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Discover CavanIreland

87 schools and 231 charities in Cavan. Counts of records, not rates.
Schools
87
about 16,722 pupils - 2% of Ireland
Charities
231
€31.5m combined reported income - 2% of Ireland
By registered addressCounts organisations by registered address, not where they work. Head offices and trustees inflate some areas.

What stands out about this place?

Findings where this place differs most from Ireland, with the evidence behind each one. A difference is not a verdict: it is a prompt to look closer.

People and organisationsMedium confidence

Lower share of "Relief of poverty or economic hardship"

6.1% of the charities here with a recorded purpose are in this group, compared with 12% across Ireland (14 of 229 here).

6.1% Cavan12% Ireland
How do we know this?
Method
Share of charities in this group, counted from the register by registered address, compared with the national share. A difference of at least three percentage points and a ratio of 1.35 or more is needed to show.
Limitations
  • Counts are by registered address, which is often a head office or a trustee, not where the work happens.
  • No population figures are held, so these are shares of organisations, not rates per person.
  • Purpose labels are those given by each national register and are not identical across countries.
People and organisationsMedium confidence

Higher share of "Community development, including rural or urban regeneration"

9.6% of the charities here with a recorded purpose are in this group, compared with 5.7% across Ireland (22 of 229 here).

9.6% Cavan5.7% Ireland
How do we know this?
Method
Share of charities in this group, counted from the register by registered address, compared with the national share. A difference of at least three percentage points and a ratio of 1.35 or more is needed to show.
Limitations
  • Counts are by registered address, which is often a head office or a trustee, not where the work happens.
  • No population figures are held, so these are shares of organisations, not rates per person.
  • Purpose labels are those given by each national register and are not identical across countries.
People and organisationsMedium confidence

Higher share of organisations in the "Under 100k" size band

59% of the charities here with a recorded income are in this group, compared with 43% across Ireland (83 of 141 here).

59% Cavan43% Ireland
How do we know this?
Method
Share of charities in this group, counted from the register by registered address, compared with the national share. A difference of at least three percentage points and a ratio of 1.35 or more is needed to show.
Limitations
  • Counts are by registered address, which is often a head office or a trustee, not where the work happens.
  • No population figures are held, so these are shares of organisations, not rates per person.
  • Size bands use the latest income on file where we hold it.
EducationHigh confidence

Smaller schools on average

The average school here has about 192 pupils, compared with about 248 across Ireland (87 schools with a pupil count).

192 Cavan248 Ireland
How do we know this?
Method
Pupils summed over schools that report a pupil count, divided by the number of those schools, for this area and for the whole country.
Limitations
  • Schools without a pupil count are left out.
  • Pupil counts are from different years in different countries.
  • This describes school size, not quality.
EducationHigh confidence

Fewer post-primary schools than usual

14% of schools here are listed as "Post-primary", compared with 22% across Ireland.

14% Cavan22% Ireland
How do we know this?
Method
Share of schools in this phase, for this area and the whole country.
Limitations
  • School phases are named differently by each national or regional list.

Education

87 schools with about 16,722 pupils. Department of Education school lists. Pupil numbers and school types, never league tables.

Primary75
Post-primary12

Largest schools by pupil numbers

Breifne CollegePost-primary - Co Cavan906 pupils
St Patrick's CollegePost-primary - Co. Cavan825 pupils
Virginia CollegePost-primary - Co Cavan809 pupils
Bailieborough Community SchoolPost-primary - Co Cavan754 pupils
Loreto CollegePost-primary - Co. Cavan663 pupils
Coláiste Dún an RíPost-primary - Co. Cavan663 pupils
St Aidans Comprehensive SchoolPost-primary - Co Cavan654 pupils
St Clare's CollegePost-primary - Co. Cavan578 pupils
St Clares Primary SchoolPrimary - Cavan548 pupils
Virginia Mxd N SPrimary - Co. Cavan463 pupils

People and organisations

iShare of charities here, with the share across Ireland after "vs". Only organisations with a recorded purpose are counted (229 of 231).Largest here (largest first by latest gross income)

231 charities are registered here. Source: Charities Regulator register and annual reports already on this site.

Education47% vs 49%
Community welfare15% vs 12%
Religion12% vs 8.1%
Community development, including rural or urban regeneration9.6% vs 5.7%
Relief of poverty or economic hardship6.1% vs 12%
Integration of those who are disadvantaged, and the promotio2.6% vs 2.0%
Animal welfare2.2% vs 1.2%
Arts, heritage, culture or science1.7% vs 2.8%

By size

Under 100k83
100k to 1m48
1m to 10m5
Breffni Integrated CLGCommunity development, including rural or urban regeneration - Cavan Co Cavan€2.9m
Drumlin House Vocational Training Centre for The Handicapped LtdEducation - Cootehill€2.8m
North Connacht & Ulster Money Advice & Budgeting ServiceRelief of poverty or economic hardship - Cavan€2m
Diocese of Kilmore - Church of IrelandReligion - Co Cavan€1.7m
Diocese of Kilmore (R. C.)Relief of poverty or economic hardship - Cullies€1.6m
Krafty Kidz Ballyconnell Den Company Limited by GuaranteeEducation - Ballyconnell€902k
Community Employment Childcare Network CLGEducation - Bailieborough€884k
Teach Oscail Resource Project LimitedCommunity welfare - Cavan€875k
Ballymachugh Childcare Group LimitedIntegration of those who are disadvantaged, and the promotio - Kilnaleck€801k
Cootehill Community Childcare LimitedEducation - Co Cavan€701k
Cavan County Childcare Committee LimitedCommunity development, including rural or urban regeneration - Dublin Road€694k
Blacklion Childcare Services LimitedCommunity welfare - Blacklion€579k

Who runs things here

Councils, elected members and health bodies we hold for this area. For the people matched to a specific Eircode routing key, use Who runs things.

Cavan County Council

18 councillors.

See the councillors

Dail members for constituencies named after CavaniMatched by constituency name, not by address: a constituency can cover part of a county or more than one.

  • Cathy BennettCavan-Monaghan - Sinn Féin
  • Matt CarthyCavan-Monaghan - Sinn Féin
  • David MaxwellCavan-Monaghan - Fine Gael
  • Brendan SmithCavan-Monaghan - Fianna Fáil
  • Niamh SmythCavan-Monaghan - Fianna Fáil

Health

No Irish health-board data is held here yet.

Where is it?

Largest schoolsLargest charities

What we do not hold here

  • Population, housing, crime, income and other census-style figures: we hold none for Ireland here, so nothing above is a rate per person.
  • Eircode is not open data, so a full Eircode is reduced to its three-character routing key and charities are placed by town or, failing that, county centre.
  • About 4 in 10 charities are placed only to the middle of their county because the register gives no town we can place; the page says so on each list.
  • Dail constituencies are not matched to an address; councils are matched by county.

Sources used on this pageiBuilt 2026-10-18 06:19:19 UTC. Registered addresses are not operating locations. An independent register, not affiliated with any government.

  • Charities Regulator register and annual reports already on this site.
  • Department of Education school lists (school profiles already on this site).
  • GeoNames places and Eircode routing-key centres, CC BY 4.0 (Eircode itself is not open data).
  • Representatives and councils from the public bodies already held on this site.