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Hillside Park, Ballyroan Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 · D16 E248 · Roll number 60342R
Coláiste Éanna is one of 22 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyboden. Every school in and around Ballyboden →
What stands out about Coláiste Éanna
- 618 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+3%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A boys’ school.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste Éanna had 618 pupils in 2025/26, against 617 in 2015/16 (+0%). Its largest roll was 626, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Coláiste Éanna
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for Coláiste Éanna is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on Coláiste Éanna
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at Coláiste Éanna
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Éanna directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
It takes boys only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Coláiste Éanna is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+3%). All the schools around Ballyboden together changed by +2%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest post-primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 4 have more pupils than Coláiste Éanna. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +3%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | ||
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 0.4 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.4 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 1.4 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 1.6 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 2 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.3 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.8 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 3 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.1 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 3.1 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.5 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 3.8 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.2 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4.4 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4.5 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.8 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 5 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.1 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.4 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.1 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 6.5 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 6.6 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 6.8 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.7 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.1 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.4 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.9 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 10 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 36 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 37 km |
Living in Ballyboden
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D16 Eircode area
Housing in Ballyboden →The median sale price rose from €555,000 in 2023 to €643,000 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D16 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ballyboden
Cost of living in Ballyboden →New tenancies in Ballyboden averaged €2,269 a month in 2025, against €2,222 in 2024 (+2%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Ballyboden, D16 E248
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Éanna
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Éanna
Is Coláiste Éanna a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does Coláiste Éanna have?
618 pupils in 2025/26. That is +3% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Éanna teach through Irish?
No: Coláiste Éanna teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coláiste Éanna?
Coláiste Éanna has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Éanna?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near Coláiste Éanna?
The nearest are Sancta Maria College (0.4 km), Loreto High School (1.2 km) and St. Colmcille's Community School (1.4 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Ballyboden; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).