Photo: john salter · CC BY-SA 2.0Most post-primaries around Askeaton take girls and boys: 0% are single-sex, below Co. Limerick’s towns and Irish towns
Set beside other towns, Askeaton comes out below both Co. Limerick’s towns (54%) and Irish towns (39%). Its one secondary school within 3 km, Colaiste Mhuire, has 269 pupils. Ireland publishes no school results, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them, so these schools are described here, never graded or ranked.
Every school in the town or within 3 km of its outline, from the Department of Education’s lists for 2025/26; Ireland’s figures are every school in the lists.
What stands out about Askeaton’s schools
Fewer pupils than before
Pupil numbers at the schools here have fallen since 2019/20, against +5% across Ireland. Pupils over time ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
Pupil numbers around Askeaton
Every school in or within 3 km of the town each September, counted where it stands today.
The schools in and around Askeaton had 638 pupils in 2015/16 and 426 in 2025/26, fewer than before.
Pupils at schools in and around Askeaton
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.
The 2 schools in and around Askeaton
Every school in Askeaton or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. No letters, no results: Irish schools aren’t ranked one by one.
Where the 2 schools in and around Askeaton are
Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Askeaton’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Teaching through Irish in and around Askeaton
Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.
None of the 2 schools in and around Askeaton teaches every subject through Irish.
Who Askeaton’s schools serve
How the area’s pupils divide, against Co. Limerick’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools
| Share of pupils | Around Askeaton | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 37% | 25% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| Girls | 47% | 48% | 49% |
37% of the pupils around Askeaton are at a DEIS school, more than the 27% across Ireland (25% in Co. Limerick). Where this area differs most from Ireland is pupils at all-Irish schools, at 0% against 6%. Scoil Naomh Muire, Eas Géitine, with 157 pupils, is the largest school here in DEIS.
Each of the 2 schools
| School | Pupils | Girls | DEIS | All-Irish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colaiste MhuirePost-primary · ETB | 269 | 47% | ||
| Scoil Naomh Muire, Eas GéitinePrimary | 157 | 48% | ✓ |
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary): enrolments by sex and the DEIS list. Shares are of pupils, not of schools; a county’s are the schools listed with its towns.
Who runs Askeaton’s schools
Who runs each school, as listed for 2025/26; the bars give the share of schools of each kind.
1 of Askeaton’s 2 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Limerick & Clare ETB (1) and Bishop of Limerick (1). 1 of the 2 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
How children get a place in Askeaton
Starting primary school
Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.
Moving to secondary school
Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Inspection reports for Askeaton’s schools
The Inspectorate’s published reports for each school, linked, without ratings
Reports come from whole-school evaluations (teaching, learning, leadership and management), subject inspections and follow-through visits that check earlier advice; gov.ie publishes each one with the school’s response.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 2 schools below links its own.
| School | Reports on gov.ie |
|---|---|
| Colaiste MhuirePost-primary · ETB | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Scoil Naomh Muire, Eas GéitinePrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Askeaton
Every post-primary school within 10 km of the town; families choose and apply to each, at about twelve
3 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Askeaton: 2 ETB schools and one voluntary secondary school. Every one of them takes girls and boys. None within 10 km teaches every subject through Irish.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colaiste MhuireETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 269 | 0.5 km |
| Salesian Secondary CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 746 | 9.4 km |
| Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College)ETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 537 | 9.6 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Askeaton
No special school is in or near Askeaton. 1 of the 1 primary schools has special classes for children who need more support. Their cards ↑
Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.
Askeaton beside the 124 other Irish towns of 900 to 1,700 people
Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tullyallen | 1,697 | 1 | 411 | 0 | 0% | 3.7 km |
| … | ||||||
| An Clochán Liath | 1,247 | 3 | 825 | 0 | 100% | 0.6 km |
| Kilmacanogue | 1,240 | 11 | 2,706 | 1 | 18% | 2.2 km |
| Croom | 1,240 | 2 | 990 | 0 | 100% | 1 km |
| Drumshanbo | 1,240 | 2 | 752 | 0 | 0% | 0.8 km |
| Askeaton | 1,236 | 2 | 426 | 0 | 50% | 0.5 km |
| Headford | 1,235 | 4 | 1,120 | 0 | 0% | 0.8 km |
| Carnew | 1,233 | 4 | 1,150 | 0 | 50% | 0.3 km |
| Castlebellingham-Kilsaran | 1,232 | 3 | 506 | 0 | 0% | 7.7 km |
| Kiltimagh | 1,232 | 2 | 963 | 0 | 0% | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||||
| Clarinbridge | 905 | 2 | 451 | 0 | 0% | 5.5 km |
More pupils attend the schools around 82 of the other 124 towns than around Askeaton. 14 of the 125 towns have an all-Irish school within 3 km.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Schools in the towns around Askeaton
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Askeaton | 2 | 426 | 0 | 50% | 0.5 km |
| Rathkeale 9.5 km | 5 | 971 | 0 | 60% | 0.2 km |
| Adare 13 km | 4 | 446 | 0 | 0% | 6.6 km |
| Shannon 14 km | 10 | 2,913 | 1 | 20% | 0.6 km |
| Newcastle West 18 km | 8 | 2,648 | 1 | 38% | 0.6 km |
| Newmarket-On-Fergus 19 km | 2 | 272 | 0 | 0% | 6.4 km |
Shannon has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 1. Of Askeaton’s neighbours, Newcastle West saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+9%) and Adare the least (−13%); Askeaton itself: −22%.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Askeaton or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
- The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
- Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
- DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
- No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
- What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
- Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
- The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.
Questions about schools in Askeaton
How many schools are there in Askeaton?
In Askeaton or within 3 km of it: 1 primary school and 1 secondary school, with 426 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Askeaton that teach through Irish?
None in Askeaton or within 3 km of it teaches every subject through Irish; some teach it as a subject only.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Askeaton?
No: the secondary school here is free.
What is the best school in Askeaton?
We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.
How do I get a place at a school in Askeaton?
Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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).