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Ballyconell Central N.S.

PrimaryChurch of Ireland

Church Street, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan · H14 K125 · Roll number 11409V

Ballyconell Central N.S. is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyconnell. Every school in and around Ballyconnell →

Pupils
24
September, 2025/26
14 girls, 10 boys
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 25 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Church of Ireland
Patron: Bishop of Kilmore Elphin & Ardagh COI
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Ballyconell Central N.S.

  • A small primary school: 24 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−4%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • The smallest of the 3 primary schools around Ballyconnell.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Kilmore Elphin & Ardagh COI; its ethos is Church of Ireland.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Ballyconell Central N.S. had 24 pupils in 2025/26, against 18 in 2015/16 (+33%). Girls are 58% of them. Its largest roll was 31, in 2020/21. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

081624322015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Ballyconell Central N.S.

Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.

What the Department of Education does publish for Ballyconell Central N.S. is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.

Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Ballyconell Central N.S.

The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗

Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.

Getting in

Getting a place at Ballyconell Central N.S.

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Ballyconell Central N.S. directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.

A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.

Pupils
24
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 25 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Ballyconell Central N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−4%). All the schools around Ballyconnell together changed by +21%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Ballyconell Central−4%
The primary schools around Ballyconnell+21%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Ballyconell Central N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −4%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.

Ballyconell Central24
Ballyconnell Mxd199
S.N. Greach Rathain69
S.N. Naomh Maodhog68
S.N. Aodhain Naofa76
Kildallon46
Convent of Mercy163
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Ballyconell Central N.S.24−4%Church of IrelandEnglish
Ballyconnell Mxd N.S.199+16%CatholicEnglish0.5 km
S.N. Greach Rathain69+57%CatholicEnglish4.1 km
S.N. Naomh Maodhog68+0%CatholicEnglish4.3 km
S.N. Aodhain Naofa76+41%CatholicEnglish5.9 km
Kildallon N.S.46+7%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
Convent of Mercy N.S.163−1%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
The other 68 primary schools in Co. Cavan
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Milltown N.S.173+31%CatholicEnglish9.4 km
Fairgreen N.S.33−18%Church of IrelandEnglish✓9.6 km
S.N. Mhuire Boys Senior School74+21%CatholicEnglish9.6 km
S.N. Mhuire57+16%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
St Patrick's NS47+2%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Killeshandra National School ( C of I)48−29%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
Scoil Bhride85+1%CatholicEnglish13 km
Butlersbridge N.S.261+0%CatholicEnglish16 km
Corliss N.S.19−44%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Naomh Brid108+6%CatholicEnglish18 km
Dromaili S.N.213−6%CatholicEnglish18 km
Ballyhaise N.S.152−14%CatholicEnglish19 km
Kilmore Central N.S.49−18%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
S.N. Naomh Feidhlim Boys Snr Sch265+5%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Coronea N.S.14−36%CatholicEnglish20 km
Cavan 1 N.S.102+44%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
St Clares Primary School548+3%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Gaelscoil Bhreifne193+87%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓21 km
Castletara N.S.183−4%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Marys N.S.102−18%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Drom Cnamh47−28%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Corr Lorgan65−28%CatholicEnglish23 km
Killygarry N.S.198−8%CatholicEnglish23 km
S N Beal Atha na nEach229+6%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Corrabha20–CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Padraig51−7%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Cruabanai174−19%CatholicEnglish24 km
Scoil Mhuire92−7%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Drung No 2 NS4−85%Church of IrelandEnglish25 km
St Mary's N.S.31−49%CatholicEnglish25 km
St Patricks Mxd N.S.93+0%CatholicEnglish27 km
Killyconnan N.S.72−14%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Lathrach140+12%CatholicEnglish28 km
St Patricks63+2%CatholicEnglish28 km
St Patricks N.S.60+5%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Drumkilly N.S.96−24%CatholicEnglish30 km
Crosskeys Central N.S.118+9%CatholicEnglish30 km
Aughadreena National School87−10%CatholicEnglish31 km
Kill N.S.126+15%CatholicEnglish32 km
St Michaels N.S.50−22%CatholicEnglish32 km
Mullahoran Central N.S.164−12%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Darley N.S.130+18%Multi-denominationalEnglish33 km
Crosserlough N.S.93−14%CatholicEnglish33 km
Kilnaleck Mixed N.S.106+9%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
St Michaels National School232−13%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Ballynarry N.S.111+22%CatholicEnglish35 km
S N Doire na Ceise143−1%CatholicEnglish37 km
St Clares N.S.422−2%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Billis N.S.78−9%Church of IrelandEnglish39 km
S.N. Tamhnach Dhuibh83+1%CatholicEnglish39 km
Scoil Bhride94+0%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Maodhog54−17%CatholicEnglish41 km
Castlerahan Central N.S.96−31%CatholicEnglish42 km
Killinkere N.S.151−3%CatholicEnglish43 km
S.N. Leitir187−7%CatholicEnglish43 km
Bailieboro Model N.S.83−22%Church of IrelandEnglish46 km
Virginia Mxd N.S.463+6%CatholicEnglish46 km
Bailieboro N.S.288−6%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Searcog I N.S.183−8%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Cillin94+3%CatholicEnglish48 km
Cnoc an Teampaill158+19%CatholicEnglish48 km
Baile na Mona108−10%CatholicEnglish48 km
Corlea N.S.9−70%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. Carraig A Bruis103−31%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. Lathrach 2129−10%CatholicEnglish53 km
St Killians N.S.328−10%CatholicEnglish53 km
Cabra Central N.S.57−2%Church of IrelandEnglish55 km
St Josephs N.S.377−11%CatholicEnglish56 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballyconnell

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€180,000
123 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€946
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the H14 Eircode area

Housing in Ballyconnell →

The median sale price rose from €170,000 in 2023 to €195,000 in 2025 (+15%).

2023€170,000
2024€170,000
2025€195,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€280,600
Second-hand homes€178,100

Property Price Register sales in the H14 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Ballyconnell

Cost of living in Ballyconnell →

New tenancies in Ballyconnell averaged €946 a month in 2025, against €828 in 2024 (+14%).

2024€828
2025€946

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Ballyconnell, H14 K125

Nearby

Primary schools near Ballyconell Central N.S.

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Ballyconell Central N.S.

Is Ballyconell Central N.S. a good school?

We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.

How many pupils does Ballyconell Central N.S. have?

24 pupils in 2025/26. That is −4% since 2019/20.

Does Ballyconell Central N.S. teach through Irish?

No: Ballyconell Central N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Ballyconell Central N.S.?

Ballyconell Central N.S. has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kilmore Elphin & Ardagh COI.

How do pupils get a place at Ballyconell Central N.S.?

Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.

Which schools of the same kind are near Ballyconell Central N.S.?

The nearest are Ballyconnell Mxd N.S. (0.5 km), S.N. Greach Rathain (4.1 km) and S.N. Naomh Maodhog (4.3 km).

Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Ballyconnell; nothing here rates the school.

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).