Whilst English is the school's primary language of instruction, it places an emphasis on the use of Irish on a day-to-day basis.

The coláiste began in 2008 with 79 students, 8 teachers, and Anne Marie McCarrick as its principal at the former site of the closed Neptune Hotel, with a plans for a purpose-built permanent school building underway.

In the meantime, the school made use of a temporary second building in the neighbouring village of Laytown.

[2] The plans were approved in 2010 by Mary Coughlan, signed off with Elliot Sammon Construction for a new site at the location of the former Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa.

The demand also pushed Meath Council to develop a permanent facility for Drogheda ET Secondary School in Mornington.