Meanscoil Iognáid Rís
Long Mile Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12, D12K682 · D12 K682 · Roll number 60480G
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís is one of 25 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Walkinstown. Every school in and around Walkinstown →
What stands out about Meanscoil Iognáid Rís
- 521 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−10%).
- 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 boys’ 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 Edmund Rice Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Meanscoil Iognáid Rís had 521 pupils in 2025/26, down from 642 in 2015/16 (−19%). 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 Meanscoil Iognáid Rís
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 Meanscoil Iognáid Rís 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 Meanscoil Iognáid Rís
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 Meanscoil Iognáid Rís
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Meanscoil Iognáid Rís 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 boys only. 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: Meanscoil Iognáid Rís has shrunk by 10% since 2019/20. All the schools around Walkinstown together changed by +4%.
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.
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −10%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.3 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.8 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.8 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.9 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 3 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.2 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.7 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 4.3 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.4 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.5 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 4.6 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 5 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.2 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.2 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.2 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.4 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.5 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.8 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.3 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.3 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.5 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.3 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 7.3 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.5 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.6 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.7 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 8 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.1 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.1 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.2 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.3 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.4 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.6 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.9 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.9 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.9 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 9 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 34 km |
Living in Walkinstown
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Homes in the D12 Eircode area
Housing in Walkinstown →The median sale price rose from €393,800 in 2023 to €466,000 in 2025 (+18%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D12 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Walkinstown
Cost of living in Walkinstown →New tenancies in Walkinstown averaged €2,303 a month in 2025, against €2,100 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Walkinstown, D12 K682
Post-primary schools near Meanscoil Iognáid Rís
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Meanscoil Iognáid Rís
Is Meanscoil Iognáid Rís 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 Meanscoil Iognáid Rís have?
521 pupils in 2025/26. That is −10% since 2019/20.
Does Meanscoil Iognáid Rís teach through Irish?
No: Meanscoil Iognáid Rís teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Meanscoil Iognáid Rís?
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Meanscoil Iognáid Rís?
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 Meanscoil Iognáid Rís?
The nearest are Assumption Secondary School (0.3 km), Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School (1.2 km) and Mercy Secondary School (1.6 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 Walkinstown; 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).