A taste of the State's boarding schools
Kilkenny College, Kilkenny
Status: Co-ed
Number of students: 780 (500 boarders)
Fees: approximately €5,600
Our Lady's Bower Secondary School, Athlone, Co Westmeath
Status: Girls
Number of students: 676 (142 boarders)
Fees: €4,500- € 5,000
Alexandra College, Dublin
Status: Girls
Number of students: 610 (170 boarders)
Fees: Approx €8,900 including tuition
Rockwell College, Co Tipperary Status: Co-ed
Number of students: 510 (150 boarders.
Fees: Approx €7,000
Gormanstown College, Co Meath
Status: Co-ed
Number of students: 520 including (50 per cent boarders)
Fees: €5,000
St Flannan's College, Ennis, Co Clare
Status: Co-ed
Number of students: 930 (120 boarders)
Fees: € 2,300
Newtown School, Waterford
Status: Co-ed
Number of students: 320 (166 boarders)
Fees: €7,340 including tuition
Castleknock College, Dublin
Status: Boys
Number of students: 555 (120 boarders) No first or second-year boarders from next September
Fees: €6,800
