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Inis Meáin, Oileáin Árann · Roll number 76534Q
Coláiste Naomh Eoin is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Cill Rónáin. Every school in and around Cill Rónáin →
What stands out about Coláiste Naomh Eoin
- A small post-primary school: 41 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+3%).
- In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
- An island school.
- 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 Cill Rónáin’s outline, 6.2 km away; listed with Cill Rónáin, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2018/19 to 2025/26Coláiste Naomh Eoin had 41 pupils in 2025/26, against 40 in 2018/19 (+3%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 42, in 2021/22. Its roll rose in 3 of the 7 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Coláiste Naomh Eoin
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 Coláiste Naomh Eoin 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 Coláiste Naomh Eoin
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 Coláiste Naomh Eoin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Naomh Eoin 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: Coláiste Naomh Eoin is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+3%).
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 5 nearest post-primary schools, 4 have more pupils than Coláiste Naomh Eoin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +3%; 4 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Naomh Eoin | 41 | +3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ||
| Coláiste Ghobnait | 35 | +46% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 5.2 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Éinne | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 7 km | |
| Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin | 440 | +20% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 19 km |
| Mary Immaculate Secondary School | 284 | +13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Colaiste Cholmcille | 101 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 22 km |
The other 39 post-primary schools in Co. Galway
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colaiste Chroi Mhuire | 270 | +17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Mhic Dara | 117 | +22% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| Coláiste Na bPiarsach | 54 | −17% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 33 km |
| Coláiste na Coiribe | 711 | +19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 37 km | |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 658 | +0% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Coláiste Einde | 808 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Dominican College | 564 | −11% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Coláiste Muire Máthair | 738 | – | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Coláiste Iognáid S.J. | 637 | +2% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 41 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 791 | +5% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Galway City & Oranmore Educate Together Secondary School | 379 | +924% | Multi-denominational | English | 41 km | |
| St Pauls | 465 | +8% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Galway Community College | 395 | +49% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Seamount College | 628 | +19% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuirlinne/Merlin College | 710 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Calasanctius College | 906 | +6% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Feichín | 63 | −19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 48 km | |
| Coláiste Bhaile Chláir | 1,269 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 51 km | |
| Gort Community School | 1,043 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 52 km | |
| Scoil Phobail | 489 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Presentation College | 857 | +10% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Presentation College | 1,100 | +2% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Clárin College | 1,140 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | 60 km | |
| Coláiste an Eachréidh | 234 | −3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 61 km | |
| Archbishop McHale College | 479 | +94% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| High Cross College | 777 | – | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| St. Jarlaths College | 762 | +34% | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| St Raphaels College | 749 | +12% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| St Brigids College | 751 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | 70 km | |
| St Killian's College (Coláiste Chilleáin Naofa) | 168 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 77 km | |
| Mercy College | 157 | +6% | Catholic | English | 80 km | |
| Dunmore Community School | 367 | +29% | Inter-denominational | English | 82 km | |
| St. Cuan's College | 435 | +42% | Catholic | English | 83 km | |
| Holy Rosary College | 720 | +2% | Catholic | English | 84 km | |
| Coláiste an Chreagáin | 116 | +47% | Multi-denominational | English | 84 km | |
| Glenamaddy Community School | 433 | +15% | Inter-denominational | English | 89 km | |
| Portumna Community School | 506 | +14% | Inter-denominational | English | 91 km | |
| Clonfert College | 926 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 93 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 306 | +26% | Catholic | English | 97 km |
Living in Cill Rónáin
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the H91 Eircode area
Housing in Cill Rónáin →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 Cill Rónáin →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
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near Cill Rónáin
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Naomh Eoin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Naomh Eoin
Is Coláiste Naomh Eoin 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 Coláiste Naomh Eoin have?
41 pupils in 2025/26. That is +3% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Naomh Eoin teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Coláiste Naomh Eoin is taught through Irish.
Who runs Coláiste Naomh Eoin?
Coláiste Naomh Eoin has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Galway & Roscommon ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Naomh Eoin?
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 Coláiste Naomh Eoin?
The nearest are Coláiste Ghobnait (5.2 km), Coláiste Naomh Éinne (7 km) and Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin (19 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 Cill Rónáin; 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).