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Kildallon N.S.

PrimaryCatholic

Kildallan, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan · H14 Y902 · Roll number 15452T

Kildallon N.S. is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyconnell. Every school in and around Ballyconnell →

Pupils
46
September, 2025/26
27 girls, 19 boys
Since 2019/20
+7%
from 43 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Kilmore
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Kildallon N.S.

  • A small primary school: 46 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+7%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Kilmore; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Ballyconnell’s outline, 5.1 km away; listed with Ballyconnell, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Kildallon N.S. had 46 pupils in 2025/26, down from 50 in 2015/16 (−8%). Girls are 59% of them. Its largest roll was 51, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

02040602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Kildallon 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 Kildallon 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 Kildallon 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 Kildallon N.S.

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

Families apply to Kildallon 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
46
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+7%
from 43 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Kildallon N.S. has grown by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballyconnell together changed by +21%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Kildallon+7%
The primary schools around Ballyconnell+21%
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, 5 have more pupils than Kildallon N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +7%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

Kildallon46
S.N. Greach Rathain69
Milltown173
Ballyconnell Mxd199
Killeshandra National School48
Ballyconell Central24
S.N. Naomh Maodhog68
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Kildallon N.S.46+7%CatholicEnglish
S.N. Greach Rathain69+57%CatholicEnglish3.8 km
Milltown N.S.173+31%CatholicEnglish4.9 km
Ballyconnell Mxd N.S.199+16%CatholicEnglish5.7 km
Killeshandra National School ( C of I)48−29%Church of IrelandEnglish6.1 km
Ballyconell Central N.S.24−4%Church of IrelandEnglish6.2 km
S.N. Naomh Maodhog68+0%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
The other 68 primary schools in Co. Cavan
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Bhride85+1%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
Convent of Mercy N.S.163−1%CatholicEnglish✓7.8 km
S.N. Mhuire Boys Senior School74+21%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
Fairgreen N.S.33−18%Church of IrelandEnglish✓7.9 km
S.N. Aodhain Naofa76+41%CatholicEnglish10 km
Corliss N.S.19−44%CatholicEnglish11 km
Butlersbridge N.S.261+0%CatholicEnglish12 km
Dromaili S.N.213−6%CatholicEnglish13 km
Kilmore Central N.S.49−18%Church of IrelandEnglish13 km
Coronea N.S.14−36%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Naomh Feidhlim Boys Snr Sch265+5%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Cavan 1 N.S.102+44%Church of IrelandEnglish15 km
St Clares Primary School548+3%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Gaelscoil Bhreifne193+87%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓15 km
Ballyhaise N.S.152−14%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil Naomh Brid108+6%CatholicEnglish16 km
St Patrick's NS47+2%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
St Marys N.S.102−18%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Drom Cnamh47−28%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Corr Lorgan65−28%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Mhuire57+16%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Castletara N.S.183−4%CatholicEnglish17 km
S N Beal Atha na nEach229+6%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Mhuire92−7%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Killygarry N.S.198−8%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Cruabanai174−19%CatholicEnglish19 km
Drung No 2 NS4−85%Church of IrelandEnglish21 km
S.N. Padraig51−7%CatholicEnglish21 km
St Patricks Mxd N.S.93+0%CatholicEnglish21 km
St Mary's N.S.31−49%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Patricks63+2%CatholicEnglish22 km
Killyconnan N.S.72−14%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Lathrach140+12%CatholicEnglish23 km
Drumkilly N.S.96−24%CatholicEnglish24 km
Crosskeys Central N.S.118+9%CatholicEnglish25 km
Aughadreena National School87−10%CatholicEnglish26 km
Mullahoran Central N.S.164−12%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
St Michaels N.S.50−22%CatholicEnglish27 km
Crosserlough N.S.93−14%CatholicEnglish27 km
Kilnaleck Mixed N.S.106+9%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Corrabha20–CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Kill N.S.126+15%CatholicEnglish28 km
Ballynarry N.S.111+22%CatholicEnglish29 km
Darley N.S.130+18%Multi-denominationalEnglish30 km
St Michaels National School232−13%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
St Clares N.S.422−2%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Billis N.S.78−9%Church of IrelandEnglish33 km
S N Doire na Ceise143−1%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Bhride94+0%CatholicEnglish34 km
St Patricks N.S.60+5%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Tamhnach Dhuibh83+1%CatholicEnglish34 km
Castlerahan Central N.S.96−31%CatholicEnglish36 km
Killinkere N.S.151−3%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Maodhog54−17%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Leitir187−7%CatholicEnglish38 km
Virginia Mxd N.S.463+6%CatholicEnglish40 km
Bailieboro Model N.S.83−22%Church of IrelandEnglish41 km
Bailieboro N.S.288−6%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Cnoc an Teampaill158+19%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Cillin94+3%CatholicEnglish42 km
Baile na Mona108−10%CatholicEnglish43 km
Searcog I N.S.183−8%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Carraig A Bruis103−31%CatholicEnglish45 km
Corlea N.S.9−70%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
St Killians N.S.328−10%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. Lathrach 2129−10%CatholicEnglish49 km
Cabra Central N.S.57−2%Church of IrelandEnglish51 km
St Josephs N.S.377−11%CatholicEnglish52 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballyconnell

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

Median sale price
€180,000
123 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€946
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the H14 Eircode area

Housing in Ballyconnell →

The median sale price rose from €170,000 in 2023 to €195,000 in 2025 (+15%).

2023€170,000
2024€170,000
2025€195,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€280,600
Second-hand homes€178,100

Property Price Register sales in the H14 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Ballyconnell

Cost of living in Ballyconnell →

New tenancies in Ballyconnell averaged €946 a month in 2025, against €828 in 2024 (+14%).

2024€828
2025€946

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

near Ballyconnell, H14 Y902

Nearby

Primary schools near Kildallon 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 Kildallon N.S.

Is Kildallon 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 Kildallon N.S. have?

46 pupils in 2025/26. That is +7% since 2019/20.

Does Kildallon N.S. teach through Irish?

No: Kildallon N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Kildallon N.S.?

Kildallon N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kilmore.

How do pupils get a place at Kildallon 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 Kildallon N.S.?

The nearest are S.N. Greach Rathain (3.8 km), Milltown N.S. (4.9 km) and Ballyconnell Mxd N.S. (5.7 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 Ballyconnell; 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).