Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed
Castlemeadows, Thurles, Co Tipperary · E41 W678 · Roll number 72490C
Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed is one of 4 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Thurles. Every school in and around Thurles →
What stands out about Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed
- 601 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Growing: 601 pupils, 72% more than the 349 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.
- 183 girls and 418 boys: more of one than the other.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Tipperary ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- Outside Thurles’s outline, 0.1 km away; listed with Thurles, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed had 601 pupils in 2025/26, against 384 in 2015/16 (+57%). Girls are 30% of them. 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 Mhuire Co-Ed
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 Mhuire Co-Ed 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 Mhuire Co-Ed
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 Mhuire Co-Ed
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed 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 Mhuire Co-Ed has grown by 72% since 2019/20. All the schools around Thurles together changed by +6%.
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 Mhuire Co-Ed. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +72%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed | 601 | +72% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | |
| C.B.S. Thurles | 571 | −1% | Catholic | English | 0.8 km | |
| Ursuline Secondary School | 895 | +10% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 559 | −10% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km | |
| St Josephs College | 373 | +36% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Our Ladys Secondary School | 646 | +15% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Ruain | 360 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 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 | 19 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 365 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Patrician Presentation | 289 | +88% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Rockwell College | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré | 594 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Cistercian College | 255 | +16% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St. Joseph's CBS Nenagh | 715 | +33% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St. Ailbe's School | 704 | +101% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| St. Anne's Secondary School | 267 | −19% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 577 | +28% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Nenagh College | 345 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 33 km | |
| The Abbey School | 354 | −11% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Colaiste Dun Iascaigh | 889 | +23% | Inter-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Ardscoil na mBráithre | 706 | +1% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Central Technical Institute, Clonmel | 366 | +43% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 38 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 448 | +1% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 465 | −5% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Borrisokane Community College | 723 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 470 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Edmund Rice Secondary School | 305 | +4% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Comeragh College | 613 | +38% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 47 km |
Living in Thurles
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Homes in the E41 Eircode area
Housing in Thurles →The median sale price rose from €203,500 in 2023 to €250,000 in 2025 (+23%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E41 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Thurles
Cost of living in Thurles →New tenancies in Thurles averaged €1,047 a month in 2025, against €978 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Thurles, E41 W678
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed
Is Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed 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 Mhuire Co-Ed have?
601 pupils in 2025/26. That is +72% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed teach through Irish?
In part: some classes are taught entirely through Irish, the rest in English.
Who runs Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed?
Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Tipperary ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed?
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 Mhuire Co-Ed?
The nearest are C.B.S. Thurles (0.8 km), Ursuline Secondary School (1.2 km) and Presentation Secondary School (1.3 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 Thurles; 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).