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Baile an Chuilinn N.S.

PrimaryCatholic

Ballinkillen, Muinebeag, Co. Carlow · R21 Y803 · Roll number 01116A

Baile an Chuilinn N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Borris. Every school in and around Borris →

Pupils
126
September, 2025/26
62 girls, 64 boys
Since 2019/20
+5%
from 120 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Baile an Chuilinn N.S.

  • 126 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+5%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Borris’s outline, 3.9 km away; listed with Borris, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Baile an Chuilinn N.S. had 126 pupils in 2025/26, against 109 in 2015/16 (+16%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 140, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.

040801201602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Baile an Chuilinn N.S.

Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.

What the Department of Education does publish for Baile an Chuilinn N.S. is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.

Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Baile an Chuilinn N.S.

The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗

Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.

Getting in

Getting a place at Baile an Chuilinn N.S.

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Baile an Chuilinn N.S. directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.

A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.

Pupils
126
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+5%
from 120 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Baile an Chuilinn N.S. has grown by 5% since 2019/20. All the schools around Borris together changed by +1%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Baile an Chuilinn+5%
The primary schools around Borris−9%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 2 have more pupils than Baile an Chuilinn N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +5%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.

Baile an Chuilinn126
Goresbridge68
Borris Mxd196
St Bridgets Monastery Boys Senior School134
St Marys90
S.N. Nmh Fhingin34
Scoil Nais Mhuire59
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Baile an Chuilinn N.S.126+5%CatholicEnglish
Goresbridge N.S.68−23%CatholicEnglish5 km
Borris Mxd N.S.196−9%CatholicEnglish5.5 km
St Bridgets Monastery Boys Senior School134−9%CatholicEnglish✓6 km
St Marys N.S.90−15%Church of IrelandEnglish6.1 km
S.N. Nmh Fhingin34−6%CatholicEnglish✓6.1 km
Scoil Nais Mhuire59−19%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
The other 35 primary schools in Co. Carlow
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Queen of Universe N.S.253−2%CatholicEnglish✓6.3 km
Newtown Dunleckney Mxd144−1%CatholicEnglish9 km
St Patrick's National School32−22%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
St Laserians Mxd N.S.182+3%CatholicEnglish10 km
S.N. Fhoirtcheirn/Fhinin106−12%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Our Lady's National School26−24%CatholicEnglish11 km
Scoil Nais Mhichil42−16%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Nais Molaise123+15%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Peadar agus Pol239−15%CatholicEnglish15 km
Ballinabranna Mxd N.S.184−6%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil N Moling-Glynn51−2%CatholicEnglish16 km
Fr Cullen Memorial N.S.231+21%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Cill Damhain87−16%CatholicEnglish17 km
Rathoe N.S.175−1%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Muire Gan Smal61−6%CatholicEnglish19 km
St Brendans N.S.30+30%CatholicEnglish20 km
S N Cluain na nGall146+13%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Ceatharlach137+3%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc444−7%CatholicAll in Irish20 km
Bennekerry National School377−11%CatholicEnglish21 km
Holy Family National School592–CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S N Naomh Fhiach570−3%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal345−17%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa111−19%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys Snr Sch165−34%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Muire Lourdes195−22%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Phadraig Naofa150−40%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
St Columbas N.S.93+58%Church of IrelandEnglish✓22 km
Carlow Educate Together NS389+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Nais Bhride190−15%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Fiontain Naofa41+58%CatholicEnglish27 km
Ballyconnell N.S.199+20%CatholicEnglish27 km
St Patricks N.S.207−2%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Treasa Naomha52−26%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
St Josephs N.S.149+3%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Living nearby

Living in Borris

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€197,000
41 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,316
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Carlow

Homes in the R95 Eircode area

Housing in Borris →

The median sale price rose from €289,400 in 2023 to €351,700 in 2025 (+22%).

2023€289,400
2024€325,000
2025€351,700

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€385,600
Second-hand homes€276,500

Property Price Register sales in the R95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Carlow

Cost of living in Borris →

New tenancies in Co. Carlow averaged €1,316 a month in 2025, against €1,199 in 2024 (+10%).

2024€1,199
2025€1,316

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

near Borris, R21 Y803

Nearby

Primary schools near Baile an Chuilinn N.S.

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Baile an Chuilinn N.S.

Is Baile an Chuilinn N.S. a good school?

We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.

How many pupils does Baile an Chuilinn N.S. have?

126 pupils in 2025/26. That is +5% since 2019/20.

Does Baile an Chuilinn N.S. teach through Irish?

No: Baile an Chuilinn N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Baile an Chuilinn N.S.?

Baile an Chuilinn N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.

How do pupils get a place at Baile an Chuilinn N.S.?

Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.

Which schools of the same kind are near Baile an Chuilinn N.S.?

The nearest are Goresbridge N.S. (5 km), Borris Mxd N.S. (5.5 km) and St Bridgets Monastery Boys Senior School (6 km).

Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Borris; nothing here rates the school.

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).