Coláiste Iognáid SJ (English: Ignatius College), a bilingual secondary school, is located on Sea Road in Galway, Ireland.

[2] The school, which was incorporated into a Jesuit residence in the present Abbeygate Street, continued in Galway through a time of political upheaval and military activity.

[2] In 1859, at the request of the Bishop of Galway, John McEvilly, the Jesuits once more took up residence in the city, this time in Prospect Hill and served in the nearby St. Patrick's Church.

The local enthusiasm for the language revival efforts of the emerging Republic of Ireland was to be served by a re-invigorated Coláiste Iognáid, which became an Irish-medium School in 1931.

[2] In 1974, when the school population was increased to provide three-form entry, one co-educational form became the Irish-medium Scoil Gaeilge.

[3] Coláíste Íognáíd is a non-fee-paying, co-educational, secondary school, comprising Jesuit and lay staff and catering to a broad spectrum of social and academic intake.

In the three-year junior cycle all pupils follow the Junior Certificate syllabus in the core subjects of Irish, English, mathematics, business studies, science, geography, religious studies, history, physical education, SPHE, and CSPE, as well as a choice between German and French along with a further option of either music, home economics, art or technical graphics.

Transition year follows the Junior Certificate and comprises a selection of courses designed within the school and taught as modules.

In addition to religious education, pupils study Irish, English, maths, French, and a choice of three from chemistry, accountancy, German, art, physics, geography, economics, music, biology, history, business, home economics (social and scientific), and design and communication graphics.

As circumstances allow, the school provides the following sports: rowing, Gaelic football, rugby, hockey, soccer, basketball, canoeing, athletics, swimming and mountaineering.

Pupils also participate in various clubs and cultural activities such as debating (Irish and English), drama, social action, and orchestra.

With many of the nearby schools, extra-curricular activities pupils enter city, provincial, and national competitions like Feile Scoil Dramaiochta, Feis Cheoil na hÉireann, Concern and Denny debates, the Young Scientist Competition, golf, and the various blitz, cup, and league fixtures and regattas.

The school was represented in the National Junior Mace finals every year of its existence and also qualified for ICYD nine times (2010,2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017).

In 2015 (Frank O'Neill and Eoghan Finn) and 2017 (Kate Duggan and Conor O'Sullivan), the school qualified for Cambridge Senior International.

From 2008 to 2009 and in 2014, 2015,2016, the society won both the NUIG Junior and Senior Maces as well as being runners up in the All-Ireland Denny Schools Debating Competition.

Andrew Forde, won the Galway Public Speaking award and he and Eoghan Finn represented Ireland at the European Youth Parliament.

Liam Carton, Fionn Ryan and Kate Duggan won the Galway Advertiser City Schools Competition in 2016.

Coláiste Iognáid Rowing Club (CIRC) has won various regional and national trophies as well as having members represent Ireland in international competitions.

The school had students representing Ireland in the Home International and Coupe de la Jeunesse competitions in 2007 and 2008.

At the 2008, Coup de la Jeunesse at the NRC, Cork, Eddie Mullarkey was in the two-bow seat of the men's coxed four that took silver, and Katie Barrett and Aifric Keogh competed in the women’s 8+ event, winning bronze medals.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Aifric Keogh was part of the bronze medal-winning women's coxless four team.

[11] In 2008–2009, the Jes beat Sligo Grammar School 10–3 to record their 11th victory in this competition and move up to third in the all-time-winners list.

The senior squad reached the semi-final of the Connacht schools competition in 2014, losing to Summerhill College of Sligo.

[citation needed] Unlike other schools in Galway, the Jes had no adjacent playing fields in the early 2000s yet both the under-19 boys and the under 16-girls made it to the All Ireland finals in 2008.

Since the launch of the new building, the school now has playing fields and several other sporting facilities including a basketball court and a gym.