Colaiste Dun Iascaigh
Cashel Road, Cahir, Co Tipperary · E21 NV38 · Roll number 76063D
Colaiste Dun Iascaigh is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Cahir. Every school in and around Cahir →
What stands out about Colaiste Dun Iascaigh
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 889 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 889 pupils, 23% more than the 721 of 2019/20.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Tipperary ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Cahir or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Colaiste Dun Iascaigh had 889 pupils in 2025/26, against 646 in 2015/16 (+38%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 904, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 8 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 Dun Iascaigh
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 Dun Iascaigh 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 Dun Iascaigh
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 Dun Iascaigh
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Colaiste Dun Iascaigh 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 Dun Iascaigh has grown by 23% since 2019/20. All the schools around Cahir together changed by +13%.
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.
Colaiste Dun Iascaigh has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +23%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colaiste Dun Iascaigh | 889 | +23% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Rockwell College | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 448 | +1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Ardscoil na mBráithre | 706 | +1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Central Technical Institute, Clonmel | 366 | +43% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 15 km |
| Cashel Community School | 885 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 465 | −5% | Catholic | English | 16 km |
The other 23 post-primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrician Presentation | 289 | +88% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| The Abbey School | 354 | −11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St. Ailbe's School | 704 | +101% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St. Anne's Secondary School | 267 | −19% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Ruain | 360 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 365 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Ursuline Secondary School | 895 | +10% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| C.B.S. Thurles | 571 | −1% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 559 | −10% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed | 601 | +72% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 34 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 470 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Edmund Rice Secondary School | 305 | +4% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Comeragh College | 613 | +38% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| St Josephs College | 373 | +36% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Our Ladys Secondary School | 646 | +15% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| St. Joseph's CBS Nenagh | 715 | +33% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 577 | +28% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Nenagh College | 345 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 58 km | |
| Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré | 594 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| Cistercian College | 255 | +16% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Borrisokane Community College | 723 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | 70 km |
Living in Cahir
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Homes in the E21 Eircode area
Housing in Cahir →The median sale price rose from €185,000 in 2023 to €261,500 in 2025 (+41%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E21 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Cahir
Cost of living in Cahir →New tenancies in Cahir averaged €948 a month in 2025, against €864 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Cahir, E21 NV38
Post-primary schools near Colaiste Dun Iascaigh
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Colaiste Dun Iascaigh
Is Colaiste Dun Iascaigh 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 Dun Iascaigh have?
889 pupils in 2025/26. That is +23% since 2019/20.
Does Colaiste Dun Iascaigh teach through Irish?
No: Colaiste Dun Iascaigh teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Colaiste Dun Iascaigh?
Colaiste Dun Iascaigh has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Tipperary ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Colaiste Dun Iascaigh?
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 Dun Iascaigh?
The nearest are Rockwell College (8.7 km), Presentation Secondary School (14 km) and Ardscoil na mBráithre (15 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 Cahir; 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).