Coláiste Mhuire
Bothar Rath Tó, Cabrach, Baile Átha Cliath 7 · D07 CY97 · Roll number 60450U
Coláiste Mhuire is one of 31 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Cabra West. Every school in and around Cabra West →
What stands out about Coláiste Mhuire
- A small post-primary school: 272 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−4%).
- Every subject is taught through Irish.
- In 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.
- 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 Mhuire had 272 pupils in 2025/26, against 258 in 2015/16 (+5%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 289, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 5 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 Mhuire
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 Mhuire 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 Mhuire
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 Mhuire
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Mhuire 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 teaches every subject through Irish. It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Coláiste Mhuire is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−4%). All the schools around Cabra West 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 Mhuire. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −4%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 0.1 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.6 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 0.7 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.8 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.6 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.9 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.3 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.6 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.9 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 6 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 6.5 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.7 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 7 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.1 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.8 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.1 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.1 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.3 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.3 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 9.5 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.6 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.6 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km |
Living in Cabra West
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D07 Eircode area
Housing in Cabra West →The median sale price rose from €382,700 in 2023 to €467,200 in 2025 (+22%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D07 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Cabra West
Cost of living in Cabra West →New tenancies in Cabra West averaged €1,606 a month in 2025, against €1,618 in 2024 (−1%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Cabra West, D07 CY97
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Mhuire
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Mhuire
Is Coláiste Mhuire 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 Mhuire have?
272 pupils in 2025/26. That is −4% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Mhuire teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Coláiste Mhuire is taught through Irish.
Who runs Coláiste Mhuire?
Coláiste Mhuire has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Mhuire?
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 Mhuire?
The nearest are St Declan's College (0.1 km), Cabra Community College (0.6 km) and St Dominics College (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 Cabra West; 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).