An Linbh Iosa
Ballycane, Naas, Co. Kildare · W91 Y266 · Roll number 19597T
An Linbh Iosa is one of 9 primary schools in or within 3 km of Naas. Every school in and around Naas →
What stands out about An Linbh Iosa
- One of the larger primary schools: 401 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−13%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26An Linbh Iosa had 401 pupils in 2025/26, down from 412 in 2015/16 (−3%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 473, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for An Linbh Iosa
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 An Linbh Iosa 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 An Linbh Iosa
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 An Linbh Iosa
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to An Linbh Iosa 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.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: An Linbh Iosa has shrunk by 13% since 2019/20. All the schools around Naas together changed by +7%.
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, 3 have more pupils than An Linbh Iosa. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −13%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Linbh Iosa | 401 | −13% | Catholic | English | ||
| Naas Community National School | 364 | +44% | Multi-denominational | English | 0.7 km | |
| Scoil Chorbain | 460 | −11% | Catholic | English | 0.7 km | |
| Mercy Convent Primary School | 607 | +9% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh | 385 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 2.1 km | |
| Scoil Bríd | 612 | −8% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| St Davids N.S. | 98 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.4 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killashee Multi-Denominational N.S. | 224 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.8 km | |
| St Laurences National School | 646 | −6% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Ursaille Naofa | 236 | −7% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| S.N. Rath Mor | 308 | +9% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Caragh N.S. | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 744 | +12% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Hewetsons N.S. | 89 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.9 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 216 | +13% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Bhride | 480 | −8% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| St Patricks BNS | 488 | −7% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| S.N. Connlaodh Naofa N | 285 | −25% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| St Conleths and Marys N.S. | 345 | −8% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Scoil Chonnla Phadraig | 306 | −11% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Brannoxtown Community N.S. | 83 | +295% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Prosperous N.S. | 493 | −7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil na Naomh Uilig | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Annes National School | 329 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 598 | −13% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 187 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 389 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Ballymany Junior N.S. | 333 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Straffan N.S. | 401 | +7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chill Dara | 288 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Newbridge Educate Together NS | 406 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Bride | 304 | −4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Baile Roibeaird | 173 | −16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Rathcoffey N.S. | 215 | −4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Almhaine N.S. | 184 | −18% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St. Catherine of Sienna | 151 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Brighde | 229 | +8% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Coill Dubh | 182 | +8% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| North Kildare Educate Together NS | 432 | +14% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Mhuire | 105 | +12% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ioseph | 51 | −12% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 167 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach | 455 | +8% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 374 | −10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Primrose Hill N.S. | 109 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School | 263 | +2% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 235 | −43% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Aghards N.S. | 660 | −5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha | 215 | +45% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| Kildare Town Educate Together NS | 417 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Ballyshannon N.S. | 115 | −10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Cianog Naofa | 90 | −10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Ui Fhiaich | 459 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| Maynooth Educate Together National School | 415 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Tir Mochain | 100 | −17% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School | 1,025 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Maynooth B N.S. | 595 | +4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Presentation Girls Primary School | 621 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Leixlip Educate Together National School | 207 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Phoil | 264 | −19% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 295 | −5% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh | 376 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead | 88 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Gaelscoil Ruairí | 173 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| San Carlo Senior N.S. | 301 | +13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 423 | +5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| San Carlo Junior N.S. | 265 | −0% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Uí Riada | 484 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| Scoil Chóca Naofa | 467 | +18% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 110 | +20% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 286 | −3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 60 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Rathangan B N.S. | 308 | +7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 259 | −11% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 183 | −15% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Conleths N.S. | 278 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Bride | 101 | −31% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Scoil Treasa | 100 | −12% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 87 | −30% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Ide | 139 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Cill Daingin | 207 | −8% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim | 85 | +18% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Monasterevan Convent | 377 | +5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St. John's National School | 45 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Colmcill Naofa | 129 | +0% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Kilberry N.S. | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S N na Maighdine Mhuire | 60 | −10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Cloch Rinnce | 137 | −11% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 592 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Athy Model School | 90 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| Gaelscoil Átha Í | 151 | −23% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 496 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Cill Cae | 49 | −8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Ballyroe Central N.S. | 18 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S N na Cloiche Moire | 20 | −5% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Churchtown N.S. | 55 | −38% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Diarmada | 344 | −6% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcain | 34 | −36% | Catholic | English | 38 km |
Living in Naas
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Homes in the W91 Eircode area
Housing in Naas →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 Naas
Cost of living in Naas →New tenancies in Naas averaged €1,889 a month in 2025, against €1,741 in 2024 (+9%).
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Location
Directions ↗Naas, W91 Y266
Primary schools near An Linbh Iosa
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about An Linbh Iosa
Is An Linbh Iosa 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 An Linbh Iosa have?
401 pupils in 2025/26. That is −13% since 2019/20.
Does An Linbh Iosa teach through Irish?
No: An Linbh Iosa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs An Linbh Iosa?
An Linbh Iosa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at An Linbh Iosa?
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 An Linbh Iosa?
The nearest are Naas Community National School (0.7 km), Scoil Chorbain (0.7 km) and Mercy Convent Primary School (1.2 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 Naas; 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).