The Sunday Times has released its list of the top 100 schools in Ireland today and it’s very good news indeed for Munster.
For the second year running, all-girls school Laurel Hill in Limerick city has taken the top honours.
Cork claimed spots two and three, with all-boys school Presentation Brothers College and all-girls school Scoil Mhuire making the grade.
Single-sex schools dominated the top ten, with number nine on the list, Coláiste Na Coiribe in Galway, the highest-ranking mixed school on the list.
Kate Butler of The Sunday Times said: “Munster has generally being doing extremely well. Even though it has half the population of Leinster, it has almost as many schools in our top 100.
“It’s a really impressive punching above its weight. You see that in our top three – you have the Limerick school and the two schools located pretty close to each other in Cork city.”
Limerick’s Laurel Hill is the only non-fee-paying school to top the table in the past 10 years.
The top 25, plus % of pupils going on to university.
1 Laurel Hill Colaiste FCJ, Sth Circular Rd, Limerick 92.4%
2 Presentation Brothers College, Mardyke, Cork 87.8%
3 Scoil Mhuire, Sidney Place, Cork 85.3%
4 Colaiste Iosagain, Booterstown, Co Dublin 85.2%
5 Gonzaga College, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 85.0%
6 Alexandra College, Milltown, Dublin 6 84.3%
7 Glenstal Abbey School, Murroe, Co Limerick (B only) 84.2%
8 Mount Anville Secondary School, Dublin 14 84.2%
9 Colaiste na Coiribe, Tuam Road, Galway 81.5%
10 Jesus & Mary Secondary School, Salthill, Galway 81.5%
11 Mount Mercy College, Model Farm Rd, Cork 80.2%
12 The Teresian School, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 79.2%
13 Christian Brothers College, Sidney Hill, Cork 79.1%
14 Colaiste An Phiarsaigh, Glanmire, Co Cork (B) 78.9%
15 *Colaiste Iognaid SJ, Sea Rd, Galway 78.0%
16 Colaiste Ide, Dingle, Co Kerry (B only) 7.77%
17 Loreto College, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 77.2%
18 Colaiste Eoin, Booterstown, Co Dublin 76.9%
19 Loreto High School, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 76.2%
20 Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15 76.0%
21 Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co Kildare (B only) 75.1%
22 Holy Child Secondary School, Killiney, Co Dublin 74.6%
23 Rathdown School, Glenageary, Co Dublin (B) 73.6%
24 Belvedere College, Great Denmark St, Dublin 1 73.3%
25 St Michael’s College, Ailesbury Road, Dublin 4 73.0%
Hat Tip: via The Sunday Times
