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BAILE MHIC ADAIM, MAGH BHEALAIGH, CO CILL DARA · W91 YX81 · Roll number 18092H
S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Johnstownbridge. Every school in and around Johnstownbridge →
What stands out about S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim
- 85 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 85 pupils, 18% more than the 72 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Johnstownbridge’s outline, 3.9 km away; listed with Johnstownbridge, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim had 85 pupils in 2025/26, against 68 in 2015/16 (+25%). Girls are 56% of them. Its largest roll was 91, in 2024/25. 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. Baile Mhic Adaim
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. Baile Mhic Adaim 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. Baile Mhic Adaim
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. Baile Mhic Adaim
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim 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. Baile Mhic Adaim has grown by 18% since 2019/20. All the schools around Johnstownbridge together changed by +72%.
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. Baile Mhic Adaim. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +18%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim | 85 | +18% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Scoil Treasa | 100 | −12% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| S N na Maighdine Mhuire | 60 | −10% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 87 | −30% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| St. Nicholas Primary School | 299 | −24% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| St. Mary's Primary School | 543 | −10% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| S.N. Cloch Rinnce | 137 | −11% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km |
The other 96 primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Conleths N.S. | 278 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| S.N. Cianog Naofa | 90 | −10% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 60 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead | 88 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Newtown N.S. | 110 | +20% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Tir Mochain | 100 | −17% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Mhuire | 105 | +12% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School | 263 | +2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Coill Dubh | 182 | +8% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Uí Riada | 484 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| S.N. Baile Roibeaird | 173 | −16% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 423 | +5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Chóca Naofa | 467 | +18% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Prosperous N.S. | 493 | −7% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Rathcoffey N.S. | 215 | −4% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Almhaine N.S. | 184 | −18% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Patricks BNS | 488 | −7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Bhride | 480 | −8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 286 | −3% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Hewetsons N.S. | 89 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Rathangan B N.S. | 308 | +7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ruairí | 173 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| Maynooth B N.S. | 595 | +4% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 229 | +8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Caragh N.S. | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Presentation Girls Primary School | 621 | +0% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Straffan N.S. | 401 | +7% | Catholic | English | 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 | |
| St Laurences National School | 646 | −6% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil na Naomh Uilig | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach | 455 | +8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| North Kildare Educate Together NS | 432 | +14% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Aghards N.S. | 660 | −5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Bríd | 612 | −8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Conleths and Marys N.S. | 345 | −8% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Connlaodh Naofa N | 285 | −25% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Chonnla Phadraig | 306 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Annes National School | 329 | −1% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 187 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 235 | −43% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ballymany Junior N.S. | 333 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 389 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Mercy Convent Primary School | 607 | +9% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Primrose Hill N.S. | 109 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 101 | −31% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Kildare Town Educate Together NS | 417 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Chorbain | 460 | −11% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha | 215 | +45% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 374 | −10% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School | 1,025 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| An Linbh Iosa | 401 | −13% | Catholic | English | 27 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. Brighde | 744 | +12% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Naas Community National School | 364 | +44% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Phoil | 264 | −19% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh | 385 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| St Davids N.S. | 98 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 295 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Leixlip Educate Together National School | 207 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Killashee Multi-Denominational N.S. | 224 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh | 376 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| St. Catherine of Sienna | 151 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 29 km |
| San Carlo Senior N.S. | 301 | +13% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| San Carlo Junior N.S. | 265 | −0% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Bride | 304 | −4% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ursaille Naofa | 236 | −7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Monasterevan Convent | 377 | +5% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St. John's National School | 45 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 167 | −5% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Rath Mor | 308 | +9% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 598 | −13% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Cill Daingin | 207 | −8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 183 | −15% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Brannoxtown Community N.S. | 83 | +295% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Ballyshannon N.S. | 115 | −10% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 216 | +13% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ioseph | 51 | −12% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Kilberry N.S. | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Ide | 139 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| St Laurences N.S. | 259 | −11% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Churchtown N.S. | 55 | −38% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 592 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Gaelscoil Átha Í | 151 | −23% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 44 km |
| Athy Model School | 90 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 496 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Colmcill Naofa | 129 | +0% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Ballyroe Central N.S. | 18 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| S.N. Cill Cae | 49 | −8% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Diarmada | 344 | −6% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcain | 34 | −36% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S N na Cloiche Moire | 20 | −5% | Catholic | English | 56 km |
Living in Johnstownbridge
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A83 Eircode area
Housing in Johnstownbridge →The median sale price rose from €360,000 in 2023 to €445,000 in 2025 (+24%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A83 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Kildare
Cost of living in Johnstownbridge →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 Johnstownbridge, W91 YX81
Primary schools near S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim
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. Baile Mhic Adaim
Is S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim 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. Baile Mhic Adaim have?
85 pupils in 2025/26. That is +18% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim?
S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim?
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. Baile Mhic Adaim?
The nearest are S.N. Scoil Treasa (2.8 km), S N na Maighdine Mhuire (3.6 km) and St Patricks N.S. (4.5 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 Johnstownbridge; 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).