C.B.S. Roscommon

The facts

Getting in

Competitive. 91 applications for 80 places — 1.14 applicants per place, and 3 names went on the waiting list.

Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.

read from the school's Annual Admission Notice.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)

Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.

Special classes

2 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Roscommon. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.

Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district F42 (Roscommon) was €259,750 in 2025. That is up 85.5% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Roscommon Urban at -9.28 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 29% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Roscommon

• Ciaran Naofa Primary school, Roscommon
• Clover Hill N S Primary school, Roscommon
• Gaelscoil De Hide Primary school, Roscommon
• Kilteevan N S Primary school, Roscommon
• Lecarrow Community National School Primary school, Roscommon
• Lisaniskey N S Primary school, Roscommon
• Roscommon Community College Secondary school, Roscommon
• Roxboro N S Primary school, Roscommon
• S N Cnoc An Chrocaire Primary school, Roscommon
• S N Naomh Ceitheach Primary school, Roscommon
• S N Naomh Seosamh Primary school, Roscommon
• S N Rath Aradh Primary school, Roscommon