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Mount Carmel Secondary School

Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryCatholicDEISGirls

King's Inns Street, Dublin 1 · D01 W657 · Roll number 60853T

Mount Carmel Secondary School is one of 35 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Parnell Square. Every school in and around Parnell Square →

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Pupils
386
September, 2025/26
Girls
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 400 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Religious Sisters of Charity
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Mount Carmel Secondary School

  • 386 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−4%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • 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.
  • A girls’ school.
  • A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
  • Its patron is Religious Sisters of Charity; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Mount Carmel Secondary School had 386 pupils in 2025/26, against 376 in 2015/16 (+3%). Its largest roll was 405, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

02004006002015/162018/192021/222025/26Pupils

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

No letter

No letter for Mount Carmel Secondary School

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 Mount Carmel Secondary School 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 Mount Carmel Secondary School

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 Mount Carmel Secondary School

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

Families apply to Mount Carmel Secondary School 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 takes girls only. It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.

Pupils
386
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 400 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Mount Carmel Secondary School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−4%). All the schools around Parnell Square together changed by +10%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Mount Carmel−4%
The post-primary schools around Parnell Square+13%
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.

Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 2 have more pupils than Mount Carmel Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −4%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.

Mount Carmel386
St Pauls C.B.S.244
Belvedere College S.J1,011
Larkin403
St Josephs283
O'Connell School222
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓0.5 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish0.6 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓0.7 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓0.9 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓1.4 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish1.5 km
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓1.6 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓1.9 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish1.9 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓1.9 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓1.9 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish2 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓2.1 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓2.5 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓2.5 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓2.5 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓2.7 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓2.7 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish2.7 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓2.7 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish2.8 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓2.8 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish2.8 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓3.1 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓3.1 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish3.2 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓3.3 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish3.3 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish3.3 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish3.3 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish3.4 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish3.4 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish3.5 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓3.5 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish3.5 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish3.6 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish3.8 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓3.8 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish3.8 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓3.9 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓4 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓4.1 km
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish4.1 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish4.3 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓4.3 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓4.5 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓4.5 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%CatholicEnglish✓4.5 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓4.6 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓4.7 km
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish4.7 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish4.7 km
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish4.8 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish4.8 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓4.8 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish4.9 km
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish5 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish5.2 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓5.3 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓5.3 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓5.4 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish5.5 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓5.6 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish5.7 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓5.7 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓5.8 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓5.9 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish6 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish6 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓6 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish6 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish6.1 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish6.1 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish6.1 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish6.1 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓6.2 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓6.5 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓6.7 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish6.7 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish6.8 km
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish6.8 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish6.9 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish6.9 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish7 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish7 km
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish7 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish7.2 km
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓7.2 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish7.2 km
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish7.5 km
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish7.6 km
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish7.7 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓7.7 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓7.8 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓7.8 km
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish7.8 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish7.8 km
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓7.9 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓7.9 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.1 km
Le Cheile Secondary School944+26%CatholicEnglish8.1 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish8.1 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish8.4 km
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish8.4 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish8.5 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.6 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish8.6 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish8.7 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish8.7 km
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.1 km
Grange Community College553+98%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.1 km
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann453+2%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish9.1 km
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.2 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish9.4 km
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish9.4 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish9.4 km
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish9.5 km
Luttrellstown Community College1,027+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.7 km
Firhouse Community College825+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish10 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish10 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish10 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish10 km
Blakestown Community School563+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish10 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish10 km
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish11 km
Deansrath Community College425+43%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish11 km
Kishoge Community College937+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
Griffeen Community College576+317%Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish11 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish11 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBS745+38%CatholicEnglish11 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish11 km
Coláiste Cois Life592−27%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish11 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish11 km
Loreto College655+4%CatholicEnglish11 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish12 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School696+939%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish12 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish12 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish12 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish12 km
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Fingal Community College864+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish13 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish13 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish14 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish15 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish17 km
Donabate Community College799+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish17 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Lusk Community College1,104+61%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
St Joseph's Secondary School945+19%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Skerries Community College1,025+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish27 km
Ardgillan Community College1,014+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish28 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School824+124%Multi-denominationalEnglish28 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520+63%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish29 km
Balbriggan Community College686+33%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓29 km
Loreto Secondary School1,220−5%CatholicEnglish29 km
Living nearby

Living in Parnell Square

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

Median sale price
€343,200
routing key D01, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€2,065
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the D01 Eircode area

Housing in Parnell Square →

The median sale price rose from €334,100 in 2023 to €352,600 in 2025 (+6%).

2023€334,100
2024€339,300
2025€352,600

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€337,500
Second-hand homes€343,300

Property Price Register sales in the D01 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Parnell Square

Cost of living in Parnell Square →

New tenancies in Parnell Square averaged €2,065 a month in 2025, against €1,980 in 2024 (+4%).

2024€1,980
2025€2,065

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

Location

Directions ↗

Parnell Square, D01 W657

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Mount Carmel Secondary School

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

St Pauls C.B.S.
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
244 pupils+15% since 2019/200.5 km
Belvedere College S.J
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
1,011 pupils+1% since 2019/200.6 km
Larkin Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational
DEIS
403 pupils+3% since 2019/200.7 km
St Josephs Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
283 pupils+48% since 2019/200.9 km
O'Connell School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
222 pupils+8% since 2019/201.4 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Church of Ireland
302 pupils+39% since 2019/201.5 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 60853T

Questions about Mount Carmel Secondary School

Is Mount Carmel Secondary School 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 Mount Carmel Secondary School have?

386 pupils in 2025/26. That is −4% since 2019/20.

Does Mount Carmel Secondary School teach through Irish?

No: Mount Carmel Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Mount Carmel Secondary School?

Mount Carmel Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Religious Sisters of Charity.

How do pupils get a place at Mount Carmel Secondary School?

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 Mount Carmel Secondary School?

The nearest are St Pauls C.B.S. (0.5 km), Belvedere College S.J (0.6 km) and Larkin Community College (0.7 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 Parnell Square; 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).