Photo: psyberartist · CC BY 2.03 of the secondary schools in and around Shandon charge fees
The DEIS programme includes 52% of the schools around Shandon, above both Co. Cork’s towns (35%) and Irish towns (35%). DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas, reaches 33 of its 63 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.
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 Shandon’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 29 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: St Vincent's Secondary School (0.4 km), St. Angela's College (0.4 km) and Christian Brothers College (0.6 km). Post-primary choices ↓
One school growing fast
North Presentation Primary School has grown from 227 pupils in 2019/20 to 288, the fastest of the schools here. Getting a place ↓
Drawn from the Department of Education’s lists; none of it judges how well a school teaches.
The 63 schools in and around Shandon
Here are the schools in Shandon or within 3 km of it, every one with its own page. No letters, no results: Irish schools aren’t ranked one by one.
Show all 34 primary schools
Who runs Shandon’s schools
Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.
50 of Shandon’s 63 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Bishop of Cork & Ross (32), CEIST (5) and Edmund Rice Schools Trust (4). 33 of the 63 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.
Where the 63 schools in and around Shandon 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 Shandon’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 Shandon
The schools by teaching language, with Ireland’s share as the black tick.
5 of Shandon’s 63 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelcholáiste Mhuire, Gaelscoil Peig Sayers and Coláiste Daibhéid.
Who Shandon’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 Shandon | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 46% | 18% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 9% | 8% | 6% |
| Girls | 54% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 57% | 33% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 20% | 7% | 6% |
More of the pupils around Shandon are at DEIS schools than across Ireland: 46% against 27% (Co. Cork: 18%). Furthest from Ireland’s mix is the share of post-primary pupils at single-sex schools: 57% here against 29%. The biggest school in DEIS is Coláiste Éamann Rís (811 pupils).
Each of the 63 schools
| School | Pupils | Girls | DEIS | All-Irish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Presentation Primary SchoolPrimary | 288 | 52% | ✓ | |
| St Vincent's Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 283 | 100% | ✓ | |
| St Vincents Convent N.S.Primary | 208 | 71% | ✓ | |
| St. Angela's CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 606 | 100% | ||
| Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys SeniorPrimary | 207 | 33% | ✓ | |
| Scoil MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 432 | 100% | ||
| North Monastery Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 271 | 14% | ✓ | |
| Scoil ColmcillePrimary | 264 | 32% | ✓ | |
| Cork Educate Together National SchoolPrimary | 193 | 54% | ||
| Christian Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 919 | 0% | ||
| Gaelcholáiste MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 690 | 47% | ✓ | ✓ |
| Presentation Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 692 | 0% | ||
| Scoil IosagainPrimary | 222 | 0% | ✓ | |
| Gaelscoil Peig SayersPrimary | 280 | 58% | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scoil Aiseiri ChriostPrimary | 232 | 100% | ✓ | |
| St Aloysius SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 323 | 100% | ||
| Nano Nagle CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 161 | 51% | ✓ | |
| Scoil Naomh MhuirePrimary | 312 | 55% | ✓ | |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 403 | 47% | ||
| S.N. Iosef NaofaPrimary | 215 | 0% | ||
| Scoil Padre Pio N.S.Primary | 264 | 48% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Bhreanndain CPrimary | 115 | 92% | ✓ | |
| Coláiste DaibhéidPost-primary · ETB | 151 | 54% | ✓ | ✓ |
| S.N. Barra NaofaPrimary | 75 | 47% | ||
| St Kevins SchoolSpecial | 10 | 10% | ||
| St Lukes Mxd N.S.Primary | 96 | 55% | ||
| Greenmount Monastery N.S.Primary | 240 | 45% | ✓ | |
| Coláiste Éamann RísPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 811 | 44% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Mharcuis BPrimary | 99 | 0% | ✓ | |
| St Patricks B N.S.Primary | 152 | 0% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Padraig NaofaPrimary | 86 | 40% | ✓ | |
| Coláiste Chríost RíPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 502 | 0% | ||
| St Patricks CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 218 | 80% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa CPrimary | 128 | 100% | ✓ | |
| Bunscoil Chriost RiPrimary | 453 | 47% | ||
| Scoil AislinnSpecial | 36 | 19% | ||
| Ashton SchoolPost-primary · Comprehensive | 539 | 52% | ||
| Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegePost-primary · ETB | 302 | 52% | ✓ | |
| Our Lady of LourdesPrimary | 215 | 100% | ||
| Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoinePrimary | 195 | 51% | ✓ | |
| St Aidan's Community CollegePost-primary · ETB | 309 | 46% | ✓ | |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 700 | 100% | ||
| Presentation Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 190 | 87% | ✓ | |
| Scoil OilibheirPrimary | 511 | 53% | ✓ | |
| Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh NaofaPrimary | 193 | 53% | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scoil Maria AssumptaPrimary | 168 | 100% | ✓ | |
| Gaelscoil an Ghoirt AlainnPrimary | 393 | 51% | ✓ | |
| Scoil EannaSpecial | 66 | 48% | ||
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal BPrimary | 403 | 0% | ✓ | |
| Muire Gan Smal CPrimary | 297 | 99% | ✓ | |
| S.N. Naomh AntainePrimary | 581 | 0% | ||
| St Paul's SchoolSpecial | 92 | 43% | ||
| Mayfield Community SchoolPost-primary · Community school | 362 | 40% | ✓ | |
| Ballintemple N.S.Primary | 250 | 53% | ||
| St Bernadettes Spec SchSpecial | 132 | 39% | ||
| Realt na MaidinePrimary | 107 | 0% | ✓ | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid CPrimary | 374 | 100% | ||
| School of the Divine Child (Scoil an Linbh Íosa)Special | 46 | 50% | ||
| South Lee Educate Together National SchoolPrimary | 162 | 56% | ||
| Regina Mundi CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 564 | 100% | ||
| Mount Mercy CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 811 | 100% | ||
| Cork University Hos SchoolSpecial | 17 | 47% | ||
| Scoil Naomh CaitrionaPrimary | 414 | 100% |
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.
The 18 patrons of Shandon’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
Of the 63 schools around Shandon, 32 have Bishop of Cork & Ross as patron, teaching 41% of the pupils; 18 patrons in all. 5 are ETB schools. Educate Together runs 2.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop of Cork & RossS.N. Naomh Antaine, Scoil Oilibheir, Bunscoil Chriost Ri, Scoil Naomh Caitriona, Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal B, Scoil Naomh Brid C, Scoil Naomh Mhuire, Muire Gan Smal C, North Presentation Primary School, Gaelscoil Peig Sayers, Scoil Colmcille, Scoil Padre Pio, 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, Realt na Maidine, S.N. Mharcuis B, S.N. Padraig Naofa, School of the Divine Child, St Kevins School | Catholic | 32 | 7,747 |
| CEISTMount Mercy College, Christ King Girls', St Aloysius School, Presentation, Nano Nagle College | Catholic | 5 | 2,185 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustChristian Brothers College, Coláiste Éamann Rís, Gaelcholáiste Mhuire, North Monastery | Catholic | 4 | 2,691 |
| Cork ETBSt Aidan's, Terence Mac Swiney, Coláiste Daibhéid | Inter-denominational, Multi-denominational | 3 | 762 |
| Bishop of Cork & Ross & COPE FoundationSt Bernadettes Spec Sch, St Paul's School, Scoil Eanna | Catholic | 3 | 290 |
| Presentation Brothers Schools TrustPresentation Brothers College, Coláiste Chríost Rí | Catholic | 2 | 1,194 |
| Educate TogetherCork Educate Together, South Lee Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 2 | 565 |
| Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross COISt Lukes Mxd, S.N. Barra Naofa | Church of Ireland | 2 | 171 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustSt. Angela's College | Catholic | 1 | 606 |
| 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 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil an Ghoirt Alainn | Multi-denominational | 1 | 393 |
| Cork ETB & Bishop of Cork and RossMayfield | Inter-denominational | 1 | 362 |
| Religious Sisters of CharitySt Vincent's | Catholic | 1 | 283 |
| Cork School ProjectCork Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 1 | 193 |
| COPE FoundationScoil Aislinn | Other | 1 | 36 |
| CEO of Cork University HospitalCork University Hos School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 17 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Shandon
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 55 schools, 13 have grown by at least 5% since 2019/20 and 25 have lost as much; Ireland’s pupils changed by +5%.
All 55 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 Shandon’s schools
The Inspectorate’s published reports for each school, linked, without ratings
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.
The reports describe what inspectors saw and what each school should do next. They give no overall grade, so none is shown here; the 63 schools below each link their own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Shandon
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 Shandon: 24 voluntary secondary schools, 6 ETB schools, 4 community schools and one comprehensive school. 14 teach girls and boys apart: 8 girls’ and 6 boys’ schools. Fees are charged at 3 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 3 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 283 | 0.4 km |
| St. Angela's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 606 | 0.4 km |
| Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 919 | 0.6 km |
| Scoil MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 432 | 0.6 km |
| North Monastery Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 271 | 0.6 km |
| Gaelcholáiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 690 | 0.7 km |
| Presentation Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 692 | 0.9 km |
| St Aloysius SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 323 | 1 km |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 403 | 1 km |
| Nano Nagle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 161 | 1.1 km |
| Coláiste DaibhéidETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 151 | 1.3 km |
| St Patricks CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 218 | 1.5 km |
All 35 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Éamann RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 811 | 1.5 km |
| Coláiste Chríost RíVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 502 | 1.8 km |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 302 | 1.9 km |
| Ashton SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 539 | 2.1 km |
| St Aidan's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 309 | 2.1 km |
| Presentation Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 190 | 2.2 km |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 700 | 2.4 km |
| Mayfield Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 362 | 2.4 km |
| Regina Mundi CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 564 | 3.2 km |
| Mount Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 811 | 3.2 km |
| Douglas Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Boys | – | 605 | 3.6 km |
| Coláiste an Spioraid NaoimhVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 715 | 3.7 km |
| Bishopstown Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 306 | 4.1 km |
| Ursuline College BlackrockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 352 | 4.2 km |
| Nagle Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 315 | 5.2 km |
| Colaiste An PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, Boarding | 578 | 5.5 km |
| Scoil Mhuire gan SmalVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 1,124 | 6.6 km |
| Glanmire Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,141 | 7 km |
| Coláiste ChoilmETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Irish stream | 1,357 | 7.3 km |
| St Francis Capuchin CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 730 | 7.9 km |
| Ballincollig Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 987 | 8.8 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School BallincolligVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 254 | 8.9 km |
| Coláiste an Chroí NaofaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 461 | 9 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Shandon
7 special schools serve the area: St Kevins School, Scoil Aislinn, Scoil Eanna, St Paul's School, St Bernadettes Spec Sch, School of the Divine Child (Scoil an Linbh Íosa) and Cork University Hos School, 399 pupils between them. 26 of the 34 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.
Shandon beside the 90 other Irish towns of 2,500 to 4,800 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listowel | 4,794 | 8 | 1,547 | 1 | 50% | 0.4 km |
| … | ||||||
| Enfield | 3,663 | 4 | 1,342 | 0 | 0% | 0.7 km |
| Westbury | 3,636 | 29 | 9,896 | 3 | 55% | 0.9 km |
| Ballyfermot | 3,632 | 58 | 19,071 | 2 | 57% | 0.4 km |
| Newtownmountkennedy | 3,539 | 5 | 1,475 | 0 | 20% | 3.6 km |
| Shandon | 3,539 | 63 | 19,030 | 5 | 52% | 0.4 km |
| Rahoon | 3,486 | 29 | 10,562 | 5 | 21% | 1.6 km |
| Rathnew | 3,482 | 11 | 4,543 | 1 | 36% | 1 km |
| Cleaboy | 3,454 | 29 | 11,782 | 1 | 45% | 0.7 km |
| Limerick City Centre | 3,434 | 43 | 14,494 | 5 | 51% | 0.4 km |
| … | ||||||
| Grange Upper | 2,510 | 29 | 11,835 | 2 | 41% | 0.8 km |
More pupils attend the schools around 12 of the other 90 towns than around Shandon. An all-Irish school is within 3 km of 58 of the 91.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Shandon
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 Shandon had 19,268 pupils in 2015/16 and 19,030 in 2025/26, fewer than before. Coláiste Éamann Rís grew most: +149% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Shandon
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 Shandon
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shandon | 63 | 19,030 | 5 | 52% | 0.4 km |
| Cork City Centre 0.5 km | 77 | 23,441 | 7 | 48% | 0.5 km |
| Blackpool 0.7 km | 65 | 18,866 | 5 | 52% | 0.6 km |
| Gurranebraher 0.7 km | 64 | 19,573 | 6 | 55% | 0.6 km |
| Farranree 0.9 km | 57 | 16,957 | 5 | 56% | 0.4 km |
| St Luke's 1 km | 70 | 20,531 | 6 | 51% | 0.1 km |
| South Gate 1.2 km | 75 | 23,775 | 7 | 47% | 0.3 km |
Cork City Centre has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 7. The roll around Shandon moved −1% since 2019/20; nearby, St Luke's grew most (+1%) and South Gate least (−1%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Shandon 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 Shandon
How many schools are there in Shandon?
In Shandon or within 3 km of it: 34 primary schools, 22 secondary schools and 7 special schools, with 19,030 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Shandon 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 Shandon?
3 of the 22: Scoil Mhuire, Christian Brothers College and Presentation Brothers College. The others are free.
What is the best school in Shandon?
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 Shandon?
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).