Colaiste Cholmcille
Indreabhán, Co na Gaillimhe · H91 YH30 · Roll number 71250A
Colaiste Cholmcille 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 Cholmcille
- A small post-primary school: 101 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−11%).
- In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
- 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 Galway & Roscommon ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- Outside An Spidéal’s outline, 5.5 km away; listed with An Spidéal, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Colaiste Cholmcille had 101 pupils in 2025/26, down from 265 in 2015/16 (−62%). Girls are 45% of them. 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 Colaiste Cholmcille
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 Cholmcille 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 Cholmcille
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 Cholmcille
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Colaiste Cholmcille 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. 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: Colaiste Cholmcille has shrunk by 11% 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.
Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Colaiste Cholmcille. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −11%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colaiste Cholmcille | 101 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | |
| Colaiste Chroi Mhuire | 270 | +17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.5 km | |
| Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin | 440 | +20% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 14 km |
| Coláiste na Coiribe | 711 | +19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 658 | +0% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Coláiste Einde | 808 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Dominican College | 564 | −11% | Catholic | English | 21 km |
The other 37 post-primary schools in Co. Galway
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls | 465 | +8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Coláiste Na bPiarsach | 54 | −17% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 22 km |
| Coláiste Muire Máthair | 738 | – | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Eoin | 41 | +3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Coláiste Ghobnait | 35 | +46% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Coláiste Iognáid S.J. | 637 | +2% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 22 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 791 | +5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Galway City & Oranmore Educate Together Secondary School | 379 | +924% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Éinne | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Galway Community College | 395 | +49% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Coláiste Mhuirlinne/Merlin College | 710 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Phobail Mhic Dara | 117 | +22% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| Coláiste Naomh Feichín | 63 | −19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| Calasanctius College | 906 | +6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Presentation College | 857 | +10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Coláiste Bhaile Chláir | 1,269 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Seamount College | 628 | +19% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Presentation College | 1,100 | +2% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Clárin College | 1,140 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Coláiste an Eachréidh | 234 | −3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| Gort Community School | 1,043 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 44 km | |
| Archbishop McHale College | 479 | +94% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| High Cross College | 777 | – | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| St. Jarlaths College | 762 | +34% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Scoil Phobail | 489 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| St Raphaels College | 749 | +12% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| St Brigids College | 751 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | 56 km | |
| Dunmore Community School | 367 | +29% | Inter-denominational | English | 60 km | |
| St Killian's College (Coláiste Chilleáin Naofa) | 168 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 60 km | |
| St. Cuan's College | 435 | +42% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| Holy Rosary College | 720 | +2% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| Coláiste an Chreagáin | 116 | +47% | Multi-denominational | English | 65 km | |
| Glenamaddy Community School | 433 | +15% | Inter-denominational | English | 68 km | |
| Mercy College | 157 | +6% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| Clonfert College | 926 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 306 | +26% | Catholic | English | 77 km | |
| Portumna Community School | 506 | +14% | Inter-denominational | English | 80 km |
Living in An Spidéal
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
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 ↗near An Spidéal, H91 YH30
Post-primary schools near Colaiste Cholmcille
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Colaiste Cholmcille
Is Colaiste Cholmcille 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 Cholmcille have?
101 pupils in 2025/26. That is −11% since 2019/20.
Does Colaiste Cholmcille teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Colaiste Cholmcille is taught through Irish.
Who runs Colaiste Cholmcille?
Colaiste Cholmcille has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Galway & Roscommon ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Colaiste Cholmcille?
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 Cholmcille?
The nearest are Colaiste Chroi Mhuire (5.5 km), Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin (14 km) and Coláiste na Coiribe (18 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).