Patrician Presentation
Rocklow Rd., Fethard, Co Tipperary · E91 NF88 · Roll number 65350S
Patrician Presentation is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Fethard. Every school in and around Fethard →
What stands out about Patrician Presentation
- A small post-primary school: 289 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 289 pupils, 88% more than the 154 of 2019/20.
- 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.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only post-primary school in Fethard or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Patrician Presentation had 289 pupils in 2025/26, against 115 in 2015/16 (+151%). Girls are 44% of them. Its roll rose in 10 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Patrician Presentation
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 Patrician Presentation 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 Patrician Presentation
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 Patrician Presentation
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Patrician Presentation 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: Patrician Presentation has grown by 88% since 2019/20. All the schools around Fethard together changed by +32%.
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 Patrician Presentation. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +88%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrician Presentation | 289 | +88% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Scoil Ruain | 360 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Ardscoil na mBráithre | 706 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Central Technical Institute, Clonmel | 366 | +43% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 13 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 465 | −5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Rockwell College | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 448 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km |
The other 23 post-primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cashel Community School | 885 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 365 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Colaiste Dun Iascaigh | 889 | +23% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 470 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Edmund Rice Secondary School | 305 | +4% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ursuline Secondary School | 895 | +10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Comeragh College | 613 | +38% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 559 | −10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| C.B.S. Thurles | 571 | −1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed | 601 | +72% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 26 km |
| St. Ailbe's School | 704 | +101% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| The Abbey School | 354 | −11% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St. Anne's Secondary School | 267 | −19% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Josephs College | 373 | +36% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Our Ladys Secondary School | 646 | +15% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré | 594 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| St. Joseph's CBS Nenagh | 715 | +33% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 577 | +28% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Cistercian College | 255 | +16% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Nenagh College | 345 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 56 km | |
| Borrisokane Community College | 723 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | 66 km |
Living in Fethard
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E91 Eircode area
Housing in Fethard →The median sale price rose from €222,000 in 2023 to €285,000 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Fethard
Cost of living in Fethard →New tenancies in Fethard averaged €946 a month in 2025, against €893 in 2024 (+6%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Fethard, E91 NF88
Post-primary schools near Patrician Presentation
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Patrician Presentation
Is Patrician Presentation 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 Patrician Presentation have?
289 pupils in 2025/26. That is +88% since 2019/20.
Does Patrician Presentation teach through Irish?
No: Patrician Presentation teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Patrician Presentation?
Patrician Presentation has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Patrician Presentation?
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 Patrician Presentation?
The nearest are Scoil Ruain (12 km), Ardscoil na mBráithre (12 km) and Central Technical Institute, Clonmel (13 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 Fethard; 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).