Set in green and spacious grounds, benefitting from all that the vibrant city of Cork has to offer to the young inquiring mind, St. Aloysius School is an institution in educational opportunity.
A Catholic school in the Mercy tradition, St Aloysius has been educating young women in Cork for over 170 years. It offers up-to-date facilities in a comfortable complex of bright, airy classrooms.

Here a warm welcome is extended to young women, whose various needs are met by a team of experienced and dedicated staff. Academic excellence and achieving one’s personal best is encouraged.

Particular emphasis is placed on developing the whole person, spiritually, morally, academically, artistically and physically. The ethos is Catholic and inclusive. The school is under the trusteeship of CEIST, the newly established Catholic Education Irish Schools Trust. If you would like to learn more about CEIST, click here to download the charter as a pdf. (Adobe Reader required, file size: 0.76 MB)

Facilities include up to date Laboratories, Specialist rooms for Languages, Art, Music, Career Guidance, Computers, Home Economics, Physical Education, Canteen, Religion Room, Prayer Room and a spacious, well stocked Library. Outside in the extensive grounds, a playing field and three all weather courts. Basketball, camogie and tennis are the most popular sports.

Notable Achievements

• 2011 Rotary Young Chef Competition: All Ireland Runner-Up
• 2011 St. Als girl wins Trinity Scholar Award and Scholarship
• 2010 Leaving Cert Student won an All-Ireland Scholarship Award and a University College Cork Entrance Scholarship
• 2010 Fifth Year Student represented Ireland at the Chinese Bridge Competition in China
• 2010 University College Cork Faculty of Law Essay Competition, St. Aloysius student prizewinner
• 2010 Texaco Children’s Art Competition Award winner
• St. Aloysius is the only girls’ school to have won the prestigious Team Math Award.