St. Michael's College
Listowel, Co. Kerry · V31 DX31 · Roll number 61370E
St. Michael's College is one of 3 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Listowel. Every school in and around Listowel →
What stands out about St. Michael's College
- A small post-primary school: 347 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 347 pupils, 37% more than the 253 of 2019/20.
- A boys’ school.
- The largest of the 3 post-primary schools around Listowel.
- 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 the Bishop of Kerry; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St. Michael's College had 347 pupils in 2025/26, against 226 in 2015/16 (+54%). 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 St. Michael's 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 St. Michael's 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 St. Michael's 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 St. Michael's College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St. Michael's 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 boys only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St. Michael's College has grown by 37% since 2019/20. All the schools around Listowel 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.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 4 have more pupils than St. Michael's College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +37%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Michael's College | 347 | +37% | Catholic | English | ||
| Coláiste na Ríochta | 178 | +109% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.2 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 341 | +8% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef | 669 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Tarbert Comprehensive School | 546 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School | 349 | +9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Causeway Comprehensive School | 646 | +35% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
The other 20 post-primary schools in Co. Kerry
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meanscoil Phadraig Naofa | 179 | −9% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Coláiste Gleann Lí Post Primary School | 279 | +29% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Meanscoil Naomh Ioseph | 211 | −14% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Castleisland Community College | 452 | +80% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk | 1,322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí | 312 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 517 | −9% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| C.B.S. Secondary School | 801 | +26% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 712 | +16% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Meanscoil Nua an Leith Triuigh | 160 | +1% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Killarney Community College | 469 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| St. Brendan's College | 871 | +14% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St. Brigid's Secondary School | 789 | +25% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| The Intermediate School | 711 | +48% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra | 367 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 44 km | |
| Community College Killorglin | 285 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine | 646 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 63 km | |
| Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne | 441 | +13% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 64 km | |
| Coláiste Íde | 123 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | 67 km | |
| Coláiste na Sceilge | 543 | +6% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 77 km |
Living in Listowel
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V31 Eircode area
Housing in Listowel →The median sale price rose from €204,000 in 2023 to €250,000 in 2025 (+23%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V31 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Listowel
Cost of living in Listowel →New tenancies in Listowel averaged €1,079 a month in 2025, against €973 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Listowel, V31 DX31
Post-primary schools near St. Michael's College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St. Michael's College
Is St. Michael's 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 St. Michael's College have?
347 pupils in 2025/26. That is +37% since 2019/20.
Does St. Michael's College teach through Irish?
No: St. Michael's College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St. Michael's College?
St. Michael's College has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kerry.
How do pupils get a place at St. Michael's 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 St. Michael's College?
The nearest are Coláiste na Ríochta (0.2 km), Presentation Secondary School (1.2 km) and Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef (14 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 Listowel; 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).