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Kinsale, Co Cork · P17 CF82 · Roll number 20435A
Scoil Naomh Eltin is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Kinsale. Every school in and around Kinsale →
What stands out about Scoil Naomh Eltin
- One of the larger primary schools: 401 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 401 pupils, 25% more than the 321 of 2019/20.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- The largest of the 4 primary schools around Kinsale.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Cork & Ross; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Naomh Eltin had 401 pupils in 2025/26, against 227 in 2015/16 (+77%). Girls are 52% of them. Its roll rose in 9 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 Naomh Eltin
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 Naomh Eltin 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 Naomh Eltin
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 Naomh Eltin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Naomh Eltin 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.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Naomh Eltin has grown by 25% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kinsale together changed by +16%.
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.
Scoil Naomh Eltin has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +25%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Naomh Eltin | 401 | +25% | Catholic | English | ||
| Kinsale N.S. | 55 | −49% | Church of Ireland | English | 1 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chionn tSáile | 145 | −28% | Catholic | All in Irish | 1 km | |
| S.N. Chobh Chionn Tsaile | 213 | −4% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na nGrast | 363 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Dundar Mhuighe N.S. | 175 | −24% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Ballinspittle N.S. | 192 | −14% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km |
The other 328 primary schools in Co. Cork
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinadee N.S. | 95 | −33% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| S.N. Garran an Easaigh | 60 | −3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Ballyheeda N.S. | 158 | −3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S N Fionan na Reanna | 144 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Inis Eoghanain | 295 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S N Cnoc na Manach | 103 | −7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Kilbrittain Mixed N.S. | 211 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Gogginshill N.S. | 227 | +1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Ballygarvan N.S. | 366 | −6% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Gaelscoil Droichead na Banndan | 157 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Carrigaline Educate Together NS | 424 | −10% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Bhile | 141 | −6% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Holy Well National School (Scoil Tobair Naofa) | 803 | – | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S N Droichead na Bandan | 170 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Bandon Primary School | 401 | – | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Mary's Church of Ireland N.S | 204 | −3% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Gaelscoil Charraig Ui Leighin | 591 | −13% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Owenabue ETNS | 118 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. an Gharrain | 43 | −9% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Baile Nora | 328 | +28% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Castlealack N.S. | 56 | −3% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 187 | −13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Timoleague N.S. | 150 | −15% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Shanbally N.S. | 192 | −10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Nioclais | 714 | −15% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Barryroe N.S. | 182 | +10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Cros Tseain | 215 | −5% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Templebrady N.S. | 68 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Clogach | 55 | +77% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Bun an Tsabhairne | 193 | −12% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. B Togher Cork | 252 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Athair Maitiu C | 252 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Laragh N.S. | 174 | −1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Douglas Rochestown Educate Together National School | 506 | +52% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Ringaskiddy Lower Harbour N.S. | 58 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naomh (Boys) | 398 | −5% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S N an Spioraid Naomh C | 258 | −9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| South Lee Educate Together National School | 162 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Riada | 254 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| St Columbas N.S. | 377 | −6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Realt na Maidine | 107 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Douglas B N.S. | 353 | −9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Lukes N.S. Douglas | 203 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil an Athair Tadhg O Murchu | 424 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 460 | −4% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Gael Scoil Ui Riordain | 724 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Scoil Maria Assumpta | 168 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa | 193 | −14% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 20 km |
| Scoil Naomh Caitriona | 414 | −5% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Muire Gan Smal C | 297 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal B | 403 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Cill Bonain | 97 | +3% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid C | 374 | −27% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin B | 352 | −23% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Monkstown N.S. | 194 | −8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire C | 437 | −3% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Bunscoil Chriost Ri | 453 | −4% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 21 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Chaisleáin | 205 | +201% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| Greenmount Monastery N.S. | 240 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Naomh Antaine | 581 | −22% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes | 215 | −9% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Barra Naofa | 75 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 21 km | |
| Ovens N.S. | 466 | +8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Barra | 449 | −11% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire | 312 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Iosef Naofa | 215 | −0% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Barra Naofa Bhuach | 280 | −4% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Barra Naofa Cailini | 316 | +22% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Bunscoil Rinn an Chabhlaigh | 679 | −6% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ballintemple N.S. | 250 | +11% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Cork Educate Together National School | 193 | −8% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Star of the Sea Primary School | 352 | −13% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Colmcille | 264 | +22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoine | 195 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Scoil Naomh Micheal | 102 | +21% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhachan | 139 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Vincents Convent N.S. | 208 | −23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| North Presentation Primary School | 288 | +27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Ursula | 182 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Padre Pio N.S. | 264 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Lukes Mxd N.S. | 96 | +16% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil na Croise Naofa | 193 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Kilcolman N.S. | 29 | −29% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys Senior | 207 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Clogheen Mxd N.S. | 181 | +12% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Marys National School | 248 | −24% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Patricks B N.S. | 152 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 86 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Iosagain | 222 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Dhairbhre | 36 | −12% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Cobh | 261 | −28% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Cobh N.S. | 15 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa C | 128 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Aiseiri Chriost | 232 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Bhreanndain C | 115 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Gaelscoil Peig Sayers | 280 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 23 km |
| Gaelscoile Cobh | 46 | −73% | Catholic | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Alainn | 393 | +7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| S.N. Mharcuis B | 99 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Whitegate Mixed N.S. | 87 | +16% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Cloughduv N.S. | 166 | +37% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 149 | −20% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus Eoin | 304 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Gaelscoil Ui Drisceoil | 381 | −18% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Little Island N.S. | 141 | −23% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Cloghroe Mixed N.S. | 537 | +2% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir | 511 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Achadh Eochaille | 66 | −13% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Lower Glanmire N.S. | 151 | +19% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Strawberry Hill National School | 315 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Newcestown N.S. | 196 | −16% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil na nOg | 32 | −51% | Catholic | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhuscraí | 195 | +12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Kilgariffe N.S. | 45 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Chroí Íosa | 286 | −9% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 316 | −13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Joseph's Girls National School | 192 | −13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Ath Fhada | 304 | −10% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Glounthaune Mixed N.S. | 422 | −6% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Riverstown N.S. | 666 | −6% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Dripsey N.S. | 100 | +3% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Walterstown N.S. | 183 | −14% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil na mBuachailli | 235 | −4% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ruadhain | 359 | −7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhichíl Uí Choileáin | 388 | +10% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Sceach | 207 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Upper Glanmire N.S. | 284 | −12% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Bhiorainn | 200 | +3% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Marys Central School | 189 | −8% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Cill Mhuire B | 169 | +2% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa | 396 | −24% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Vicarstown Mixed N.S. | 167 | +31% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Chlochair Mhuire National School | 245 | −48% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Carrigtwohill Community National School | 443 | +113% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Coachford N.S. | 169 | +55% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Baile Muine | 18 | −40% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. an Aird | 111 | +39% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Baile Ui Chroinin | 55 | +38% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Canovee Mixed N.S. | 145 | −14% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 324 | −4% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S N na Scairte Leithe | 378 | −17% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Knockraha N.S. | 147 | −11% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Lisavaird Mxd N.S. | 70 | +27% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil an Athar Tadhg | 317 | −3% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 32 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhainistir na Corann | 550 | +5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Cloyne National School | 275 | −14% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Achadh Bolg | 100 | −12% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Rath A Bharraigh | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Midleton CBS Primary School | 191 | −37% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Midleton Convent N.S. | 291 | −35% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Caipin | 95 | −13% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Cillmin | 113 | −18% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Firmount Mixed N.S. | 171 | +35% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St John the Baptist N.S. | 190 | −12% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| Ballyvongane Mixed N.S. | 18 | −36% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Midleton Educate Together School | 572 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Leamlara Mixed N.S. | 136 | −24% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Rath Dubh | 197 | −27% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ballincarriga Mxd N.S. | 97 | +14% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Tirelton N.S. Mxd | 71 | −13% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Lachtin | 162 | −7% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Watergrasshill N.S. | 391 | +3% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 36 km | |
| Rusheen N.S. | 74 | −12% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Macroom Boys Senior National School | 186 | −10% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Bunscoil Fachtna | 173 | – | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Macroom Convent N.S. | 306 | −2% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Ballintotas N.S. | 100 | −18% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S N Re na Scrine | 50 | +61% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Rylane N.S. | 54 | −34% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Shanagarry N.S. | 102 | +4% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin | 65 | −25% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 99 | +21% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Dromleigh N.S. | 46 | +0% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 134 | −29% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S N Moing na Miol | 113 | −27% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Castlemartyr N.S. | 214 | −17% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St Endas N.S. | 30 | −25% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Dunmanway Boys Senior National School | 89 | +5% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Dunmanway Convent Girls Senior National School | 91 | −9% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Dunmanway Convent Inf | 102 | +3% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Burnfort N.S. | 66 | −44% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Dunmanway Model N.S. | 95 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 41 km | |
| Kilbarry N.S. | 31 | −34% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Ballinagree Mxd N.S. | 68 | +39% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| SN Ath na Lionta | 78 | −13% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Dungourney Central N Sc | 193 | −10% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Bartlemy N.S. | 89 | −20% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Chuan Doir | 71 | −1% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Clondrohid N.S. | 276 | +24% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S N na Mona Fliche | 49 | −9% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Cill Criodain | 325 | +11% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Drinagh Mixed N.S. | 71 | −3% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Inchigeela N.S. | 59 | +20% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Togher N.S. | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Scoil Lachtain Naofa | 88 | −1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 44 km | |
| S.N. Cill Mhic Abhaidh | 40 | −2% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Rathcormac N.S. | 432 | −2% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Fearghail Naofa | 203 | −11% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Derrinacahara N.S. | 80 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Union Hall Mixed N.S. | 67 | −17% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Dhrom Athain | 207 | −13% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Castlelyons B N.S. | 194 | −3% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Carraig an Ime | 23 | – | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Rathain | 125 | +37% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Gael Scoil Thomais Daibhis | 412 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 48 km | |
| S.N. Ioseph | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Fhursa | 51 | −32% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St. Abbey's National School | 95 | −13% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil Ghobnatan | 470 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 111 | −4% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Inis | 188 | −12% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Maulatrahane Central N.S. | 31 | −18% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Clonpriest N.S. | 140 | +11% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Kyle N.S. | 50 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | 49 km | |
| S N Rae na nDoiri | 24 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 49 km | |
| Mallow Community National School | 202 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Boys Senior School | 212 | −20% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Killavullen N.S. | 109 | −22% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Convent Girls Senior National School | 246 | −10% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Iosagain | 133 | −13% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 167 | −12% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Kilcorney Mixed N.S. | 20 | −55% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Abán Naofa | 137 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 50 km | |
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 328 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 50 km | |
| Castletownsend Mxd N.S. | 90 | −29% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. an Phairc | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Scoil Freastogail Muire | 236 | −18% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Dromdhallagh N.S. | 53 | −9% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Drimoleague Junior Sch | 54 | −8% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Bishop Murphy Memorial Boys Senior National School | 112 | −11% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Fermoy Educate Together NS | 78 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 51 km | |
| Scoil Fionnbarra | 98 | +14% | Catholic | All in Irish | 51 km | |
| Cloghoola Mixed N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Fermoy Adair N.S. | 21 | −38% | Church of Ireland | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Caitriona | 149 | −14% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Iosef Naofa | 90 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Grange Fermoy N.S. | 134 | −9% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 14 | −39% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Castletownroche N.S. | 102 | +20% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S N Muire na Doirini | 14 | −56% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Kilmagner N.S. | 52 | −37% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire gan Smál, Clondulane | 80 | −9% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S.N. Breandan Naofa | 76 | −14% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Gaelscoil Dr M Ui Shuilleabhain | 78 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 53 km | |
| St Patrick's Boys' National School | 204 | −7% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Ballyclough Mixed N.S. | 111 | −14% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 182 | −9% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| South Abbey N.S. | 190 | +46% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Banteer N.S. | 190 | −12% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Scoil Chuil Aodha Barr D Inse | 58 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | 54 km | |
| Abbeystrewry N.S. | 142 | +26% | Church of Ireland | English | 54 km | |
| Bun Scoil Muire | 487 | −7% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Millstreet Convent N.S. | 238 | +9% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Caheragh N.S. | 64 | +7% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Ballygown N.S. | 98 | −25% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chorain, | 261 | −17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 54 km | |
| Curriglass N.S. | 34 | −40% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire BNS | 94 | −13% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Baltydaniel N.S. | 210 | −2% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Mocomhog N.S. | 20 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| St Patrick's National School | 114 | −16% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Scoil Mháirtin | 291 | −2% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Ballyhass Mixed N.S. | 223 | +18% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Dromagh Mixed N.S. | 24 | −43% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Drumclugh N.S. | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S.N. Sean Baile Mor | 61 | −8% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Canon Sheehan Primary School | 174 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| S.N. an Droma Mhoir | 68 | −3% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Curraghagalla N.S. | 30 | +25% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Derrinagree N.S. | 66 | −24% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Pádraig | 372 | – | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Kealkil N.S. | 189 | +7% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na Trocaire | 213 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Lisgriffin N.S. | 28 | +22% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin Baiste | 67 | −7% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| S.N. Cill Dairbhre | 177 | −10% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Ballindangan Mixed N.S. | 35 | +75% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 56 | −30% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Rathmore N.S. | 116 | +1% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Breandan | 25 | +14% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Lisheen Mixed N.S. | 56 | −3% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Kilcoe N.S. | 32 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Cuilinn Ui Caoimh | 58 | −12% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| SN Gleann na hUladh | 99 | +11% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Boherbue N.S. | 208 | +12% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus Bharra | 330 | – | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| Gaelscoil Bheanntrai | 119 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 64 km | |
| Coomhola N.S. | 85 | −16% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| St Brendans National School | 26 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 64 km | |
| Scoil Bhrugh Thuinne | 103 | −9% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 172 | −23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Liscarrol N.S. | 176 | −5% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Bunscoil na Toirbhirte | 273 | −19% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Lios Maighir | 42 | −16% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Scoil na Trionoide | 182 | – | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| S N Cnoc na Croighe | 83 | +22% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 85 | +9% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| St Matthias N.S. | 22 | −19% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| S.N. Baile Ui Ghiblin | 105 | −28% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| Ballyhea N.S. | 141 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| Derrycreha N.S. | 28 | −18% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Mxd | 77 | +20% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| Freemount Mixed N.S. | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| Carrigboy N.S. | 82 | +17% | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Sheamuis | 19 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 70 km | |
| Druimne N.S. | 69 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| S.N. Fhiachna | 66 | +20% | Catholic | English | 71 km | |
| S.N. an Mhaoilinn | 49 | −11% | Catholic | English | 71 km | |
| S.N. Baile Deasmumhan | 104 | +9% | Catholic | English | 72 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire N.s., | 151 | +4% | Catholic | English | 73 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre Boys Snr Sch | 227 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| St Josephs Convent N.S. | 190 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| Scoil Naomh Aine Girls Senior School | 195 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| Shandrum National School | 144 | +1% | Catholic | English | 73 km | |
| S.N. Cleire | 3 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 74 km |
| Tullylease Mixed N.S. | 33 | +57% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 74 km |
| S.N. Ath an Mhuillinn | 78 | −23% | Catholic | English | 74 km | |
| Rushnacahara N.S. | 24 | −27% | Catholic | English | 77 km | |
| Rockchapel N.S. | 38 | +6% | Catholic | English | 78 km | |
| Trafrask Mixed N.S. | 17 | −54% | Catholic | English | 79 km | |
| Adrigole N.S. | 25 | +14% | Catholic | English | 82 km | |
| Kilcrohane N.S. | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | 82 km | |
| S.N. an Ghoilin | 32 | +14% | Catholic | English | 85 km | |
| Mhichil Naofa | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 94 km |
| Scoil an Croi Ro Naofa | 195 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 96 km |
| Scoil Chaitigheirn | 62 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 98 km |
| S.N. Oir Cheann | 17 | −32% | Catholic | English | 102 km | |
| Cahermore New Central School | 55 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 107 km |
Living in Kinsale
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Homes in the P17 Eircode area
Housing in Kinsale →The median sale price rose from €440,000 in 2023 to €490,000 in 2025 (+11%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the P17 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Kinsale
Cost of living in Kinsale →New tenancies in Kinsale averaged €1,911 a month in 2025, against €1,657 in 2024 (+15%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Kinsale, P17 CF82
Primary schools near Scoil Naomh Eltin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Naomh Eltin
Is Scoil Naomh Eltin 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 Naomh Eltin have?
401 pupils in 2025/26. That is +25% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Naomh Eltin teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Naomh Eltin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Naomh Eltin?
Scoil Naomh Eltin has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Cork & Ross.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Naomh Eltin?
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 Naomh Eltin?
The nearest are Kinsale N.S. (1 km), Gaelscoil Chionn tSáile (1 km) and S.N. Chobh Chionn Tsaile (1.5 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 Kinsale; 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).