Coláiste Cholmáin
Coláiste Cholmáin is a secondary school boys only in Cork. 716 pupils, Catholic ethos, 2 special classes, oversubscribed last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Boys only |
| Ethos | Catholic |
| Patron | Bishop of Cloyne |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 716 (716 boys, 0 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 62260C |
| Eircode | P61A563 |
| Address | Fermoy, Co. Cork |
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 | 100 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 120 |
| Applications last year | 186 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2026 |
| Applications close | 04 November 2026 |
| Decisions issued by | 25 November 2026 |
| Offers must be accepted by | 09 December 2026 |
The school received 182 applications in total across every class and every special class. The 186 above is the figure for this intake alone, which is the one that can be compared with the places offered for it.
check the notice — it lists more than one intake.
Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2027/28)
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
2 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:
- 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 1 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: Fermoy. 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 P61 (Fermoy) was €364,999 in 2025. That is up 98.4% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Fermoy Urban at -5.18 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 29% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Sean Lane |
|---|---|
| Phone | 02531930 |
| office@stcolmanscollege.com | |
| Local authority | Cork County Council |
Other schools in Fermoy
- Bartlemy N S Primary school, Cork
- Bishop Murphy Memorial Boys Senior National School Primary school, Cork
- Castlelyons B N S Primary school, Cork
- Coláiste An Chraoibhín Secondary school, Cork
- Fermoy Adair N S Primary school, Cork
- Fermoy Educate Together Ns Primary school, Cork
- Gaelscoil De Hide Primary school, Cork
- Grange Fermoy N S Primary school, Cork
- Iosef Naofa Primary school, Cork
- Kilmagner N S Primary school, Cork
- Loreto Secondary School Secondary school, Cork
- Rathcormac N S Primary school, Cork
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.