Colaiste Mhuire
Askeaton, Co Limerick · V94 P603 · Roll number 71700F
Colaiste Mhuire is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Askeaton. Every school in and around Askeaton →
What stands out about Colaiste Mhuire
- A small post-primary school: 269 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 269 pupils, 32% fewer than the 395 of 2019/20.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Limerick & Clare ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Askeaton or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Colaiste Mhuire had 269 pupils in 2025/26, down from 435 in 2015/16 (−38%). Girls are 47% of them. Its roll rose in 0 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 Mhuire
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 Mhuire 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 Mhuire
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 Mhuire
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Colaiste Mhuire 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 Mhuire has shrunk by 32% since 2019/20. All the schools around Askeaton together changed by −22%.
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 Mhuire. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −32%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colaiste Mhuire | 269 | −32% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College) | 537 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Salesian Secondary College | 746 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| St John Bosco Community College | 289 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Shannon Comprehensive School | 765 | +38% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Caimin's Community School | 794 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Desmond College | 539 | +38% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 17 km |
The other 24 post-primary schools in Co. Limerick
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire & Íde | 754 | +6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Colaiste Chiarain | 821 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Mungret Community College | 991 | +175% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Villiers Secondary School | 508 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Crescent College Comprehensive | 922 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ | 746 | +19% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ | 315 | −23% | Catholic | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| St Clements College | 411 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Thomond Community College | 597 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Ardscoil Ris | 728 | −3% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Coláiste Nano Nagle | 365 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Colaiste Mhichil | 349 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Ardscoil Mhuire | 591 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh | 606 | −7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| St Munchin's College | 682 | +4% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Limerick City East Secondary School | 811 | +587% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Hazelwood College | 562 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Castletroy College | 1,360 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef | 669 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Coláiste Iósaef | 505 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| John The Baptist Community School | 960 | −12% | Inter-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Glenstal Abbey School | 203 | −11% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Pól | 715 | +40% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa | 518 | −19% | Catholic | English | 49 km |
Living in Askeaton
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V94 Eircode area
Housing in Askeaton →The median sale price rose from €275,000 in 2023 to €351,500 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Limerick
Cost of living in Askeaton →New tenancies in Co. Limerick averaged €1,619 a month in 2025, against €1,436 in 2024 (+13%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Askeaton, V94 P603
Post-primary schools near Colaiste Mhuire
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Colaiste Mhuire
Is Colaiste Mhuire 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 Mhuire have?
269 pupils in 2025/26. That is −32% since 2019/20.
Does Colaiste Mhuire teach through Irish?
No: Colaiste Mhuire teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Colaiste Mhuire?
Colaiste Mhuire has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Limerick & Clare ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Colaiste Mhuire?
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 Mhuire?
The nearest are Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College) (9.2 km), Salesian Secondary College (9.2 km) and St John Bosco Community College (12 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 Askeaton; 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).