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Schools in and around Shanakiel · Department of Education

3 of the secondary schools in and around Shanakiel charge fees

54% of the schools around Shanakiel are DEIS schools, above both Co. Cork’s towns (35%) and Irish towns (35%). DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas, reaches 28 of its 52 schools; across Ireland, 30%. These schools are described rather than graded, because Ireland publishes no school results and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.

Schools
52
in or within 3 km of Shanakiel
0 inside the town itself
Pupils
16,547
+2% since 2019/20
Ireland: +5%
Teach through Irish
5 of 52
teach every subject through Irish
Ireland: 8%
DEIS
28 of 52
get extra support for disadvantaged areas
Ireland: 30%
School Grade
Not graded
no school results are published (Education Act 1998, s.53)

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 · In brief

What stands out about Shanakiel’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 Mhuire Gan Smal B (403) and Scoil Naomh Mhuire (312), and 24 more. Who runs them ↓

Mostly single-sex at secondary

Most secondary schools here take only boys or only girls; the mixed ones are marked on the cards below. Single-sex: Christian Brothers College (919), Mount Mercy College (811), Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh (715) and Christ King Girls' Secondary School (700), and 6 more. 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: Terence Mac Swiney Community College (0.6 km), Mount Mercy College (1.2 km) and Presentation Brothers College (1.7 km). Post-primary choices ↓

Drawn from the Department of Education’s lists; none of it judges how well a school teaches.

Every school

The 52 schools in and around Shanakiel

Each school in or within 3 km of Shanakiel links to a page of its own. Letters and results are missing here for a reason: Ireland publishes neither school by school.

Secondary schools0 in Shanakiel, 19 within 3 km
Terence Mac Swiney Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational
DEIS
302 pupils+81% since 2019/200.1 km outside the town
Mount Mercy College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
811 pupils+2% since 2019/200.5 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
Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Boys
715 pupils+1% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
Bishopstown Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
306 pupils+0% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town
Nano Nagle College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
161 pupils−18% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
North Monastery Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
271 pupils−22% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
St Vincent's Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEISGirls
283 pupils+39% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
Gaelcholáiste Mhuire
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GaelcholáisteDEIS
690 pupils+20% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
Coláiste Éamann Rís
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
811 pupils+149% since 2019/201.9 km outside the town
St. Angela's College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
606 pupils+4% since 2019/202 km outside the town
Presentation Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
190 pupils−18% since 2019/202.1 km outside the town
Scoil Mhuire
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
432 pupils+2% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Christian Brothers College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
919 pupils+1% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Coláiste Daibhéid
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
GaelcholáisteDEIS
151 pupils−28% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Coláiste Chríost Rí
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Boys
502 pupils−13% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
Cork Educate Together Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Multi-denominational
403 pupils+54% since 2019/202.7 km outside the town
Christ King Girls' Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
700 pupils−10% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Primary schools0 in Shanakiel, 30 within 3 km
Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoine
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
195 pupils−24% since 2019/200.1 km outside the town
S.N. Iosef Naofa
Primary · Catholic
BoysSpecial classes
215 pupils−0% since 2019/200.8 km outside the town
Scoil Naomh Caitriona
Primary · Catholic
Girls
414 pupils−5% since 2019/200.8 km outside the town
Scoil Padre Pio N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
264 pupils−9% since 2019/201 km outside the town
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal B
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
403 pupils−9% since 2019/201 km outside the town
Muire Gan Smal C
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
297 pupils+3% since 2019/201 km outside the town
S.N. Barra Naofa
Primary · Church of Ireland
75 pupils−16% since 2019/201.1 km outside the town
Scoil Colmcille
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
264 pupils+22% since 2019/201.2 km outside the town
Scoil Naomh Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
312 pupils+1% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
Cork Educate Together National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
193 pupils−8% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town
Greenmount Monastery N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
240 pupils+1% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town
St Vincents Convent N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
208 pupils−23% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
Scoil Iosagain
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
222 pupils−33% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys Senior
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
207 pupils+54% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
Gaelscoil Ui Riada
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
254 pupils−9% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
Scoil Aiseiri Chriost
Primary · Catholic
DEISGirlsSpecial classes
232 pupils−25% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
North Presentation Primary School
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
288 pupils+27% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
S N an Spioraid Naomh C
Primary · Catholic
Girls
258 pupils−9% since 2019/201.9 km outside the town
Scoil an Spioraid Naomh (Boys)
Primary · Catholic
Boys
398 pupils−5% since 2019/202 km outside the town
Gaelscoil Peig Sayers
Primary · Catholic
GaelscoilDEISSpecial classes
280 pupils+0% since 2019/202 km outside the town
Scoil Maria Assumpta
Primary · Catholic
DEISGirlsSpecial classes
168 pupils+1% since 2019/202 km outside the town
Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa
Primary · Catholic
GaelscoilDEISSpecial classes
193 pupils−14% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
S.N. Athair Maitiu C
Primary · Catholic
DEISGirlsSpecial classes
252 pupils−1% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
S.N. B Togher Cork
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
252 pupils−7% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
Show all 30 primary schools
Special schools0 in Shanakiel, 3 within 3 km
Who runs them

Who runs Shanakiel’s schools

Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.

43 of Shanakiel’s 52 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Bishop of Cork & Ross (27), CEIST (5) and Edmund Rice Schools Trust (4). 28 of the 52 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 30 schools87%
Secondary schools 19 schools79%
Special schools 3 schools67%
All of Shanakiel’s schools 52 schools83%
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 52 schools in and around Shanakiel 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 Shanakiel’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.

St Kevins School · Catholic · 10 pupilsCork University Hos School · Multi-denominational · 17 pupilsSt Gabriels Special School · Catholic · 54 pupilsS.N. Barra Naofa · Church of Ireland · 75 pupilsSt Lukes Mxd N.S. · Church of Ireland · 96 pupilsRealt na Maidine · Catholic · 107 pupilsS.N. Bhreanndain C · Catholic · 115 pupilsColáiste Daibhéid · Multi-denominational · 151 pupilsNano Nagle College · Catholic · 161 pupilsSouth Lee Educate Together National School · Multi-denominational · 162 pupilsScoil Maria Assumpta · Catholic · 168 pupilsClogheen Mxd N.S. · Catholic · 181 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 pupilsScoil Iosagain · Catholic · 222 pupilsScoil Aiseiri Chriost · Catholic · 232 pupilsGreenmount Monastery N.S. · Catholic · 240 pupilsS.N. Athair Maitiu C · Catholic · 252 pupilsS.N. B Togher Cork · Catholic · 252 pupilsGaelscoil Ui Riada · Catholic · 254 pupilsS N an Spioraid Naomh C · Catholic · 258 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 pupilsBishopstown Community School · Inter-denominational · 306 pupilsScoil Naomh Mhuire · Catholic · 312 pupilsSt Aloysius School · Catholic · 323 pupilsScoil an Spioraid Naomh (Boys) · Catholic · 398 pupilsScoil Mhuire Gan Smal B · Catholic · 403 pupilsCork Educate Together Secondary School · Multi-denominational · 403 pupilsScoil Naomh Caitriona · Catholic · 414 pupilsScoil Mhuire · Catholic · 432 pupilsBunscoil Chriost Ri · Catholic · 453 pupilsColáiste Chríost Rí · Catholic · 502 pupilsSt. Angela's College · Catholic · 606 pupilsGaelcholáiste Mhuire · Catholic · 690 pupilsPresentation Brothers College · Catholic · 692 pupilsChrist King Girls' Secondary School · Catholic · 700 pupilsColáiste an Spioraid Naoimh · Catholic · 715 pupilsMount Mercy College · Catholic · 811 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 Shanakiel

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

All-Irish 510%
Partly in Irish 36%
English-medium 4485%

5 of Shanakiel’s 52 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Ui Riada, Gaelcholáiste Mhuire and Gaelscoil Peig Sayers.

Who goes there

Who Shanakiel’s schools serve

The pupils at the area’s schools by share, beside Co. Cork’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26

Pupils at DEIS schools46%
Pupils at all-Irish schools9%
Girls51%
Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools65%
Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools22%

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

DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools

Primary pupils63%
Post-primary pupils34%
Share of pupilsAround ShanakielCo. CorkIreland
Pupils at DEIS schools46%18%27%
Pupils at all-Irish schools9%8%6%
Girls51%49%49%
Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools65%33%29%
Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools22%7%6%

Around Shanakiel, 46% of pupils attend a school in DEIS; across Ireland it is 27%, and 18% in Co. Cork. Where this area differs most from Ireland is post-primary pupils at single-sex schools, at 65% against 29%. Coláiste Éamann Rís, with 811 pupils, is the largest school here in DEIS.

Each of the 52 schools
SchoolPupilsGirlsDEISAll-Irish
Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoinePrimary19551%✓
Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegePost-primary · ETB30252%✓
Mount Mercy CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary811100%
S.N. Iosef NaofaPrimary2150%
Scoil Naomh CaitrionaPrimary414100%
Presentation Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary6920%
Scoil Padre Pio N.S.Primary26448%✓
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal BPrimary4030%✓
Muire Gan Smal CPrimary29799%✓
S.N. Barra NaofaPrimary7547%
Scoil ColmcillePrimary26432%✓
St Aloysius SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary323100%
Cork University Hos SchoolSpecial1747%
Coláiste an Spioraid NaoimhPost-primary · Voluntary secondary7150%
Scoil Naomh MhuirePrimary31255%✓
Bishopstown Community SchoolPost-primary · Community school30649%✓
Cork Educate Together National SchoolPrimary19354%
Greenmount Monastery N.S.Primary24045%✓
St Vincents Convent N.S.Primary20871%✓
Scoil IosagainPrimary2220%✓
Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys SeniorPrimary20733%✓
Gaelscoil Ui RiadaPrimary25447%✓
Nano Nagle CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary16151%✓
North Monastery Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary27114%✓
St Vincent's Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary283100%✓
Gaelcholáiste MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondary69047%✓✓
Scoil Aiseiri ChriostPrimary232100%✓
North Presentation Primary SchoolPrimary28852%✓
Coláiste Éamann RísPost-primary · Voluntary secondary81144%✓
S N an Spioraid Naomh CPrimary258100%
Scoil an Spioraid Naomh (Boys)Primary3980%
St. Angela's CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary606100%
Gaelscoil Peig SayersPrimary28058%✓✓
Scoil Maria AssumptaPrimary168100%✓
Presentation Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary19087%✓
Scoil MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondary432100%
Christian Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary9190%
Coláiste DaibhéidPost-primary · ETB15154%✓✓
Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh NaofaPrimary19353%✓✓
St Gabriels Special SchoolSpecial5430%
St Kevins SchoolSpecial1010%
S.N. Athair Maitiu CPrimary252100%✓
S.N. B Togher CorkPrimary2520%✓
Bunscoil Chriost RiPrimary45347%
Realt na MaidinePrimary1070%✓
South Lee Educate Together National SchoolPrimary16256%
Coláiste Chríost RíPost-primary · Voluntary secondary5020%
Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary40347%
S.N. Bhreanndain CPrimary11592%✓
Clogheen Mxd N.S.Primary18151%
Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary700100%
St Lukes Mxd N.S.Primary9655%

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 14 patrons of Shanakiel’s schools

The patron owns the school and sets its ethos; a board of management runs it day to day.

Bishop of Cork & Ross is patron of 27 of the 52 schools around Shanakiel, which teach 40% of their pupils; 14 patrons run them in all. Education and Training Boards run 3 of them. Educate Together runs 2.

PatronEthosSchoolsPupils
Bishop of Cork & RossBunscoil Chriost Ri, Scoil Naomh Caitriona, Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal B, Scoil an Spioraid Naomh, Scoil Naomh Mhuire, Muire Gan Smal C, North Presentation Primary School, Gaelscoil Peig Sayers, Scoil Padre Pio, Scoil Colmcille, S N an Spioraid Naomh C, Gaelscoil Ui Riada, S.N. Athair Maitiu C, S.N. B Togher Cork, Greenmount Monastery, Scoil Aiseiri Chriost, Scoil Iosagain, S.N. Iosef Naofa, St Vincents Convent, Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys Senior, Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoine, Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa, Clogheen Mxd, Scoil Maria Assumpta, S.N. Bhreanndain C, Realt na Maidine, St Kevins SchoolCatholic276,682
CEISTMount Mercy College, Christ King Girls', St Aloysius School, Presentation, Nano Nagle CollegeCatholic52,185
Edmund Rice Schools TrustChristian Brothers College, Coláiste Éamann Rís, Gaelcholáiste Mhuire, North MonasteryCatholic42,691
Presentation Brothers Schools TrustColáiste an Spioraid Naoimh, Presentation Brothers College, Coláiste Chríost RíCatholic31,909
Educate TogetherCork Educate Together, South Lee Educate TogetherMulti-denominational2565
Cork ETBTerence Mac Swiney, Coláiste DaibhéidInter-denominational, Multi-denominational2453
Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross COISt Lukes Mxd, S.N. Barra NaofaChurch of Ireland2171
Le Chéile Schools TrustSt. Angela's CollegeCatholic1606
Named IndividualScoil MhuireCatholic1432
Cork ETB & Bishop of Cork and RossBishopstownInter-denominational1306
Religious Sisters of CharitySt Vincent'sCatholic1283
Cork School ProjectCork Educate TogetherMulti-denominational1193
Brothers of Charity (Southern Services) Brother John O'SheaSt Gabriels Special SchoolCatholic154
CEO of Cork University HospitalCork University Hos SchoolMulti-denominational117

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

Getting a place

How children get a place in Shanakiel

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

Of these 48 schools, 11 have grown by at least 5% since 2019/20 and 19 have lost as much; Ireland’s 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%
North Presentation Primary School+27%
Scoil Colmcille+22%
Gaelcholáiste Mhuire+20%
S.N. Bhreanndain C+16%
St Lukes Mxd+16%
All 48 schools
Clogheen Mxd+12%
St Aloysius School+5%
St. Angela's College+4%
Muire Gan Smal C+3%
Mount Mercy College+2%
Scoil Mhuire+2%
Greenmount Monastery+1%
Christian Brothers College+1%
Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh+1%
Scoil Naomh Mhuire+1%
Scoil Maria Assumpta+1%
Bishopstown+0%
Gaelscoil Peig Sayers+0%
S.N. Iosef Naofa−0%
S.N. Athair Maitiu C−1%
Presentation Brothers College−3%
Bunscoil Chriost Ri−4%
Scoil an Spioraid Naomh−5%
Scoil Naomh Caitriona−5%
S.N. B Togher Cork−7%
Cork Educate Together−8%
Scoil Padre Pio−9%
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal B−9%
Gaelscoil Ui Riada−9%
S N an Spioraid Naomh C−9%
Christ King Girls'−10%
Realt na Maidine−10%
Coláiste Chríost Rí−13%
Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa−14%
S.N. Barra Naofa−16%
Nano Nagle College−18%
Presentation−18%
North Monastery−22%
St Vincents Convent−23%
Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoine−24%
Scoil Aiseiri Chriost−25%
Coláiste Daibhéid−28%
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 Shanakiel’s schools

Reports from the Department of Education’s Inspectorate, every school’s linked and 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 52 schools below links its own.

SchoolReports on gov.ie
Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoinePrimaryInspection reports ↗
Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegePost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
Mount Mercy CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Iosef NaofaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Naomh CaitrionaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Presentation Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Padre Pio N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal BPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Muire Gan Smal CPrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Barra NaofaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil ColmcillePrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Aloysius SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Cork University Hos SchoolSpecialInspection reports ↗
Coláiste an Spioraid NaoimhPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Naomh MhuirePrimaryInspection reports ↗
Bishopstown Community SchoolPost-primary · Community schoolInspection reports ↗
Cork Educate Together National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Greenmount Monastery N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Vincents Convent N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil IosagainPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys SeniorPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil Ui RiadaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Nano Nagle CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
North Monastery Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Vincent's Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelcholáiste MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Aiseiri ChriostPrimaryInspection reports ↗
North Presentation Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Coláiste Éamann RísPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
S N an Spioraid Naomh CPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil an Spioraid Naomh (Boys)PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St. Angela's CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil Peig SayersPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Maria AssumptaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Presentation Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Christian Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Coláiste DaibhéidPost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh NaofaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Gabriels Special SchoolSpecialInspection reports ↗
St Kevins SchoolSpecialInspection reports ↗
S.N. Athair Maitiu CPrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. B Togher CorkPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Bunscoil Chriost RiPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Realt na MaidinePrimaryInspection reports ↗
South Lee Educate Together National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Coláiste Chríost RíPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Bhreanndain CPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Clogheen Mxd N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Lukes Mxd N.S.PrimaryInspection 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 Shanakiel

All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school

35 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Shanakiel: 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; 19 in the area
Single-sex
14
of the 35 within reach
Nearest
0.6 km
Terence Mac Swiney Community College
SchoolTakesAlsoPupilsAway
Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3020.6 km
Mount Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–8111.2 km
Presentation Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying6921.7 km
St Aloysius SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–3231.9 km
Coláiste an Spioraid NaoimhVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–7151.9 km
Bishopstown Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3062.1 km
Nano Nagle CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS1612.1 km
North Monastery Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2712.2 km
Gaelcholáiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, DEIS6902.2 km
St Vincent's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS2832.3 km
Coláiste Éamann RísVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS8112.7 km
St. Angela's CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–6062.7 km
All 35 post-primary schools within reach
SchoolTakesAlsoPupilsAway
Presentation Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS1902.8 km
Scoil MhuireVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying4322.8 km
Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying9192.9 km
Coláiste DaibhéidETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, DEIS1513 km
Coláiste Chríost RíVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–5023.3 km
Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–4033.4 km
Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7003.7 km
St Patricks CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2183.9 km
St Aidan's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3094 km
Ashton SchoolComprehensive · Church of IrelandGirls and boys–5394 km
Mayfield Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3624.7 km
Regina Mundi CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–5644.9 km
Coláiste ChoilmETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysIrish stream1,3575 km
Scoil Mhuire gan SmalVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boys–1,1245 km
Douglas Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalBoys–6055.2 km
Ursuline College BlackrockVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS3526.4 km
Ballincollig Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–9876.4 km
Le Cheile Secondary School BallincolligVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boys–2546.5 km
Nagle Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3157.4 km
Colaiste An PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, Boarding5787.8 km
Glanmire Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–1,1419.2 km
St Francis Capuchin CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–7309.8 km
Coláiste an Chroí NaofaVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boys–4619.8 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 Shanakiel

3 special schools serve the area: Cork University Hos School, St Gabriels Special School and St Kevins School, 81 pupils between them. 23 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.

Towns its size

Shanakiel beside the 90 other Irish towns of 2,700 to 5,100 people

Each town’s schools in or within 3 km, listed by population: Ireland publishes no results, so none is ranked

TownPeopleSchoolsPupilsAll-IrishDEIS schoolsNearest post-primary
Glounthaune5,0003210,210419%3.7 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
Stamullen3,72031,04300%2.1 km
Ballinacurra3,7194815,810646%0.8 km
Cork City Centre3,7017723,441748%0.5 km
…
Decies2,7134411,294164%0.8 km

Of these 90 other towns, 19 count more pupils at their schools than Shanakiel. An all-Irish school is within 3 km of 59 of the 91.

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

Pupils over time

Pupil numbers around Shanakiel

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 Shanakiel had 16,006 pupils in 2015/16 and 16,547 in 2025/26. Coláiste Éamann Rís grew most: +149% since 2019/20.

Pupils at schools in and around Shanakiel

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 Shanakiel

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

KnocknaheenySunday's WellGillabbeyGurranebraherGlasheenBishopstownKnocknaheenySunday's WellGillabbeyGurranebraherGlasheenBishopstownShanakiel
TownSchoolsPupilsAll-IrishDEIS schoolsNearest post-primary
Shanakiel5216,547554%0.6 km
Knocknaheeny
1.1 km
5918,265559%0.5 km
Sunday's Well
1.2 km
6920,909652%0.5 km
Gillabbey
1.4 km
7222,124650%0.7 km
Gurranebraher
1.7 km
6419,573655%0.6 km
Glasheen
1.8 km
6621,351650%1.1 km
Bishopstown
2 km
5418,909650%0.3 km

Sunday's Well has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 6. Of Shanakiel’s neighbours, Bishopstown saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+0%) and Glasheen the least (−1%); Shanakiel itself: +2%.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Which schools count. Every school in Shanakiel 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 Shanakiel

How many schools are there in Shanakiel?

In Shanakiel or within 3 km of it: 30 primary schools, 19 secondary schools and 3 special schools, with 16,547 pupils between them.

Are there schools in Shanakiel that teach through Irish?

Yes, 5: Gaelscoil Ui Riada, Gaelcholáiste Mhuire and Gaelscoil Peig Sayers teach every subject through Irish.

Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Shanakiel?

3 of the 19: Presentation Brothers College, Scoil Mhuire and Christian Brothers College. The others are free.

What is the best school in Shanakiel?

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 Shanakiel?

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).