naofa · Catholic · 215 pupilsOur Lady of Lourdes · Catholic · 215 pupilsSt Patricks College · Catholic · 218 pupilsScoil Iosagain · Catholic · 222 pupilsScoil Aiseiri Chriost · Catholic · 232 pupilsGreenmount Monastery N.S. · Catholic · 240 pupilsBallintemple N.S. · Catholic · 250 pupilsScoil Padre Pio N.S. · Catholic · 264 pupilsScoil Colmcille · Catholic · 264 pupilsNorth Monastery Secondary School · Catholic · 271 pupilsGaelscoil Peig Sayers · Catholic · 280 pupilsSt Vincent's Secondary School · Catholic · 283 pupilsNorth Presentation Primary School · Catholic · 288 pupilsMuire Gan Smal C · Catholic · 297 pupilsTerence Mac Swiney Community College · Inter-denominational · 302 pupilsSt Aidan's Community College · Inter-denominational · 309 pupilsScoil Naomh Mhuire · Catholic · 312 pupilsS.N. Mhuire · Catholic · 316 pupilsSt Aloysius School · Catholic · 323 pupilsMayfield Community School · Inter-denominational · 362 pupilsGaelscoil an Ghoirt Alainn · Multi-denominational · 393 pupilsCork Educate Together Secondary School · Multi-denominational · 403 pupilsScoil Mhuire Gan Smal B · Catholic · 403 pupilsScoil Mhuire · Catholic · 432 pupilsBunscoil Chriost Ri · Catholic · 453 pupilsColáiste Chríost Rí · Catholic · 502 pupilsScoil Oilibheir · Catholic · 511 pupilsAshton School · Church of Ireland · 539 pupilsS.N. Naomh Antaine · Catholic · 581 pupilsSt. Angela's College · Catholic · 606 pupilsGaelcholáiste Mhuire · Catholic · 690 pupilsPresentation Brothers College · Catholic · 692 pupilsChrist King Girls' Secondary School · Catholic · 700 pupilsColáiste Éamann Rís · Catholic · 811 pupilsChristian Brothers College · Catholic · 919 pupils© OpenStreetMap contributors
PrimaryPost-primarySpecialSize: pupilsCatholicChurch of Ireland and other ProtestantMulti- and inter-denominationalOther faiths

Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Language

Teaching through Irish in and around Farranree

Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.

All-Irish 59%
Partly in Irish 47%
English-medium 4884%

5 of Farranree’s 57 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelcholáiste Mhuire, Gaelscoil Peig Sayers and Coláiste Daibhéid.

Who goes there

Who Farranree’s schools serve

Shares of the pupils at the area’s schools, beside Co. Cork’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26

Pupils at DEIS schools51%
Pupils at all-Irish schools10%
Girls48%
Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools50%
Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools23%

Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.

DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools

Primary pupils64%
Post-primary pupils42%
Share of pupilsAround FarranreeCo. CorkIreland
Pupils at DEIS schools51%18%27%
Pupils at all-Irish schools10%8%6%
Girls48%49%49%
Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools50%33%29%
Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools23%7%6%

Around Farranree, 51% of pupils attend a school in DEIS; across Ireland it is 27%, and 18% in Co. Cork. Set beside Ireland, post-primary pupils at single-sex schools stand out most: 50% against 29%. The largest DEIS school here is Coláiste Éamann Rís, with 811 pupils.

Each of the 57 schools
SchoolPupilsGirlsDEISAll-Irish
Gaelcholáiste MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondary69047%✓✓
Gaelscoil Peig SayersPrimary28058%✓✓
North Monastery Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary27114%✓
Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys SeniorPrimary20733%✓
St Vincent's Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary283100%✓
Scoil Aiseiri ChriostPrimary232100%✓
Scoil IosagainPrimary2220%✓
St Vincents Convent N.S.Primary20871%✓
North Presentation Primary SchoolPrimary28852%✓
Nano Nagle CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary16151%✓
St. Angela's CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary606100%
Christian Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary9190%
Scoil Padre Pio N.S.Primary26448%✓
Scoil ColmcillePrimary26432%✓
S.N. Bhreanndain CPrimary11592%✓
Scoil MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondary432100%
Cork Educate Together National SchoolPrimary19354%
St Aidan's Community CollegePost-primary · ETB30946%✓
Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary40347%
Presentation Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary6920%
S.N. Mharcuis BPrimary990%✓
S.N. Iosef NaofaPrimary2150%
Scoil OilibheirPrimary51153%✓
St Aloysius SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary323100%
St Lukes Mxd N.S.Primary9655%
Scoil Naomh MhuirePrimary31255%✓
St Patricks CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary21880%✓
St Patricks B N.S.Primary1520%✓
S.N. Padraig Naofa CPrimary128100%✓
S.N. Padraig NaofaPrimary8640%✓
S.N. Barra NaofaPrimary7547%
Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegePost-primary · ETB30252%✓
Coláiste DaibhéidPost-primary · ETB15154%✓✓
Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoinePrimary19551%✓
St Kevins SchoolSpecial1010%
Greenmount Monastery N.S.Primary24045%✓
Coláiste Éamann RísPost-primary · Voluntary secondary81144%✓
Coláiste Chríost RíPost-primary · Voluntary secondary5020%
Gaelscoil an Ghoirt AlainnPrimary39351%✓
Mayfield Community SchoolPost-primary · Community school36240%✓
Bunscoil Chriost RiPrimary45347%
Scoil AislinnSpecial3619%
Ashton SchoolPost-primary · Comprehensive53952%
Scoil EannaSpecial6648%
Our Lady of LourdesPrimary215100%
St Paul's SchoolSpecial9243%
St Bernadettes Spec SchSpecial13239%
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal BPrimary4030%✓
Muire Gan Smal CPrimary29799%✓
Presentation Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary19087%✓
Scoil Maria AssumptaPrimary168100%✓
Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh NaofaPrimary19353%✓✓
S.N. MhuirePrimary31648%
Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary700100%
S.N. Naomh AntainePrimary5810%
Ballintemple N.S.Primary25053%
St Killians Spec SchSpecial10634%

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.

Patrons

The 17 patrons of Farranree’s schools

Patrons own the schools and set their ethos; boards of management run them day to day.

17 patrons run the 57 schools around Farranree; the largest, Bishop of Cork & Ross, has 29 of them and 41% of the pupils. Education and Training Boards run 5 of them. Educate Together runs one.

PatronEthosSchoolsPupils
Bishop of Cork & RossS.N. Naomh Antaine, Scoil Oilibheir, Bunscoil Chriost Ri, Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal B, Scoil Naomh Mhuire, Muire Gan Smal C, North Presentation Primary School, Gaelscoil Peig Sayers, Scoil Padre Pio, Scoil Colmcille, Ballintemple, 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 SchoolCatholic296,912
Edmund Rice Schools TrustChristian Brothers College, Coláiste Éamann Rís, Gaelcholáiste Mhuire, North MonasteryCatholic42,691
CEISTChrist King Girls', St Aloysius School, Presentation, Nano Nagle CollegeCatholic41,374
Cork ETBSt Aidan's, Terence Mac Swiney, Coláiste DaibhéidInter-denominational, Multi-denominational3762
Bishop of Cork & Ross & COPE FoundationSt Bernadettes Spec Sch, St Paul's School, Scoil EannaCatholic3290
Presentation Brothers Schools TrustPresentation Brothers College, Coláiste Chríost RíCatholic21,194
Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross COISt Lukes Mxd, S.N. Barra NaofaChurch of Ireland2171
Le Chéile Schools TrustSt. Angela's CollegeCatholic1606
Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross COI/ Cork ETBAshton SchoolChurch of Ireland1539
Named IndividualScoil MhuireCatholic1432
Educate TogetherCork Educate TogetherMulti-denominational1403
An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil an Ghoirt AlainnMulti-denominational1393
Cork ETB & Bishop of Cork and RossMayfieldInter-denominational1362
Bishop of CloyneS.N. MhuireCatholic1316
Religious Sisters of CharitySt Vincent'sCatholic1283
Cork School ProjectCork Educate TogetherMulti-denominational1193
COPE FoundationScoil AislinnOther136

Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.

Getting a place

How children get a place in Farranree

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

Since 2019/20, 13 of these 51 schools have grown by 5% or more and 24 have shrunk as much; across Ireland the number of pupils changed by +5%.

Coláiste Éamann Rís+149%
Terence Mac Swiney+81%
Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys Senior+54%
Cork Educate Together+54%
St Vincent's+39%
Mayfield+28%
North Presentation Primary School+27%
Scoil Colmcille+22%
Gaelcholáiste Mhuire+20%
S.N. Bhreanndain C+16%
All 51 schools
St Lukes Mxd+16%
Ballintemple+11%
Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Alainn+7%
St Aloysius School+5%
St. Angela's College+4%
Muire Gan Smal C+3%
Ashton School+2%
Scoil Mhuire+2%
Greenmount Monastery+1%
Christian Brothers College+1%
Scoil Naomh Mhuire+1%
Scoil Maria Assumpta+1%
Gaelscoil Peig Sayers+0%
S.N. Iosef Naofa−0%
S.N. Mharcuis B−1%
Presentation Brothers College−3%
Bunscoil Chriost Ri−4%
Scoil Oilibheir−6%
Cork Educate Together−8%
Our Lady of Lourdes−9%
Scoil Padre Pio−9%
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal B−9%
Christ King Girls'−10%
Coláiste Chríost Rí−13%
S.N. Mhuire−13%
St Patricks College−14%
Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa−14%
S.N. Barra Naofa−16%
Nano Nagle College−18%
Presentation−18%
S.N. Naomh Antaine−22%
North Monastery−22%
St Aidan's−23%
St Vincents Convent−23%
Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoine−24%
Scoil Aiseiri Chriost−25%
S.N. Padraig Naofa C−27%
Coláiste Daibhéid−28%
St Patricks B−28%
S.N. Padraig Naofa−31%
Scoil Iosagain−33%

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.

Inspections

Inspection reports for Farranree’s schools

The Inspectorate’s published reports for each school, linked, without ratings

Reports come from whole-school evaluations (teaching, learning, leadership and management), subject inspections and follow-through visits that check earlier advice; gov.ie publishes each one with the school’s response.

Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 57 schools below links its own.

SchoolReports on gov.ie
Gaelcholáiste MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil Peig SayersPrimaryInspection reports ↗
North Monastery Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys SeniorPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Vincent's Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Aiseiri ChriostPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil IosagainPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Vincents Convent N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
North Presentation Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Nano Nagle CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St. Angela's CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Christian Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Padre Pio N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil ColmcillePrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Bhreanndain CPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Cork Educate Together National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Aidan's Community CollegePost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Presentation Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Mharcuis BPrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Iosef NaofaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil OilibheirPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Aloysius SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Lukes Mxd N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Naomh MhuirePrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Patricks CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Patricks B N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Padraig Naofa CPrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Padraig NaofaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Barra NaofaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegePost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
Coláiste DaibhéidPost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoinePrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Kevins SchoolSpecialInspection reports ↗
Greenmount Monastery N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Coláiste Éamann RísPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Coláiste Chríost RíPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil an Ghoirt AlainnPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Mayfield Community SchoolPost-primary · Community schoolInspection reports ↗
Bunscoil Chriost RiPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil AislinnSpecialInspection reports ↗
Ashton SchoolPost-primary · ComprehensiveInspection reports ↗
Scoil EannaSpecialInspection reports ↗
Our Lady of LourdesPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Paul's SchoolSpecialInspection reports ↗
St Bernadettes Spec SchSpecialInspection reports ↗
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal BPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Muire Gan Smal CPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Presentation Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Maria AssumptaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh NaofaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. MhuirePrimaryInspection reports ↗
Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Naomh AntainePrimaryInspection reports ↗
Ballintemple N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Killians Spec SchSpecialInspection reports ↗

Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.

Post-primary choices

Post-primary schools within reach of Farranree

Every post-primary school within 10 km of the town; families choose and apply to each, at about twelve

35 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Farranree: 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.

Within 10 km
35
post-primary schools; 20 in the area
Single-sex
14
of the 35 within reach
Nearest
0.4 km
Gaelcholáiste Mhuire
SchoolTakesAlsoPupilsAway
Gaelcholáiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, DEIS6900.4 km
Nano Nagle CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS1610.5 km
North Monastery Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2710.5 km
St Vincent's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS2830.6 km
St. Angela's CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–6061.2 km
Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying9191.2 km
Scoil MhuireVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying4321.3 km
St Aidan's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3091.5 km
Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–4031.5 km
Presentation Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying6921.7 km
St Patricks CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2181.7 km
St Aloysius SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–3231.8 km
All 35 post-primary schools within reach
SchoolTakesAlsoPupilsAway
Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3021.9 km
Coláiste DaibhéidETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, DEIS1512.2 km
Mayfield Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3622.4 km
Coláiste Éamann RísVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS8112.5 km
Coláiste Chríost RíVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–5022.7 km
Ashton SchoolComprehensive · Church of IrelandGirls and boys–5392.8 km
Presentation Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS1903.1 km
Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7003.3 km
Mount Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–8113.6 km
Regina Mundi CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–5644 km
Coláiste an Spioraid NaoimhVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–7154.2 km
Douglas Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalBoys–6054.5 km
Bishopstown Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3064.5 km
Ursuline College BlackrockVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS3524.7 km
Colaiste An PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, Boarding5785.5 km
Nagle Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3155.7 km
Scoil Mhuire gan SmalVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boys–1,1246 km
Glanmire Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–1,1416.8 km
Coláiste ChoilmETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysIrish stream1,3577.4 km
Coláiste an Chroí NaofaVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boys–4618.1 km
St Francis Capuchin CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–7308.5 km
Ballincollig Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–9878.8 km
Le Cheile Secondary School BallincolligVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boys–2548.9 km

Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.

Special needs

Special schools and classes around Farranree

6 special schools serve the area: St Kevins School, Scoil Aislinn, Scoil Eanna, St Paul's School, St Bernadettes Spec Sch and St Killians Spec Sch, 442 pupils between them. 23 of the 31 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.

Towns its size

Farranree beside the 92 other Irish towns of 2,700 to 5,200 people

Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results

TownPeopleSchoolsPupilsAll-IrishDEIS schoolsNearest post-primary
Tullow5,13841,339075%0.5 km
…
Newcastle4,0323111,321529%0.9 km
Charleville3,97061,334050%0.3 km
Castleblayney3,92692,076144%0.5 km
Claremorris3,85731,12000%0.7 km
Farranree3,8245716,957556%0.4 km
Kill3,818277400%5.5 km
Kilcullen3,81531,52400%0.2 km
Shanakiel3,8045216,547554%0.6 km
Mitchelstown3,74451,646040%0.4 km
…
Decies2,7134411,294164%0.8 km

Of the other 92 towns, 18 have more pupils at the schools around them than Farranree. 60 of the 93 towns have an all-Irish school within 3 km.

Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.

Pupils over time

Pupil numbers around Farranree

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 Farranree had 17,305 pupils in 2015/16 and 16,957 in 2025/26, fewer than before. Coláiste Éamann Rís grew most: +149% since 2019/20.

Pupils at schools in and around Farranree

05,00010,00015,00020,0002015/162018/192021/222025/26Pupils

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.

Neighbours

Schools in the towns around Farranree

Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.

BlackpoolFair HillShandonGurranebraherThe GlenCork City CentreBlackpoolFair HillShandonGurranebraherThe GlenCork City CentreFarranree
TownSchoolsPupilsAll-IrishDEIS schoolsNearest post-primary
Farranree5716,957556%0.4 km
Blackpool
0.7 km
6518,866552%0.6 km
Fair Hill
0.7 km
5817,368555%0.4 km
Shandon
0.9 km
6319,030552%0.4 km
Gurranebraher
1 km
6419,573655%0.6 km
The Glen
1.3 km
6619,000550%0.5 km
Cork City Centre
1.4 km
7723,441748%0.5 km

Cork City Centre has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 7. Of Farranree’s neighbours, Cork City Centre saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+1%) and Shandon the least (−1%); Farranree itself: −1%.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Which schools count. Every school in Farranree 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 Farranree

How many schools are there in Farranree?

In Farranree or within 3 km of it: 31 primary schools, 20 secondary schools and 6 special schools, with 16,957 pupils between them.

Are there schools in Farranree 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 Farranree?

3 of the 20: Christian Brothers College, Scoil Mhuire and Presentation Brothers College. The others are free.

What is the best school in Farranree?

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 Farranree?

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).