Coláiste Íde
Baile an Ghóilín, Daingean Uí Chúis, Co Chiarraí · V92 E432 · Roll number 61301I
Coláiste Íde is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis. Every school in and around Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis →
What stands out about Coláiste Íde
- A small post-primary school: 123 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Growing: 123 pupils, 23% more than the 100 of 2019/20.
- In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
- A girls’ school.
- A boarding 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 Cairde Colaiste Ide Teoranta; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis’s outline, 2 km away; listed with Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste Íde had 123 pupils in 2025/26, down from 135 in 2015/16 (−9%). 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 Íde
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 Íde 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 Íde
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 Íde
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Íde 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. It teaches every subject through Irish. It takes boarders as well as day pupils.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Coláiste Íde has grown by 23% since 2019/20. All the schools around Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis together changed by +20%.
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 3 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Coláiste Íde. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +23%; 0 of the 3 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Íde | 123 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ||
| Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne | 441 | +13% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 3.2 km | |
| Coláiste na Sceilge | 543 | +6% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 21 km | |
| Meanscoil Nua an Leith Triuigh | 160 | +1% | Catholic | English | 24 km |
The other 22 post-primary schools in Co. Kerry
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Intermediate School | 711 | +48% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Community College Killorglin | 285 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 712 | +16% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk | 1,322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| C.B.S. Secondary School | 801 | +26% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 517 | −9% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí | 312 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| Coláiste Gleann Lí Post Primary School | 279 | +29% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Causeway Comprehensive School | 646 | +35% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Killarney Community College | 469 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| St. Brendan's College | 871 | +14% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| St. Brigid's Secondary School | 789 | +25% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine | 646 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 56 km | |
| Meanscoil Naomh Ioseph | 211 | −14% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Castleisland Community College | 452 | +80% | Multi-denominational | English | 59 km | |
| Meanscoil Phadraig Naofa | 179 | −9% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School | 349 | +9% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 341 | +8% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Coláiste na Ríochta | 178 | +109% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| St. Michael's College | 347 | +37% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra | 367 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 73 km | |
| Tarbert Comprehensive School | 546 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 80 km |
Living in Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V92 Eircode area
Housing in Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis →The median sale price rose from €220,000 in 2023 to €272,000 in 2025 (+24%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis
Cost of living in Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis →New tenancies in Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis averaged €1,000 a month in 2025, against €830 in 2024 (+21%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis, V92 E432
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Íde
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Íde
Is Coláiste Íde 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 Íde have?
123 pupils in 2025/26. That is +23% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Íde teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Coláiste Íde is taught through Irish.
Who runs Coláiste Íde?
Coláiste Íde has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Cairde Colaiste Ide Teoranta.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Íde?
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 Íde?
The nearest are Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne (3.2 km), Coláiste na Sceilge (21 km) and Meanscoil Nua an Leith Triuigh (24 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 Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis; 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).