Photo: shaun12246 · CC BY-SA 3.0110 schools in and around Kilmore: 74 primary schools, 26 secondary schools and 10 special schools
In or within 3 km of Kilmore, they have 32,817 pupils in all. Around Kilmore, single-sex schools make up 46% of the post-primaries, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (39%). 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 Kilmore’s schools
A wide choice at twelve
84 post-primary schools lie within 10 km, so families here have a real choice at twelve; each admits on its own policy. The nearest: Coolock Community College (0.6 km), Our Lady Of Mercy College (1.1 km) and Chanel College (1.3 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
Where the 110 schools in and around Kilmore 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 Kilmore’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 Kilmore
How many schools teach through each language; the tick marks Ireland’s share.
10 of Kilmore’s 110 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Cholmcille, Scoil Neasain and Gaelscoil Bhaile Munna.
Who Kilmore’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 Kilmore | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 37% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 52% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 51% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 0% | 18% | 6% |
More of the pupils around Kilmore are at DEIS schools than across Ireland: 37% against 27% (Co. Dublin: 28%). Furthest from Ireland’s mix is the share of post-primary pupils at single-sex schools: 51% here against 29%. The biggest school in DEIS is St Mary's Secondary School (830 pupils).
Each of the 110 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 Kilmore’s schools
Each school’s ethos, 2025/26: the bars show the share of schools of each kind.
84 of Kilmore’s 110 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (62), Le Chéile Schools Trust (8) and Educate Together (6). 46 of the 110 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 20 patrons of Kilmore’s schools
The patron owns the school and sets its ethos; a board of management runs it day to day.
20 patrons run the 110 schools around Kilmore; the largest, Archbishop of Dublin, has 62 of them and 47% of the pupils. The local Education and Training Board runs 8. Educate Together runs 6.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinSt Fiachras Sen, Scoil Fhiachra Soisir, Holy Child, St Patricks N School, St. Francis of Assisi, St Brigids Convent, Scoil na Croi Naofa, Corpus Christi, Holy Trinity Sen, S.N. Eoin Baisde Girls Senior, St Brigids Convent, Scoil Bhride, S N Mhuire na mBrathar, St Vincents de Paul Junior, S.N. Eoin Baisde Boys Senior School, Our Lady of Consolation, St Davids, St Vincent de Paul Senior School, Scoil Aine Convent Senior, Naiscoil Ide, Scoil an Leinbh Iosa Boys Seniors, St Josephs, Eoin Baisde B Sois, Scoil Assaim Boys Seniors, St Brigids Boys, SN an Spioraid Naiomh C, Scoil Mobhi, Scoil Neasain, St Pauls Sen, Holy Spirit B, Gaelscoil Mide, Scoil Naomh Colmcille, Eoin Baisde C Naoidh, St Pauls Junior, St Francis Senior, Our Lady of Victories Infant, S.N. Caitriona Girls, Cromcastle Green B, St John of God, Our Lady Immac Sen, S.N. Caitriona Naionain, Bantiarna na mBuanna Girls, Bantiarna na mBuanna Boys, St Francis Junior, Scoil an Tseachtar Laoch, St Benedicts and St Marys, St Josephs Senior, Virgin Mary Girls, Darndale N.S. Junior, Scoil Nais Ide Cailini, S N na Maighdine Muire B, Scoil Chiarain, St Kevins Junior, Scoil Eoin, St Ciarans Spec Sch, St Josephs Jnr, Scoil Bhreandain, St Malachys B, St Eithnes Senior Girls, St Pauls Hospital Special School, St Josephs for Blind, St Monicas | Catholic | 62 | 15,453 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustSt Mary's, Dominican College, Manor House School, Holy Faith, Maryfield College, Scoil Chaitriona, St Marys, Árdscoil La Salle | Catholic | 8 | 4,587 |
| Educate TogetherBelmayne Educate Together, Belmayne Educate Together, Grace Park Educate Together, Glasnevin Educate Together NS, North Bay Educate Together NS, Killester Raheny Clontarf Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 6 | 2,200 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustSt. Aidan's C.B.S., Árdscoil Rís, St. David's College, St Kevins College | Catholic | 4 | 2,341 |
| City of Dublin ETBClonturk College, Coolock, Ellenfield, Beaumont Hospital Special School | Multi-denominational, Other | 4 | 1,332 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COIS N na Lanai Glasa, Springdale, Glasnevin, Drumcondra | Church of Ireland | 4 | 647 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Cholmcille, Gaelscoil Áine, Gaelscoil Bhaile Munna, Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol | Catholic, Multi-denominational | 4 | 633 |
| St Michael's HouseSt Michaels Hse Spec Sc, St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield, St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | Catholic, Multi-denominational | 3 | 177 |
| Minister for EducationMount Temple Comprehensive School, Trinity Comprehensive School | Church of Ireland, Catholic | 2 | 1,467 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBGrange, Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | Inter-denominational | 2 | 1,006 |
| CEISTOur Lady Of Mercy College, Mercy College Coolock | Catholic | 2 | 809 |
| Congregation of the Missions (Vincentians)St Pauls College | Catholic | 1 | 650 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Marist FathersThe Donahies | Inter-denominational | 1 | 488 |
| Marist Education AuthorityChanel College | Catholic | 1 | 451 |
| The North Dublin National School ProjectNorth Dublin N.S. Project | Multi-denominational | 1 | 214 |
| City of Dublin ETB & Rosminian FathersRosmini | Inter-denominational | 1 | 139 |
| Joint patronage between the Kirk Session of Clontarf and the Scots Presbyterian ChurchHowth Rd Mxd | Presbyterian | 1 | 89 |
| Central Remedial ClinicCentral Remedial Clinic | Catholic | 1 | 78 |
| Irish Autism ActionABACAS Kilbarrack | Multi-denominational | 1 | 54 |
| patron not listedBelmayne Community Special School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 2 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Kilmore
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.
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, 25 of the 97 grew by 5% or more and 48 shrank as much, while Ireland’s pupil numbers moved +5%.
All 97 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.
The 110 schools in and around Kilmore
Every school in Kilmore or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. No school here carries a letter or a result: Ireland publishes neither for individual schools.
Show all 26 secondary schools
Show all 74 primary schools
Inspection reports for Kilmore’s schools
The Inspectorate’s published reports for each school, linked, without ratings
Reports come from whole-school evaluations (teaching, learning, leadership and management), subject inspections and follow-through visits that check earlier advice; gov.ie publishes each one with the school’s response.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 110 schools below links its own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Kilmore
All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school
Within 10 km of Kilmore there are 84 post-primary schools: 63 voluntary secondary schools, 14 ETB schools, 5 community schools and 2 comprehensive schools. Of these, 36 are single-sex: 20 for girls and 16 for boys. Fees are charged at 14 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 3 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolock Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 205 | 0.6 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 407 | 1.1 km |
| Chanel CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 451 | 1.3 km |
| St. David's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 550 | 1.5 km |
| Mercy College CoolockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 402 | 1.8 km |
| Ellenfield Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 150 | 1.8 km |
| St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 2.1 km |
| Maryfield CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 527 | 2.3 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 725 | 2.4 km |
| Clonturk CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 968 | 2.5 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 564 | 2.8 km |
| Árdscoil RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 563 | 2.9 km |
All 84 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Temple Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 903 | 2.9 km |
| Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 2.9 km |
| St Pauls CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 650 | 3 km |
| The Donahies Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 488 | 3.2 km |
| Rosmini Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 139 | 3.2 km |
| Marino CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 3.4 km |
| Árdscoil La SalleVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 289 | 3.4 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 595 | 3.5 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 310 | 3.5 km |
| Scoil ChaitrionaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 523 | 3.5 km |
| Manor House SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 652 | 3.6 km |
| St Kevins CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 503 | 3.9 km |
| St Mary's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 830 | 4 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 647 | 4.1 km |
| Grange Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 553 | 4.3 km |
| Gaelcholáiste ReachrannETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 453 | 4.3 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 585 | 4.4 km |
| O'Connell SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 222 | 4.5 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. GlasnevinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 408 | 4.6 km |
| Belvedere College S.JVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 5.1 km |
| Larkin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 403 | 5.3 km |
| St Michaels Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 646 | 5.4 km |
| Ringsend CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 191 | 5.6 km |
| Cabra Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 264 | 5.7 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 386 | 5.7 km |
| Coláiste EoinETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 257 | 5.9 km |
| Pobalscoil NeasáinCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 831 | 5.9 km |
| C.B.S. Westland RowVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 205 | 6.1 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 244 | 6.1 km |
| St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 230 | 6.2 km |
| St Josephs Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 283 | 6.2 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 696 | 6.2 km |
| St Declan's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 651 | 6.3 km |
| Coláiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 272 | 6.3 km |
| St Dominics CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 790 | 6.3 km |
| Coláiste ChoilmVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 421 | 6.5 km |
| Malahide Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,250 | 6.6 km |
| New Cross CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 417 | 6.8 km |
| St. Fintan's High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 714 | 6.8 km |
| Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 319 | 6.8 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 588 | 6.8 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 655 | 6.9 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 6.9 km |
| Portmarnock Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 955 | 6.9 km |
| Catholic University SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 544 | 7 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 302 | 7 km |
| Fingal Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 864 | 7.4 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 256 | 7.5 km |
| St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 339 | 7.5 km |
| Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 262 | 7.5 km |
| C.B.S. James StreetVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 251 | 7.6 km |
| St Finians Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 671 | 7.9 km |
| Santa Sabina Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 754 | 8 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 500 | 8.1 km |
| Swords Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 952 | 8.2 km |
| Muckross Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 709 | 8.2 km |
| Sandford Park School LtdVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 437 | 8.3 km |
| St Michaels CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 731 | 8.4 km |
| Sutton Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 503 | 8.7 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 8.7 km |
| St Louis High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 690 | 8.8 km |
| Edmund Rice CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 912 | 8.8 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 8.8 km |
| Gonzaga CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 576 | 8.8 km |
| The Teresian SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 230 | 8.9 km |
| Clogher Road Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 8.9 km |
| Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 349 | 9.3 km |
| Alexandra CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls | Fee-paying, Boarding | 664 | 9.5 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 289 | 9.6 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 636 | 9.8 km |
| St Andrews CollegeVoluntary secondary · Presbyterian | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 10 km |
| Willow Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 206 | 10 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Kilmore
10 special schools serve the area: Beaumont Hospital Special School, St Pauls Hospital Special School, St Michaels Hse Sp Sch, Central Remedial Clinic, Belmayne Community Special School, St Michaels Hse Spec Sc, St Ciarans Spec Sch, St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield, St Josephs for Blind N.S. and ABACAS Kilbarrack, 562 pupils between them. 38 of the 74 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.
Kilmore beside the 82 other Irish towns of 6,900 to 13,200 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlebar | 13,054 | 12 | 4,272 | 1 | 17% | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||||
| Nenagh | 9,895 | 11 | 3,044 | 1 | 0% | 0.1 km |
| Monkstown | 9,831 | 57 | 22,012 | 4 | 11% | 0.3 km |
| Finglas North | 9,805 | 73 | 21,290 | 8 | 62% | 0.7 km |
| Cabra West | 9,786 | 132 | 34,456 | 10 | 63% | 0.2 km |
| Kilmore | 9,786 | 110 | 32,817 | 10 | 42% | 0.6 km |
| Killiney | 9,776 | 45 | 13,019 | 1 | 31% | 0.7 km |
| Donabate | 9,669 | 6 | 2,087 | 1 | 0% | 0.3 km |
| Tuam | 9,647 | 8 | 3,460 | 1 | 25% | 0.3 km |
| Donaghmede | 9,616 | 73 | 21,067 | 4 | 38% | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||||
| Buncrana | 6,971 | 7 | 2,583 | 2 | 43% | 0.6 km |
Of the other 82 towns, 10 have more pupils at the schools around them than Kilmore. Within 3 km, 80 of these 83 towns have a school teaching through Irish.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Kilmore
Pupils every September at the schools in or within 3 km of the town, each counted at today’s site.
The schools in and around Kilmore had 32,732 pupils in 2015/16 and 32,817 in 2025/26. Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School grew most: +1,883% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Kilmore
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 Kilmore
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
Whitehall has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 12. Since 2019/20 the pupils around Kilmore changed by +3%; among its neighbours, Harmonstown’s grew most (+4%) and Marino’s least (−1%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Kilmore 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 Kilmore
How many schools are there in Kilmore?
In Kilmore or within 3 km of it: 74 primary schools, 26 secondary schools and 10 special schools, with 32,817 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Kilmore that teach through Irish?
Yes, 10: Gaelscoil Cholmcille, Scoil Neasain and Gaelscoil Bhaile Munna teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Kilmore?
No: all 26 secondary schools here are free.
What is the best school in Kilmore?
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 Kilmore?
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).