Le Chéile Schools Trust


The Le Chéile Schools Trust is a charitable trust which manages around 60 schools in Ireland on behalf of fifteen Roman Catholic religious congregations.

History

The majority of secondary schools and some junior schools in Ireland were established and managed by various Roman Catholic religious congregations. In the late 1900s, these religious orders had declined in number and it was decided to pool their resources in a number of collaborative arrangements known as trusts. The Le Chéile Schools Trust was established in 2004 and fully enacted over the following years. The trust was formally established as a company limited by guarantee in 2008.
The trust was originally set up by twelve Roman Catholic religious congregations. In 2009, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny joined the trust. followed by the Ursuline College in 2013 and the Marianists in 2019.
In September 2014, in Tyrellstown near Blanchardstown, the trust opened the first new Catholic secondary school in Ireland in thirty years.

Mission and establishment

Its mission is to maintain and promote the Catholic ethos of these schools, and develop new schools where the need arises. There are a total of 59 voluntary and 7 community schools managed by the trust.

Participating congregations

As of 2024, congregations participating in the trust included:

Schools

Schools within the trust include:

Cork

Dublin

Galway

  • Dominican College, Galway
  • Scoil Íde, Salthill, Galway

Kildare

Limerick

Sligo

Tipperary

  • Scoil Angela, Thurles

Waterford

Wicklow

Operations

The trust's administration office is based in the Jesuit complex at Milltown Park, Dublin, and the trust produces a newsletter called Le Cheile Update.