Coláiste Chú Chulainn
Lower Marshes, Dundalk, CO. LOUTH · A91 F75P · Roll number 76195U
Coláiste Chú Chulainn is one of 8 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Dundalk. Every school in and around Dundalk →
What stands out about Coláiste Chú Chulainn
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 885 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Growing: 885 pupils, 44% more than the 614 of 2019/20.
- Some classes are taught entirely through Irish, the rest in English.
- In 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.
- 354 girls and 531 boys: more of one than the other.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Louth & Meath ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste Chú Chulainn had 885 pupils in 2025/26, against 210 in 2015/16 (+321%). Girls are 40% of them. Its largest roll was 897, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 9 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Coláiste Chú Chulainn
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 Chú Chulainn 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 Chú Chulainn
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 Chú Chulainn
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Chú Chulainn 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Coláiste Chú Chulainn has grown by 44% since 2019/20. All the schools around Dundalk together changed by +9%.
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.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 2 have more pupils than Coláiste Chú Chulainn. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +44%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Chú Chulainn | 885 | +44% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 928 | +0% | Catholic | English | 0.6 km | |
| Colaiste Rís | 616 | −2% | Catholic | Irish stream | 0.8 km | |
| St Mary's College | 916 | +24% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| Dundalk Grammar School | 597 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 1 km | |
| Ó Fiaich College | 336 | +25% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| St Louis Secondary School | 524 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
The other 11 post-primary schools in Co. Louth
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De La Salle College | 755 | +14% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Bush Post Primary School | 833 | +29% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Ardee Community School | 1,306 | +35% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Ui Mhuiri | 644 | +20% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Ballymakenny College | 998 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| St. Joseph's C.B.S. | 1,128 | +44% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Our Lady's College | 965 | +3% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Drogheda Grammar School | 557 | +43% | Quaker | English | 32 km | |
| St Oliver's Community College | 1,422 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 717 | +11% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Mary's Diocesan School | 917 | +10% | Catholic | English | 33 km |
Living in Dundalk
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Homes in the A91 Eircode area
Housing in Dundalk →The median sale price rose from €261,500 in 2023 to €335,000 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Dundalk
Cost of living in Dundalk →New tenancies in Dundalk averaged €1,394 a month in 2025, against €1,280 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Dundalk, A91 F75P
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Chú Chulainn
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Chú Chulainn
Is Coláiste Chú Chulainn 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 Chú Chulainn have?
885 pupils in 2025/26. That is +44% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Chú Chulainn teach through Irish?
In part: some classes are taught entirely through Irish, the rest in English.
Who runs Coláiste Chú Chulainn?
Coláiste Chú Chulainn has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Louth & Meath ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Chú Chulainn?
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 Chú Chulainn?
The nearest are St Vincent's Secondary School (0.6 km), Colaiste Rís (0.8 km) and St Mary's College (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 Dundalk; 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).