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439 schools and 1,167 charities in Cork. Counts of records, not rates.
Schools
439
about 110,465 pupils - 11% of Ireland
Charities
1,167
€2.2bn combined reported income - 10% 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.

Nothing clearly stands out. This area's mix of charities and schools is close to the national picture.

Education

439 schools with about 110,465 pupils. Department of Education school lists. Pupil numbers and school types, never league tables.

Primary335
Post-primary104

Largest schools by pupil numbers

Kinsale Community SchoolPost-primary - Co Cork1,450 pupils
Coláiste ChoilmPost-primary - Co. Cork1,357 pupils
St Colman's Community CollegePost-primary - Co Cork1,171 pupils
Glanmire Community CollegePost-primary - Co.Cork1,141 pupils
Scoil Mhuire gan SmalPost-primary - Co Cork1,124 pupils
Pobalscoil na TríonóidePost-primary - Co. Cork1,086 pupils
Carrigaline Community SchoolPost-primary - Co Cork1,072 pupils
Davis CollegePost-primary - Co Cork1,033 pupils
Ballincollig Community SchoolPost-primary - Co. Cork987 pupils
Christian Brothers Secondary SchoolPost-primary - Co. Cork.957 pupils

People and organisations

iShare of charities here, with the share across Ireland after "vs". Only organisations with a recorded purpose are counted (1,164 of 1,167).Largest here (largest first by latest gross income)

1,167 charities are registered here. Source: Charities Regulator register and annual reports already on this site.

Education51% vs 49%
Community welfare13% vs 12%
Relief of poverty or economic hardship11% vs 12%
Religion5.6% vs 8.1%
Community development, including rural or urban regeneration5.2% vs 5.7%
Arts, heritage, culture or science4.0% vs 2.8%
Health4.0% vs 3.8%
Civic responsibility or voluntary work2.6% vs 2.4%

By size

Under 100k340
100k to 1m244
1m to 10m73
Over 10m16
University College CorkEducation - Cork€479.2m
Bon Secours Health System Company Limited by GuaranteeHealth - Cork€435.1m
Cork Education and Training BoardEducation - Cork City€271.1m
Munster Technological UniversityEducation - Cork€192.2m
Mercy University Hospital Cork Company Limited by GuaranteeHealth - Grenville Place€171m
South Infirmary - Victoria University HospitalHealth - Old Blackrock Road€96.1m
Cope FoundationCommunity welfare - Montenotte€91.4m
Cork Institute of TechnologyEducation - Cork€54.1m
St. Joseph's FoundationCommunity welfare - Cork.€28.2m
Marymount University Hospital and HospiceHealth - Cork€26.7m
Cork Simon CommunityRelief of poverty or economic hardship - Cork€12.6m
Coaction West Cork CLGCommunity welfare - Bantry€11.6m

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.

Cork City Council

31 councillors.

See the councillors

Cork County Council

55 councillors.

See the councillors

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

  • Pat BuckleyCork East - Sinn Féin
  • Colm BurkeCork North-Central - Fine Gael
  • Jerry ButtimerCork South-Central - Fine Gael
  • Holly CairnsCork South-West - Social Democrats
  • Michael CollinsCork South-West - Independent Ireland
  • Thomas GouldCork North-Central - Sinn Féin
  • Eoghan KennyCork North-Central - Labour Party
  • Micheál MartinCork South-Central - 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.