Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad
Manor Mills, Maigh Nuad · W23 V9P2 · Roll number 76554W
Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad is one of 5 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Maynooth. Every school in and around Maynooth →
What stands out about Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad
- A small post-primary school: 154 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Every subject is taught through Irish.
- On the lists since 2020/21: a new school, or a new roll after schools joined.
- The smallest of the 5 post-primary schools around Maynooth.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Kildare & Wicklow ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2020/21 to 2025/26Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad had 154 pupils in 2025/26, against 24 in 2020/21 (+542%). Girls are 58% of them. Its roll rose in 5 of the 5 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad
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 Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad 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 Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad
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 Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad 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 teaches every subject through Irish.
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 Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad | 154 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ||
| Maynooth Post Primary School | 1,018 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 0.4 km | |
| Maynooth Community College | 1,013 | +66% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.5 km | |
| Salesian College | 880 | +25% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Celbridge Community School | 712 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.9 km | |
| Scoil Dara | 828 | −10% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| St Wolstan's Community School | 846 | +17% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.7 km |
The other 22 post-primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confey Community College | 934 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.4 km | |
| Coláiste Chiaráin | 676 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.6 km | |
| Clongowes Wood College | 421 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Community School | 1,189 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Farnan's Post Primary School | 676 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Naas Community College | 928 | +95% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Mhuire | 1,076 | +3% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Meánscoil Iognáid Ris | 1,013 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara | 401 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| Piper's Hill College | 1,049 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Newbridge College | 923 | +4% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Patrician Secondary School | 932 | +5% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Holy Family Secondary School | 789 | +11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Conleth's Community College | 752 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Cross And Passion College | 843 | +1% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Curragh Community College | 288 | +112% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Kildare Town Community School | 1,014 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin | 751 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 843 | +68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Athy Community College | 646 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Árdscoil na Trionóide | 894 | +4% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Colaiste Lorcain | 334 | −18% | Inter-denominational | English | 55 km |
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Location
Directions ↗Maynooth, W23 V9P2
Post-primary schools near Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad
Is Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad 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 Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad have?
154 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad is taught through Irish.
Who runs Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad?
Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kildare & Wicklow ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad?
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 Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad?
The nearest are Maynooth Post Primary School (0.4 km), Maynooth Community College (1.5 km) and Salesian College (3.8 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 Maynooth; 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).