Photo: Ceoil sláinte · CC BY-SA 3.0Montenotte has 3 fee-paying secondary schools in and around it
Around Montenotte, 49% of schools are in DEIS, above both Co. Cork’s towns (35%) and Irish towns (35%). In or within 3 km of Montenotte: 37 primary schools, 24 secondary schools and 9 special schools, 20,121 pupils in all. Ireland publishes no school results, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them, so these schools are described here, never graded or ranked.
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 about Montenotte’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 ↓
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: Mayfield Community School (0.5 km), St Patricks College (0.6 km) and Cork Educate Together Secondary School (1.1 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
The 70 schools in and around Montenotte
Here are the schools in Montenotte or within 3 km of it, every one with its own page. Letters and results are missing here for a reason: Ireland publishes neither school by school.
Show all 37 primary schools
Where the 70 schools in and around Montenotte 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 Montenotte’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 Montenotte
How many schools teach through each language; the tick marks Ireland’s share.
8 of Montenotte’s 70 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Alainn, Coláiste Daibhéid and Gaelscoil Peig Sayers.
Who Montenotte’s schools serve
How the area’s pupils divide, against 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 Montenotte | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 44% | 18% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 12% | 8% | 6% |
| Girls | 50% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 54% | 33% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 19% | 7% | 6% |
More of the pupils around Montenotte are at DEIS schools than across Ireland: 44% against 27% (Co. Cork: 18%). The biggest difference from Ireland is in post-primary pupils at single-sex schools: 54% here, 29% there. Of the DEIS schools here, Coláiste Éamann Rís is the biggest: 811 pupils.
Each of the 70 schools
| School | Pupils | Girls | DEIS | All-Irish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil an Ghoirt AlainnPrimary | 393 | 51% | ✓ | |
| St Patricks CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 218 | 80% | ✓ | |
| St Patricks B N.S.Primary | 152 | 0% | ✓ | |
| St Bernadettes Spec SchSpecial | 132 | 39% | ||
| S.N. Padraig Naofa CPrimary | 128 | 100% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Padraig NaofaPrimary | 86 | 40% | ✓ | |
| Scoil EannaSpecial | 66 | 48% | ||
| St Lukes Mxd N.S.Primary | 96 | 55% | ||
| St Killians Spec SchSpecial | 106 | 34% | ||
| St Paul's SchoolSpecial | 92 | 43% | ||
| Mayfield Community SchoolPost-primary · Community school | 362 | 40% | ✓ | |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 403 | 47% | ||
| S.N. Mharcuis BPrimary | 99 | 0% | ✓ | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus EoinPrimary | 304 | 46% | ✓ | |
| Cara Junior SchoolSpecial | 72 | 19% | ||
| S.N. Bhreanndain CPrimary | 115 | 92% | ✓ | |
| Christian Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 919 | 0% | ||
| Scoil MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 432 | 100% | ||
| St. Angela's CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 606 | 100% | ||
| School of the Divine Child (Scoil an Linbh Íosa)Special | 46 | 50% | ||
| North Presentation Primary SchoolPrimary | 288 | 52% | ✓ | |
| Lower Glanmire N.S.Primary | 151 | 46% | ||
| Ashton SchoolPost-primary · Comprehensive | 539 | 52% | ||
| Coláiste DaibhéidPost-primary · ETB | 151 | 54% | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ballintemple N.S.Primary | 250 | 53% | ||
| St Kevins SchoolSpecial | 10 | 10% | ||
| Scoil AislinnSpecial | 36 | 19% | ||
| Scoil OilibheirPrimary | 511 | 53% | ✓ | |
| St Vincent's Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 283 | 100% | ✓ | |
| St Aidan's Community CollegePost-primary · ETB | 309 | 46% | ✓ | |
| Gaelscoil Peig SayersPrimary | 280 | 58% | ✓ | ✓ |
| St Vincents Convent N.S.Primary | 208 | 71% | ✓ | |
| Cork Educate Together National SchoolPrimary | 193 | 54% | ||
| North Monastery Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 271 | 14% | ✓ | |
| Gaelcholáiste MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 690 | 47% | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys SeniorPrimary | 207 | 33% | ✓ | |
| Our Lady of LourdesPrimary | 215 | 100% | ||
| Scoil Naomh MichealPrimary | 102 | 54% | ||
| Coláiste Chríost RíPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 502 | 0% | ||
| Scoil ColmcillePrimary | 264 | 32% | ✓ | |
| Ursuline College BlackrockPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 352 | 100% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Naomh AntainePrimary | 581 | 0% | ||
| Bunscoil Chriost RiPrimary | 453 | 47% | ||
| Scoil UrsulaPrimary | 182 | 54% | ✓ | |
| Scoil Naomh MhuirePrimary | 312 | 55% | ✓ | |
| Scoil Aiseiri ChriostPrimary | 232 | 100% | ✓ | |
| Scoil IosagainPrimary | 222 | 0% | ✓ | |
| Coláiste Éamann RísPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 811 | 44% | ✓ | |
| St Aloysius SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 323 | 100% | ||
| Nano Nagle CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 161 | 51% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Barra Naofa CailiniPrimary | 316 | 99% | ||
| Presentation Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 692 | 0% | ||
| Scoil TriestSpecial | 72 | 25% | ||
| S.N. Barra Naofa BhuachPrimary | 280 | 0% | ||
| Colaiste An PhiarsaighPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 578 | 54% | ✓ | |
| Greenmount Monastery N.S.Primary | 240 | 45% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Barra NaofaPrimary | 75 | 47% | ||
| S.N. Iosef NaofaPrimary | 215 | 0% | ||
| Scoil na nOgPrimary | 32 | 59% | ✓ | |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 700 | 100% | ||
| Scoil Padre Pio N.S.Primary | 264 | 48% | ✓ | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid CPrimary | 374 | 100% | ||
| Regina Mundi CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 564 | 100% | ||
| Scoil na Croise NaofaPrimary | 193 | 50% | ✓ | |
| Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh NaofaPrimary | 193 | 53% | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gaelscoil MhachanPrimary | 139 | 49% | ✓ | ✓ |
| Presentation Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 190 | 87% | ✓ | |
| Nagle Community CollegePost-primary · ETB | 315 | 41% | ✓ | |
| Scoil Maria AssumptaPrimary | 168 | 100% | ✓ | |
| Douglas Community SchoolPost-primary · Community school | 605 | 0% |
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.
Who runs Montenotte’s schools
Each school’s ethos, 2025/26: the bars show the share of schools of each kind.
57 of Montenotte’s 70 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Bishop of Cork & Ross (35), Edmund Rice Schools Trust (4) and CEIST (4). 34 of the 70 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.
The 19 patrons of Montenotte’s schools
Patrons own the schools and set their ethos; boards of management run them day to day.
19 patrons run the 70 schools around Montenotte; the largest, Bishop of Cork & Ross, has 35 of them and 40% of the pupils. The local Education and Training Board runs 6. Educate Together runs one.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop of Cork & RossS.N. Naomh Antaine, Scoil Oilibheir, Bunscoil Chriost Ri, Scoil Naomh Brid C, S.N. Barra Naofa Cailini, Scoil Naomh Mhuire, Scoil Mhuire agus Eoin, North Presentation Primary School, Gaelscoil Peig Sayers, S.N. Barra Naofa Bhuach, Scoil Colmcille, Scoil Padre Pio, Ballintemple, Greenmount Monastery, Scoil Aiseiri Chriost, Scoil Iosagain, St Patricks College, Our Lady of Lourdes, S.N. Iosef Naofa, St Vincents Convent, Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys Senior, Scoil na Croise Naofa, Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa, Scoil Ursula, Scoil Maria Assumpta, St Patricks B, Lower Glanmire, Gaelscoil Mhachan, S.N. Padraig Naofa C, S.N. Bhreanndain C, St Killians Spec Sch, S.N. Mharcuis B, S.N. Padraig Naofa, School of the Divine Child, St Kevins School | Catholic | 35 | 8,002 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustChristian Brothers College, Coláiste Éamann Rís, Gaelcholáiste Mhuire, North Monastery | Catholic | 4 | 2,691 |
| CEISTChrist King Girls', St Aloysius School, Presentation, Nano Nagle College | Catholic | 4 | 1,374 |
| Cork ETBNagle, St Aidan's, Coláiste Daibhéid | Inter-denominational, Multi-denominational | 3 | 775 |
| Bishop of Cork & Ross & COPE FoundationSt Bernadettes Spec Sch, St Paul's School, Scoil Eanna | Catholic | 3 | 290 |
| Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross COIScoil Naomh Micheal, St Lukes Mxd, S.N. Barra Naofa | Church of Ireland | 3 | 273 |
| Presentation Brothers Schools TrustPresentation Brothers College, Coláiste Chríost Rí | Catholic | 2 | 1,194 |
| Cork ETB & Bishop of Cork and RossDouglas, Mayfield | Inter-denominational | 2 | 967 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustSt. Angela's College, Ursuline College Blackrock | Catholic | 2 | 958 |
| Gaelachas TeoColaiste An Phiarsaigh, Scoil na nOg | Catholic | 2 | 610 |
| Brothers of Charity (Southern Services) Brother John O'SheaCara Junior School, Scoil Triest | Catholic | 2 | 144 |
| Regina Mundi (Cork) LtdRegina Mundi College | Catholic | 1 | 564 |
| 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 |
| Religious Sisters of CharitySt Vincent's | Catholic | 1 | 283 |
| Cork School ProjectCork Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 1 | 193 |
| COPE FoundationScoil Aislinn | Other | 1 | 36 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Montenotte
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
22 schools here have grown by 5% or more since 2019/20, 24 have shrunk by as much, out of 61; across Ireland: +5%.
All 61 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 Montenotte’s schools
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate: every school’s reports linked, none rated
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 70 schools below links its own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Montenotte
Post-primary schools within 10 km of the town; children move at about twelve, and families apply to each school
35 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Montenotte: 23 voluntary secondary schools, 7 ETB schools, 4 community schools and one comprehensive school. 14 of them are single-sex, 8 for girls and 6 for boys. Fees are charged at 3 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 4 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 362 | 0.5 km |
| St Patricks CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 218 | 0.6 km |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 403 | 1.1 km |
| Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 919 | 1.6 km |
| Scoil MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 432 | 1.6 km |
| Ashton SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 539 | 1.7 km |
| St. Angela's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 606 | 1.8 km |
| St Aidan's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 309 | 1.8 km |
| Coláiste DaibhéidETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 151 | 2.1 km |
| St Vincent's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 283 | 2.2 km |
| North Monastery Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 271 | 2.4 km |
| Gaelcholáiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 690 | 2.4 km |
All 35 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Chríost RíVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 502 | 2.4 km |
| Ursuline College BlackrockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 352 | 2.5 km |
| Nano Nagle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 161 | 2.7 km |
| Coláiste Éamann RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 811 | 2.8 km |
| Regina Mundi CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 564 | 2.8 km |
| St Aloysius SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 323 | 2.8 km |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 700 | 2.9 km |
| Presentation Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 692 | 2.9 km |
| Douglas Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Boys | – | 605 | 3.3 km |
| Colaiste An PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, Boarding | 578 | 3.4 km |
| Presentation Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 190 | 3.5 km |
| Nagle Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 315 | 3.5 km |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 302 | 4 km |
| Glanmire Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,141 | 4.9 km |
| Mount Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 811 | 5.3 km |
| Coláiste an Spioraid NaoimhVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 715 | 5.6 km |
| Bishopstown Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 306 | 6.1 km |
| St Francis Capuchin CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 730 | 6.5 km |
| Scoil Mhuire gan SmalVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 1,124 | 8.3 km |
| St Peter's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 354 | 8.7 km |
| Coláiste an Chroí NaofaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 461 | 8.7 km |
| Coláiste ChoilmETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Irish stream | 1,357 | 9.4 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui LeighinETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 302 | 9.6 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Montenotte
9 special schools serve the area: St Bernadettes Spec Sch, Scoil Eanna, St Killians Spec Sch, St Paul's School, Cara Junior School, School of the Divine Child (Scoil an Linbh Íosa), St Kevins School, Scoil Aislinn and Scoil Triest, 632 pupils between them. 28 of the 37 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.
Montenotte beside the 95 other Irish towns of 2,900 to 5,600 people
Towns of a similar size, with the schools in or within 3 km of each; ordered by population, never ranked
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knocknaheeny | 5,592 | 59 | 18,265 | 5 | 59% | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||||
| St Luke's | 4,278 | 70 | 20,531 | 6 | 51% | 0.1 km |
| Lehenagh | 4,154 | 43 | 14,801 | 4 | 33% | 2.3 km |
| Mervue | 4,126 | 30 | 9,041 | 4 | 37% | 0.9 km |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery | 4,122 | 46 | 15,489 | 5 | 48% | 0.7 km |
| Montenotte | 4,113 | 70 | 20,121 | 8 | 49% | 0.5 km |
| Rathbane | 4,111 | 52 | 19,628 | 7 | 33% | 1.5 km |
| Grange | 4,109 | 32 | 12,776 | 3 | 41% | 1.3 km |
| Macroom | 4,096 | 6 | 1,897 | 0 | 17% | 0.1 km |
| Newcastle | 4,032 | 31 | 11,321 | 5 | 29% | 0.9 km |
| … | ||||||
| Skibbereen | 2,903 | 5 | 1,562 | 1 | 0% | 0.8 km |
Of the other 95 towns, 12 have more pupils at the schools around them than Montenotte. Teaching through Irish is on offer within 3 km in 62 of the 96.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Montenotte
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 Montenotte had 20,102 pupils in 2015/16 and 20,121 in 2025/26. Coláiste Éamann Rís grew most: +149% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Montenotte
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 Montenotte
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
Tivoli has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 10. Of Montenotte’s neighbours, Knockrea saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+1%) and Blackpool the least (−0%); Montenotte itself: +1%.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Montenotte 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 Montenotte
How many schools are there in Montenotte?
In Montenotte or within 3 km of it: 37 primary schools, 24 secondary schools and 9 special schools, with 20,121 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Montenotte that teach through Irish?
Yes, 8: Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Alainn, Coláiste Daibhéid and Gaelscoil Peig Sayers teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Montenotte?
3 of the 24: Christian Brothers College, Scoil Mhuire and Presentation Brothers College. The others are free.
What is the best school in Montenotte?
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 Montenotte?
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).