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S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra

PrimaryCatholicSpecial classes

Ballyduff, Tralee, Co. Kerry · V92 WF40 · Roll number 03132I

S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyduff. Every school in and around Ballyduff →

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Pupils
107
September, 2025/26
58 girls, 49 boys
Since 2019/20
−27%
from 147 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Kerry
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra

  • 107 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: 107 pupils, 27% fewer than the 147 of 2019/20.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Kerry; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Ballyduff’s outline, 3.3 km away; listed with Ballyduff, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra had 107 pupils in 2025/26, down from 167 in 2015/16 (−36%). Girls are 54% of them. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.

0501001502002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra

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. Sliabh A Mhadra 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 S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra

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 S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra

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

Families apply to S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra 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.

Pupils
107
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−27%
from 147 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra has shrunk by 27% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballyduff together changed by −21%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra−27%
The primary schools around Ballyduff−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, 1 have more pupils than S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −27%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra107
Ballyduff96
Scoil Chriost Ri14
S.N. Cill Lúraigh93
S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh18
Scoil Íosagáin202
Scoil Naomh Iosef38
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra107−27%CatholicEnglish
Ballyduff National School96−21%CatholicEnglish✓3.5 km
Scoil Chriost Ri14−39%CatholicEnglish4.4 km
S.N. Cill Lúraigh93+21%CatholicEnglish4.7 km
S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh18−54%CatholicEnglish5.4 km
Scoil Íosagáin202+15%CatholicEnglish✓6.7 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef38−5%CatholicEnglish✓9.2 km
The other 123 primary schools in Co. Kerry
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Mhuire de Lourdes104+93%CatholicEnglish✓9.5 km
Freastogail Mhuire Mxd52+86%CatholicEnglish✓9.7 km
Eiltin Naofa71−36%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
S.N. Naomh Eirc78−31%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. Cill Conla35−27%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. Cill Cruinn97−13%CatholicEnglish12 km
S N Mainistir O dTorna121−26%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd105−28%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Naomh Erc129−16%CatholicEnglish13 km
Coolard Mxd N.S.82−32%CatholicEnglish14 km
Dromclough N.S.192−23%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Easa Dhuibhe55−2%CatholicEnglish15 km
Listowel Presentation Primary186−23%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Ardfert Central N.S.215+6%CatholicEnglish16 km
Realt na Maidne166−11%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail136+81%CatholicAll in Irish✓16 km
S.N. Lios Teilic211−4%CatholicEnglish18 km
S N Oilibhear Naofa61−9%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Tralee Educate Together NS88−4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓19 km
Lyre A Crompane N.S.28–Multi-denominationalEnglish✓20 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn415+20%CatholicAll in Irish20 km
Scoil Eoin589−6%CatholicEnglish21 km
S N Mhuire na mBraithre414−5%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Holy Family265+23%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
St Johns Parochial School61+49%Church of IrelandEnglish✓21 km
Spa National School230+8%CatholicEnglish21 km
S N an Chroi Naofa342+26%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Mhuire378−6%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. an Leana Mhoir19–CatholicEnglish✓22 km
S.N. Uaimh Bhreanainn209+15%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Brendans N.S.43−35%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Naomh Brid166−17%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa207+2%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Chorp Chríost91+7%CatholicEnglish23 km
Murhur N.S.78+15%CatholicEnglish24 km
Naomh Padraig Measc168−15%CatholicEnglish24 km
Clogher Mxd N.S.38+9%CatholicEnglish24 km
Derryquay Mxd N.S.32−18%CatholicEnglish26 km
Tarbert National School133−1%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Curranes N.S.86+2%CatholicEnglish27 km
Knocknagoshel National School40−30%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Nuachabhail98−31%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Naomh Carthach42+62%CatholicEnglish30 km
Castlegregory Mxd N.S.147+7%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh53−5%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Aghacasla N.S.107+9%CatholicEnglish31 km
Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain179−8%CatholicAll in Irish31 km
Loughfouder N.S.20−35%CatholicEnglish31 km
Muire Gan Smal123+9%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Castledrum N.S.107+4%CatholicEnglish32 km
Kiltallagh N.S.21−34%Church of IrelandEnglish✓32 km
Castlemaine N.S.123+54%CatholicEnglish32 km
Firies Mxd N.S.250−8%CatholicEnglish33 km
Fibough National School25−17%CatholicEnglish34 km
Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa120−17%CatholicEnglish34 km
Scoil Mhuire31−42%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Knockaderry Farranfore National School53−20%CatholicEnglish34 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C107+7%CatholicEnglish34 km
Nagle Rice Primary School337−9%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scartaglin New Central School121−5%CatholicEnglish38 km
Gaelscoil Naomh Séamas43–CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓39 km
Scoil Mhuire B367−5%CatholicEnglish39 km
Knockaclarig Mxd N.S.47+0%CatholicEnglish40 km
Faha National School224+5%CatholicEnglish40 km
Coolick National School113+31%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. an Chlochan55+57%CatholicAll in Irish40 km
An Bhreac Chluain B97−6%CatholicEnglish41 km
Scoil Realt na Mara119−20%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Two Mile Community National School46+77%Multi-denominationalEnglish42 km
S.N. Cill Cuimin113−29%CatholicEnglish44 km
Glounaguillagh N.S.137−1%CatholicEnglish44 km
Kilgobnet N.S.92+12%CatholicEnglish44 km
Scoil Atha na mBlath59−5%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. an Fhossa246−4%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. an Chuilleanaig152−6%CatholicEnglish45 km
S.N. Eoin Baiste112−6%CatholicAll in Irish46 km
Curraheen Mxd N.S.38+3%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Mhuire na Mainistreach167−11%CatholicEnglish46 km
Holy Cross Primary School345−11%CatholicEnglish46 km
Gaelscoil Faithleann245−2%CatholicAll in Irish47 km
Tiernaboul N.S.57+8%CatholicEnglish47 km
St Olivers N.S.625−7%CatholicEnglish48 km
Raheen National School34−6%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. Gniomh Go Leith B131+8%CatholicEnglish48 km
Lissivigeen Mxd N.S.269−7%CatholicEnglish49 km
Scoil Bhríde129+13%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. Gleann Beithe106+41%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Na Minteoga N.S.22−15%CatholicEnglish50 km
Scoil Naisiunta Eirc68+26%CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
S.N. an Ghleanna24–CatholicAll in Irish51 km
Loughguitane N.S.90−11%CatholicEnglish52 km
Scoil Barr Dubh95+13%CatholicEnglish52 km
Clochar Daingean141+24%CatholicAll in Irish52 km
Scoil na mBraithre67+63%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
Knockanes Mxd N.S.69+10%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Mhaolcheadair31+0%CatholicAll in Irish53 km
Holy Family National School235+4%CatholicEnglish53 km
Glenflesk N.S.35+3%CatholicEnglish54 km
Boheshill Mxd18−42%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S N na Srona28+0%CatholicEnglish56 km
S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe62+3%CatholicAll in Irish57 km
Scoil an Fhirtearaigh38−45%CatholicAll in Irish57 km
Scoil Caitlin Naofa8−60%CatholicAll in Irish60 km
S.N na Faille Móire77+38%CatholicEnglish61 km
S N Naomh Gobnait38+12%CatholicAll in Irish62 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal40+100%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Cahir National School25−57%CatholicEnglish64 km
Kilgarvan Central Schl99+9%CatholicEnglish64 km
St Johns NS395−7%CatholicEnglish65 km
S.N. Cillin Liath45−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓66 km
Caherciveen N.S.148+24%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Tahilla Community National School29–Multi-denominationalEnglish✓70 km
Scoil Naomh Micheal75+12%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Tulloha National School23−41%CatholicEnglish72 km
Aghatubrid N.S.48−36%CatholicEnglish72 km
S N Réalt na Mara85+13%CatholicEnglish73 km
S.N. Dar Earca47+0%CatholicEnglish✓74 km
St Finians110+10%CatholicEnglish76 km
Lauragh National School17–CatholicEnglish78 km
Scoil Bhreanainn97+62%CatholicEnglish✓78 km
S N Naomh Mhichil46−10%CatholicAll in Irish79 km
Scoil an Ghleanna Scoil Náisiúnta Phobail29–Multi-denominationalAll in Irish80 km
Crochan Naofa N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish81 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballyduff

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

Median sale price
€241,500
routing key V92, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,182
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Kerry

Homes in the V92 Eircode area

Housing in Ballyduff →

The median sale price rose from €220,000 in 2023 to €272,000 in 2025 (+24%).

2023€220,000
2024€237,000
2025€272,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€384,400
Second-hand homes€239,200

Property Price Register sales in the V92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Kerry

Cost of living in Ballyduff →

New tenancies in Co. Kerry averaged €1,182 a month in 2025, against €1,085 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,085
2025€1,182

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

Location

Directions ↗

near Ballyduff, V92 WF40

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Ballyduff National School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
96 pupils−21% since 2019/203.5 km
Scoil Chriost Ri
Primary · Catholic
14 pupils−39% since 2019/204.4 km
S.N. Cill Lúraigh
Primary · Catholic
93 pupils+21% since 2019/204.7 km
S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh
Primary · Catholic
18 pupils−54% since 2019/205.4 km
Scoil Íosagáin
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
202 pupils+15% since 2019/206.7 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
38 pupils−5% since 2019/209.2 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 03132I

Questions about S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra

Is S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra 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. Sliabh A Mhadra have?

107 pupils in 2025/26. That is −27% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra?

S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kerry.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra?

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. Sliabh A Mhadra?

The nearest are Ballyduff National School (3.5 km), Scoil Chriost Ri (4.4 km) and S.N. Cill Lúraigh (4.7 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 Ballyduff; 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).