Carrignafoy Community College
Carrignafoy, Cobh, Co. Cork · P24 WR29 · Roll number 70970G
Carrignafoy Community College is one of 3 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Cobh. Every school in and around Cobh →
What stands out about Carrignafoy Community College
- A small post-primary school: 322 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+0%).
- Some subjects are taught through Irish.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- The smallest of the 3 post-primary schools around Cobh.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Cork ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Carrignafoy Community College had 322 pupils in 2025/26, against 276 in 2015/16 (+17%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 400, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Carrignafoy Community College
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 Carrignafoy Community College 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.
Inspection reports on Carrignafoy Community College
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 a place at Carrignafoy Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Carrignafoy Community College directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Carrignafoy Community College is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+0%). All the schools around Cobh together changed by −11%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest post-primary schools
2025/26The 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 post-primary schools has more pupils than Carrignafoy Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +0%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrignafoy Community College | 322 | +0% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | |
| Coláiste Muire | 709 | +6% | Catholic | English | 0.5 km | |
| St Peter's Community School | 354 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.9 km | |
| Colaiste Muire | 523 | +16% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| St Francis Capuchin College | 730 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Aloysius College | 765 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Carrigtwohill Post Primary | 912 | +237% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km |
The other 78 post-primary schools in Co. Cork
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrigaline Community School | 1,072 | −2% | Inter-denominational | English | 8 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 580 | +73% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin | 302 | +156% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.6 km | |
| Nagle Community College | 315 | +61% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 957 | +13% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Ursuline College Blackrock | 352 | +45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Mary's High School | 762 | +6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Colman's Community College | 1,171 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Colaiste An Phiarsaigh | 578 | +6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| Midleton College | 498 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Glanmire Community College | 1,141 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Douglas Community School | 605 | +19% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Regina Mundi College | 564 | −0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Ashton School | 539 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary School | 700 | −10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Mayfield Community School | 362 | +28% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| Coláiste Chríost Rí | 502 | −13% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 13 km | |
| St Patricks College | 218 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Coláiste Daibhéid | 151 | −28% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary School | 403 | +54% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Éamann Rís | 811 | +149% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 432 | +2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 190 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Christian Brothers College | 919 | +1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St. Angela's College | 606 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Aidan's Community College | 309 | −23% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Aloysius School | 323 | +5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 283 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Presentation Brothers College | 692 | −3% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| North Monastery Secondary School | 271 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire | 690 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 15 km |
| Nano Nagle College | 161 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community College | 302 | +81% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 16 km |
| Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh | 715 | +1% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Mount Mercy College | 811 | +2% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Bishopstown Community School | 306 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Coláiste an Chroí Naofa | 461 | −15% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 1,357 | −0% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 21 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire gan Smal | 1,124 | +40% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ballincollig Community School | 987 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig | 254 | – | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Kinsale Community School | 1,450 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Pobalscoil na Tríonóide | 1,086 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 30 km | |
| Coláiste an Chraoibhín | 918 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 729 | +18% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 716 | +39% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St. Brogan's College | 905 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Coláiste na Toirbhirte | 456 | −8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh | 399 | +1% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Bandon Grammar School | 712 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| Coachford College | 848 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Davis College | 1,033 | +26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| Patrician Academy | 568 | +1% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 749 | +6% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 410 | +27% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Nagle Rice Secondary School | 260 | +39% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Coláiste Fionnchua | 449 | +63% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 342 | +9% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Mary'S Secondary School | 431 | +33% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| McEgan College | 289 | +60% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| De La Salle College | 409 | +11% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 568 | +7% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Clonakilty Community College | 696 | +17% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 49 km | |
| Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire | 589 | +34% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Coláiste Treasa | 647 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 55 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 271 | −7% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Millstreet Community School | 359 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 58 km | |
| Maria Immaculata Community College | 642 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 59 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 403 | +30% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Colaiste Ghobnatan | 212 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 60 km | |
| Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí | 313 | +11% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 322 | +10% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Boherbue Comprehensive School | 551 | +70% | Inter-denominational | English | 63 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 109 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 65 km | |
| Skibbereen Community School | 956 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 75 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí | 752 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 82 km | |
| Schull Community College | 359 | −7% | Inter-denominational | English | 94 km | |
| Beara Community School | 308 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 114 km |
Living in Cobh
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Homes in the P24 Eircode area
Housing in Cobh →The median sale price rose from €260,000 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+23%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the P24 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Cobh
Cost of living in Cobh →New tenancies in Cobh averaged €1,265 a month in 2025, against €1,184 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Cobh, P24 WR29
Post-primary schools near Carrignafoy Community College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Carrignafoy Community College
Is Carrignafoy Community College 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 Carrignafoy Community College have?
322 pupils in 2025/26. That is +0% since 2019/20.
Does Carrignafoy Community College teach through Irish?
In part: some subjects are taught through Irish.
Who runs Carrignafoy Community College?
Carrignafoy Community College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Cork ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Carrignafoy Community College?
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 Carrignafoy Community College?
The nearest are Coláiste Muire (0.5 km), St Peter's Community School (3.9 km) and Colaiste Muire (6 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 Cobh; 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).