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Cappagh Road, Finglas West, Dublin 11 · D11 AY65 · Roll number 70180A
Coláiste Eoin is one of 22 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Finglas South. Every school in and around Finglas South →
What stands out about Coláiste Eoin
- A small post-primary school: 257 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 257 pupils, 43% more than the 180 of 2019/20.
- 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.
- 89 girls and 168 boys: more of one than the other.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the City of Dublin ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste Eoin had 257 pupils in 2025/26, against 124 in 2015/16 (+107%). Girls are 35% of them. Its largest roll was 308, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 7 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 Eoin
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 Eoin 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 Eoin
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 Eoin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Eoin 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 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 Eoin has grown by 43% since 2019/20. All the schools around Finglas South 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.
Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Coláiste Eoin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +43%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.5 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 1.9 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.2 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.7 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.7 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 6 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 6 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.1 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.8 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.5 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.3 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.4 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 9 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 9 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9.4 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9.4 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.5 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.5 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 10 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 12 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 13 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 26 km |
Living in Finglas South
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Homes in the D11 Eircode area
Housing in Finglas South →The median sale price rose from €307,500 in 2023 to €350,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D11 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Finglas South
Cost of living in Finglas South →New tenancies in Finglas South averaged €1,934 a month in 2025, against €1,821 in 2024 (+6%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Finglas South, D11 AY65
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Eoin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Eoin
Is Coláiste Eoin 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 Eoin have?
257 pupils in 2025/26. That is +43% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Eoin teach through Irish?
No: Coláiste Eoin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coláiste Eoin?
Coláiste Eoin has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is City of Dublin ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Eoin?
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 Eoin?
The nearest are St Michaels Secondary School (0.5 km), New Cross College (1 km) and Beneavin De La Salle College (1.5 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 Finglas South; 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).