Photo: Sarah777 · Public domainFirhouse has 2 fee-paying secondary schools in and around it
Families in Firhouse have 45 primary schools, 17 secondary schools and 8 special schools within 3 km, teaching 25,224 pupils. Pupil numbers at the schools around Firhouse changed −0% since 2019/20, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (+4%) and Irish towns (+4%). Ireland publishes no school results, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them, so these schools are described here, never graded or ranked.
Counted from the Department of Education’s 2025/26 lists: every school in the town or within 3 km of it, against every school in Ireland.
What stands out about Firhouse’s schools
Fee-paying secondary schools
Several of the secondary schools within reach charge fees; the others are free. Fee-paying schools are listed with the rest below, each with its own page. Fee-paying: Terenure College (800) and Rockbrook Park School (186). Every school ↓
A wide choice at twelve
85 post-primary schools lie within 10 km, so families here have a real choice at twelve; each admits on its own policy. The nearest: Firhouse Community College (0.7 km), Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School (0.9 km) and St. Colmcille's Community School (1.6 km). Post-primary choices ↓
From the Department of Education’s school lists: facts, not judgements of how well a school teaches.
The 70 schools in and around Firhouse
Here are the schools in Firhouse or within 3 km of it, every one with its own page. There are no letters or results on these cards, because Ireland publishes none school by school.
Show all 45 primary schools
Where the 70 schools in and around Firhouse 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 Firhouse’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 Firhouse
Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.
5 of Firhouse’s 70 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil na Giúise, Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna and Scoil Santain.
Who Firhouse’s schools serve
Shares of the pupils at the area’s schools, beside 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 Firhouse | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 31% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 48% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 38% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 9% | 18% | 6% |
31% of the pupils around Firhouse are at a DEIS school, more than the 27% across Ireland (28% in Co. Dublin). Where this area differs most from Ireland is post-primary pupils at single-sex schools, at 38% against 29%. St Marks Community School, with 931 pupils, is the largest school here in DEIS.
Each of the 70 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 Firhouse’s schools
Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.
50 of Firhouse’s 70 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (39), Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB (5) and Educate Together (3). 24 of the 70 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 21 patrons of Firhouse’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
21 patrons run the 70 schools around Firhouse; the largest, Archbishop of Dublin, has 39 of them and 49% of the pupils. Education and Training Boards run 10 of them. Educate Together runs 3.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinSt Colmcille Senior, Scoil Colmcille Naofa, St Pius X G, Holy Rosary Primary School, St Pius X N.S. Boys, St Marks Sen, St Patrick GNS, Bishop Galvin, St Marks Junior Mixed, Bishop Shanahan, St Dominic's, Scoil Maelruain Senior, St Martin de Porres, Scoil Treasa Firhouse, Ballyroan B, Scoil Maelruain Junior, St Marys School, Scoil Carmel, St Annes Primary School, St Kilians Senior, St Kilians Junior School, St Kevins Boys, Holy Spirit Junior Primary School, Holy Spirit Senior Primary School, Scoil Santain, St Kevins Girls, St Damiens, S N an Croi Ro Naofa, S.N. Aenghusa, 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 | 39 | 12,374 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBSt Mac Dara's, Firhouse, Coláiste de hÍde, Greenhills College, Tallaght Community | Inter-denominational, Multi-denominational | 5 | 2,343 |
| Educate TogetherFirhouse Educate Together, Firhouse Educate Together, Riverview Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 3 | 1,008 |
| 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 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustOur Ladys School, St Pauls | Catholic | 2 | 1,265 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COIRathfarnham Parish, Whitechurch Nat School | Church of Ireland | 2 | 409 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Dominican FathersOld Bawn | Inter-denominational | 1 | 1,024 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Marist BrothersTallaght | Inter-denominational | 1 | 840 |
| Carmelite Order (Irish Province)Terenure College | Catholic | 1 | 800 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Carmelite Order (Irish Province)St. Colmcille's | Inter-denominational | 1 | 727 |
| The Spiritan Education TrustTempleogue College | Catholic | 1 | 637 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustColáiste Éanna | Catholic | 1 | 618 |
| CEISTSancta Maria College | Catholic | 1 | 577 |
| Famed Company Limited by GuaranteeRockbrook Park School | Catholic | 1 | 186 |
| Health Service ExecutiveSetanta Special School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 68 |
| Spiritan Education TrustLibermann Spiritan School | Catholic | 1 | 51 |
| 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 |
| Cheeverstown School Company limited by guaranteeCheeverstown Sp Sch | Catholic | 1 | 29 |
| 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 Firhouse
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 2 fee-paying schools here set their 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, 16 of the 62 grew by 5% or more and 35 shrank as much, while Ireland’s pupil numbers moved +5%.
All 62 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 Firhouse’s schools
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate: every school’s reports linked, none rated
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.
The reports describe what inspectors saw and what each school should do next. They give no overall grade, so none is shown here; the 70 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 Firhouse
Every post-primary school within 10 km of the town; families choose and apply to each, at about twelve
85 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Firhouse: 59 voluntary secondary schools, 16 ETB schools and 10 community schools. Of these, 33 are single-sex: 19 for girls and 14 for boys. Fees are charged at 22 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 5 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firhouse Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 825 | 0.7 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 411 | 0.9 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 727 | 1.6 km |
| Tallaght Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 840 | 2.2 km |
| Old Bawn Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,024 | 2.4 km |
| Sancta Maria CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 577 | 2.5 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 915 | 2.5 km |
| Rockbrook Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 186 | 2.9 km |
| Coláiste ÉannaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 618 | 2.9 km |
| Coláiste de hÍdeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 266 | 3 km |
| Greenhills CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 186 | 3.6 km |
| St Pauls Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 466 | 3.6 km |
All 85 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templeogue CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 637 | 3.6 km |
| St Marks Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 931 | 3.8 km |
| Our Ladys SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 3.9 km |
| Killinarden Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 471 | 3.9 km |
| Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 625 | 4.1 km |
| Kingswood Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,006 | 4.2 km |
| Terenure CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 800 | 4.2 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 296 | 4.3 km |
| St Columba's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 357 | 4.7 km |
| Mount Seskin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 350 | 4.8 km |
| St Aidan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 561 | 5.1 km |
| Ballinteer Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 415 | 5.2 km |
| Presentation Community CollegeETB · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 443 | 5.2 km |
| Rosary CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 250 | 5.2 km |
| Assumption Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 270 | 5.2 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 521 | 5.4 km |
| De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 463 | 5.5 km |
| The High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 811 | 5.5 km |
| Stratford CollegeVoluntary secondary · Jewish | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 189 | 5.7 km |
| Coláiste BrídeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 993 | 5.8 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 289 | 6.3 km |
| Wesley CollegeVoluntary secondary · Methodist | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 942 | 6.3 km |
| Moyle Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 763 | 6.4 km |
| Clogher Road Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 6.5 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 6.6 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 368 | 6.6 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 6.7 km |
| Coláiste pobail FólaETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 758 | 6.7 km |
| St Louis High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 690 | 6.8 km |
| Coláiste ChilliainETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 400 | 6.9 km |
| Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 349 | 6.9 km |
| Alexandra CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls | Fee-paying, Boarding | 664 | 7 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 366 | 7.3 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 295 | 7.4 km |
| Rosemont SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 307 | 7.4 km |
| Gonzaga CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 576 | 7.5 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 500 | 7.5 km |
| Deansrath Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 425 | 7.7 km |
| Sandford Park School LtdVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 437 | 7.8 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Other | Girls and boys | DEIS | 741 | 7.8 km |
| Kylemore CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 479 | 7.8 km |
| St Benildus CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 949 | 7.8 km |
| Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 262 | 7.8 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche SchuleVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 475 | 7.9 km |
| C.B.S. James StreetVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 251 | 7.9 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 726 | 7.9 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 256 | 8 km |
| Muckross Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 709 | 8.2 km |
| Collinstown Park Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 630 | 8.3 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 302 | 8.3 km |
| Phobailscoil IosoldeCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 764 | 8.5 km |
| The Teresian SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 230 | 8.5 km |
| Catholic University SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 544 | 8.6 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 588 | 8.7 km |
| St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 339 | 8.7 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 637 | 8.9 km |
| Kishoge Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 937 | 8.9 km |
| Griffeen Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 576 | 8.9 km |
| Oatlands CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 623 | 9.2 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 244 | 9.3 km |
| Coláiste EoinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Gaelcholáiste | 517 | 9.4 km |
| St Josephs Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 283 | 9.4 km |
| St Michaels CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 731 | 9.4 km |
| Coláiste ÍosagáinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Gaelcholáiste | 488 | 9.4 km |
| Holy Family Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 998 | 9.4 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 636 | 9.5 km |
| C.B.S. Westland RowVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 205 | 9.6 km |
| St Andrews CollegeVoluntary secondary · Presbyterian | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 9.7 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 386 | 9.7 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 741 | 9.7 km |
| St. Kevin's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 525 | 9.7 km |
| Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 319 | 9.8 km |
| The Kings HospitalVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 732 | 9.8 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Firhouse
8 special schools serve the area: St Roses Special School, St Josephs Special Sch, Cheeverstown Sp Sch, Saplings Special School, Setanta Special School, ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism, Libermann Spiritan School and The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, 368 pupils between them. 30 of the 45 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.
Firhouse beside the 85 other Irish towns of 8,600 to 16,500 people
Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinteer | 16,038 | 72 | 28,624 | 5 | 8% | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||||
| Blackrock | 12,816 | 66 | 25,764 | 6 | 11% | 0.8 km |
| Ballsbridge | 12,743 | 116 | 31,567 | 9 | 42% | 0.7 km |
| Finglas South | 12,475 | 99 | 29,161 | 9 | 57% | 0.5 km |
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | 9 | 3,951 | 2 | 44% | 0.9 km |
| Firhouse | 12,254 | 70 | 25,224 | 5 | 34% | 0.7 km |
| Foxrock | 12,163 | 80 | 28,450 | 7 | 18% | 0.8 km |
| Summerhill | 11,911 | 118 | 31,929 | 8 | 51% | 0.3 km |
| Cavan | 11,741 | 14 | 4,634 | 1 | 29% | 1.2 km |
| Ballygall | 11,704 | 118 | 32,759 | 10 | 55% | 0.4 km |
| … | ||||||
| Hollyhill and Ballincolly | 8,606 | 84 | 27,337 | 7 | 43% | 1.1 km |
Of the other 85 towns, 33 have more pupils at the schools around them than Firhouse. Within 3 km, 84 of these 86 towns have a school teaching through Irish.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Firhouse
Every school in or within 3 km of the town each September, counted where it stands today.
The schools in and around Firhouse had 25,038 pupils in 2015/16 and 25,224 in 2025/26. Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School grew most: +407% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Firhouse
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 Firhouse
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firhouse | 70 | 25,224 | 5 | 34% | 0.7 km |
| Knocklyon 1.3 km | 75 | 27,868 | 6 | 23% | 0.3 km |
| Bohernabreena 1.5 km | 54 | 19,297 | 5 | 46% | 0.9 km |
| Old Bawn 1.8 km | 73 | 26,840 | 5 | 43% | 0.7 km |
| Ballyboden 2.2 km | 73 | 26,593 | 7 | 21% | 0.3 km |
| Kilnamanagh 2.6 km | 112 | 38,733 | 8 | 48% | 0.4 km |
| Tallaght 2.9 km | 85 | 30,738 | 9 | 42% | 0.8 km |
Tallaght has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 9. Of Firhouse’s neighbours, Tallaght saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+4%) and Bohernabreena the least (−2%); Firhouse itself: −0%.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Firhouse 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 Firhouse
How many schools are there in Firhouse?
In Firhouse or within 3 km of it: 45 primary schools, 17 secondary schools and 8 special schools, with 25,224 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Firhouse that teach through Irish?
Yes, 5: Gaelscoil na Giúise, Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna and Scoil Santain teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Firhouse?
2 of the 17: Rockbrook Park School and Terenure College. The others are free.
What is the best school in Firhouse?
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 Firhouse?
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).