S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead
Killina, Carbury, Co. Kildare · W91 XC62 · Roll number 17995V
S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Derrinturn. Every school in and around Derrinturn →
What stands out about S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead
- 88 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−10%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Derrinturn’s outline, 3 km away; listed with Derrinturn, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead had 88 pupils in 2025/26, down from 102 in 2015/16 (−14%). Girls are 53% of them. Its largest roll was 106, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 5 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. Oilibhear Plunglead
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. Oilibhear Plunglead 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. Oilibhear Plunglead
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. Oilibhear Plunglead
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead has shrunk by 10% since 2019/20. All the schools around Derrinturn 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.
Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 5 have more pupils than S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −10%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead | 88 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| S.N. Brighde | 60 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| St Conleths N.S. | 278 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School | 263 | +2% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| S.N. Cianog Naofa | 90 | −10% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| S.N. Coill Dubh | 182 | +8% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| S.N. Baile Roibeaird | 173 | −16% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almhaine N.S. | 184 | −18% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| S.N. Scoil Treasa | 100 | −12% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Mhuire | 105 | +12% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 286 | −3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim | 85 | +18% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Rathangan B N.S. | 308 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Prosperous N.S. | 493 | −7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 87 | −30% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 229 | +8% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Cloch Rinnce | 137 | −11% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S N na Maighdine Mhuire | 60 | −10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Tir Mochain | 100 | −17% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 110 | +20% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Caragh N.S. | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil na Naomh Uilig | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Patricks BNS | 488 | −7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Bhride | 480 | −8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Hewetsons N.S. | 89 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 187 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Conleths and Marys N.S. | 345 | −8% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Connlaodh Naofa N | 285 | −25% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Chonnla Phadraig | 306 | −11% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballymany Junior N.S. | 333 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 389 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Rathcoffey N.S. | 215 | −4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Kildare Town Educate Together NS | 417 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha | 215 | +45% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 101 | −31% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School | 1,025 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Newbridge Educate Together NS | 406 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chill Dara | 288 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| St Laurences National School | 646 | −6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St. Catherine of Sienna | 151 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Bríd | 612 | −8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Uí Riada | 484 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| Scoil Bride | 304 | −4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 423 | +5% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Mercy Convent Primary School | 607 | +9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Chóca Naofa | 467 | +18% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Chorbain | 460 | −11% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Straffan N.S. | 401 | +7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| An Linbh Iosa | 401 | −13% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Killashee Multi-Denominational N.S. | 224 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St Davids N.S. | 98 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh | 385 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Monasterevan Convent | 377 | +5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St. John's National School | 45 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 21 km | |
| Naas Community National School | 364 | +44% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Ursaille Naofa | 236 | −7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 167 | −5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| St Brigids N.S. | 598 | −13% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Annes National School | 329 | −1% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Maynooth B N.S. | 595 | +4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 744 | +12% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Cill Daingin | 207 | −8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ruairí | 173 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Scoil Ui Fhiaich | 459 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Maynooth Educate Together National School | 415 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Presentation Girls Primary School | 621 | +0% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 183 | −15% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| North Kildare Educate Together NS | 432 | +14% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach | 455 | +8% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Aghards N.S. | 660 | −5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Brannoxtown Community N.S. | 83 | +295% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 235 | −43% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Ballyshannon N.S. | 115 | −10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Primrose Hill N.S. | 109 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Rath Mor | 308 | +9% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 374 | −10% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ioseph | 51 | −12% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 216 | +13% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Phoil | 264 | −19% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Leixlip Educate Together National School | 207 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 295 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh | 376 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| San Carlo Senior N.S. | 301 | +13% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Kilberry N.S. | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| San Carlo Junior N.S. | 265 | −0% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Ide | 139 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| St Laurences N.S. | 259 | −11% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 592 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Gaelscoil Átha Í | 151 | −23% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 34 km |
| Athy Model School | 90 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| Churchtown N.S. | 55 | −38% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 496 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Colmcill Naofa | 129 | +0% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Ballyroe Central N.S. | 18 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Cill Cae | 49 | −8% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Diarmada | 344 | −6% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcain | 34 | −36% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S N na Cloiche Moire | 20 | −5% | Catholic | English | 46 km |
Living in Derrinturn
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the W91 Eircode area
Housing in Derrinturn →The median sale price rose from €410,000 in 2023 to €435,000 in 2025 (+6%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the W91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Kildare
Cost of living in Derrinturn →New tenancies in Co. Kildare averaged €1,701 a month in 2025, against €1,589 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Derrinturn, W91 XC62
Primary schools near S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead
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. Oilibhear Plunglead
Is S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead 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. Oilibhear Plunglead have?
88 pupils in 2025/26. That is −10% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead?
S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead?
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. Oilibhear Plunglead?
The nearest are S.N. Brighde (2.6 km), St Conleths N.S. (4.1 km) and Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School (4.4 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 Derrinturn; 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).