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Barnwell Road, Hansfield, Dublin 15 · D15 X4XT · Roll number 76574F
Eriu Community College is one of 12 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Ongar. Every school in and around Ongar →
What stands out about Eriu Community College
- A small post-primary school: 193 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- On the lists since 2020/21: a new school, or a new roll after schools joined.
- The smallest of the 12 post-primary schools around Ongar.
- 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
2020/21 to 2025/26Eriu Community College had 193 pupils in 2025/26, against 21 in 2020/21 (+819%). Girls are 44% of them. Its largest roll was 194, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 4 of the 5 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Eriu 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 Eriu 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.
Inspection reports on Eriu 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 a place at Eriu Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Eriu 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.
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 Eriu Community College.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 0.1 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.2 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.1 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.9 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.3 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.1 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 4.5 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.7 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.2 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 6 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.1 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.1 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 7.8 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 12 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 12 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 14 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 18 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 21 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km |
Living in Ongar
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D15 Eircode area
Housing in Ongar →The median sale price rose from €370,000 in 2023 to €441,500 in 2025 (+19%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D15 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ongar
Cost of living in Ongar →New tenancies in Ongar averaged €1,877 a month in 2025, against €1,857 in 2024 (+1%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Ongar, D15 X4XT
Post-primary schools near Eriu Community College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Eriu Community College
Is Eriu 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 Eriu Community College have?
193 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Eriu Community College teach through Irish?
No: Eriu Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Eriu Community College?
Eriu Community College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Eriu 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 Eriu Community College?
The nearest are Hansfield ETSS (0.1 km), Coláiste Pobail Setanta (1.2 km) and Hartstown Community School (2.1 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 Ongar; 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).