Firies Mxd N.S.
Church Road, Firies Village, Killarney, Co. Kerry · V93 D932 · Roll number 15945T
Firies Mxd N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Fieries. Every school in and around Fieries →
What stands out about Firies Mxd N.S.
- One of the larger primary schools: 250 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−8%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kerry; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Firies Mxd N.S. had 250 pupils in 2025/26, down from 274 in 2015/16 (−9%). Girls are 41% of them. Its largest roll was 282, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Firies Mxd 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 Firies Mxd 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 Firies Mxd 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 Firies Mxd N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Firies Mxd 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.
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: Firies Mxd N.S. has shrunk by 8% since 2019/20. All the schools around Fieries 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.
Firies Mxd N.S. has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −8%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firies Mxd N.S. | 250 | −8% | Catholic | English | ||
| Knockaderry Farranfore National School | 53 | −20% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Carthach | 42 | +62% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa | 120 | −17% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Kiltallagh N.S. | 21 | −34% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Castlemaine N.S. | 123 | +54% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Scoil Nuachabhail | 98 | −31% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km |
The other 123 primary schools in Co. Kerry
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolick National School | 113 | +31% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Faha National School | 224 | +5% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Nagle Rice Primary School | 337 | −9% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Two Mile Community National School | 46 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Naomh Padraig Measc | 168 | −15% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Clogher Mxd N.S. | 38 | +9% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. an Fhossa | 246 | −4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Muire Gan Smal | 123 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Uaimh Bhreanainn | 209 | +15% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain | 179 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| S.N. Cill Cuimin | 113 | −29% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh | 53 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Castledrum N.S. | 107 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Curranes N.S. | 86 | +2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scartaglin New Central School | 121 | −5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. an Chuilleanaig | 152 | −6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 378 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S N an Chroi Naofa | 342 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil Mhuire na Mainistreach | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Holy Cross Primary School | 345 | −11% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S N Mhuire na mBraithre | 414 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Johns Parochial School | 61 | +49% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Breandan Naofa | 207 | +2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Family | 265 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Gaelscoil Faithleann | 245 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn | 415 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| Tralee Educate Together NS | 88 | −4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Olivers N.S. | 625 | −7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Tiernaboul N.S. | 57 | +8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Kilgobnet N.S. | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B | 367 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 107 | +7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Atha na mBlath | 59 | −5% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Lios Teilic | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Fibough National School | 25 | −17% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Lissivigeen Mxd N.S. | 269 | −7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 129 | +13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Derryquay Mxd N.S. | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Spa National School | 230 | +8% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Séamas | 43 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 18 km |
| Raheen National School | 34 | −6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Loughguitane N.S. | 90 | −11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Glounaguillagh N.S. | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Loughfouder N.S. | 20 | −35% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd | 105 | −28% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S N Mainistir O dTorna | 121 | −26% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 119 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Ardfert Central N.S. | 215 | +6% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Knockanes Mxd N.S. | 69 | +10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Barr Dubh | 95 | +13% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Lyre A Crompane N.S. | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Na Minteoga N.S. | 22 | −15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Brendans N.S. | 43 | −35% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Glenflesk N.S. | 35 | +3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Gniomh Go Leith B | 131 | +8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Knocknagoshel National School | 40 | −30% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Freastogail Mhuire Mxd | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Curraheen Mxd N.S. | 38 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eirc | 78 | −31% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire de Lourdes | 104 | +93% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Holy Family National School | 235 | +4% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S N na Srona | 28 | +0% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Dromclough N.S. | 192 | −23% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 31 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Aghacasla N.S. | 107 | +9% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh | 18 | −54% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Knockaclarig Mxd N.S. | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Boheshill Mxd | 18 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Cill Cruinn | 97 | −13% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Gleann Beithe | 106 | +41% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Cill Lúraigh | 93 | +21% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosef | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 166 | −17% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Castlegregory Mxd N.S. | 147 | +7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| An Bhreac Chluain B | 97 | −6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Cahir National School | 25 | −57% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Kilgarvan Central Schl | 99 | +9% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Listowel Presentation Primary | 186 | −23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Chriost Ri | 14 | −39% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Realt na Maidne | 166 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Ballyduff National School | 96 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| St Johns NS | 395 | −7% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail | 136 | +81% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Naomh Erc | 129 | −16% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra | 107 | −27% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Eiltin Naofa | 71 | −36% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Coolard Mxd N.S. | 82 | −32% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Chorp Chríost | 91 | +7% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 112 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 38 km | |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 202 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Tulloha National School | 23 | −41% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Murhur N.S. | 78 | +15% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Tahilla Community National School | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. an Chlochan | 55 | +57% | Catholic | All in Irish | 41 km | |
| S.N. an Leana Mhoir | 19 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S N Réalt na Mara | 85 | +13% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Cill Conla | 35 | −27% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S N Oilibhear Naofa | 61 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Scoil Easa Dhuibhe | 55 | −2% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Micheal | 75 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Cillin Liath | 45 | −13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N na Faille Móire | 77 | +38% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 40 | +100% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 67 | +63% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 46 km |
| Clochar Daingean | 141 | +24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| Tarbert National School | 133 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Lauragh National School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 24 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | 47 km | |
| Caherciveen N.S. | 148 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil Naisiunta Eirc | 68 | +26% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 51 km |
| S.N. Mhaolcheadair | 31 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | 52 km | |
| S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe | 62 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 52 km | |
| Aghatubrid N.S. | 48 | −36% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| St Finians | 110 | +10% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Scoil Caitlin Naofa | 8 | −60% | Catholic | All in Irish | 55 km | |
| Scoil an Fhirtearaigh | 38 | −45% | Catholic | All in Irish | 56 km | |
| Crochan Naofa N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| S.N. Dar Earca | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| S N Naomh Gobnait | 38 | +12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 59 km | |
| S N Naomh Mhichil | 46 | −10% | Catholic | All in Irish | 59 km | |
| Scoil Bhreanainn | 97 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Scoil an Ghleanna Scoil Náisiúnta Phobail | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 62 km |
Living in Fieries
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
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%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
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%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Fieries, V93 D932
Primary schools near Firies Mxd 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 Firies Mxd N.S.
Is Firies Mxd 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 Firies Mxd N.S. have?
250 pupils in 2025/26. That is −8% since 2019/20.
Does Firies Mxd N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Firies Mxd N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Firies Mxd N.S.?
Firies Mxd N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kerry.
How do pupils get a place at Firies Mxd 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 Firies Mxd N.S.?
The nearest are Knockaderry Farranfore National School (3.2 km), Scoil Naomh Carthach (4 km) and Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa (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 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).