McEgan College
Macroom, Co Cork · P12 E291 · Roll number 71030J
McEgan College is one of 3 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Macroom. Every school in and around Macroom →
What stands out about McEgan College
- A small post-primary school: 289 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 289 pupils, 60% more than the 181 of 2019/20.
- 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.
- The smallest of the 3 post-primary schools around Macroom.
- 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 2025/26McEgan College had 289 pupils in 2025/26, against 256 in 2015/16 (+13%). Girls are 49% 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 McEgan 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 McEgan 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 McEgan 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 McEgan College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to McEgan 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: McEgan College has grown by 60% since 2019/20. All the schools around Macroom together changed by +18%.
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, 4 have more pupils than McEgan College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +60%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McEgan College | 289 | +60% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| St Mary'S Secondary School | 431 | +33% | Catholic | English | 0.3 km | |
| De La Salle College | 409 | +11% | Catholic | English | 0.3 km | |
| Coachford College | 848 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Colaiste Ghobnatan | 212 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| Millstreet Community School | 359 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 109 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 20 km |
The other 78 post-primary schools in Co. Cork
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Brogan's College | 905 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh | 399 | +1% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Maria Immaculata Community College | 642 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Bandon Grammar School | 712 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| Coláiste na Toirbhirte | 456 | −8% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig | 254 | – | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Ballincollig Community School | 987 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 1,357 | −0% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 26 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire gan Smal | 1,124 | +40% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Boherbue Comprehensive School | 551 | +70% | Inter-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Bishopstown Community School | 306 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Mount Mercy College | 811 | +2% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh | 715 | +1% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 271 | −7% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Coláiste Treasa | 647 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community College | 302 | +81% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 31 km |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 568 | +7% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Clonakilty Community College | 696 | +17% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 32 km | |
| Nano Nagle College | 161 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Presentation Brothers College | 692 | −3% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Davis College | 1,033 | +26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 33 km |
| St Aloysius School | 323 | +5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire | 690 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 33 km |
| North Monastery Secondary School | 271 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 283 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 190 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Coláiste Éamann Rís | 811 | +149% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| St. Angela's College | 606 | +4% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 432 | +2% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 919 | +1% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Patrician Academy | 568 | +1% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Coláiste Daibhéid | 151 | −28% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 34 km |
| Coláiste Chríost Rí | 502 | −13% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 34 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 749 | +6% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Aidan's Community College | 309 | −23% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary School | 700 | −10% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary School | 403 | +54% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| St Patricks College | 218 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Coláiste an Chroí Naofa | 461 | −15% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ashton School | 539 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| Mayfield Community School | 362 | +28% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 36 km |
| Regina Mundi College | 564 | −0% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Douglas Community School | 605 | +19% | Inter-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 403 | +30% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Kinsale Community School | 1,450 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Ursuline College Blackrock | 352 | +45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Nagle Community College | 315 | +61% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Colaiste An Phiarsaigh | 578 | +6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin | 302 | +156% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Glanmire Community College | 1,141 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 40 km | |
| St Francis Capuchin College | 730 | −5% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Carrigaline Community School | 1,072 | −2% | Inter-denominational | English | 41 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 580 | +73% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire | 589 | +34% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí | 752 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 42 km | |
| St Peter's Community School | 354 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Nagle Rice Secondary School | 260 | +39% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Skibbereen Community School | 956 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 44 km | |
| Coláiste Muire | 709 | +6% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Carrignafoy Community College | 322 | +0% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 47 km |
| Colaiste Muire | 523 | +16% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Carrigtwohill Post Primary | 912 | +237% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Aloysius College | 765 | −1% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Coláiste an Chraoibhín | 918 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 716 | +39% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 729 | +18% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 322 | +10% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí | 313 | +11% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 957 | +13% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| St Mary's High School | 762 | +6% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Midleton College | 498 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 54 km | |
| St Colman's Community College | 1,171 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Schull Community College | 359 | −7% | Inter-denominational | English | 59 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 410 | +27% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 342 | +9% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Coláiste Fionnchua | 449 | +63% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Beara Community School | 308 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 71 km | |
| Pobalscoil na Tríonóide | 1,086 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 75 km |
Living in Macroom
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the P12 Eircode area
Housing in Macroom →The median sale price rose from €310,000 in 2023 to €346,800 in 2025 (+12%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the P12 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Macroom
Cost of living in Macroom →New tenancies in Macroom averaged €1,209 a month in 2025, against €1,107 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Macroom, P12 E291
Post-primary schools near McEgan College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about McEgan College
Is McEgan 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 McEgan College have?
289 pupils in 2025/26. That is +60% since 2019/20.
Does McEgan College teach through Irish?
No: McEgan College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs McEgan College?
McEgan College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Cork ETB.
How do pupils get a place at McEgan 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 McEgan College?
The nearest are St Mary'S Secondary School (0.3 km), De La Salle College (0.3 km) and Coachford College (12 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 Macroom; 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).