Gaelscoil Mhachan

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2022/23)

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: Ballintemple / Cork City. 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 T12 (Cork Southside) was €419,975 in 2025. That is up 42.4% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Mahon B at -2.16 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 39% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Ballintemple / Cork City

• Ashton School Secondary school, Cork
• Ballintemple N S Primary school, Cork
• Christ King Girls' Secondary School Secondary school, Cork
• Douglas Community School Secondary school, Cork
• Nagle Community College Secondary school, Cork
• Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary school, Cork
• Regina Mundi College Secondary school, Cork
• S N Barra Naofa Bhuach Primary school, Cork
• S N Barra Naofa Cailini Primary school, Cork
• S N Naomh Antaine Primary school, Cork
• School of the Divine Child (Scoil an Linbh Íosa) Special school, Cork
• Scoil Aisling Special school, Cork