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Listellick, Tralee, Co. Kerry · V92 WTR8 · Roll number 09260B
S.N. Lios Teilic is one of 12 primary schools in or within 3 km of Tralee. Every school in and around Tralee →
What stands out about S.N. Lios Teilic
- 211 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−4%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kerry; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Tralee’s outline, 1.1 km away; listed with Tralee, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Lios Teilic had 211 pupils in 2025/26, down from 219 in 2015/16 (−4%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 225, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for S.N. Lios Teilic
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. Lios Teilic 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 S.N. Lios Teilic
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 S.N. Lios Teilic
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Lios Teilic 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: S.N. Lios Teilic is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−4%). All the schools around Tralee together changed by +5%.
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.
Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 4 have more pupils than S.N. Lios Teilic. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −4%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Lios Teilic | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | ||
| Tralee Educate Together NS | 88 | −4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn | 415 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | 1.7 km | |
| S N Mhuire na mBraithre | 414 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Scoil Eoin | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| St Johns Parochial School | 61 | +49% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Holy Family | 265 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
The other 123 primary schools in Co. Kerry
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N an Chroi Naofa | 342 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 378 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| S N Mainistir O dTorna | 121 | −26% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| S.N. Breandan Naofa | 207 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| S.N. Uaimh Bhreanainn | 209 | +15% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Ardfert Central N.S. | 215 | +6% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Naomh Padraig Measc | 168 | −15% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Spa National School | 230 | +8% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd | 105 | −28% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Freastogail Mhuire Mxd | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eirc | 78 | −31% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Clogher Mxd N.S. | 38 | +9% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Derryquay Mxd N.S. | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Brendans N.S. | 43 | −35% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Nuachabhail | 98 | −31% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Carthach | 42 | +62% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire de Lourdes | 104 | +93% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh | 18 | −54% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Cill Lúraigh | 93 | +21% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosef | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Curranes N.S. | 86 | +2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kiltallagh N.S. | 21 | −34% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Castlemaine N.S. | 123 | +54% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Castledrum N.S. | 107 | +4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Lyre A Crompane N.S. | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Firies Mxd N.S. | 250 | −8% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Chriost Ri | 14 | −39% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Dromclough N.S. | 192 | −23% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballyduff National School | 96 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Knockaderry Farranfore National School | 53 | −20% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Erc | 129 | −16% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Nagle Rice Primary School | 337 | −9% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain | 179 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| Fibough National School | 25 | −17% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh | 53 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Muire Gan Smal | 123 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Cill Cruinn | 97 | −13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra | 107 | −27% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa | 120 | −17% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Aghacasla N.S. | 107 | +9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Listowel Presentation Primary | 186 | −23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Knocknagoshel National School | 40 | −30% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Faha National School | 224 | +5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Realt na Maidne | 166 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail | 136 | +81% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 22 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B | 367 | −5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 107 | +7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Eiltin Naofa | 71 | −36% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Castlegregory Mxd N.S. | 147 | +7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Loughfouder N.S. | 20 | −35% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Séamas | 43 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 23 km |
| Coolick National School | 113 | +31% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scartaglin New Central School | 121 | −5% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 202 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Coolard Mxd N.S. | 82 | −32% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 166 | −17% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Two Mile Community National School | 46 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 119 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Kilgobnet N.S. | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. an Fhossa | 246 | −4% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. an Chuilleanaig | 152 | −6% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Glounaguillagh N.S. | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Cill Cuimin | 113 | −29% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Cill Conla | 35 | −27% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 31 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Chorp Chríost | 91 | +7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na Mainistreach | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Holy Cross Primary School | 345 | −11% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Atha na mBlath | 59 | −5% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| An Bhreac Chluain B | 97 | −6% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Easa Dhuibhe | 55 | −2% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Gaelscoil Faithleann | 245 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| Curraheen Mxd N.S. | 38 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Tiernaboul N.S. | 57 | +8% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Olivers N.S. | 625 | −7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S N Oilibhear Naofa | 61 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Murhur N.S. | 78 | +15% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. an Leana Mhoir | 19 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Lissivigeen Mxd N.S. | 269 | −7% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Raheen National School | 34 | −6% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Knockaclarig Mxd N.S. | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 129 | +13% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. an Chlochan | 55 | +57% | Catholic | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| S.N. Gleann Beithe | 106 | +41% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Loughguitane N.S. | 90 | −11% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Gniomh Go Leith B | 131 | +8% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 112 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| Na Minteoga N.S. | 22 | −15% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Barr Dubh | 95 | +13% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Knockanes Mxd N.S. | 69 | +10% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Tarbert National School | 133 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Glenflesk N.S. | 35 | +3% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Boheshill Mxd | 18 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Holy Family National School | 235 | +4% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S N na Srona | 28 | +0% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 67 | +63% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 43 km |
| Clochar Daingean | 141 | +24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 24 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Eirc | 68 | +26% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 45 km |
| Cahir National School | 25 | −57% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Johns NS | 395 | −7% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Kilgarvan Central Schl | 99 | +9% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Mhaolcheadair | 31 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | 47 km | |
| S.N na Faille Móire | 77 | +38% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 40 | +100% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe | 62 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 49 km | |
| S.N. Cillin Liath | 45 | −13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 51 km |
| Scoil an Fhirtearaigh | 38 | −45% | Catholic | All in Irish | 51 km | |
| Scoil Caitlin Naofa | 8 | −60% | Catholic | All in Irish | 52 km | |
| Tahilla Community National School | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Scoil Naomh Micheal | 75 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Caherciveen N.S. | 148 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Tulloha National School | 23 | −41% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S N Réalt na Mara | 85 | +13% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S N Naomh Gobnait | 38 | +12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 55 km | |
| Aghatubrid N.S. | 48 | −36% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Lauragh National School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| St Finians | 110 | +10% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| S.N. Dar Earca | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S N Naomh Mhichil | 46 | −10% | Catholic | All in Irish | 65 km | |
| Crochan Naofa N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Scoil Bhreanainn | 97 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Scoil an Ghleanna Scoil Náisiúnta Phobail | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 67 km |
Living in Tralee
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Homes in the V92 Eircode area
Housing in Tralee →The median sale price rose from €220,000 in 2023 to €272,000 in 2025 (+24%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Tralee
Cost of living in Tralee →New tenancies in Tralee averaged €1,210 a month in 2025, against €1,112 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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near Tralee, V92 WTR8
Primary schools near S.N. Lios Teilic
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S.N. Lios Teilic
Is S.N. Lios Teilic 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. Lios Teilic have?
211 pupils in 2025/26. That is −4% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Lios Teilic teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Lios Teilic teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Lios Teilic?
S.N. Lios Teilic has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kerry.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Lios Teilic?
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. Lios Teilic?
The nearest are Tralee Educate Together NS (1.4 km), Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn (1.7 km) and S N Mhuire na mBraithre (3 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 Tralee; 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).