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Scoil Ui Fhiaich

PrimaryCatholicGaelscoil

Bóthar Chill Droichid, Maigh Nuad, Co. Chill Dara · W23 T207 · Roll number 20058T

Scoil Ui Fhiaich is one of 6 primary schools in or within 3 km of Maynooth. Every school in and around Maynooth →

Pupils
459
September, 2025/26
216 girls, 243 boys
Since 2019/20
−2%
from 466 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Archbishop of Dublin
Language
All in Irish
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Ui Fhiaich

  • One of the larger primary schools: 459 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−2%).
  • Every subject is taught through Irish.
  • Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Ui Fhiaich had 459 pupils in 2025/26, down from 479 in 2015/16 (−4%). Girls are 47% of them. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

02004006002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Scoil Ui Fhiaich

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 Scoil Ui Fhiaich 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Scoil Ui Fhiaich

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 in

Getting a place at Scoil Ui Fhiaich

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Scoil Ui Fhiaich 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 teaches every subject through Irish.

Pupils
459
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−2%
from 466 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Ui Fhiaich is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−2%). All the schools around Maynooth together changed by +23%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Ui Fhiaich−2%
The primary schools around Maynooth+4%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The 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, 3 have more pupils than Scoil Ui Fhiaich. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −2%; 4 of the 5 grew faster.

Scoil Ui Fhiaich459
Maynooth Educate Together415
Presentation Girls Primary School621
Maynooth B595
Gaelscoil Ruairí173
Aghards660
Scoil na Mainistreach455
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Ui Fhiaich459−2%CatholicAll in Irish
Maynooth Educate Together National School415+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish0.1 km
Presentation Girls Primary School621+0%CatholicEnglish1.5 km
Maynooth B N.S.595+4%CatholicEnglish1.8 km
Gaelscoil Ruairí173–Multi-denominationalAll in Irish2.9 km
Aghards N.S.660−5%CatholicEnglish3.2 km
Scoil na Mainistreach455+8%CatholicEnglish3.8 km
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Kildare
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Naomh Brid235−43%CatholicEnglish4.3 km
North Kildare Educate Together NS432+14%Multi-denominationalEnglish4.4 km
Primrose Hill N.S.109−4%Church of IrelandEnglish4.7 km
Scoil Eoin Phoil264−19%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
Scoil Bhride295−5%CatholicEnglish5.4 km
Scoil Mhuire289−6%CatholicEnglish5.4 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig374−10%CatholicEnglish5.4 km
Leixlip Educate Together National School207–Multi-denominationalEnglish5.5 km
Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh376−11%CatholicAll in Irish5.8 km
San Carlo Senior N.S.301+13%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
San Carlo Junior N.S.265−0%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
Straffan N.S.401+7%CatholicEnglish6.4 km
Scoil Chóca Naofa467+18%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
St Josephs N.S.423+5%CatholicEnglish6.8 km
Scoil Uí Riada484−7%CatholicAll in Irish7.1 km
Rathcoffey N.S.215−4%CatholicEnglish7.4 km
St Annes National School329−1%CatholicEnglish8 km
S.N. Tir Mochain100−17%CatholicEnglish10 km
Scoil Naisiunta Bhride480−8%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Patricks BNS488−7%CatholicEnglish12 km
Newtown N.S.110+20%CatholicEnglish12 km
Hewetsons N.S.89+2%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
S.N. Nmh Mhuire105+12%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Brighde744+12%CatholicEnglish13 km
Prosperous N.S.493−7%CatholicEnglish14 km
St Laurences National School646−6%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Bríd612−8%CatholicEnglish16 km
Mercy Convent Primary School607+9%CatholicEnglish17 km
Caragh N.S.455−8%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Cianog Naofa90−10%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Coill Dubh182+8%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Chorbain460−11%CatholicEnglish18 km
An Linbh Iosa401−13%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Rath Mor308+9%CatholicEnglish18 km
St Patricks N.S.87−30%CatholicEnglish18 km
Naas Community National School364+44%Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
S.N. Baile Roibeaird173−16%CatholicEnglish19 km
Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh385−8%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish20 km
St Davids N.S.98+5%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
S.N. Scoil Treasa100−12%CatholicEnglish20 km
Killashee Multi-Denominational N.S.224−7%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School263+2%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim85+18%CatholicEnglish23 km
Almhaine N.S.184−18%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead88−10%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Ursaille Naofa236−7%CatholicEnglish23 km
St Conleths N.S.278−9%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Connlaodh Naofa N285−25%CatholicEnglish25 km
St Conleths and Marys N.S.345−8%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil na Naomh Uilig589−6%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil Chonnla Phadraig306−11%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Brighde60−5%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S N na Maighdine Mhuire60−10%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Brighde229+8%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Mhuire216+13%CatholicEnglish26 km
St Patricks N.S.187−7%Church of IrelandEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Mhuire389−8%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Ballymany Junior N.S.333−12%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Gaelscoil Chill Dara288−24%CatholicAll in Irish28 km
Newbridge Educate Together NS406+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish28 km
Scoil Bride304−4%CatholicEnglish28 km
Brannoxtown Community N.S.83+295%Multi-denominationalEnglish29 km
S.N. Cloch Rinnce137−11%CatholicEnglish29 km
St Brigids N.S.598−13%CatholicEnglish29 km
St. Catherine of Sienna151–CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓30 km
Scoil Bhride N.S.286−3%CatholicEnglish32 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha215+45%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish32 km
Kildare Town Educate Together NS417+0%Multi-denominationalEnglish32 km
St Brigids N.S.167−5%CatholicEnglish32 km
Rathangan B N.S.308+7%CatholicEnglish32 km
St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School1,025+2%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
S.N. Naomh Ioseph51−12%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Bride55−15%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Ballyshannon N.S.115−10%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Bride101−31%CatholicEnglish36 km
Scoil Bhríde183−15%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Cill Daingin207−8%CatholicEnglish41 km
Monasterevan Convent377+5%CatholicEnglish41 km
Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar239−0%CatholicEnglish41 km
St. John's National School45+2%Church of IrelandEnglish41 km
St Laurences N.S.259−11%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Ide139−26%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Kilberry N.S.84−13%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Colmcill Naofa129+0%CatholicEnglish47 km
Scoil Phadraig Naofa592−5%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Athy Model School90−7%Church of IrelandEnglish49 km
Gaelscoil Átha Í151−23%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓49 km
Scoil Mhichil Naofa496−20%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Churchtown N.S.55−38%CatholicEnglish51 km
Ballyroe Central N.S.18−31%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. Cill Cae49−8%CatholicEnglish51 km
S N na Cloiche Moire20−5%CatholicEnglish53 km
Scoil Diarmada344−6%CatholicEnglish54 km
S.N. Naomh Lorcain34−36%CatholicEnglish56 km
Living nearby

Living in Maynooth

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€475,000
619 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,942
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the W23 Eircode area

Housing in Maynooth →

The median sale price rose from €450,000 in 2023 to €485,000 in 2025 (+8%).

2023€450,000
2024€445,000
2025€485,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€484,700
Second-hand homes€422,900

Property Price Register sales in the W23 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

New tenancies in Maynooth averaged €1,942 a month in 2025, against €1,844 in 2024 (+5%).

2024€1,844
2025€1,942

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Maynooth, W23 T207

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Ui Fhiaich

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Scoil Ui Fhiaich

Is Scoil Ui Fhiaich 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 Scoil Ui Fhiaich have?

459 pupils in 2025/26. That is −2% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Ui Fhiaich teach through Irish?

Yes: every subject at Scoil Ui Fhiaich is taught through Irish.

Who runs Scoil Ui Fhiaich?

Scoil Ui Fhiaich has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Ui Fhiaich?

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 Scoil Ui Fhiaich?

The nearest are Maynooth Educate Together National School (0.1 km), Presentation Girls Primary School (1.5 km) and Maynooth B N.S. (1.8 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 Maynooth; 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).