Coláiste na Sceilge
Caherciveen, Co. Kerry · V23 Y003 · Roll number 76068N
Coláiste na Sceilge is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Cahirciveen. Every school in and around Cahirciveen →
What stands out about Coláiste na Sceilge
- 543 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+6%).
- Some classes are taught entirely through Irish, the rest in English.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Kerry ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Cahirciveen or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste na Sceilge had 543 pupils in 2025/26, against 517 in 2015/16 (+5%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 594, in 2022/23. 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 Coláiste na Sceilge
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 na Sceilge 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 Coláiste na Sceilge
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 Coláiste na Sceilge
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste na Sceilge 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: Coláiste na Sceilge has grown by 6% since 2019/20. All the schools around Cahirciveen together changed by +9%.
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.
Coláiste na Sceilge has more pupils than any of the 2 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +6%; 2 of the 2 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste na Sceilge | 543 | +6% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | ||
| Coláiste Íde | 123 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne | 441 | +13% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 23 km |
The other 23 post-primary schools in Co. Kerry
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Intermediate School | 711 | +48% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Community College Killorglin | 285 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Meanscoil Nua an Leith Triuigh | 160 | +1% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 712 | +16% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine | 646 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| Killarney Community College | 469 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| C.B.S. Secondary School | 801 | +26% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| St. Brigid's Secondary School | 789 | +25% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| St. Brendan's College | 871 | +14% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 517 | −9% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk | 1,322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí | 312 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 52 km | |
| Coláiste Gleann Lí Post Primary School | 279 | +29% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Meanscoil Naomh Ioseph | 211 | −14% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Castleisland Community College | 452 | +80% | Multi-denominational | English | 62 km | |
| Meanscoil Phadraig Naofa | 179 | −9% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| Causeway Comprehensive School | 646 | +35% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra | 367 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 70 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School | 349 | +9% | Catholic | English | 75 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 341 | +8% | Catholic | English | 76 km | |
| Coláiste na Ríochta | 178 | +109% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| St. Michael's College | 347 | +37% | Catholic | English | 77 km | |
| Tarbert Comprehensive School | 546 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 92 km |
Living in Cahirciveen
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V23 Eircode area
Housing in Cahirciveen →The median sale price rose from €252,000 in 2023 to €292,500 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V23 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Kerry
Cost of living in Cahirciveen →New tenancies in Co. Kerry averaged €1,182 a month in 2025, against €1,085 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Cahirciveen, V23 Y003
Post-primary schools near Coláiste na Sceilge
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste na Sceilge
Is Coláiste na Sceilge 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 na Sceilge have?
543 pupils in 2025/26. That is +6% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste na Sceilge teach through Irish?
In part: some classes are taught entirely through Irish, the rest in English.
Who runs Coláiste na Sceilge?
Coláiste na Sceilge has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kerry ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste na Sceilge?
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 na Sceilge?
The nearest are Coláiste Íde (21 km) and Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne (23 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 Cahirciveen; 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).