Holy Rosary College
Mountbellew, Co Galway · H53 VN50 · Roll number 63090I
Holy Rosary College is one of 3 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Mountbellew. Every school in and around Mountbellew →
What stands out about Holy Rosary College
- 720 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+2%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- The largest of the 3 post-primary schools around Mountbellew.
- 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.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Holy Rosary College had 720 pupils in 2025/26, against 568 in 2015/16 (+27%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 735, in 2021/22. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Holy Rosary College
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 Holy Rosary College 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 Holy Rosary College
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 Holy Rosary College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Holy Rosary College 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: Holy Rosary College is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+2%). All the schools around Mountbellew 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.
Holy Rosary College has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +2%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Rosary College | 720 | +2% | Catholic | English | ||
| Coláiste an Chreagáin | 116 | +47% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.3 km | |
| St. Cuan's College | 435 | +42% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 306 | +26% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Glenamaddy Community School | 433 | +15% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| St Killian's College (Coláiste Chilleáin Naofa) | 168 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Dunmore Community School | 367 | +29% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km |
The other 37 post-primary schools in Co. Galway
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonfert College | 926 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Archbishop McHale College | 479 | +94% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St. Jarlaths College | 762 | +34% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| High Cross College | 777 | – | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Coláiste an Eachréidh | 234 | −3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Presentation College | 1,100 | +2% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Clárin College | 1,140 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| St Raphaels College | 749 | +12% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Brigids College | 751 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Coláiste Bhaile Chláir | 1,269 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Calasanctius College | 906 | +6% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuirlinne/Merlin College | 710 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Presentation College | 857 | +10% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Galway Community College | 395 | +49% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Galway City & Oranmore Educate Together Secondary School | 379 | +924% | Multi-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 791 | +5% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Coláiste Iognáid S.J. | 637 | +2% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 44 km | |
| Coláiste Muire Máthair | 738 | – | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Dominican College | 564 | −11% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Coláiste Einde | 808 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 658 | +0% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Portumna Community School | 506 | +14% | Inter-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| Seamount College | 628 | +19% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Coláiste na Coiribe | 711 | +19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 47 km | |
| Mercy College | 157 | +6% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Gort Community School | 1,043 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 50 km | |
| St Pauls | 465 | +8% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Colaiste Chroi Mhuire | 270 | +17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 59 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Feichín | 63 | −19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 63 km | |
| Colaiste Cholmcille | 101 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 64 km |
| Coláiste Na bPiarsach | 54 | −17% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 74 km |
| Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin | 440 | +20% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 77 km |
| Coláiste Ghobnait | 35 | +46% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 82 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Eoin | 41 | +3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 84 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Éinne | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 87 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Mhic Dara | 117 | +22% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 89 km |
| Scoil Phobail | 489 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 101 km |
Living in Mountbellew
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the H53 Eircode area
Housing in Mountbellew →The median sale price fell from €210,000 in 2023 to €200,000 in 2025 (−5%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the H53 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Galway
Cost of living in Mountbellew →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 ↗Mountbellew, H53 VN50
Post-primary schools near Holy Rosary College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Holy Rosary College
Is Holy Rosary College 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 Holy Rosary College have?
720 pupils in 2025/26. That is +2% since 2019/20.
Does Holy Rosary College teach through Irish?
No: Holy Rosary College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Holy Rosary College?
Holy Rosary College has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is CEIST.
How do pupils get a place at Holy Rosary College?
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 Holy Rosary College?
The nearest are Coláiste an Chreagáin (1.3 km), St. Cuan's College (4.8 km) and Coláiste Mhuire (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 Mountbellew; 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).