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Rockcorry N.S.

PrimaryChurch of Ireland

Rockcorry, Co. Monaghan · H18 C425 · Roll number 06028F

Rockcorry N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Rockcorry. Every school in and around Rockcorry →

Pupils
34
September, 2025/26
13 girls, 21 boys
Since 2019/20
+21%
from 28 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Church of Ireland
Patron: Bishop of Clogher COI
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Rockcorry N.S.

  • A small primary school: 34 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 34 pupils, 21% more than the 28 of 2019/20.
  • 13 girls and 21 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Clogher COI; its ethos is Church of Ireland.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Rockcorry N.S. had 34 pupils in 2025/26, down from 35 in 2015/16 (−3%). Girls are 38% of them. Its largest roll was 36, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.

09182736452015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Rockcorry 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 Rockcorry 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 Rockcorry 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 Rockcorry N.S.

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

Families apply to Rockcorry 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
34
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+21%
from 28 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Rockcorry N.S. has grown by 21% since 2019/20. All the schools around Rockcorry together changed by +2%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Rockcorry+21%
The primary schools around Rockcorry+2%
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 Rockcorry N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +21%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.

Rockcorry34
Scoil Mhuire76
St Michaels232
Darley130
Latton161
Latnamard85
Scoil Éanna228
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Rockcorry N.S.34+21%Church of IrelandEnglish
Scoil Mhuire76−5%CatholicEnglish✓0.2 km
St Michaels National School232−13%CatholicEnglish✓6.2 km
Darley N.S.130+18%Multi-denominationalEnglish6.5 km
Latton161−11%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
Latnamard N.S.85−9%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
Scoil Éanna228+2%CatholicEnglish✓7.7 km
The other 57 primary schools in Co. Monaghan
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Ballybay Central N.S.66+27%PresbyterianEnglish✓7.8 km
Drumcorrin N.S.20+0%PresbyterianEnglish8.1 km
Corcaghan N.S.92+42%CatholicEnglish8.4 km
Killeevan Central N.S.101+11%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
Drumacruttin N.S.15−52%Church of IrelandEnglish10 km
Threemilehouse N.S.141+5%CatholicEnglish11 km
Naomh Oliver Plunkett255+4%CatholicSome subjects in Irish12 km
Doohamlet N.S.134+5%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Mhuire99−8%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Mhichil60+94%CatholicEnglish14 km
Mhuire Gransla77+17%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Clontibret N.S.23−41%Church of IrelandEnglish14 km
St. Louis Girls National School202−12%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
St Louis Infant School208−12%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
St Marys BNS229−17%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Monaghan Model School199+26%Church of IrelandEnglish15 km
Scoil Enda69+35%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire202+17%CatholicEnglish15 km
Annyalla National School195−5%CatholicEnglish16 km
St Tiarnach's Primary School217−17%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Gaelscoil Éois126+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓16 km
Gaelscoil Ultain373−5%CatholicAll in Irish17 km
Scoil Phadraig142−5%CatholicEnglish17 km
Corcreagh N.S.34−11%CatholicEnglish17 km
Gaelscoil Lorgan159+9%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish18 km
Castleblayney Convent National School155+11%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Castleblayney Convent Infants National School197+9%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Mhuire BNS183+8%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
St. Brigid's National School Aughnafarcon37−24%CatholicEnglish18 km
Urbleshanny N.S.296+2%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Phadraig23−12%CatholicEnglish18 km
Castleblayney Cent N.S.10−50%PresbyterianEnglish19 km
Scoil Bhrighde75+7%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Comhghall17−45%CatholicEnglish19 km
Lisdoonan N.S.150+3%CatholicEnglish20 km
St Dympnas N.S.124+46%CatholicEnglish20 km
The Billis National School16−57%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
Annalitten N.S.37+54%CatholicEnglish21 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig87+7%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
St Patricks N.S.140+8%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Josephs N.S.60+62%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Blaithin Iosa27−34%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Mhuire86+1%CatholicEnglish22 km
Corr A Chrainn National School202−4%CatholicEnglish23 km
Edenmore N.S.159+2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish24 km
Drumgossatt N.S.75−18%CatholicEnglish24 km
Naomh Micheal108+42%CatholicEnglish24 km
Scoil Rois260+6%CatholicAll in Irish25 km
Bunscoil Louis Naofa258−7%CatholicEnglish25 km
St Joseph's National School234−17%CatholicEnglish25 km
Deravoy National School71+8%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Cholmcille103+29%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Knockconnon N.S.118−1%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Bride106−29%CatholicEnglish29 km
Scoil Naoimh Eanna203−6%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil Naomh Deagha286+22%CatholicEnglish31 km
St Patricks N.S.33+10%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Living nearby

Living in Rockcorry

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

Median sale price
€228,600
routing key H18, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,028
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Monaghan

Homes in the H18 Eircode area

Housing in Rockcorry →

The median sale price rose from €210,000 in 2023 to €260,000 in 2025 (+24%).

2023€210,000
2024€215,000
2025€260,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€317,800
Second-hand homes€213,600

Property Price Register sales in the H18 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Monaghan

Cost of living in Rockcorry →

New tenancies in Co. Monaghan averaged €1,028 a month in 2025, against €921 in 2024 (+12%).

2024€921
2025€1,028

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

Rockcorry, H18 C425

Nearby

Primary schools near Rockcorry 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 Rockcorry N.S.

Is Rockcorry 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 Rockcorry N.S. have?

34 pupils in 2025/26. That is +21% since 2019/20.

Does Rockcorry N.S. teach through Irish?

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

Who runs Rockcorry N.S.?

Rockcorry N.S. has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Clogher COI.

How do pupils get a place at Rockcorry 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 Rockcorry N.S.?

The nearest are Scoil Mhuire (0.2 km), St Michaels National School (6.2 km) and Darley N.S. (6.5 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 Rockcorry; 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).