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Glynn, Saint Mulllins, Co. Carlow · R95 XH58 · Roll number 17330P
Scoil N Moling-Glynn is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Borris. Every school in and around Borris →
What stands out about Scoil N Moling-Glynn
- A small primary school: 51 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−2%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Borris’s outline, 10 km away; listed with Borris, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil N Moling-Glynn had 51 pupils in 2025/26, down from 55 in 2015/16 (−7%). Girls are 41% of them. Its largest roll was 58, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Scoil N Moling-Glynn
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 Scoil N Moling-Glynn 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.
Inspection reports on Scoil N Moling-Glynn
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 a place at Scoil N Moling-Glynn
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil N Moling-Glynn 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil N Moling-Glynn is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−2%). All the schools around Borris together changed by +1%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest primary schools
2025/26The 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, 3 have more pupils than Scoil N Moling-Glynn. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −2%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil N Moling-Glynn | 51 | −2% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Brendans N.S. | 30 | +30% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Scoil Nais Mhichil | 42 | −16% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Graig na Manach Buac | 68 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 148 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| The Rower Mixed N.S. | 115 | −33% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 32 | −22% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km |
The other 37 primary schools in Co. Carlow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borris Mxd N.S. | 196 | −9% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Baile an Chuilinn N.S. | 126 | +5% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Nais Mhuire | 59 | −19% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Fhingin | 34 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Fhoirtcheirn/Fhinin | 106 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| St Bridgets Monastery Boys Senior School | 134 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 90 | −15% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Queen of Universe N.S. | 253 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Newtown Dunleckney Mxd | 144 | −1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Cill Damhain | 87 | −16% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Laserians Mxd N.S. | 182 | +3% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Our Lady's National School | 26 | −24% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Nais Molaise | 123 | +15% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S N Cluain na nGall | 146 | +13% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 239 | −15% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Muire Gan Smal | 61 | −6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Ballinabranna Mxd N.S. | 184 | −6% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Rathoe N.S. | 175 | −1% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Fr Cullen Memorial N.S. | 231 | +21% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Muire Lourdes | 195 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Phadraig Naofa | 150 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| St Columbas N.S. | 93 | +58% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Ceatharlach | 137 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 36 km | |
| Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc | 444 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 36 km | |
| Bennekerry National School | 377 | −11% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Holy Family National School | 592 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 345 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S N Naomh Fhiach | 570 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa | 111 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Bishop Foley Memorial School Boys Snr Sch | 165 | −34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Scoil Nais Bhride | 190 | −15% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Carlow Educate Together NS | 389 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Ballyconnell N.S. | 199 | +20% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Fiontain Naofa | 41 | +58% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 207 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 149 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| S.N. Treasa Naomha | 52 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
Living in Borris
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
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%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
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%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗














near Borris, R95 XH58
Primary schools near Scoil N Moling-Glynn
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil N Moling-Glynn
Is Scoil N Moling-Glynn 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 Scoil N Moling-Glynn have?
51 pupils in 2025/26. That is −2% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil N Moling-Glynn teach through Irish?
No: Scoil N Moling-Glynn teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil N Moling-Glynn?
Scoil N Moling-Glynn has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil N Moling-Glynn?
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 Scoil N Moling-Glynn?
The nearest are St Brendans N.S. (3.3 km), Scoil Nais Mhichil (5 km) and Graig na Manach Buac (5.3 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).