Coláiste Abhainn Rí
Callan North, Callan · R95 N267 · Roll number 68425P
Coláiste Abhainn Rí is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Callan. Every school in and around Callan →
What stands out about Coláiste Abhainn Rí
- 706 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- On the lists since 2022/23: a new school, or a new roll after schools joined.
- 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 & ERST; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only post-primary school in Callan or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2022/23 to 2025/26Coláiste Abhainn Rí had 706 pupils in 2025/26, against 597 in 2022/23 (+18%). Girls are 40% of them. Its roll rose in 3 of the 3 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Coláiste Abhainn Rí
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 Abhainn Rí 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 Abhainn Rí
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 Abhainn Rí
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Abhainn Rí 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.
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, 2 have more pupils than Coláiste Abhainn Rí.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Abhainn Rí | 706 | – | Catholic | English | ||
| Presentation Secondary School | 365 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 972 | +24% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Aireagail | 204 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Kieran's College | 831 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| City Vocational School | 300 | +30% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 14 km |
| Coláiste Pobail Osraí | 214 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 14 km |
The other 9 post-primary schools in Co. Kilkenny
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Brothers College Kilkenny | 816 | +11% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 947 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Kilkenny College | 928 | +1% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Grennan College | 334 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 659 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Duiske College | 141 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Coláiste Cois Siúire | 167 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Community School | 634 | +14% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Abbey Community College | 1,004 | +6% | Inter-denominational | English | 37 km |
Living in Callan
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R95 Eircode area
Housing in Callan →The median sale price rose from €289,400 in 2023 to €351,700 in 2025 (+22%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Callan
Cost of living in Callan →New tenancies in Callan averaged €1,067 a month in 2025, against €966 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Callan, R95 N267
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Abhainn Rí
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Abhainn Rí
Is Coláiste Abhainn Rí 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 Abhainn Rí have?
706 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Coláiste Abhainn Rí teach through Irish?
No: Coláiste Abhainn Rí teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coláiste Abhainn Rí?
Coláiste Abhainn Rí has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is CEIST & ERST.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Abhainn Rí?
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 Abhainn Rí?
The nearest are Presentation Secondary School (13 km), Presentation Secondary School (14 km) and Scoil Aireagail (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 Callan; 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).