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Rath Dara Community College

Post-primary · ETBInter-denominationalDEIS

Rath Dara Community College, Blanchardstown Road North, Dublin 15 · D15 P380 · Roll number 70081V

Rath Dara Community College is one of 14 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Mulhuddart. Every school in and around Mulhuddart →

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Pupils
323
September, 2025/26
147 girls, 176 boys
Since 2019/20
+28%
from 252 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Inter-denominational
Patron: Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Rath Dara Community College

  • A small post-primary school: 323 pupils, against a typical 585.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 323 pupils, 28% more than the 252 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.
  • An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
  • Its patron is the Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Rath Dara Community College had 323 pupils in 2025/26, down from 363 in 2015/16 (−11%). Girls are 46% of them. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.

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Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Rath Dara Community College

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 Rath Dara Community College 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Rath Dara Community College

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 in

Getting a place at Rath Dara Community College

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Rath Dara Community College 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.

Pupils
323
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+28%
from 252 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Rath Dara Community College has grown by 28% since 2019/20. All the schools around Mulhuddart together changed by +1%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Rath Dara+28%
The post-primary schools around Mulhuddart+21%
All Irish post-primary schools+15%

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

2025/26

The 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 Rath Dara Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +28%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.

Rath Dara323
Le Cheile944
Blakestown563
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014
Hartstown1,120
Castleknock1,318
Edmund Rice College912
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓
Le Cheile Secondary School944+26%CatholicEnglish1.4 km
Blakestown Community School563+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓1.7 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish1.8 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish2.5 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish3.4 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish3.5 km
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Luttrellstown Community College1,027+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish3.6 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish3.7 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish3.8 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓3.9 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish4.6 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish4.6 km
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish4.8 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓4.9 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish4.9 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓5.4 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓5.7 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish5.9 km
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓5.9 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBS745+38%CatholicEnglish6.1 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓6.3 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish6.4 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓6.5 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓6.6 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓6.6 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓6.7 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓6.8 km
Coláiste Cois Life592−27%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish6.9 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓7 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish7.6 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓7.6 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%CatholicEnglish✓7.8 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓7.9 km
Kishoge Community College937+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish7.9 km
Griffeen Community College576+317%Multi-denominationalEnglish7.9 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓8.2 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓8.3 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓8.5 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish8.7 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish8.8 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓8.8 km
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓8.9 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish9 km
Deansrath Community College425+43%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.1 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓9.1 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.1 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish9.2 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓9.2 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish9.2 km
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓9.2 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.4 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.4 km
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish9.4 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓9.7 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.8 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓9.8 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish10 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish10 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Loreto College655+4%CatholicEnglish11 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish11 km
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish11 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish11 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓11 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish12 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish12 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish12 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish12 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish12 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish12 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish12 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish12 km
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish12 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish13 km
Fingal Community College864+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish13 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish13 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish13 km
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish13 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School696+939%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish13 km
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish13 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish14 km
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish14 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish14 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish14 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish14 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish14 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish14 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Firhouse Community College825+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish14 km
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish14 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish14 km
Grange Community College553+98%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann453+2%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish15 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish15 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish15 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish15 km
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish16 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish16 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish16 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish16 km
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish16 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish16 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish17 km
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish17 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish17 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish17 km
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish17 km
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish17 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish17 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish17 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish18 km
Donabate Community College799+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish19 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish19 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish19 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish20 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish20 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
Lusk Community College1,104+61%Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish21 km
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓21 km
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish22 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓22 km
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish22 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish23 km
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish23 km
St Joseph's Secondary School945+19%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish24 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School824+124%Multi-denominationalEnglish25 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520+63%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish25 km
Ardgillan Community College1,014+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish26 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish26 km
Skerries Community College1,025+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish26 km
Balbriggan Community College686+33%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓26 km
Loreto Secondary School1,220−5%CatholicEnglish27 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Living nearby

Living in Mulhuddart

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€320,000
162 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,801
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the D15 Eircode area

Housing in Mulhuddart →

The median sale price rose from €370,000 in 2023 to €441,500 in 2025 (+19%).

2023€370,000
2024€430,000
2025€441,500

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€482,800
Second-hand homes€381,000

Property Price Register sales in the D15 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Mulhuddart

Cost of living in Mulhuddart →

New tenancies in Mulhuddart averaged €1,801 a month in 2025, against €1,685 in 2024 (+7%).

2024€1,685
2025€1,801

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

Mulhuddart, D15 P380

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Rath Dara Community College

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Le Cheile Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
944 pupils+26% since 2019/201.4 km
Blakestown Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
563 pupils+31% since 2019/201.7 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
1,014 pupils−1% since 2019/201.8 km
Hartstown Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
1,120 pupils−1% since 2019/202.5 km
Castleknock Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
1,318 pupils+13% since 2019/203.4 km
Edmund Rice College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
912 pupils+576% since 2019/203.5 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 70081V

Questions about Rath Dara Community College

Is Rath Dara Community College 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 Rath Dara Community College have?

323 pupils in 2025/26. That is +28% since 2019/20.

Does Rath Dara Community College teach through Irish?

No: Rath Dara Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Rath Dara Community College?

Rath Dara Community College has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB.

How do pupils get a place at Rath Dara Community College?

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 Rath Dara Community College?

The nearest are Le Cheile Secondary School (1.4 km), Blakestown Community School (1.7 km) and Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin (1.8 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 Mulhuddart; 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).