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Schools in and around Togher · Department of Education

3 of the secondary schools in and around Togher charge fees

Around Togher, single-sex schools make up 55% of the post-primaries, above both Co. Cork’s towns (44%) and Irish towns (39%). 12 of its 22 secondary schools take only boys or only girls. Nothing here grades or ranks these schools: Ireland publishes no results school by school, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.

Schools
60
in or within 3 km of Togher
0 inside the town itself
Pupils
20,680
−1% since 2019/20
Ireland: +5%
Teach through Irish
6 of 60
teach every subject through Irish
Ireland: 8%
DEIS
27 of 60
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 Togher’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 ↓

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 8 more. Every school ↓

A wide choice at twelve

Families here can choose among 36 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: Presentation Secondary School (0.9 km), Coláiste Éamann Rís (1.6 km) and St Aloysius School (1.9 km). Post-primary choices ↓

From the Department of Education’s school lists: facts, not judgements of how well a school teaches.

Every school

The 60 schools in and around Togher

Each school in or within 3 km of Togher links to a page of its own. There are no letters or results on these cards, because Ireland publishes none school by school.

Secondary schools0 in Togher, 22 within 3 km
Presentation Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
190 pupils−18% since 2019/200.4 km outside the town
Coláiste Éamann Rís
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
811 pupils+149% since 2019/200.9 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
Presentation Brothers College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
692 pupils−3% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town
Coláiste Chríost Rí
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Boys
502 pupils−13% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town
Christ King Girls' Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
700 pupils−10% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town
Coláiste Daibhéid
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
GaelcholáisteDEIS
151 pupils−28% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
Mount Mercy College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
811 pupils+2% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
Bishopstown Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
306 pupils+0% since 2019/201.9 km outside the town
St. Angela's College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
606 pupils+4% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Scoil Mhuire
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
432 pupils+2% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Christian Brothers College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
919 pupils+1% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
Terence Mac Swiney Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational
DEIS
302 pupils+81% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
Ashton School
Post-primary · Comprehensive · Church of Ireland
539 pupils+2% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
St Vincent's Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEISGirls
283 pupils+39% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
North Monastery Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
271 pupils−22% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
Gaelcholáiste Mhuire
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GaelcholáisteDEIS
690 pupils+20% since 2019/202.7 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
Regina Mundi College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
564 pupils−0% since 2019/202.8 km outside the town
Douglas Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
Boys
605 pupils+19% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Nano Nagle College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
161 pupils−18% since 2019/203 km outside the town
Primary schools0 in Togher, 34 within 3 km
S.N. Athair Maitiu C
Primary · Catholic
DEISGirlsSpecial classes
252 pupils−1% since 2019/200.1 km outside the town
S.N. B Togher Cork
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
252 pupils−7% since 2019/200.1 km outside the town
South Lee Educate Together National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
Special classes
162 pupils0.2 km outside the town
Scoil Maria Assumpta
Primary · Catholic
DEISGirlsSpecial classes
168 pupils+1% since 2019/200.3 km outside the town
Realt na Maidine
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
107 pupils−10% since 2019/200.4 km outside the town
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal B
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
403 pupils−9% since 2019/200.5 km outside the town
Muire Gan Smal C
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
297 pupils+3% since 2019/200.5 km outside the town
Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa
Primary · Catholic
GaelscoilDEISSpecial classes
193 pupils−14% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town
Greenmount Monastery N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
240 pupils+1% since 2019/200.8 km outside the town
Gaelscoil Ui Riada
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
254 pupils−9% since 2019/200.9 km outside the town
S.N. Barra Naofa
Primary · Church of Ireland
75 pupils−16% since 2019/201 km outside the town
Scoil Naomh Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
312 pupils+1% since 2019/201.1 km outside the town
Bunscoil Chriost Ri
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
453 pupils−4% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
S.N. Iosef Naofa
Primary · Catholic
BoysSpecial classes
215 pupils−0% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
Scoil Naomh Caitriona
Primary · Catholic
Girls
414 pupils−5% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town
Cork Educate Together National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
193 pupils−8% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
Scoil Colmcille
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
264 pupils+22% 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 2019/201.9 km outside the town
Our Lady of Lourdes
Primary · Catholic
Girls
215 pupils−9% since 2019/202.1 km outside the town
Scoil Nioclais
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
714 pupils−15% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
St Vincents Convent N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
208 pupils−23% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
North Presentation Primary School
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
288 pupils+27% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Scoil Padre Pio N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
264 pupils−9% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
Show all 34 primary schools
Special schools0 in Togher, 4 within 3 km
Map

Where the 60 schools in and around Togher 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 Togher’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.

St Kevins School · Catholic · 10 pupilsCork University Hos School · Multi-denominational · 17 pupilsScoil Aislinn · Other · 36 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 pupilsColáiste Daibhéid · Multi-denominational · 151 pupilsNano Nagle College · Catholic · 161 pupilsSouth Lee Educate Together National School · Multi-denominational · 162 pupilsScoil Maria Assumpta · Catholic · 168 pupilsPresentation Secondary School · Catholic · 190 pupilsGaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa · Catholic · 193 pupilsCork Educate Together National School · Multi-denominational · 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 pupilsOur Lady of Lourdes · 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 Colmcille · Catholic · 264 pupilsScoil Padre Pio N.S. · 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 Naomh Brid C · Catholic · 374 pupilsSt Columbas N.S. · Catholic · 377 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 an Athair Tadhg O Murchu · Catholic · 424 pupilsScoil Mhuire · Catholic · 432 pupilsBunscoil Chriost Ri · Catholic · 453 pupilsColáiste Chríost Rí · Catholic · 502 pupilsAshton School · Church of Ireland · 539 pupilsRegina Mundi College · Catholic · 564 pupilsS.N. Naomh Antaine · Catholic · 581 pupilsDouglas Community School · Inter-denominational · 605 pupilsSt. Angela's College · Catholic · 606 pupilsGaelcholáiste Mhuire · Catholic · 690 pupilsPresentation Brothers College · Catholic · 692 pupilsChrist King Girls' Secondary School · Catholic · 700 pupilsScoil Nioclais · Catholic · 714 pupilsColáiste an Spioraid Naoimh · Catholic · 715 pupilsColáiste Éamann Rís · Catholic · 811 pupilsMount Mercy College · 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 Togher

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

All-Irish 610%
Partly in Irish 35%
English-medium 5185%

6 of Togher’s 60 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa, Gaelscoil Ui Riada and Coláiste Daibhéid.

Who goes there

Who Togher’s schools serve

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

Pupils at DEIS schools37%
Pupils at all-Irish schools10%
Girls51%
Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools65%
Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools19%

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

DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools

Primary pupils46%
Post-primary pupils29%
Share of pupilsAround TogherCo. CorkIreland
Pupils at DEIS schools37%18%27%
Pupils at all-Irish schools10%8%6%
Girls51%49%49%
Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools65%33%29%
Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools19%7%6%

Around Togher, 37% of pupils attend a school in DEIS; across Ireland it is 27%, and 18% in Co. Cork. The biggest difference from Ireland is in post-primary pupils at single-sex schools: 65% here, 29% there. Of the DEIS schools here, Coláiste Éamann Rís is the biggest: 811 pupils.

Each of the 60 schools
SchoolPupilsGirlsDEISAll-Irish
S.N. Athair Maitiu CPrimary252100%✓
S.N. B Togher CorkPrimary2520%✓
South Lee Educate Together National SchoolPrimary16256%
Scoil Maria AssumptaPrimary168100%✓
Realt na MaidinePrimary1070%✓
Presentation Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary19087%✓
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal BPrimary4030%✓
Muire Gan Smal CPrimary29799%✓
Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh NaofaPrimary19353%✓✓
Greenmount Monastery N.S.Primary24045%✓
Gaelscoil Ui RiadaPrimary25447%✓
Cork University Hos SchoolSpecial1747%
Coláiste Éamann RísPost-primary · Voluntary secondary81144%✓
S.N. Barra NaofaPrimary7547%
Scoil Naomh MhuirePrimary31255%✓
St Aloysius SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary323100%
Bunscoil Chriost RiPrimary45347%
S.N. Iosef NaofaPrimary2150%
Coláiste an Spioraid NaoimhPost-primary · Voluntary secondary7150%
Presentation Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary6920%
Scoil Naomh CaitrionaPrimary414100%
Coláiste Chríost RíPost-primary · Voluntary secondary5020%
Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary700100%
Coláiste DaibhéidPost-primary · ETB15154%✓✓
St Kevins SchoolSpecial1010%
Cork Educate Together National SchoolPrimary19354%
Mount Mercy CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary811100%
Scoil ColmcillePrimary26432%✓
S N an Spioraid Naomh CPrimary258100%
Bishopstown Community SchoolPost-primary · Community school30649%✓
Scoil an Spioraid Naomh (Boys)Primary3980%
Our Lady of LourdesPrimary215100%
St. Angela's CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary606100%
Scoil NioclaisPrimary71454%
Scoil AislinnSpecial3619%
Scoil MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondary432100%
St Vincents Convent N.S.Primary20871%✓
North Presentation Primary SchoolPrimary28852%✓
Christian Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary9190%
Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegePost-primary · ETB30252%✓
Ashton SchoolPost-primary · Comprehensive53952%
St Vincent's Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary283100%✓
Scoil Padre Pio N.S.Primary26448%✓
Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys SeniorPrimary20733%✓
St Gabriels Special SchoolSpecial5430%
S.N. Naomh AntainePrimary5810%
North Monastery Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary27114%✓
Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoinePrimary19551%✓
Scoil Naomh Brid CPrimary374100%
Gaelcholáiste MhuirePost-primary · Voluntary secondary69047%✓✓
Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary40347%
Regina Mundi CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary564100%
Scoil IosagainPrimary2220%✓
Scoil an Athair Tadhg O MurchuPrimary42450%✓
St Columbas N.S.Primary37795%
St Lukes Mxd N.S.Primary9655%
Douglas Community SchoolPost-primary · Community school6050%
Scoil Aiseiri ChriostPrimary232100%✓
Nano Nagle CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary16151%✓
Gaelscoil Peig SayersPrimary28058%✓✓

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 them

Who runs Togher’s schools

Who runs each school, as listed for 2025/26; the bars give the share of schools of each kind.

48 of Togher’s 60 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Bishop of Cork & Ross (31), CEIST (5) and Edmund Rice Schools Trust (4). 27 of the 60 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 34 schools88%
Secondary schools 22 schools73%
Special schools 4 schools50%
All of Togher’s schools 60 schools80%
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.

Patrons

The 17 patrons of Togher’s schools

Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.

Of the 60 schools around Togher, 31 have Bishop of Cork & Ross as patron, teaching 44% of the pupils; 17 patrons in all. 5 are ETB schools. Educate Together runs 2.

PatronEthosSchoolsPupils
Bishop of Cork & RossScoil Nioclais, S.N. Naomh Antaine, Bunscoil Chriost Ri, Scoil an Athair Tadhg O Murchu, Scoil Naomh Caitriona, Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal B, Scoil an Spioraid Naomh, St Columbas, Scoil Naomh Brid C, Scoil Naomh Mhuire, Muire Gan Smal C, North Presentation Primary School, Gaelscoil Peig Sayers, Scoil Colmcille, Scoil Padre Pio, 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, Our Lady of Lourdes, St Vincents Convent, Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys Senior, Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoine, Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa, Scoil Maria Assumpta, Realt na Maidine, St Kevins SchoolCatholic319,071
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
Cork ETB & Bishop of Cork and RossDouglas, BishopstownInter-denominational2911
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
Regina Mundi (Cork) LtdRegina Mundi CollegeCatholic1564
Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross COI/ Cork ETBAshton SchoolChurch of Ireland1539
Named IndividualScoil MhuireCatholic1432
Religious Sisters of CharitySt Vincent'sCatholic1283
Cork School ProjectCork Educate TogetherMulti-denominational1193
Brothers of Charity (Southern Services) Brother John O'SheaSt Gabriels Special SchoolCatholic154
COPE FoundationScoil AislinnOther136
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 Togher

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

Between 2019/20 and now, 10 of the 55 grew by 5% or more and 25 shrank as much, while Ireland’s pupil numbers moved +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%
Douglas+19%
St Lukes Mxd+16%
All 55 schools
St Aloysius School+5%
St. Angela's College+4%
Muire Gan Smal C+3%
Ashton School+2%
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%
Regina Mundi College−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%
Scoil an Athair Tadhg O Murchu−6%
St Columbas−6%
S.N. B Togher Cork−7%
Cork Educate Together−8%
Our Lady of Lourdes−9%
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%
Scoil Nioclais−15%
S.N. Barra Naofa−16%
Nano Nagle College−18%
Presentation−18%
S.N. Naomh Antaine−22%
North Monastery−22%
St Vincents Convent−23%
Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoine−24%
Scoil Aiseiri Chriost−25%
Scoil Naomh Brid C−27%
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 Togher’s schools

The Inspectorate’s published reports for each school, linked, without ratings

Each school is visited by inspectors from time to time, for a whole-school evaluation of teaching, learning and leadership, for one subject, or to follow up earlier advice, and every report is posted 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 60 schools below each link their own.

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

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

Within 10 km of Togher there are 36 post-primary schools: 23 voluntary secondary schools, 7 ETB schools, 5 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.

Within 10 km
36
post-primary schools; 22 in the area
Single-sex
14
of the 36 within reach
Nearest
0.9 km
Presentation Secondary School
SchoolTakesAlsoPupilsAway
Presentation Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS1900.9 km
Coláiste Éamann RísVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS8111.6 km
St Aloysius SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–3231.9 km
Coláiste an Spioraid NaoimhVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–7151.9 km
Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7002 km
Presentation Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying6922.1 km
Coláiste Chríost RíVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–5022.1 km
Mount Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–8112.2 km
Coláiste DaibhéidETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, DEIS1512.3 km
Bishopstown Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3062.5 km
Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3022.9 km
St. Angela's CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–6063 km
All 36 post-primary schools within reach
SchoolTakesAlsoPupilsAway
Scoil MhuireVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying4323 km
Ashton SchoolComprehensive · Church of IrelandGirls and boys–5393 km
Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying9193.1 km
St Vincent's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS2833.1 km
Regina Mundi CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–5643.2 km
North Monastery Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2713.3 km
Douglas Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalBoys–6053.3 km
Gaelcholáiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, DEIS6903.4 km
Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–4033.4 km
Nano Nagle CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS1613.7 km
St Patricks CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2184 km
Mayfield Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3624.9 km
St Aidan's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3095 km
Ursuline College BlackrockVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS3525.4 km
Nagle Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3156.1 km
Coláiste ChoilmETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysIrish stream1,3576.3 km
Scoil Mhuire gan SmalVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boys–1,1247.6 km
Colaiste An PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, Boarding5787.6 km
Ballincollig Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–9877.8 km
Le Cheile Secondary School BallincolligVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boys–2547.8 km
St Francis Capuchin CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–7307.9 km
Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui LeighinETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysGaelcholáiste3028.5 km
Glanmire Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–1,1419.2 km
Carrigaline Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–1,0729.9 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 Togher

4 special schools serve the area: Cork University Hos School, St Kevins School, Scoil Aislinn and St Gabriels Special School, 117 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.

Towns its size

Togher beside the 87 other Irish towns of 2,100 to 4,100 people

Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results

TownPeopleSchoolsPupilsAll-IrishDEIS schoolsNearest post-primary
Macroom4,09661,897017%0.1 km
…
Blackpool3,1246518,866552%0.6 km
Kinnegad3,064141300%7.1 km
Ballynanty3,0303912,623451%0.3 km
Moate3,01341,41000%0.4 km
Togher3,0076020,680645%1 km
Bailieborough2,97451,420020%0.1 km
Ballina2,95941,336050%1.1 km
Kingscourt2,95551,25200%0.8 km
Muinebeag (Bagenalstown)2,94561,570050%0.5 km
…
Dunleer2,14351,205020%0.8 km

More pupils attend the schools around 2 of the other 87 towns than around Togher. Within 3 km, 43 of these 88 towns have a school teaching through Irish.

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

Pupils over time

Pupil numbers around Togher

Each September’s pupils at every school in or within 3 km of the town, counted where the school stands today.

The schools in and around Togher had 20,797 pupils in 2015/16 and 20,680 in 2025/26, fewer than before. Coláiste Éamann Rís grew most: +149% since 2019/20.

Pupils at schools in and around Togher

06,00012,00018,00024,0002015/162018/192021/222025/26Pupils

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 Togher

For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.

GlasheenTurner's CrossGillabbeyLehenaghInishkennySouth GateGlasheenTurner's CrossGillabbeyLehenaghInishkennySouth GateTogher
TownSchoolsPupilsAll-IrishDEIS schoolsNearest post-primary
Togher6020,680645%1 km
Glasheen
0.9 km
6621,351650%1.1 km
Turner's Cross
1.2 km
7724,127744%0.3 km
Gillabbey
1.5 km
7222,124650%0.7 km
Lehenagh
1.6 km
4314,801433%2.3 km
Inishkenny
1.6 km
4316,164435%1.4 km
South Gate
1.9 km
7523,775747%0.3 km

Turner's Cross has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 7. The roll around Togher moved −1% since 2019/20; nearby, Inishkenny grew most (+2%) and Lehenagh least (−3%).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Which schools count. Every school in Togher 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 Togher

How many schools are there in Togher?

In Togher or within 3 km of it: 34 primary schools, 22 secondary schools and 4 special schools, with 20,680 pupils between them.

Are there schools in Togher that teach through Irish?

Yes, 6: Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa, Gaelscoil Ui Riada and Coláiste Daibhéid teach every subject through Irish.

Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Togher?

3 of the 22: Presentation Brothers College, Scoil Mhuire and Christian Brothers College. The others are free.

What is the best school in Togher?

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 Togher?

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).