Cistercian College
Roscrea, Co. Tipperary · E53 DX37 · Roll number 65410K
Cistercian College is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Roscrea. Every school in and around Roscrea →
What stands out about Cistercian College
- A small post-primary school: 255 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 255 pupils, 16% more than the 220 of 2019/20.
- A boys’ school.
- Charges fees.
- A boarding school.
- 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 Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappist Monks); its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Roscrea’s outline, 2.9 km away; listed with Roscrea, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Cistercian College had 255 pupils in 2025/26, against 182 in 2015/16 (+40%). Its largest roll was 279, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Cistercian College
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 Cistercian College 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 Cistercian College
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 Cistercian College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Cistercian College 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 charges fees, set by the school. It takes boys only. It takes boarders as well as day pupils.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Cistercian College has grown by 16% since 2019/20. All the schools around Roscrea 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.
Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Cistercian College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +16%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cistercian College | 255 | +16% | Catholic | English | ||
| Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré | 594 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| St.Brendan's Community School | 875 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Borrisokane Community College | 723 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Our Ladys Secondary School | 646 | +15% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Fergal's College | 383 | +27% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| St Josephs College | 373 | +36% | Catholic | English | 25 km |
The other 25 post-primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph's CBS Nenagh | 715 | +33% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Nenagh College | 345 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 25 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 577 | +28% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed | 601 | +72% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 31 km |
| C.B.S. Thurles | 571 | −1% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 559 | −10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Ursuline Secondary School | 895 | +10% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Ruain | 360 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 365 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Cashel Community School | 885 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 49 km | |
| Patrician Presentation | 289 | +88% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Rockwell College | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| St. Ailbe's School | 704 | +101% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| St. Anne's Secondary School | 267 | −19% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| The Abbey School | 354 | −11% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Colaiste Dun Iascaigh | 889 | +23% | Inter-denominational | English | 65 km | |
| Ardscoil na mBráithre | 706 | +1% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| Central Technical Institute, Clonmel | 366 | +43% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 69 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 448 | +1% | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 465 | −5% | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 470 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 75 km |
| Comeragh College | 613 | +38% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 75 km |
| Edmund Rice Secondary School | 305 | +4% | Catholic | English | 75 km |
Living in Roscrea
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E53 Eircode area
Housing in Roscrea →The median sale price rose from €172,500 in 2023 to €200,000 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E53 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Roscrea
Cost of living in Roscrea →New tenancies in Roscrea averaged €825 a month in 2025, against €816 in 2024 (+1%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Roscrea, E53 DX37
Post-primary schools near Cistercian College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Cistercian College
Is Cistercian College 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 Cistercian College have?
255 pupils in 2025/26. That is +16% since 2019/20.
Does Cistercian College teach through Irish?
No: Cistercian College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Cistercian College?
Cistercian College has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappist Monks).
How do pupils get a place at Cistercian College?
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 Cistercian College?
The nearest are Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré (4.4 km), St.Brendan's Community School (16 km) and Borrisokane Community College (18 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 Roscrea; 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).