Colaiste Lorcain
Castledermot, Co. Kildare · R14 X620 · Roll number 70670R
Colaiste Lorcain is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Castledermot. Every school in and around Castledermot →
What stands out about Colaiste Lorcain
- A small post-primary school: 334 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 334 pupils, 18% fewer than the 405 of 2019/20.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Kildare & Wicklow ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Castledermot or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Colaiste Lorcain had 334 pupils in 2025/26, down from 380 in 2015/16 (−12%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 427, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Colaiste Lorcain
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 Colaiste Lorcain 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 Colaiste Lorcain
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 Colaiste Lorcain
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Colaiste Lorcain 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: Colaiste Lorcain has shrunk by 18% since 2019/20. All the schools around Castledermot together changed by −12%.
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 Colaiste Lorcain. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −18%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colaiste Lorcain | 334 | −18% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| St Mary's Knockbeg College | 515 | +17% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Presentation College | 801 | −0% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach | 342 | −7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9.4 km | |
| St Mary's Academy CBS | 367 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| St. Leo's College | 842 | −18% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Scoil Chonglais | 452 | −9% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km |
The other 28 post-primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Árdscoil na Trionóide | 894 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Athy Community College | 646 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Cross And Passion College | 843 | +1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Curragh Community College | 288 | +112% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 843 | +68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Kildare Town Community School | 1,014 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| St Conleth's Community College | 752 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Holy Family Secondary School | 789 | +11% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Patrician Secondary School | 932 | +5% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Newbridge College | 923 | +4% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Piper's Hill College | 1,049 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin | 751 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara | 401 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 36 km | |
| Meánscoil Iognáid Ris | 1,013 | +0% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Mhuire | 1,076 | +3% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Naas Community College | 928 | +95% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| St Farnan's Post Primary School | 676 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Community School | 1,189 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 44 km | |
| Clongowes Wood College | 421 | −6% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Wolstan's Community School | 846 | +17% | Inter-denominational | English | 51 km | |
| Salesian College | 880 | +25% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Celbridge Community School | 712 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | 54 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad | 154 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 55 km | |
| Maynooth Post Primary School | 1,018 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 55 km | |
| Coláiste Chiaráin | 676 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 55 km | |
| Scoil Dara | 828 | −10% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Maynooth Community College | 1,013 | +66% | Multi-denominational | English | 56 km | |
| Confey Community College | 934 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 56 km |
Living in Castledermot
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R14 Eircode area
Housing in Castledermot →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 Co. Kildare
Cost of living in Castledermot →New tenancies in Co. Kildare averaged €1,701 a month in 2025, against €1,154 in 2024 (+0%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Castledermot, R14 X620
Post-primary schools near Colaiste Lorcain
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Colaiste Lorcain
Is Colaiste Lorcain 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 Colaiste Lorcain have?
334 pupils in 2025/26. That is −18% since 2019/20.
Does Colaiste Lorcain teach through Irish?
No: Colaiste Lorcain teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Colaiste Lorcain?
Colaiste Lorcain has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kildare & Wicklow ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Colaiste Lorcain?
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 Colaiste Lorcain?
The nearest are St Mary's Knockbeg College (8.1 km), Presentation College (9.3 km) and Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach (9.4 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 Castledermot; 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).