Colaiste Chroi Mhuire
An Spideal, Co Na Gaillimhe · H91 V963 · Roll number 63130R
Colaiste Chroi Mhuire is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of An Spidéal. Every school in and around An Spidéal →
What stands out about Colaiste Chroi Mhuire
- A small post-primary school: 270 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Growing: 270 pupils, 17% more than the 231 of 2019/20.
- In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
- 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 CEIST; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only post-primary school in An Spidéal or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Colaiste Chroi Mhuire had 270 pupils in 2025/26, against 166 in 2015/16 (+63%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 281, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Colaiste Chroi Mhuire
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 Colaiste Chroi Mhuire 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 Colaiste Chroi Mhuire
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 Colaiste Chroi Mhuire
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Colaiste Chroi Mhuire 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Colaiste Chroi Mhuire has grown by 17% since 2019/20. All the schools around An Spidéal 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 Colaiste Chroi Mhuire. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +17%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colaiste Chroi Mhuire | 270 | +17% | Catholic | All in Irish | ||
| Colaiste Cholmcille | 101 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Coláiste na Coiribe | 711 | +19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 658 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Coláiste Einde | 808 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Dominican College | 564 | −11% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Muire Máthair | 738 | – | Catholic | English | 16 km |
The other 37 post-primary schools in Co. Galway
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Iognáid S.J. | 637 | +2% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 17 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 791 | +5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Galway City & Oranmore Educate Together Secondary School | 379 | +924% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Galway Community College | 395 | +49% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin | 440 | +20% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Pauls | 465 | +8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuirlinne/Merlin College | 710 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Coláiste Ghobnait | 35 | +46% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Calasanctius College | 906 | +6% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Eoin | 41 | +3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Coláiste Na bPiarsach | 54 | −17% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 26 km |
| Coláiste Bhaile Chláir | 1,269 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Seamount College | 628 | +19% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Éinne | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Presentation College | 857 | +10% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Feichín | 63 | −19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Mhic Dara | 117 | +22% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 35 km |
| Presentation College | 1,100 | +2% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Clárin College | 1,140 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Coláiste an Eachréidh | 234 | −3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 38 km | |
| Gort Community School | 1,043 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Archbishop McHale College | 479 | +94% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| High Cross College | 777 | – | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St. Jarlaths College | 762 | +34% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St Raphaels College | 749 | +12% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| St Brigids College | 751 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Phobail | 489 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| St Killian's College (Coláiste Chilleáin Naofa) | 168 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 55 km | |
| Dunmore Community School | 367 | +29% | Inter-denominational | English | 56 km | |
| St. Cuan's College | 435 | +42% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Holy Rosary College | 720 | +2% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Coláiste an Chreagáin | 116 | +47% | Multi-denominational | English | 60 km | |
| Glenamaddy Community School | 433 | +15% | Inter-denominational | English | 64 km | |
| Mercy College | 157 | +6% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| Clonfert College | 926 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 71 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 306 | +26% | Catholic | English | 72 km | |
| Portumna Community School | 506 | +14% | Inter-denominational | English | 74 km |
Living in An Spidéal
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Homes in the H91 Eircode area
Housing in An Spidéal →The median sale price rose from €338,600 in 2023 to €408,300 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the H91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Galway
Cost of living in An Spidéal →New tenancies in Co. Galway averaged €1,637 a month in 2025, against €1,501 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗An Spidéal, H91 V963
Post-primary schools near Colaiste Chroi Mhuire
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Colaiste Chroi Mhuire
Is Colaiste Chroi Mhuire 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 Colaiste Chroi Mhuire have?
270 pupils in 2025/26. That is +17% since 2019/20.
Does Colaiste Chroi Mhuire teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Colaiste Chroi Mhuire is taught through Irish.
Who runs Colaiste Chroi Mhuire?
Colaiste Chroi Mhuire has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is CEIST.
How do pupils get a place at Colaiste Chroi Mhuire?
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 Colaiste Chroi Mhuire?
The nearest are Colaiste Cholmcille (5.5 km), Coláiste na Coiribe (13 km) and Jesus & Mary Secondary School (15 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 An Spidéal; 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).