Dunmore Community School
Dunmore, Co Galway · H54 KP03 · Roll number 91414Q
Dunmore Community School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Dunmore. Every school in and around Dunmore →
What stands out about Dunmore Community School
- 367 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 367 pupils, 29% more than the 284 of 2019/20.
- A community school: run by a board of the local Education and Training Board and the religious or other bodies that founded it.
- Its patron is Galway & Roscommon ETB & Religious Sisters of Mercy; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Dunmore or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Dunmore Community School had 367 pupils in 2025/26, against 307 in 2015/16 (+20%). Girls are 45% of them. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Dunmore Community School
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 Dunmore Community School 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 Dunmore Community School
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 Dunmore Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Dunmore Community School 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Dunmore Community School has grown by 29% since 2019/20. All the schools around Dunmore together changed by +15%.
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 Dunmore Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +29%; 2 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunmore Community School | 367 | +29% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Glenamaddy Community School | 433 | +15% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| High Cross College | 777 | – | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St. Jarlaths College | 762 | +34% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Archbishop McHale College | 479 | +94% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Ballyhaunis Community School | 717 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 402 | +6% | Catholic | English | 21 km |
The other 39 post-primary schools in Co. Galway
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Rosary College | 720 | +2% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Coláiste an Chreagáin | 116 | +47% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| St. Cuan's College | 435 | +42% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 306 | +26% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Presentation College | 857 | +10% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Coláiste Bhaile Chláir | 1,269 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Coláiste an Eachréidh | 234 | −3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| Presentation College | 1,100 | +2% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Clárin College | 1,140 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| St Killian's College (Coláiste Chilleáin Naofa) | 168 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuirlinne/Merlin College | 710 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Calasanctius College | 906 | +6% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Galway Community College | 395 | +49% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Galway City & Oranmore Educate Together Secondary School | 379 | +924% | Multi-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 791 | +5% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Coláiste Iognáid S.J. | 637 | +2% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 44 km | |
| St Pauls | 465 | +8% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Coláiste Muire Máthair | 738 | – | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Dominican College | 564 | −11% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Coláiste Einde | 808 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 658 | +0% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Clonfert College | 926 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Coláiste na Coiribe | 711 | +19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| St Raphaels College | 749 | +12% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Brigids College | 751 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | 48 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Feichín | 63 | −19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 48 km | |
| Seamount College | 628 | +19% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Colaiste Chroi Mhuire | 270 | +17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 56 km | |
| Colaiste Cholmcille | 101 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 60 km |
| Gort Community School | 1,043 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 62 km | |
| Coláiste Na bPiarsach | 54 | −17% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 63 km |
| Mercy College | 157 | +6% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| Portumna Community School | 506 | +14% | Inter-denominational | English | 68 km | |
| Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin | 440 | +20% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 69 km |
| Scoil Phobail Mhic Dara | 117 | +22% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 78 km |
| Coláiste Ghobnait | 35 | +46% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 81 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Eoin | 41 | +3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 82 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Éinne | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 82 km | |
| Scoil Phobail | 489 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 86 km |
Living in Dunmore
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the H54 Eircode area
Housing in Dunmore →The median sale price rose from €220,000 in 2023 to €295,000 in 2025 (+34%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the H54 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Galway
Cost of living in Dunmore →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 ↗Dunmore, H54 KP03
Post-primary schools near Dunmore Community School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Dunmore Community School
Is Dunmore Community School 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 Dunmore Community School have?
367 pupils in 2025/26. That is +29% since 2019/20.
Does Dunmore Community School teach through Irish?
No: Dunmore Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Dunmore Community School?
Dunmore Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Galway & Roscommon ETB & Religious Sisters of Mercy.
How do pupils get a place at Dunmore Community School?
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 Dunmore Community School?
The nearest are Glenamaddy Community School (11 km), High Cross College (13 km) and St. Jarlaths College (13 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 Dunmore; 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).