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Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef

Post-primary · ETBMulti-denominational

ABBEYFEALE, CO LIMERICK · V94 F7X4 · Roll number 76093M

Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Abbeyfeale. Every school in and around Abbeyfeale →

Pupils
669
September, 2025/26
325 girls, 344 boys
Since 2019/20
−1%
from 674 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Multi-denominational
Patron: Limerick & Clare ETB
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef

  • 669 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−1%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
  • Its patron is the Limerick & Clare ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
  • The only post-primary school in Abbeyfeale or within 3 km of it.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef had 669 pupils in 2025/26, against 655 in 2015/16 (+2%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 707, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

02004006008002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef

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 Íde agus Iosaef 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef

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 in

Getting a place at Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef 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.

Pupils
669
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−1%
from 674 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). All the schools around Abbeyfeale together changed by −6%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef−1%
The post-primary schools around Abbeyfeale−1%
All Irish post-primary schools+15%

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

2025/26

The 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, 1 have more pupils than Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.

Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef669
St. Michael's College347
Coláiste na Ríochta178
Presentation341
Scoil Mhuire & Íde754
Desmond College539
Meanscoil Phadraig Naofa179
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef669−1%Multi-denominationalEnglish
St. Michael's College347+37%CatholicEnglish14 km
Coláiste na Ríochta178+109%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Presentation Secondary School341+8%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil Mhuire & Íde754+6%CatholicEnglish17 km
Desmond College539+38%Multi-denominationalIrish stream✓18 km
Meanscoil Phadraig Naofa179−9%CatholicEnglish20 km
The other 25 post-primary schools in Co. Limerick
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Hazelwood College562−1%Multi-denominationalEnglish27 km
Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College)537+9%Inter-denominationalEnglish29 km
Colaiste Mhuire269−32%Inter-denominationalEnglish32 km
Salesian Secondary College746+5%CatholicEnglish41 km
Colaiste Chiarain821+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓43 km
Coláiste Iósaef505+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓49 km
Mungret Community College991+175%Multi-denominationalEnglish49 km
Crescent College Comprehensive922+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish52 km
Villiers Secondary School508−5%Church of IrelandEnglish53 km
Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ746+19%CatholicEnglish54 km
Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ315−23%CatholicAll in Irish54 km
St Clements College411−19%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Ardscoil Ris728−3%CatholicEnglish54 km
Thomond Community College597+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓54 km
Colaiste Mhichil349+6%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Coláiste Nano Nagle365+13%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh606−7%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish56 km
Ardscoil Mhuire591+4%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Pól715+40%CatholicEnglish56 km
St Munchin's College682+4%CatholicEnglish57 km
Limerick City East Secondary School811+587%Multi-denominationalEnglish57 km
John The Baptist Community School960−12%Inter-denominationalEnglish59 km
Castletroy College1,360+13%Inter-denominationalEnglish60 km
Glenstal Abbey School203−11%CatholicEnglish69 km
Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa518−19%CatholicEnglish75 km
Living nearby

Living in Abbeyfeale

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€173,500
104 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€952
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the V94 Eircode area

Housing in Abbeyfeale →

The median sale price rose from €275,000 in 2023 to €351,500 in 2025 (+28%).

2023€275,000
2024€310,000
2025€351,500

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€406,100
Second-hand homes€281,100

Property Price Register sales in the V94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

New tenancies in Abbeyfeale averaged €952 a month in 2025, against €1,047 in 2024 (−9%).

2024€1,047
2025€952

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Abbeyfeale, V94 F7X4

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef

Is Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef 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 Íde agus Iosaef have?

669 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.

Does Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef teach through Irish?

No: Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef?

Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Limerick & Clare ETB.

How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef?

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 Íde agus Iosaef?

The nearest are St. Michael's College (14 km), Coláiste na Ríochta (14 km) and Presentation Secondary School (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 Abbeyfeale; 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).