Coláiste de hÍde
Br Chaisleáin Thigh Mótháin, Tamhlacht, Baile Atha Cliath 24 · D24 NP82 · Roll number 70021D
Coláiste de hÍde is one of 27 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Kilnamanagh. Every school in and around Kilnamanagh →
What stands out about Coláiste de hÍde
- A small post-primary school: 266 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−11%).
- 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.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste de hÍde had 266 pupils in 2025/26, down from 308 in 2015/16 (−14%). Girls are 52% of them. Its roll rose in 2 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 de hÍde
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 de hÍde 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 de hÍde
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 de hÍde
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste de hÍde 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 de hÍde has shrunk by 11% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kilnamanagh together changed by −1%.
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 de hÍde. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −11%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.5 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.6 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.4 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.8 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.4 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.9 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 4.3 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 4.7 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 5.1 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.1 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.4 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 6.2 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.4 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.4 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.6 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.7 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.7 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.8 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 7.5 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.8 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 7.9 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 8 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.3 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.4 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.6 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.7 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 9.8 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 10 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 36 km |
Living in Kilnamanagh
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Homes in the D24 Eircode area
Housing in Kilnamanagh →The median sale price rose from €343,300 in 2023 to €413,600 in 2025 (+20%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D24 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Kilnamanagh
Cost of living in Kilnamanagh →New tenancies in Kilnamanagh averaged €2,047 a month in 2025, against €1,979 in 2024 (+3%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Kilnamanagh, D24 NP82
Post-primary schools near Coláiste de hÍde
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste de hÍde
Is Coláiste de hÍde 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 de hÍde have?
266 pupils in 2025/26. That is −11% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste de hÍde teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Coláiste de hÍde is taught through Irish.
Who runs Coláiste de hÍde?
Coláiste de hÍde has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste de hÍde?
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 de hÍde?
The nearest are Tallaght Community School (1 km), Greenhills College (1.2 km) and St Pauls Secondary School (1.4 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 Kilnamanagh; 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).