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159 schools and 420 charities in Kerry. Counts of records, not rates.
Schools
159
about 28,462 pupils - 4% of Ireland
Charities
420
€251.3m combined reported income - 4% 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 organisationsHigh confidence

Higher share of "Community welfare"

18% of the charities here with a recorded purpose are in this group, compared with 12% across Ireland (75 of 420 here).

18% Kerry12% 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 organisationsHigh confidence

Lower share of "Relief of poverty or economic hardship"

7.1% of the charities here with a recorded purpose are in this group, compared with 12% across Ireland (30 of 420 here).

7.1% Kerry12% 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

Lower share of organisations in the "1m to 10m" size band

7.4% of the charities here with a recorded income are in this group, compared with 12% across Ireland (19 of 256 here).

7.4% Kerry12% 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 179 pupils, compared with about 248 across Ireland (159 schools with a pupil count).

179 Kerry248 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.

Education

159 schools with about 28,462 pupils. Department of Education school lists. Pupil numbers and school types, never league tables.

Primary130
Post-primary29

Largest schools by pupil numbers

Mercy Secondary School MounthawkPost-primary - Co. Kerry1,322 pupils
St. Brendan's CollegePost-primary - Co Chiarraí871 pupils
C.B.S. Secondary SchoolPost-primary - Co. Kerry801 pupils
St. Brigid's Secondary SchoolPost-primary - Co. Kerry789 pupils
Presentation Secondary SchoolPost-primary - Co Kerry712 pupils
The Intermediate SchoolPost-primary - Co. Kerry711 pupils
Causeway Comprehensive SchoolPost-primary - Co Kerry646 pupils
Pobalscoil Inbhear ScéinePost-primary - V93 K580646 pupils
St Olivers NSPrimary - Co. Kerry625 pupils
Scoil EoinPrimary - Co. Kerry589 pupils

People and organisations

iShare of charities here, with the share across Ireland after "vs". Only organisations with a recorded purpose are counted (420 of 420).Largest here (largest first by latest gross income)

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

Education46% vs 49%
Community welfare18% vs 12%
Community development, including rural or urban regeneration9.0% vs 5.7%
Relief of poverty or economic hardship7.1% vs 12%
Religion4.3% vs 8.1%
Arts, heritage, culture or science4.0% vs 2.8%
Civic responsibility or voluntary work3.6% vs 2.4%
Integration of those who are disadvantaged, and the promotio3.1% vs 2.0%

By size

Under 100k122
100k to 1m98
1m to 10m19
Over 10m4
Kerry Education and Training BoardEducation - Tralee€87.1m
Legal Aid BoardIntegration of those who are disadvantaged, and the promotio - Cahirciveen€48.1m
Kerry Parents and Friends AssociationCommunity welfare - Co. Kerry€16.9m
Trustees of Muckross House (Killarney) LtdEducation - Killarney€10.5m
South Kerry Development Partnership CLGRelief of poverty or economic hardship - Caherciveen€8.3m
North and East Kerry Leader Partnership TeorantaRelief of poverty or economic hardship - Co Kerry€5.5m
Kerry Diocesan Youth ServiceEducation - Killarney€4.3m
Kerry Community Transport Company Limited by GuaranteeCommunity welfare - Castleisland€3.5m
Colaiste Chorca Dhuibhne TeorantaEducation - Ballyferriter€2.7m
Aras Mhuire Nursing Home CompanyCommunity welfare - Listowel€2.2m
Diocese of KerryReligion - Killarney€2m
Baile Mhuire LimitedCommunity welfare - Tralee€1.9m

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.

Kerry County Council

33 councillors.

See the councillors

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

  • Michael CahillKerry - Fianna Fáil
  • Pa DalyKerry - Sinn Féin
  • Norma FoleyKerry - Fianna Fáil
  • Danny Healy-RaeKerry - Independent
  • Michael Healy-RaeKerry - Independent

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.