Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn
Ráth Chairn, Áth Buí,, Co. na Mí · C15 FK26 · Roll number 71991T
Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Athboy. Every school in and around Athboy →
What stands out about Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn
- A small post-primary school: 140 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+9%).
- In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Louth & Meath ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- Outside Athboy’s outline, 2.9 km away; listed with Athboy, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn had 140 pupils in 2025/26, down from 141 in 2015/16 (−1%). Girls are 55% of them. Its roll rose in 7 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 Pobail Rath Cairn
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 Pobail Rath Cairn 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 Pobail Rath Cairn
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 Pobail Rath Cairn
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn 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 teaches every subject through Irish.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn has grown by 9% since 2019/20. All the schools around Athboy together changed by +7%.
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 Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +9%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn | 140 | +9% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ||
| Athboy Community School | 681 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.6 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 814 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Boyne Community School | 1,008 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| St Patrick's Classical School | 967 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Ciaran's Community School | 619 | −4% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School, Navan, | 682 | −7% | Catholic | English | 12 km |
The other 17 post-primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufort College | 926 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Eureka Secondary School | 735 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 920 | +14% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste na Mí | 913 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Clavin | 519 | +40% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Enfield Community College | 684 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| O'Carolan College | 725 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Community College Dunshaughlin | 1,120 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Coláiste Rioga | 267 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| St Oliver Post Primary | 630 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Ratoath College | 1,132 | +6% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| De Lacy College | 929 | +68% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Ashbourne Community School | 1,109 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| St Peter's College | 1,214 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Laytown & Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School | 520 | +1,344% | Multi-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| Franciscan College | 321 | −26% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Colaiste na hInse | 1,021 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | 41 km |
Living in Athboy
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the C15 Eircode area
Housing in Athboy →The median sale price rose from €340,000 in 2023 to €375,000 in 2025 (+10%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the C15 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Athboy
Cost of living in Athboy →New tenancies in Athboy averaged €1,249 a month in 2025, against €1,178 in 2024 (+6%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Athboy, C15 FK26
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn
Is Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn 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 Pobail Rath Cairn have?
140 pupils in 2025/26. That is +9% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn is taught through Irish.
Who runs Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn?
Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Louth & Meath ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn?
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 Pobail Rath Cairn?
The nearest are Athboy Community School (3.6 km), Scoil Mhuire (8.9 km) and Boyne Community School (9.2 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 Athboy; 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).