Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0One of the secondary schools around Bohernabreena charges fees: Rockbrook Park School
Girls and boys are taught apart at 23% of the post-primaries around Bohernabreena, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (39%). 36 primary schools, 13 secondary schools and 5 special schools are in or within 3 km of Bohernabreena, with 19,297 pupils between them. These schools are described rather than graded, because Ireland publishes no school results and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.
Every school in the town or within 3 km of its outline, from the Department of Education’s lists for 2025/26; Ireland’s figures are every school in the lists.
What stands out about Bohernabreena’s schools
One fee-paying secondary school
One secondary school within reach charges fees; the others are free. The fee-paying one: Rockbrook Park School (186). Every school ↓
One school growing fast
The fastest-growing school here is Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School: 81 pupils in 2019/20, 411 now. Getting a place ↓
A wide choice at twelve
Families here can choose among 69 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: Firhouse Community College (0.9 km), Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School (1.7 km) and Old Bawn Community School (1.7 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
The 54 schools in and around Bohernabreena
Every school in Bohernabreena or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. Letters and results are missing here for a reason: Ireland publishes neither school by school.
Show all 36 primary schools
Where the 54 schools in and around Bohernabreena 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 Bohernabreena’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 Bohernabreena
The schools by teaching language, with Ireland’s share as the black tick.
5 of Bohernabreena’s 54 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil na Giúise, Scoil Santain and Scoil Chaitlin Maude.
Who Bohernabreena’s schools serve
How the area’s pupils divide, against Co. Dublin’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 Bohernabreena | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 42% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 49% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 17% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 2% | 18% | 6% |
More of the pupils around Bohernabreena are at DEIS schools than across Ireland: 42% against 27% (Co. Dublin: 28%). Furthest from Ireland’s mix is the share of post-primary pupils at single-sex schools: 17% here against 29%. The biggest school in DEIS is St Marks Community School (931 pupils).
Each of the 54 schools
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 Bohernabreena’s schools
Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.
38 of Bohernabreena’s 54 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (33), Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB (5) and An Foras Pátrúnachta (3). 25 of the 54 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
The 14 patrons of Bohernabreena’s schools
Patrons own the schools and set their ethos; boards of management run them day to day.
The schools around Bohernabreena answer to 14 patrons, and Archbishop of Dublin leads with 33 of the 54 schools and 51% of their pupils. Education and Training Boards run 10 of them. Educate Together runs 2.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinSt Colmcille Senior, Scoil Colmcille Naofa, Holy Rosary Primary School, St Marks Sen, St Patrick GNS, St Marks Junior Mixed, St Dominic's, Scoil Maelruain Senior, St Martin de Porres, Scoil Treasa Firhouse, Scoil Maelruain Junior, St Marys School, St Thomas Senior, Scoil Carmel, St Annes Primary School, St Thomas Junior, St Kevins Boys, Scoil Santain, St Kevins Girls, St Aidans, S N an Croi Ro Naofa, S.N. Aenghusa, St Brigids, Scoil Mhuire, An Chroi Ro Naofa Sois, Scoil Aenghusa Jun, Scoil Cnoc Mhuire Sin, Scoil Cnoc Mhuire Junior, Scoil Iosa, St Josephs Special Sch, S.N. Bhaile Eamonn, St Roses Special School, Glen na Smol N S | Catholic | 33 | 9,784 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBSt Mac Dara's, Firhouse, Mount Seskin, Coláiste de hÍde, Tallaght Community | Inter-denominational, Multi-denominational | 5 | 2,507 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaScoil Chaitlin Maude, Gaelscoil na Giúise, Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna | Multi-denominational, Catholic | 3 | 795 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of DublinSt Marks, Killinarden | Inter-denominational | 2 | 1,402 |
| Educate TogetherFirhouse Educate Together, Firhouse Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 2 | 766 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Dominican FathersOld Bawn | Inter-denominational | 1 | 1,024 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Marist BrothersTallaght | Inter-denominational | 1 | 840 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Carmelite Order (Irish Province)St. Colmcille's | Inter-denominational | 1 | 727 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustColáiste Éanna | Catholic | 1 | 618 |
| CEISTSancta Maria College | Catholic | 1 | 577 |
| Famed Company Limited by GuaranteeRockbrook Park School | Catholic | 1 | 186 |
| Sapling School Company Limited by GuaranteeSaplings Special School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 30 |
| Irish Autism ActionABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | Multi-denominational | 1 | 30 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of GlendalouoghThe Adelaide and Meath Hospital | Catholic | 1 | 11 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Bohernabreena
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 fee-paying school here sets its 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, 12 of the 49 grew by 5% or more and 31 shrank as much, while Ireland’s pupil numbers moved +5%.
All 49 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 Bohernabreena’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 54 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 Bohernabreena
Post-primary schools within 10 km of the town; children move at about twelve, and families apply to each school
Families in Bohernabreena have 69 post-primary schools within 10 km: 43 voluntary secondary schools, 16 ETB schools and 10 community schools. 25 teach girls and boys apart: 14 girls’ and 11 boys’ schools. Fees are charged at 16 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 3 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firhouse Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 825 | 0.9 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 411 | 1.7 km |
| Old Bawn Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,024 | 1.7 km |
| Killinarden Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 471 | 2.7 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 727 | 3 km |
| Tallaght Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 840 | 3.1 km |
| St Marks Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 931 | 3.2 km |
| Coláiste de hÍdeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 266 | 3.5 km |
| Mount Seskin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 350 | 3.6 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 915 | 3.7 km |
| Rockbrook Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 186 | 3.9 km |
| Sancta Maria CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 577 | 4 km |
All 69 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Aidan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 561 | 4.1 km |
| Kingswood Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,006 | 4.2 km |
| Coláiste ÉannaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 618 | 4.3 km |
| Greenhills CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 186 | 4.4 km |
| St Pauls Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 466 | 4.6 km |
| Templeogue CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 637 | 4.9 km |
| Our Ladys SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 5.3 km |
| Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 625 | 5.5 km |
| Coláiste pobail FólaETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 758 | 5.5 km |
| Terenure CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 800 | 5.6 km |
| Coláiste BrídeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 993 | 5.7 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 296 | 5.8 km |
| St Columba's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 357 | 5.9 km |
| Assumption Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 270 | 6.1 km |
| Moyle Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 763 | 6.2 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 521 | 6.3 km |
| Rosary CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 250 | 6.4 km |
| Presentation Community CollegeETB · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 443 | 6.6 km |
| Ballinteer Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 415 | 6.6 km |
| Coláiste ChilliainETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 400 | 6.7 km |
| The High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 811 | 6.9 km |
| De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 463 | 6.9 km |
| Stratford CollegeVoluntary secondary · Jewish | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 189 | 7.1 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 289 | 7.3 km |
| Deansrath Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 425 | 7.3 km |
| Clogher Road Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 7.7 km |
| Wesley CollegeVoluntary secondary · Methodist | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 942 | 7.7 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 7.8 km |
| Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 349 | 7.8 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 8 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 368 | 8 km |
| Holy Family Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 998 | 8.2 km |
| St Louis High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 690 | 8.2 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Other | Girls and boys | DEIS | 741 | 8.3 km |
| Collinstown Park Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 630 | 8.3 km |
| Kylemore CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 479 | 8.4 km |
| Alexandra CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls | Fee-paying, Boarding | 664 | 8.5 km |
| Rosemont SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 307 | 8.6 km |
| Kishoge Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 937 | 8.7 km |
| Griffeen Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 576 | 8.7 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 366 | 8.8 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 500 | 8.8 km |
| Phobailscoil IosoldeCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 764 | 8.8 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 295 | 8.9 km |
| Gonzaga CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 576 | 8.9 km |
| C.B.S. James StreetVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 251 | 9.1 km |
| Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 262 | 9.1 km |
| Sandford Park School LtdVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 437 | 9.2 km |
| St Benildus CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 949 | 9.2 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 256 | 9.3 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche SchuleVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 475 | 9.4 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 726 | 9.4 km |
| Muckross Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 709 | 9.6 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 302 | 9.6 km |
| St. Kevin's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 525 | 9.8 km |
| Catholic University SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 544 | 9.9 km |
| The Teresian SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 230 | 10 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Bohernabreena
5 special schools serve the area: St Roses Special School, The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, St Josephs Special Sch, Saplings Special School and ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism, 220 pupils between them. 25 of the 36 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.
Bohernabreena beside the 96 other Irish towns of 3,200 to 6,200 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Glen | 6,119 | 66 | 19,000 | 5 | 50% | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||||
| Listowel | 4,794 | 8 | 1,547 | 1 | 50% | 0.4 km |
| Carrick-On-Shannon | 4,743 | 5 | 1,575 | 1 | 0% | 0.2 km |
| Birr | 4,726 | 7 | 1,708 | 1 | 86% | 1.4 km |
| Dangan | 4,621 | 30 | 10,789 | 5 | 23% | 1.6 km |
| Bohernabreena | 4,613 | 54 | 19,297 | 5 | 46% | 0.9 km |
| Athenry | 4,603 | 5 | 3,133 | 2 | 0% | 0.4 km |
| Saggart | 4,573 | 23 | 9,161 | 3 | 61% | 0.7 km |
| Kilcoole | 4,569 | 8 | 3,046 | 0 | 0% | 0.6 km |
| Newcastle | 4,526 | 11 | 5,403 | 2 | 0% | 2.4 km |
| … | ||||||
| Virginia | 3,211 | 3 | 1,430 | 0 | 0% | 0.7 km |
Among the 96 other towns, 20 have more pupils at their schools than Bohernabreena does. Within 3 km, 71 of these 97 towns have a school teaching through Irish.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Bohernabreena
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 Bohernabreena had 19,464 pupils in 2015/16 and 19,297 in 2025/26, fewer than before. Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School grew most: +407% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Bohernabreena
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 Bohernabreena
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
Tallaght has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 9. Pupils around Bohernabreena: −2% since 2019/20. Among the neighbours, Jobstown led (+6%) and Knocklyon trailed (−1%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Bohernabreena 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 Bohernabreena
How many schools are there in Bohernabreena?
In Bohernabreena or within 3 km of it: 36 primary schools, 13 secondary schools and 5 special schools, with 19,297 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Bohernabreena that teach through Irish?
Yes, 5: Gaelscoil na Giúise, Scoil Santain and Scoil Chaitlin Maude teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Bohernabreena?
1 of the 13: Rockbrook Park School. The others are free.
What is the best school in Bohernabreena?
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 Bohernabreena?
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).