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Coláiste an Chreagáin

Post-primary · ETBMulti-denominational

Mountbellew, Ballinasloe, Co Galway · H53 XT54 · Roll number 71290M

Coláiste an Chreagáin is one of 3 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Mountbellew. Every school in and around Mountbellew →

Pupils
116
September, 2025/26
45 girls, 71 boys
Since 2019/20
+47%
from 79 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Multi-denominational
Patron: Galway & Roscommon ETB
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Coláiste an Chreagáin

  • A small post-primary school: 116 pupils, against a typical 585.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 116 pupils, 47% more than the 79 of 2019/20.
  • The smallest of the 3 post-primary schools around Mountbellew.
  • 45 girls and 71 boys: more of one than the other.
  • An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
  • Its patron is the Galway & Roscommon ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Coláiste an Chreagáin had 116 pupils in 2025/26, against 102 in 2015/16 (+14%). Girls are 39% of them. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

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

No letter

No letter for Coláiste an Chreagáin

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 an Chreagáin 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 an Chreagáin

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 an Chreagáin

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Coláiste an Chreagáin 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.

Pupils
116
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+47%
from 79 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Coláiste an Chreagáin has grown by 47% since 2019/20. All the schools around Mountbellew together changed by +15%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Coláiste an Chreagáin+47%
The post-primary schools around Mountbellew+16%
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.

Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Coláiste an Chreagáin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +47%; 0 of the 5 grew faster.

Coláiste an Chreagáin116
Holy Rosary College720
St. Cuan's College435
Coláiste Mhuire306
Glenamaddy433
St Killian's College168
Clonfert College926
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Coláiste an Chreagáin116+47%Multi-denominationalEnglish
Holy Rosary College720+2%CatholicEnglish1.3 km
St. Cuan's College435+42%CatholicEnglish3.7 km
Coláiste Mhuire306+26%CatholicEnglish13 km
Glenamaddy Community School433+15%Inter-denominationalEnglish17 km
St Killian's College (Coláiste Chilleáin Naofa)168+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Clonfert College926–CatholicEnglish✓22 km
The other 37 post-primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Dunmore Community School367+29%Inter-denominationalEnglish24 km
Archbishop McHale College479+94%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓25 km
St. Jarlaths College762+34%CatholicEnglish25 km
Coláiste an Eachréidh234−3%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish25 km
High Cross College777–CatholicEnglish25 km
Presentation College1,100+2%CatholicEnglish26 km
Clárin College1,140+118%Multi-denominationalEnglish26 km
St Raphaels College749+12%CatholicEnglish30 km
St Brigids College751+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish30 km
Coláiste Bhaile Chláir1,269+10%Multi-denominationalEnglish33 km
Calasanctius College906+6%CatholicEnglish37 km
Coláiste Mhuirlinne/Merlin College710+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓39 km
Galway Community College395+49%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓41 km
Presentation College857+10%CatholicEnglish41 km
Galway City & Oranmore Educate Together Secondary School379+924%Multi-denominationalEnglish43 km
St Joseph's College791+5%CatholicEnglish43 km
Coláiste Iognáid S.J.637+2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish44 km
Coláiste Muire Máthair738–CatholicEnglish44 km
Portumna Community School506+14%Inter-denominationalEnglish44 km
Dominican College564−11%CatholicEnglish45 km
Coláiste Einde808+2%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Jesus & Mary Secondary School658+0%CatholicEnglish46 km
Mercy College157+6%CatholicEnglish46 km
Seamount College628+19%CatholicEnglish47 km
Coláiste na Coiribe711+19%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish47 km
Gort Community School1,043+22%Inter-denominationalEnglish49 km
St Pauls465+8%CatholicEnglish56 km
Colaiste Chroi Mhuire270+17%CatholicAll in Irish60 km
Coláiste Naomh Feichín63−19%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish64 km
Colaiste Cholmcille101−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓65 km
Coláiste Na bPiarsach54−17%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓75 km
Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin440+20%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓77 km
Coláiste Ghobnait35+46%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish82 km
Coláiste Naomh Eoin41+3%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish84 km
Coláiste Naomh Éinne59+7%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish87 km
Scoil Phobail Mhic Dara117+22%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓90 km
Scoil Phobail489+13%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓102 km
Living nearby

Living in Mountbellew

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

Median sale price
€208,500
routing key H53, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,637
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Galway

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%).

2023€210,000
2024€215,000
2025€200,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€331,600
Second-hand homes€199,200

Property Price Register sales in the H53 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.

Mountbellew, H53 XT54

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Coláiste an Chreagáin

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Coláiste an Chreagáin

Is Coláiste an Chreagáin 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 an Chreagáin have?

116 pupils in 2025/26. That is +47% since 2019/20.

Does Coláiste an Chreagáin teach through Irish?

No: Coláiste an Chreagáin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Coláiste an Chreagáin?

Coláiste an Chreagáin has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Galway & Roscommon ETB.

How do pupils get a place at Coláiste an Chreagáin?

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 an Chreagáin?

The nearest are Holy Rosary College (1.3 km), St. Cuan's College (3.7 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).