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Knockaderry Farranfore National School

PrimaryCatholic

Farranfore, Killarney, Co. Kerry · V93 NF44 · Roll number 02418V

Knockaderry Farranfore National School is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Fieries. Every school in and around Fieries →

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Pupils
53
September, 2025/26
27 girls, 26 boys
Since 2019/20
−20%
from 66 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 Knockaderry Farranfore National School

  • A small primary school: 53 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Smaller than it was: 53 pupils, 20% fewer than the 66 of 2019/20.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Kerry; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Fieries’s outline, 2.9 km away; listed with Fieries, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Knockaderry Farranfore National School had 53 pupils in 2025/26, down from 85 in 2015/16 (−38%). Girls are 51% of them. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.

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

No letter

No letter for Knockaderry Farranfore National School

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 Knockaderry Farranfore National School 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 Knockaderry Farranfore National School

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 Knockaderry Farranfore National School

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

Families apply to Knockaderry Farranfore National School 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
53
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−20%
from 66 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Knockaderry Farranfore National School has shrunk by 20% since 2019/20. All the schools around Fieries together changed by −11%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Knockaderry Farranfore−20%
The primary schools around Fieries−11%
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, 4 have more pupils than Knockaderry Farranfore National School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −20%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.

Knockaderry Farranfore53
Firies Mxd250
Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa120
Coolick113
Scoil Naomh Carthach42
Scoil Nuachabhail98
Two Mile Community46
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Knockaderry Farranfore National School53−20%CatholicEnglish
Firies Mxd N.S.250−8%CatholicEnglish3.2 km
Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa120−17%CatholicEnglish3.9 km
Coolick National School113+31%CatholicEnglish5.9 km
Scoil Naomh Carthach42+62%CatholicEnglish6.6 km
Scoil Nuachabhail98−31%CatholicEnglish7 km
Two Mile Community National School46+77%Multi-denominationalEnglish8.4 km
The other 123 primary schools in Co. Kerry
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Muire Gan Smal123+9%CatholicEnglish✓8.8 km
Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain179−8%CatholicAll in Irish9.2 km
Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh53−5%CatholicEnglish✓9.5 km
Scartaglin New Central School121−5%CatholicEnglish9.6 km
Faha National School224+5%CatholicEnglish9.7 km
S.N. Cill Cuimin113−29%CatholicEnglish9.7 km
Clogher Mxd N.S.38+9%CatholicEnglish9.9 km
Kiltallagh N.S.21−34%Church of IrelandEnglish✓10 km
Castlemaine N.S.123+54%CatholicEnglish11 km
Curranes N.S.86+2%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. an Fhossa246−4%CatholicEnglish11 km
Nagle Rice Primary School337−9%CatholicEnglish12 km
Naomh Padraig Measc168−15%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Uaimh Bhreanainn209+15%CatholicEnglish12 km
Holy Cross Primary School345−11%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Mhuire na Mainistreach167−11%CatholicEnglish12 km
Gaelscoil Faithleann245−2%CatholicAll in Irish13 km
Scoil Atha na mBlath59−5%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C107+7%CatholicEnglish13 km
Tiernaboul N.S.57+8%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Olivers N.S.625−7%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. an Chuilleanaig152−6%CatholicEnglish14 km
Lissivigeen Mxd N.S.269−7%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil Mhuire378−6%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S N an Chroi Naofa342+26%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S N Mhuire na mBraithre414−5%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Castledrum N.S.107+4%CatholicEnglish15 km
St Johns Parochial School61+49%Church of IrelandEnglish✓15 km
Raheen National School34−6%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil Bhríde129+13%CatholicEnglish16 km
Holy Family265+23%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Eoin589−6%CatholicEnglish16 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn415+20%CatholicAll in Irish16 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa207+2%CatholicEnglish16 km
Tralee Educate Together NS88−4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Kilgobnet N.S.92+12%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Lios Teilic211−4%CatholicEnglish17 km
Loughguitane N.S.90−11%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Mhuire B367−5%CatholicEnglish18 km
Loughfouder N.S.20−35%CatholicEnglish18 km
Na Minteoga N.S.22−15%CatholicEnglish19 km
Scoil Barr Dubh95+13%CatholicEnglish19 km
Fibough National School25−17%CatholicEnglish19 km
Knockanes Mxd N.S.69+10%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Gniomh Go Leith B131+8%CatholicEnglish20 km
Spa National School230+8%CatholicEnglish20 km
Derryquay Mxd N.S.32−18%CatholicEnglish20 km
Glenflesk N.S.35+3%CatholicEnglish20 km
Gaelscoil Naomh Séamas43–CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓21 km
Lyre A Crompane N.S.28–Multi-denominationalEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd105−28%CatholicEnglish21 km
Knocknagoshel National School40−30%CatholicEnglish21 km
S N Mainistir O dTorna121−26%CatholicEnglish22 km
Glounaguillagh N.S.137−1%CatholicEnglish22 km
Ardfert Central N.S.215+6%CatholicEnglish23 km
Holy Family National School235+4%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Realt na Mara119−20%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S N na Srona28+0%CatholicEnglish24 km
Scoil Mhuire31−42%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
St Brendans N.S.43−35%CatholicEnglish25 km
Knockaclarig Mxd N.S.47+0%CatholicEnglish25 km
Freastogail Mhuire Mxd52+86%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Mhuire de Lourdes104+93%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Dromclough N.S.192−23%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Naomh Eirc78−31%CatholicEnglish26 km
Curraheen Mxd N.S.38+3%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh18−54%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Naomh Brid166−17%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Cill Cruinn97−13%CatholicEnglish29 km
Aghacasla N.S.107+9%CatholicEnglish30 km
Kilgarvan Central Schl99+9%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Cill Lúraigh93+21%CatholicEnglish31 km
Boheshill Mxd18−42%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Cahir National School25−57%CatholicEnglish31 km
Listowel Presentation Primary186−23%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Realt na Maidne166−11%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail136+81%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef38−5%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
St Johns NS395−7%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Gleann Beithe106+41%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Ballyduff National School96−21%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Scoil Chriost Ri14−39%CatholicEnglish33 km
Castlegregory Mxd N.S.147+7%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra107−27%CatholicEnglish34 km
An Bhreac Chluain B97−6%CatholicEnglish34 km
Scoil Naomh Erc129−16%CatholicEnglish34 km
Scoil Chorp Chríost91+7%CatholicEnglish35 km
Coolard Mxd N.S.82−32%CatholicEnglish35 km
Eiltin Naofa71−36%CatholicEnglish35 km
Tulloha National School23−41%CatholicEnglish38 km
Murhur N.S.78+15%CatholicEnglish39 km
Scoil Íosagáin202+15%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. an Leana Mhoir19–CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Eoin Baiste112−6%CatholicAll in Irish41 km
S N Oilibhear Naofa61−9%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Tahilla Community National School29–Multi-denominationalEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Easa Dhuibhe55−2%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Cill Conla35−27%CatholicEnglish43 km
S N Réalt na Mara85+13%CatholicEnglish43 km
S.N. an Chlochan55+57%CatholicAll in Irish44 km
Scoil Naomh Micheal75+12%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Tarbert National School133−1%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Cillin Liath45−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal40+100%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N na Faille Móire77+38%CatholicEnglish47 km
Lauragh National School17–CatholicEnglish48 km
Scoil na mBraithre67+63%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
Clochar Daingean141+24%CatholicAll in Irish49 km
S.N. an Ghleanna24–CatholicAll in Irish51 km
Caherciveen N.S.148+24%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Scoil Naisiunta Eirc68+26%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
S.N. Mhaolcheadair31+0%CatholicAll in Irish55 km
S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe62+3%CatholicAll in Irish55 km
Aghatubrid N.S.48−36%CatholicEnglish56 km
St Finians110+10%CatholicEnglish57 km
Scoil Caitlin Naofa8−60%CatholicAll in Irish58 km
Crochan Naofa N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish59 km
Scoil an Fhirtearaigh38−45%CatholicAll in Irish59 km
S.N. Dar Earca47+0%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
S N Naomh Gobnait38+12%CatholicAll in Irish62 km
S N Naomh Mhichil46−10%CatholicAll in Irish62 km
Scoil Bhreanainn97+62%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Scoil an Ghleanna Scoil Náisiúnta Phobail29–Multi-denominationalAll in Irish65 km
Living nearby

Living in Fieries

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

Median sale price
€302,300
routing key V93, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,182
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Kerry

Homes in the V93 Eircode area

Housing in Fieries →

The median sale price rose from €284,000 in 2023 to €330,000 in 2025 (+16%).

2023€284,000
2024€295,000
2025€330,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€441,000
Second-hand homes€292,600

Property Price Register sales in the V93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Kerry

Cost of living in Fieries →

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 Fieries, V93 NF44

Nearby

Primary schools near Knockaderry Farranfore National School

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

Firies Mxd N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
250 pupils−8% since 2019/203.2 km
Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa
Primary · Catholic
120 pupils−17% since 2019/203.9 km
Coolick National School
Primary · Catholic
113 pupils+31% since 2019/205.9 km
Scoil Naomh Carthach
Primary · Catholic
42 pupils+62% since 2019/206.6 km
Scoil Nuachabhail
Primary · Catholic
98 pupils−31% since 2019/207 km
Two Mile Community National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
46 pupils+77% since 2019/208.4 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 02418V

Questions about Knockaderry Farranfore National School

Is Knockaderry Farranfore National School 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 Knockaderry Farranfore National School have?

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

Does Knockaderry Farranfore National School teach through Irish?

No: Knockaderry Farranfore National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Knockaderry Farranfore National School?

Knockaderry Farranfore National School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kerry.

How do pupils get a place at Knockaderry Farranfore National School?

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 Knockaderry Farranfore National School?

The nearest are Firies Mxd N.S. (3.2 km), Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa (3.9 km) and Coolick National School (5.9 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 Fieries; 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).