Coláiste na Ríochta
Upper Church St.,, Listowel, Co. Kerry · V31 WD34 · Roll number 70500P
Coláiste na Ríochta is one of 3 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Listowel. Every school in and around Listowel →
What stands out about Coláiste na Ríochta
- A small post-primary school: 178 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 178 pupils, 109% more than the 85 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- The smallest of the 3 post-primary schools around Listowel.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Kerry ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste na Ríochta had 178 pupils in 2025/26, down from 226 in 2015/16 (−21%). Girls are 44% of them. 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 Coláiste na Ríochta
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 Ríochta 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 Ríochta
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 Ríochta
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste na Ríochta 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Coláiste na Ríochta has grown by 109% 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.
Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Coláiste na Ríochta. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +109%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste na Ríochta | 178 | +109% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| St. Michael's College | 347 | +37% | Catholic | English | 0.2 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 341 | +8% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef | 669 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School | 349 | +9% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Tarbert Comprehensive School | 546 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 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 | 42 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 | |
| Community College Killorglin | 285 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra | 367 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 44 km | |
| Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine | 646 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 63 km | |
| Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne | 441 | +13% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 63 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 WD34
Post-primary schools near Coláiste na Ríochta
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 Ríochta
Is Coláiste na Ríochta 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 Ríochta have?
178 pupils in 2025/26. That is +109% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste na Ríochta teach through Irish?
No: Coláiste na Ríochta teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coláiste na Ríochta?
Coláiste na Ríochta has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kerry ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste na Ríochta?
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 Ríochta?
The nearest are St. Michael's College (0.2 km), Presentation Secondary School (1 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).