Crescent College Comprehensive
Dooradoyle Rd, Dooradoyle, Limerick · V94 W6W8 · Roll number 81014R
Crescent College Comprehensive is one of 9 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Dooradoyle. Every school in and around Dooradoyle →
What stands out about Crescent College Comprehensive
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 922 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+5%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A comprehensive school: founded by the State with a church partner, which shares its board.
- Its patron is Minister for Education; its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Crescent College Comprehensive had 922 pupils in 2025/26, against 877 in 2015/16 (+5%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 937, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Crescent College Comprehensive
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 Crescent College Comprehensive 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 Crescent College Comprehensive
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 Crescent College Comprehensive
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Crescent College Comprehensive 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: Crescent College Comprehensive is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+5%). All the schools around Dooradoyle together changed by +4%.
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.
Crescent College Comprehensive has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +5%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent College Comprehensive | 922 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ | 746 | +19% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ | 315 | −23% | Catholic | All in Irish | 2.1 km | |
| St Clements College | 411 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| Colaiste Mhichil | 349 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Coláiste Nano Nagle | 365 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| Villiers Secondary School | 508 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 3 km |
The other 21 post-primary schools in Co. Limerick
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mungret Community College | 991 | +175% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.1 km | |
| Ardscoil Ris | 728 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh | 606 | −7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 3.8 km | |
| Ardscoil Mhuire | 591 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Thomond Community College | 597 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Limerick City East Secondary School | 811 | +587% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.7 km | |
| St Munchin's College | 682 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Castletroy College | 1,360 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.4 km | |
| Colaiste Chiarain | 821 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Salesian Secondary College | 746 | +5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Glenstal Abbey School | 203 | −11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Colaiste Mhuire | 269 | −32% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| John The Baptist Community School | 960 | −12% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College) | 537 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Coláiste Iósaef | 505 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa | 518 | −19% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Pól | 715 | +40% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Desmond College | 539 | +38% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 34 km |
| Scoil Mhuire & Íde | 754 | +6% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Hazelwood College | 562 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef | 669 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 52 km |
Living in Dooradoyle
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V94 Eircode area
Housing in Dooradoyle →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 Dooradoyle
Cost of living in Dooradoyle →New tenancies in Dooradoyle averaged €1,688 a month in 2025, against €1,485 in 2024 (+14%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Dooradoyle, V94 W6W8
Post-primary schools near Crescent College Comprehensive
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Crescent College Comprehensive
Is Crescent College Comprehensive 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 Crescent College Comprehensive have?
922 pupils in 2025/26. That is +5% since 2019/20.
Does Crescent College Comprehensive teach through Irish?
No: Crescent College Comprehensive teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Crescent College Comprehensive?
Crescent College Comprehensive has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Minister for Education.
How do pupils get a place at Crescent College Comprehensive?
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 Crescent College Comprehensive?
The nearest are Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ (2 km), Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ (2.1 km) and St Clements College (2.1 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 Dooradoyle; 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).