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Bonane, Kenmare, Co. Kerry · V93 DW99 · Roll number 01396J
Tulloha National School is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Kenmare. Every school in and around Kenmare →
What stands out about Tulloha National School
- A small primary school: 23 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 23 pupils, 41% fewer than the 39 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kerry; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Kenmare’s outline, 6.7 km away; listed with Kenmare, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Tulloha National School had 23 pupils in 2025/26, down from 31 in 2015/16 (−26%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 39, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Tulloha 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 Tulloha 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.
Inspection reports on Tulloha 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 a place at Tulloha National School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Tulloha 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Tulloha National School has shrunk by 41% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kenmare together changed by +9%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Tulloha National School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −41%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulloha National School | 23 | −41% | Catholic | English | ||
| Cahir National School | 25 | −57% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Johns NS | 395 | −7% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| S.N. Fhiachna | 66 | +20% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Derrycreha N.S. | 28 | −18% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Kilgarvan Central Schl | 99 | +9% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coomhola N.S. | 85 | −16% | Catholic | English | 11 km |
The other 126 primary schools in Co. Kerry
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Réalt na Mara | 85 | +13% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Lauragh National School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Tahilla Community National School | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Loughguitane N.S. | 90 | −11% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Glenflesk N.S. | 35 | +3% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 129 | +13% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Knockanes Mxd N.S. | 69 | +10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Lissivigeen Mxd N.S. | 269 | −7% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Olivers N.S. | 625 | −7% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Micheal | 75 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Mhuire na Mainistreach | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Holy Cross Primary School | 345 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Gaelscoil Faithleann | 245 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| S.N. an Fhossa | 246 | −4% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. an Chuilleanaig | 152 | −6% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Tiernaboul N.S. | 57 | +8% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Boheshill Mxd | 18 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Barr Dubh | 95 | +13% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Two Mile Community National School | 46 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Kilgobnet N.S. | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S N na Srona | 28 | +0% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Cill Cuimin | 113 | −29% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Raheen National School | 34 | −6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Faha National School | 224 | +5% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Na Minteoga N.S. | 22 | −15% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Coolick National School | 113 | +31% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Holy Family National School | 235 | +4% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Glounaguillagh N.S. | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Atha na mBlath | 59 | −5% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B | 367 | −5% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Gniomh Go Leith B | 131 | +8% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Curraheen Mxd N.S. | 38 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Nagle Rice Primary School | 337 | −9% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Cillin Liath | 45 | −13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Gleann Beithe | 106 | +41% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Séamas | 43 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 38 km |
| Knockaderry Farranfore National School | 53 | −20% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Firies Mxd N.S. | 250 | −8% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 119 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Castlemaine N.S. | 123 | +54% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scartaglin New Central School | 121 | −5% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa | 120 | −17% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Kiltallagh N.S. | 21 | −34% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Crochan Naofa N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Carthach | 42 | +62% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Castledrum N.S. | 107 | +4% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Fibough National School | 25 | −17% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 40 | +100% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| St Finians | 110 | +10% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Muire Gan Smal | 123 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Scoil Nuachabhail | 98 | −31% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain | 179 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh | 53 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 107 | +7% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N na Faille Móire | 77 | +38% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Naomh Padraig Measc | 168 | −15% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Clogher Mxd N.S. | 38 | +9% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Curranes N.S. | 86 | +2% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Aghatubrid N.S. | 48 | −36% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Breandan Naofa | 207 | +2% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Caherciveen N.S. | 148 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Uaimh Bhreanainn | 209 | +15% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Derryquay Mxd N.S. | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 378 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S N an Chroi Naofa | 342 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| S N Naomh Mhichil | 46 | −10% | Catholic | All in Irish | 51 km | |
| St Johns Parochial School | 61 | +49% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| An Bhreac Chluain B | 97 | −6% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S N Mhuire na mBraithre | 414 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Holy Family | 265 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Scoil Eoin | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn | 415 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | 52 km | |
| Loughfouder N.S. | 20 | −35% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Tralee Educate Together NS | 88 | −4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Spa National School | 230 | +8% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S.N. Lios Teilic | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Knockaclarig Mxd N.S. | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Aghacasla N.S. | 107 | +9% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 112 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 55 km | |
| Scoil an Ghleanna Scoil Náisiúnta Phobail | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 55 km | |
| St Brendans N.S. | 43 | −35% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Dar Earca | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 31 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| Knocknagoshel National School | 40 | −30% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Ardfert Central N.S. | 215 | +6% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Scoil Bhreanainn | 97 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Castlegregory Mxd N.S. | 147 | +7% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Lyre A Crompane N.S. | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S N Mainistir O dTorna | 121 | −26% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd | 105 | −28% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 67 | +63% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 62 km |
| Clochar Daingean | 141 | +24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 62 km | |
| Freastogail Mhuire Mxd | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eirc | 78 | −31% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S.N. an Chlochan | 55 | +57% | Catholic | All in Irish | 64 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire de Lourdes | 104 | +93% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| Dromclough N.S. | 192 | −23% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 24 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | 65 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 166 | −17% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh | 18 | −54% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe | 62 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 66 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosef | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| S.N. Cill Cruinn | 97 | −13% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| Scoil Caitlin Naofa | 8 | −60% | Catholic | All in Irish | 67 km | |
| S.N. Cill Lúraigh | 93 | +21% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Erc | 129 | −16% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| Realt na Maidne | 166 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| Listowel Presentation Primary | 186 | −23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail | 136 | +81% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 69 km |
| S.N. Mhaolcheadair | 31 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | 70 km | |
| Scoil Chriost Ri | 14 | −39% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| Ballyduff National School | 96 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| Scoil Naisiunta Eirc | 68 | +26% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 71 km |
| Scoil an Fhirtearaigh | 38 | −45% | Catholic | All in Irish | 71 km | |
| Scoil Chorp Chríost | 91 | +7% | Catholic | English | 72 km | |
| S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra | 107 | −27% | Catholic | English | 72 km | |
| S N Naomh Gobnait | 38 | +12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 72 km | |
| Coolard Mxd N.S. | 82 | −32% | Catholic | English | 73 km | |
| Eiltin Naofa | 71 | −36% | Catholic | English | 74 km | |
| Murhur N.S. | 78 | +15% | Catholic | English | 76 km | |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 202 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| S.N. an Leana Mhoir | 19 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 78 km |
| S N Oilibhear Naofa | 61 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 80 km |
| Scoil Easa Dhuibhe | 55 | −2% | Catholic | English | 81 km | |
| S.N. Cill Conla | 35 | −27% | Catholic | English | 81 km | |
| Tarbert National School | 133 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 83 km |
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Location
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near Kenmare, V93 DW99
Primary schools near Tulloha National School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Tulloha National School
Is Tulloha 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 Tulloha National School have?
23 pupils in 2025/26. That is −41% since 2019/20.
Does Tulloha National School teach through Irish?
No: Tulloha National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Tulloha National School?
Tulloha National School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kerry.
How do pupils get a place at Tulloha 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 Tulloha National School?
The nearest are Cahir National School (7.5 km), St Johns NS (7.5 km) and S.N. Fhiachna (8.6 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 Kenmare; 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).