S.N. Naomh Lorcain
Levitstown, Maganey, Athy, Co. Kildare · R93 KX24 · Roll number 18063A
S.N. Naomh Lorcain is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Castledermot. Every school in and around Castledermot →
What stands out about S.N. Naomh Lorcain
- A small primary school: 34 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 34 pupils, 36% fewer than the 53 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Castledermot’s outline, 3.8 km away; listed with Castledermot, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Naomh Lorcain had 34 pupils in 2025/26, down from 54 in 2015/16 (−37%). Girls are 59% of them. Its largest roll was 55, in 2018/19. 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 S.N. Naomh Lorcain
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. Naomh Lorcain 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. Naomh Lorcain
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. Naomh Lorcain
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Naomh Lorcain 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. Naomh Lorcain has shrunk by 36% since 2019/20. All the schools around Castledermot together changed by −12%.
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, 5 have more pupils than S.N. Naomh Lorcain. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −36%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Lorcain | 34 | −36% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| S.N. Cill Cae | 49 | −8% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Scoil Diarmada | 344 | −6% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Ballyroe Central N.S. | 18 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Carlow Educate Together NS | 389 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km |
The other 97 primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Colmcill Naofa | 129 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 496 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| S N na Cloiche Moire | 20 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 592 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Athy Model School | 90 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Gaelscoil Átha Í | 151 | −23% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Ide | 139 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Laurences N.S. | 259 | −11% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Churchtown N.S. | 55 | −38% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kilberry N.S. | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Bhríde | 183 | −15% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ballyshannon N.S. | 115 | −10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ioseph | 51 | −12% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Cill Daingin | 207 | −8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 167 | −5% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 598 | −13% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St. Catherine of Sienna | 151 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 27 km |
| St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School | 1,025 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Monasterevan Convent | 377 | +5% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St. John's National School | 45 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Bride | 304 | −4% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha | 215 | +45% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Brannoxtown Community N.S. | 83 | +295% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Kildare Town Educate Together NS | 417 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Newbridge Educate Together NS | 406 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chill Dara | 288 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 101 | −31% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ballymany Junior N.S. | 333 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 389 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 187 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Scoil Chonnla Phadraig | 306 | −11% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Conleths and Marys N.S. | 345 | −8% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Connlaodh Naofa N | 285 | −25% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 216 | +13% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil na Naomh Uilig | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Ursaille Naofa | 236 | −7% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 229 | +8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Killashee Multi-Denominational N.S. | 224 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 286 | −3% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Rathangan B N.S. | 308 | +7% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St Davids N.S. | 98 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh | 385 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 36 km | |
| Almhaine N.S. | 184 | −18% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Naas Community National School | 364 | +44% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Chorbain | 460 | −11% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| An Linbh Iosa | 401 | −13% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Caragh N.S. | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Mercy Convent Primary School | 607 | +9% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Bríd | 612 | −8% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Rath Mor | 308 | +9% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Baile Roibeaird | 173 | −16% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St Laurences National School | 646 | −6% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School | 263 | +2% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Coill Dubh | 182 | +8% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Prosperous N.S. | 493 | −7% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Hewetsons N.S. | 89 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 744 | +12% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead | 88 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| St Patricks BNS | 488 | −7% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Bhride | 480 | −8% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 60 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Cianog Naofa | 90 | −10% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Mhuire | 105 | +12% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Conleths N.S. | 278 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| St Annes National School | 329 | −1% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Straffan N.S. | 401 | +7% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Rathcoffey N.S. | 215 | −4% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Tir Mochain | 100 | −17% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S.N. Scoil Treasa | 100 | −12% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| North Kildare Educate Together NS | 432 | +14% | Multi-denominational | English | 53 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach | 455 | +8% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 374 | −10% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Primrose Hill N.S. | 109 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 54 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 235 | −43% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim | 85 | +18% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Aghards N.S. | 660 | −5% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Cloch Rinnce | 137 | −11% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 110 | +20% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 87 | −30% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Scoil Ui Fhiaich | 459 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 56 km | |
| Maynooth Educate Together National School | 415 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | 56 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 423 | +5% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Scoil Uí Riada | 484 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 57 km | |
| Maynooth B N.S. | 595 | +4% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S N na Maighdine Mhuire | 60 | −10% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Presentation Girls Primary School | 621 | +0% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Scoil Chóca Naofa | 467 | +18% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Leixlip Educate Together National School | 207 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 57 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Phoil | 264 | −19% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 295 | −5% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ruairí | 173 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 58 km | |
| Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh | 376 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 58 km | |
| San Carlo Senior N.S. | 301 | +13% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| San Carlo Junior N.S. | 265 | −0% | Catholic | English | 59 km |
Living in Castledermot
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R14 Eircode area
Housing in Castledermot →The median sale price rose from €229,000 in 2023 to €345,000 in 2025 (+51%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R14 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Kildare
Cost of living in Castledermot →New tenancies in Co. Kildare averaged €1,701 a month in 2025, against €1,154 in 2024 (+0%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Castledermot, R93 KX24
Primary schools near S.N. Naomh Lorcain
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. Naomh Lorcain
Is S.N. Naomh Lorcain 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. Naomh Lorcain have?
34 pupils in 2025/26. That is −36% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Naomh Lorcain teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Naomh Lorcain teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Naomh Lorcain?
S.N. Naomh Lorcain has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Naomh Lorcain?
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. Naomh Lorcain?
The nearest are Scoil Abbain Cillin (3.8 km), S.N. Cill Cae (4.4 km) and Scoil Diarmada (4.8 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 Castledermot; 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).