Drumkilly N.S.
Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan · A82 VY00 · Roll number 19202Q
Drumkilly N.S. is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Kilnaleck. Every school in and around Kilnaleck →
What stands out about Drumkilly N.S.
- 96 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 96 pupils, 24% fewer than the 126 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kilmore; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Kilnaleck’s outline, 2.8 km away; listed with Kilnaleck, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Drumkilly N.S. had 96 pupils in 2025/26, down from 126 in 2015/16 (−24%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 127, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Drumkilly 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 Drumkilly 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.
Inspection reports on Drumkilly 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 a place at Drumkilly N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Drumkilly 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Drumkilly N.S. has shrunk by 24% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kilnaleck together changed by −4%.
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, 4 have more pupils than Drumkilly N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −24%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumkilly N.S. | 96 | −24% | Catholic | English | ||
| Kilnaleck Mixed N.S. | 106 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Crosserlough N.S. | 93 | −14% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| St Patricks | 63 | +2% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Ballynarry N.S. | 111 | +22% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Crosskeys Central N.S. | 118 | +9% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| S N Beal Atha na nEach | 229 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
The other 68 primary schools in Co. Cavan
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire | 92 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| S.N. Corr Lorgan | 65 | −28% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Mullahoran Central N.S. | 164 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| S.N. Cruabanai | 174 | −19% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Aughadreena National School | 87 | −10% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Killyconnan N.S. | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Clares N.S. | 422 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Scoil Bhride | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Kilmore Central N.S. | 49 | −18% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Killygarry N.S. | 198 | −8% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Cavan 1 N.S. | 102 | +44% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Feidhlim Boys Snr Sch | 265 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Clares Primary School | 548 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Gaelscoil Bhreifne | 193 | +87% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Drom Cnamh | 47 | −28% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Patricks Mxd N.S. | 93 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Dromaili S.N. | 213 | −6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coronea N.S. | 14 | −36% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Billis N.S. | 78 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Castlerahan Central N.S. | 96 | −31% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels N.S. | 50 | −22% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Corliss N.S. | 19 | −44% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Lathrach | 140 | +12% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Castletara N.S. | 183 | −4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 102 | −18% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballyhaise N.S. | 152 | −14% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Butlersbridge N.S. | 261 | +0% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 85 | +1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Killinkere N.S. | 151 | −3% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Killeshandra National School ( C of I) | 48 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Drung No 2 NS | 4 | −85% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| St Mary's N.S. | 31 | −49% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Virginia Mxd N.S. | 463 | +6% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Cnoc an Teampaill | 158 | +19% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Tamhnach Dhuibh | 83 | +1% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Milltown N.S. | 173 | +31% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 51 | −7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 108 | +6% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Kill N.S. | 126 | +15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Cillin | 94 | +3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Leitir | 187 | −7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Carraig A Bruis | 103 | −31% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Kildallon N.S. | 46 | +7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Boys Senior School | 74 | +21% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Fairgreen N.S. | 33 | −18% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Bailieboro N.S. | 288 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Convent of Mercy N.S. | 163 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Bailieboro Model N.S. | 83 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| S N Doire na Ceise | 143 | −1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Maodhog | 54 | −17% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Baile na Mona | 108 | −10% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Greach Rathain | 69 | +57% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Killians N.S. | 328 | −10% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Darley N.S. | 130 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| St Michaels National School | 232 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Ballyconnell Mxd N.S. | 199 | +16% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Maodhog | 68 | +0% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ballyconell Central N.S. | 24 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Corlea N.S. | 9 | −70% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Lathrach 2 | 129 | −10% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Searcog I N.S. | 183 | −8% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Aodhain Naofa | 76 | +41% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Cabra Central N.S. | 57 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 377 | −11% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St Patrick's NS | 47 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 57 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Corrabha | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 60 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
Living in Kilnaleck
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A82 Eircode area
Housing in Kilnaleck →The median sale price rose from €240,000 in 2023 to €310,000 in 2025 (+29%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A82 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Cavan
Cost of living in Kilnaleck →New tenancies in Co. Cavan averaged €1,095 a month in 2025, against €987 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Kilnaleck, A82 VY00
Primary schools near Drumkilly 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 Drumkilly N.S.
Is Drumkilly 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 Drumkilly N.S. have?
96 pupils in 2025/26. That is −24% since 2019/20.
Does Drumkilly N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Drumkilly N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Drumkilly N.S.?
Drumkilly N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kilmore.
How do pupils get a place at Drumkilly 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 Drumkilly N.S.?
The nearest are Kilnaleck Mixed N.S. (3.7 km), Crosserlough N.S. (4 km) and St Patricks (4.3 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 Kilnaleck; 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).