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Coláiste Naomh Eoin

Post-primary · ETBMulti-denominationalGaeltacht schoolIsland school

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 →

Pupils
41
September, 2025/26
21 girls, 20 boys
Since 2019/20
+3%
from 40 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Multi-denominational
Patron: Galway & Roscommon ETB
Language
All in Irish
in the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

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 2025/26

Coláiste 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.

02040602018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

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.

Inspections

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 in

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.

Pupils
41
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+3%
from 40 pupils

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

Coláiste Naomh Eoin+3%
The post-primary schools around Cill Rónáin+7%
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 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.

Coláiste Naomh Eoin41
Coláiste Ghobnait35
Coláiste Naomh Éinne59
Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin440
Mary Immaculate284
Colaiste Cholmcille101
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Coláiste Naomh Eoin41+3%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish
Coláiste Ghobnait35+46%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish5.2 km
Coláiste Naomh Éinne59+7%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish7 km
Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin440+20%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓19 km
Mary Immaculate Secondary School284+13%CatholicEnglish21 km
Colaiste Cholmcille101−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓22 km
The other 39 post-primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Colaiste Chroi Mhuire270+17%CatholicAll in Irish26 km
Scoil Phobail Mhic Dara117+22%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓30 km
Coláiste Na bPiarsach54−17%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓33 km
Coláiste na Coiribe711+19%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish37 km
Jesus & Mary Secondary School658+0%CatholicEnglish39 km
Coláiste Einde808+2%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Dominican College564−11%CatholicEnglish40 km
Coláiste Muire Máthair738–CatholicEnglish40 km
Coláiste Iognáid S.J.637+2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish41 km
St Joseph's College791+5%CatholicEnglish41 km
Galway City & Oranmore Educate Together Secondary School379+924%Multi-denominationalEnglish41 km
St Pauls465+8%CatholicEnglish42 km
Galway Community College395+49%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓43 km
Seamount College628+19%CatholicEnglish44 km
Coláiste Mhuirlinne/Merlin College710+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓46 km
Calasanctius College906+6%CatholicEnglish48 km
Coláiste Naomh Feichín63−19%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish48 km
Coláiste Bhaile Chláir1,269+10%Multi-denominationalEnglish51 km
Gort Community School1,043+22%Inter-denominationalEnglish52 km
Scoil Phobail489+13%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓52 km
Presentation College857+10%CatholicEnglish53 km
Presentation College1,100+2%CatholicEnglish60 km
Clárin College1,140+118%Multi-denominationalEnglish60 km
Coláiste an Eachréidh234−3%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish61 km
Archbishop McHale College479+94%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓68 km
High Cross College777–CatholicEnglish69 km
St. Jarlaths College762+34%CatholicEnglish69 km
St Raphaels College749+12%CatholicEnglish70 km
St Brigids College751+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish70 km
St Killian's College (Coláiste Chilleáin Naofa)168+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish77 km
Mercy College157+6%CatholicEnglish80 km
Dunmore Community School367+29%Inter-denominationalEnglish82 km
St. Cuan's College435+42%CatholicEnglish83 km
Holy Rosary College720+2%CatholicEnglish84 km
Coláiste an Chreagáin116+47%Multi-denominationalEnglish84 km
Glenamaddy Community School433+15%Inter-denominationalEnglish89 km
Portumna Community School506+14%Inter-denominationalEnglish91 km
Clonfert College926–CatholicEnglish✓93 km
Coláiste Mhuire306+26%CatholicEnglish97 km
Living nearby

Living in Cill Rónáin

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

Median sale price
€372,600
routing key H91, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,637
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Galway

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%).

2023€338,600
2024€375,000
2025€408,300

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€442,800
Second-hand homes€350,200

Property Price Register sales in the H91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

New tenancies in Co. Galway averaged €1,637 a month in 2025, against €1,501 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,501
2025€1,637

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

near Cill Rónáin

Nearby

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).