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Rathstewart, Athy, Co Kildare · R14 DK12 · Roll number 68077S
Árdscoil na Trionóide is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Athy. Every school in and around Athy →
What stands out about Árdscoil na Trionóide
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 894 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+4%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 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 CEIST; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Árdscoil na Trionóide had 894 pupils in 2025/26, against 832 in 2015/16 (+7%). Girls are 52% of them. 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 Árdscoil na Trionóide
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 Árdscoil na Trionóide 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 Árdscoil na Trionóide
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 Árdscoil na Trionóide
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Árdscoil na Trionóide 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: Árdscoil na Trionóide is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+4%). All the schools around Athy together changed by +1%.
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.
Árdscoil na Trionóide has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +4%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Árdscoil na Trionóide | 894 | +4% | Catholic | English | ||
| Athy Community College | 646 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.6 km |
| Colaiste Lorcain | 334 | −18% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Mary's Knockbeg College | 515 | +17% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 843 | +68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Mary's Academy CBS | 367 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St. Leo's College | 842 | −18% | Catholic | English | 18 km |
The other 25 post-primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh Community College | 288 | +112% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Kildare Town Community School | 1,014 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Cross And Passion College | 843 | +1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Conleth's Community College | 752 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Holy Family Secondary School | 789 | +11% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Patrician Secondary School | 932 | +5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin | 751 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Newbridge College | 923 | +4% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Piper's Hill College | 1,049 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara | 401 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Meánscoil Iognáid Ris | 1,013 | +0% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Mhuire | 1,076 | +3% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Naas Community College | 928 | +95% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| St Farnan's Post Primary School | 676 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Community School | 1,189 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| Clongowes Wood College | 421 | −6% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St Wolstan's Community School | 846 | +17% | Inter-denominational | English | 47 km | |
| Salesian College | 880 | +25% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Celbridge Community School | 712 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Dara | 828 | −10% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad | 154 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 50 km | |
| Maynooth Post Primary School | 1,018 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 50 km | |
| Maynooth Community College | 1,013 | +66% | Multi-denominational | English | 51 km | |
| Coláiste Chiaráin | 676 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 52 km | |
| Confey Community College | 934 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 53 km |
Living in Athy
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R14 Eircode area
Housing in Athy →The median sale price rose from €229,000 in 2023 to €345,000 in 2025 (+51%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R14 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Athy
Cost of living in Athy →New tenancies in Athy averaged €1,321 a month in 2025, against €1,212 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Athy, R14 DK12
Post-primary schools near Árdscoil na Trionóide
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Árdscoil na Trionóide
Is Árdscoil na Trionóide 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 Árdscoil na Trionóide have?
894 pupils in 2025/26. That is +4% since 2019/20.
Does Árdscoil na Trionóide teach through Irish?
No: Árdscoil na Trionóide teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Árdscoil na Trionóide?
Árdscoil na Trionóide has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is CEIST.
How do pupils get a place at Árdscoil na Trionóide?
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 Árdscoil na Trionóide?
The nearest are Athy Community College (0.6 km), Colaiste Lorcain (14 km) and St Mary's Knockbeg College (15 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 Athy; 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).