S.N. Carraig A Bruis
Virginia, Co. Cavan · A82 HX80 · Roll number 18857O
S.N. Carraig A Bruis is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Virginia. Every school in and around Virginia →
What stands out about S.N. Carraig A Bruis
- 103 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: 103 pupils, 31% fewer than the 150 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kilmore; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Virginia’s outline, 3.6 km away; listed with Virginia, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Carraig A Bruis had 103 pupils in 2025/26, down from 157 in 2015/16 (−34%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 161, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 1 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for S.N. Carraig A Bruis
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 S.N. Carraig A Bruis 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 S.N. Carraig A Bruis
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 S.N. Carraig A Bruis
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Carraig A Bruis 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: S.N. Carraig A Bruis has shrunk by 31% since 2019/20. All the schools around Virginia together changed by +11%.
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 S.N. Carraig A Bruis. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −31%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Carraig A Bruis | 103 | −31% | Catholic | English | ||
| Cnoc an Teampaill | 158 | +19% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Virginia Mxd N.S. | 463 | +6% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| St Killians N.S. | 328 | −10% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| S.N. Cillin | 94 | +3% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Carnaross N.S. | 178 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 58 | −25% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km |
The other 70 primary schools in Co. Cavan
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killinkere N.S. | 151 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Castlerahan Central N.S. | 96 | −31% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Baile na Mona | 108 | −10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Billis N.S. | 78 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| St Clares N.S. | 422 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Bailieboro N.S. | 288 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Bailieboro Model N.S. | 83 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Leitir | 187 | −7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Lathrach 2 | 129 | −10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Tamhnach Dhuibh | 83 | +1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 377 | −11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Crosserlough N.S. | 93 | −14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Corlea N.S. | 9 | −70% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Aughadreena National School | 87 | −10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Cabra Central N.S. | 57 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| St Michaels N.S. | 50 | −22% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Kilnaleck Mixed N.S. | 106 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Crosskeys Central N.S. | 118 | +9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Maodhog | 54 | −17% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ballynarry N.S. | 111 | +22% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Drumkilly N.S. | 96 | −24% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Searcog I N.S. | 183 | −8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Killyconnan N.S. | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Lathrach | 140 | +12% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S N Doire na Ceise | 143 | −1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Cruabanai | 174 | −19% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Patricks | 63 | +2% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Kill N.S. | 126 | +15% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Mullahoran Central N.S. | 164 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Killygarry N.S. | 198 | −8% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Corr Lorgan | 65 | −28% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S N Beal Atha na nEach | 229 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Drom Cnamh | 47 | −28% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Mary's N.S. | 31 | −49% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 92 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Drung No 2 NS | 4 | −85% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| St Clares Primary School | 548 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Gaelscoil Bhreifne | 193 | +87% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| Cavan 1 N.S. | 102 | +44% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Feidhlim Boys Snr Sch | 265 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| St Michaels National School | 232 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Castletara N.S. | 183 | −4% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Darley N.S. | 130 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Kilmore Central N.S. | 49 | −18% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| Dromaili S.N. | 213 | −6% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 51 | −7% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Ballyhaise N.S. | 152 | −14% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St Patricks Mxd N.S. | 93 | +0% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Butlersbridge N.S. | 261 | +0% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Coronea N.S. | 14 | −36% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Corliss N.S. | 19 | −44% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 108 | +6% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 102 | −18% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 85 | +1% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Killeshandra National School ( C of I) | 48 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | 40 km | |
| Milltown N.S. | 173 | +31% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Boys Senior School | 74 | +21% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Fairgreen N.S. | 33 | −18% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Convent of Mercy N.S. | 163 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Kildallon N.S. | 46 | +7% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Greach Rathain | 69 | +57% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Ballyconnell Mxd N.S. | 199 | +16% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Ballyconell Central N.S. | 24 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Maodhog | 68 | +0% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Aodhain Naofa | 76 | +41% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| St Patrick's NS | 47 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 57 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Corrabha | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 60 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 79 km |
Living in Virginia
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A82 Eircode area
Housing in Virginia →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 Virginia
Cost of living in Virginia →New tenancies in Virginia averaged €1,222 a month in 2025, against €1,160 in 2024 (+5%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Virginia, A82 HX80
Primary schools near S.N. Carraig A Bruis
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S.N. Carraig A Bruis
Is S.N. Carraig A Bruis 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 S.N. Carraig A Bruis have?
103 pupils in 2025/26. That is −31% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Carraig A Bruis teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Carraig A Bruis teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Carraig A Bruis?
S.N. Carraig A Bruis has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kilmore.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Carraig A Bruis?
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 S.N. Carraig A Bruis?
The nearest are Cnoc an Teampaill (3.7 km), Virginia Mxd N.S. (4.7 km) and St Killians N.S. (4.9 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 Virginia; 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).