Dominican College
Taylors Hill, Galway · H91 C573 · Roll number 62990Q
Dominican College is one of 9 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Salthill. Every school in and around Salthill →
What stands out about Dominican College
- 564 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−11%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A girls’ school.
- 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 Le Chéile Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Dominican College had 564 pupils in 2025/26, down from 636 in 2015/16 (−11%). Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Dominican 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 Dominican 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 Dominican 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 Dominican College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Dominican 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.
It takes girls only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Dominican College has shrunk by 11% since 2019/20. All the schools around Salthill together changed by +5%.
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 6 nearest post-primary schools, 5 have more pupils than Dominican College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −11%; 5 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican College | 564 | −11% | Catholic | English | ||
| Coláiste Muire Máthair | 738 | – | Catholic | English | 0.7 km | |
| Coláiste Einde | 808 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.9 km |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 658 | +0% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| Coláiste Iognáid S.J. | 637 | +2% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 1 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 791 | +5% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km | |
| Galway City & Oranmore Educate Together Secondary School | 379 | +924% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.7 km |
The other 37 post-primary schools in Co. Galway
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste na Coiribe | 711 | +19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 3.1 km | |
| Galway Community College | 395 | +49% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Coláiste Mhuirlinne/Merlin College | 710 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Calasanctius College | 906 | +6% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Coláiste Bhaile Chláir | 1,269 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Colaiste Chroi Mhuire | 270 | +17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Seamount College | 628 | +19% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Colaiste Cholmcille | 101 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 21 km |
| Presentation College | 1,100 | +2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Clárin College | 1,140 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Coláiste an Eachréidh | 234 | −3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Presentation College | 857 | +10% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Pauls | 465 | +8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Gort Community School | 1,043 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Archbishop McHale College | 479 | +94% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St. Jarlaths College | 762 | +34% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| High Cross College | 777 | – | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin | 440 | +20% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 35 km |
| St Raphaels College | 749 | +12% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St Brigids College | 751 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Feichín | 63 | −19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 37 km | |
| Coláiste Ghobnait | 35 | +46% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 37 km | |
| Coláiste Na bPiarsach | 54 | −17% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 38 km |
| St Killian's College (Coláiste Chilleáin Naofa) | 168 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Eoin | 41 | +3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 40 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Éinne | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| St. Cuan's College | 435 | +42% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Holy Rosary College | 720 | +2% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Dunmore Community School | 367 | +29% | Inter-denominational | English | 45 km | |
| Coláiste an Chreagáin | 116 | +47% | Multi-denominational | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Mhic Dara | 117 | +22% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 50 km |
| Glenamaddy Community School | 433 | +15% | Inter-denominational | English | 51 km | |
| Mercy College | 157 | +6% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Clonfert College | 926 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 306 | +26% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Portumna Community School | 506 | +14% | Inter-denominational | English | 60 km | |
| Scoil Phobail | 489 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 67 km |
Living in Salthill
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Homes in the H91 Eircode area
Housing in Salthill →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 Salthill
Cost of living in Salthill →New tenancies in Salthill averaged €1,850 a month in 2025, against €1,702 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Salthill, H91 C573
Post-primary schools near Dominican College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Dominican College
Is Dominican 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 Dominican College have?
564 pupils in 2025/26. That is −11% since 2019/20.
Does Dominican College teach through Irish?
No: Dominican College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Dominican College?
Dominican College has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Dominican 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 Dominican College?
The nearest are Coláiste Muire Máthair (0.7 km), Coláiste Einde (0.9 km) and Jesus & Mary Secondary School (1 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 Salthill; 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).