St Flannan's College
St Flannan's College is a secondary school in Clare. 1270 pupils, Catholic ethos, 3 special classes, oversubscribed last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Catholic |
| Patron | Bishop of Killaloe |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 1,270 (866 boys, 404 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 61920N |
| Eircode | V95Y102 |
| Address | Ennis, Co Clare |
Getting in
Oversubscribed last year. The notice carries a previous-year breakdown, which schools only have to publish when more people applied than there were places.
| Places in the coming year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 216 |
| Applications last year | 267 |
| Waiting list | 51 |
| Applications open | 03 November 2025 |
| Applications close | 28 November 2025 |
The school received 299 applications in total across every class and every special class. The 267 above is the figure for this intake alone, which is the one that can be compared with the places offered for it.
notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.
Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)
Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.
Special classes
3 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:
- 3 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 2 classes last year.
Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.
The area around this school
School planning area: Ennis. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.
Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district V95 (Ennis) was €315,500 in 2025. That is up 63.0% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Ennis Rural at 2.32 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 47% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Donal Cahir |
|---|---|
| Phone | 0656828019 |
| info@stflannanscollege.ie | |
| Local authority | Clare County Council |
Other schools in Ennis
- Ballyea Mixed N S Primary school, Clare
- Barefield Mixed N S Primary school, Clare
- Bunscoil Na Mbraithre Primary school, Clare
- Chriost Ri Primary school, Clare
- Clarecastle National School Primary school, Clare
- Clooney N S Primary school, Clare
- Coláiste Mhuire Secondary school, Clare
- Connolly N S Primary school, Clare
- Eidhneach N S Primary school, Clare
- Ennis Community College Secondary school, Clare
- Ennis Educate Together Ns Primary school, Clare
- Ennis N S Primary school, Clare
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.