Terence Mac Swiney Community College
Hollyhill, Knocknaheeny, Cork · T23 DY01 · Roll number 71123Q
Terence Mac Swiney Community College is one of 22 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Knocknaheeny. Every school in and around Knocknaheeny →
What stands out about Terence Mac Swiney Community College
- A small post-primary school: 302 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Growing: 302 pupils, 81% more than the 167 of 2019/20.
- Some subjects are taught through Irish.
- In 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.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Cork ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Terence Mac Swiney Community College had 302 pupils in 2025/26, against 295 in 2015/16 (+2%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 306, in 2024/25. 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 Terence Mac Swiney Community College
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 Terence Mac Swiney Community College 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 Terence Mac Swiney Community College
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 Terence Mac Swiney Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Terence Mac Swiney Community College 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Terence Mac Swiney Community College has grown by 81% since 2019/20. All the schools around Knocknaheeny together changed by −0%.
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, 3 have more pupils than Terence Mac Swiney Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +81%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terence Mac Swiney Community College | 302 | +81% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | |
| Presentation Brothers College | 692 | −3% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| Nano Nagle College | 161 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| North Monastery Secondary School | 271 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire | 690 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| St Aloysius School | 323 | +5% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 283 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.8 km |
The other 78 post-primary schools in Co. Cork
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mercy College | 811 | +2% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| St. Angela's College | 606 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 432 | +2% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 919 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh | 715 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| Coláiste Éamann Rís | 811 | +149% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Bishopstown Community School | 306 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Coláiste Daibhéid | 151 | −28% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 190 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary School | 403 | +54% | Multi-denominational | English | 3 km | |
| Coláiste Chríost Rí | 502 | −13% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 3.1 km | |
| St Patricks College | 218 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| St Aidan's Community College | 309 | −23% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary School | 700 | −10% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Ashton School | 539 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.8 km | |
| Mayfield Community School | 362 | +28% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Regina Mundi College | 564 | −0% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire gan Smal | 1,124 | +40% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Douglas Community School | 605 | +19% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.1 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 1,357 | −0% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 5.5 km | |
| Ursuline College Blackrock | 352 | +45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Ballincollig Community School | 987 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.9 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig | 254 | – | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Nagle Community College | 315 | +61% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Colaiste An Phiarsaigh | 578 | +6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.4 km | |
| Glanmire Community College | 1,141 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.7 km | |
| Coláiste an Chroí Naofa | 461 | −15% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| St Francis Capuchin College | 730 | −5% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin | 302 | +156% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| St Peter's Community School | 354 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Carrigaline Community School | 1,072 | −2% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 580 | +73% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Muire | 709 | +6% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Carrignafoy Community College | 322 | +0% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 16 km |
| Carrigtwohill Post Primary | 912 | +237% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Aloysius College | 765 | −1% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Colaiste Muire | 523 | +16% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Coachford College | 848 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Kinsale Community School | 1,450 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 957 | +13% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Mary's High School | 762 | +6% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Midleton College | 498 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| St Colman's Community College | 1,171 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St. Brogan's College | 905 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Coláiste na Toirbhirte | 456 | −8% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh | 399 | +1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Bandon Grammar School | 712 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| Davis College | 1,033 | +26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 26 km |
| Patrician Academy | 568 | +1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 749 | +6% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Coláiste an Chraoibhín | 918 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 716 | +39% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 729 | +18% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Mary'S Secondary School | 431 | +33% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| McEgan College | 289 | +60% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| De La Salle College | 409 | +11% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Nagle Rice Secondary School | 260 | +39% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire | 589 | +34% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 568 | +7% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Clonakilty Community College | 696 | +17% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 41 km | |
| Coláiste Treasa | 647 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 271 | −7% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Millstreet Community School | 359 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 410 | +27% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 342 | +9% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Coláiste Fionnchua | 449 | +63% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Pobalscoil na Tríonóide | 1,086 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 44 km | |
| Colaiste Ghobnatan | 212 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| Maria Immaculata Community College | 642 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 47 km | |
| Boherbue Comprehensive School | 551 | +70% | Inter-denominational | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 109 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 51 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 403 | +30% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí | 313 | +11% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 322 | +10% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Skibbereen Community School | 956 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 65 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí | 752 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 70 km | |
| Schull Community College | 359 | −7% | Inter-denominational | English | 83 km | |
| Beara Community School | 308 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 101 km |
Living in Knocknaheeny
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Homes in the T23 Eircode area
Housing in Knocknaheeny →The median sale price rose from €260,000 in 2023 to €360,000 in 2025 (+38%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the T23 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Knocknaheeny
Cost of living in Knocknaheeny →New tenancies in Knocknaheeny 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 ↗Knocknaheeny, T23 DY01
Post-primary schools near Terence Mac Swiney Community College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Terence Mac Swiney Community College
Is Terence Mac Swiney Community College 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 Terence Mac Swiney Community College have?
302 pupils in 2025/26. That is +81% since 2019/20.
Does Terence Mac Swiney Community College teach through Irish?
In part: some subjects are taught through Irish.
Who runs Terence Mac Swiney Community College?
Terence Mac Swiney Community College has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Cork ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Terence Mac Swiney Community College?
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 Terence Mac Swiney Community College?
The nearest are Presentation Brothers College (1.5 km), Nano Nagle College (1.5 km) and North Monastery Secondary School (1.7 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 Knocknaheeny; 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).