Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge
Cúirt An Easpaig, Baile Gunnair, Port Láirge · X91 P984 · Roll number 68078U
Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge is one of 10 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Grange. Every school in and around Grange →
What stands out about Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge
- A small post-primary school: 146 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+11%).
- Every subject is taught through Irish.
- The smallest of the 10 post-primary schools around Grange.
- 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 An Foras Pátrúnachta; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge had 146 pupils in 2025/26, against 117 in 2015/16 (+25%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 177, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge
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 Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge 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 Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge
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 Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge 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: Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge has grown by 11% since 2019/20. All the schools around Grange 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 Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +11%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge | 146 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ||
| Newtown School | 415 | +2% | Quaker | English | 4 km | |
| St Angela's Secondary School | 937 | −0% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| De La Salle College | 1,023 | −5% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Waterpark College | 621 | +19% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford | 494 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Abbey Community College | 1,004 | +6% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.1 km |
The other 11 post-primary schools in Co. Waterford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Secondary School | 458 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School | 479 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| St Paul's Community College | 792 | +46% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Ardscoil na Mara | 1,227 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| St Declan's Community College | 783 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| St Augustines College | 1,069 | +42% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Meánscoil San Nioclás | 159 | +11% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 40 km |
| Ardscoil na nDéise | 265 | −18% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 338 | −8% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Dungarvan College-Coláiste Dhún Garbhán | 247 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Blackwater Community School | 943 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 61 km |
Living in Grange
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Homes in the X91 Eircode area
Housing in Grange →The median sale price rose from €265,000 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the X91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Grange
Cost of living in Grange →New tenancies in Grange averaged €1,316 a month in 2025, against €1,185 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Grange, X91 P984
Post-primary schools near Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge
Is Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge 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 Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge have?
146 pupils in 2025/26. That is +11% since 2019/20.
Does Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge is taught through Irish.
Who runs Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge?
Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is An Foras Pátrúnachta.
How do pupils get a place at Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge?
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 Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge?
The nearest are Newtown School (4 km), St Angela's Secondary School (4.2 km) and De La Salle College (4.2 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 Grange; 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).