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Bóthar Stigh Lorgan, Baile an Bhóthair, An Charraig Dhubh, Co Átha Cliath · A94 KV12 · Roll number 60042F
Coláiste Íosagáin is one of 27 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Booterstown. Every school in and around Booterstown →
What stands out about Coláiste Íosagáin
- 488 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+1%).
- Every subject is taught through Irish.
- A girls’ 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 Íosagáin had 488 pupils in 2025/26, down from 496 in 2015/16 (−2%). Its roll rose in 3 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 Íosagáin
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 Íosagáin 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 Íosagáin
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 Íosagáin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Íosagáin 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 girls only. It teaches every subject through Irish.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Coláiste Íosagáin is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+1%). All the schools around Booterstown together changed by +6%.
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, 5 have more pupils than Coláiste Íosagáin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +1%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | ||
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 0.1 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 0.4 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 0.7 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 0.9 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 1.1 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 1.6 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.7 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 2.1 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.5 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.2 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.5 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.8 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 3.8 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.6 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.6 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 4.7 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 5.2 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.4 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.7 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.9 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.1 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.5 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.8 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.2 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 34 km |
Living in Booterstown
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Homes in the A94 Eircode area
Housing in Booterstown →The median sale price rose from €716,400 in 2023 to €826,400 in 2025 (+15%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Booterstown
Cost of living in Booterstown →New tenancies in Booterstown averaged €2,648 a month in 2025, against €2,474 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Booterstown, A94 KV12
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Íosagáin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Íosagáin
Is Coláiste Íosagáin 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 Íosagáin have?
488 pupils in 2025/26. That is +1% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Íosagáin teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Coláiste Íosagáin is taught through Irish.
Who runs Coláiste Íosagáin?
Coláiste Íosagáin has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Íosagáin?
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 Íosagáin?
The nearest are Coláiste Eoin (0.1 km), St Andrews College (0.4 km) and Willow Park School (0.7 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 Booterstown; 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).