Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh
Cnoc an Phíobaire, An Nás, Co. Chill Dara · W91 WD98 · Roll number 20159C
Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh is one of 9 primary schools in or within 3 km of Naas. Every school in and around Naas →
What stands out about Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh
- One of the larger primary schools: 385 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−8%).
- Every subject is taught through Irish.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is An Foras Pátrúnachta; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- Outside Naas’s outline, 0 km away; listed with Naas, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh had 385 pupils in 2025/26, down from 401 in 2015/16 (−4%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 419, in 2019/20. 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 Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh
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 Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh 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 Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh
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 Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh 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. 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: Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh has shrunk by 8% 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 Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −8%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh | 385 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ||
| St Davids N.S. | 98 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 0.3 km | |
| Killashee Multi-Denominational N.S. | 224 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 0.8 km | |
| Naas Community National School | 364 | +44% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.8 km | |
| An Linbh Iosa | 401 | −13% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| Scoil Chorbain | 460 | −11% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| Mercy Convent Primary School | 607 | +9% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ursaille Naofa | 236 | −7% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Scoil Bríd | 612 | −8% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| St Laurences National School | 646 | −6% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Caragh N.S. | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| S.N. Rath Mor | 308 | +9% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 216 | +13% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| S.N. Connlaodh Naofa N | 285 | −25% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Scoil Chonnla Phadraig | 306 | −11% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| St Conleths and Marys N.S. | 345 | −8% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 744 | +12% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Brannoxtown Community N.S. | 83 | +295% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.4 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 598 | −13% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Scoil na Naomh Uilig | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Hewetsons N.S. | 89 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.3 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 187 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 389 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Ballymany Junior N.S. | 333 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Scoil Bride | 304 | −4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chill Dara | 288 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| Newbridge Educate Together NS | 406 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Bhride | 480 | −8% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Patricks BNS | 488 | −7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Prosperous N.S. | 493 | −7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St. Catherine of Sienna | 151 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Baile Roibeaird | 173 | −16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 229 | +8% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Annes National School | 329 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Almhaine N.S. | 184 | −18% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ioseph | 51 | −12% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 167 | −5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Straffan N.S. | 401 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Coill Dubh | 182 | +8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Rathcoffey N.S. | 215 | −4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Ballyshannon N.S. | 115 | −10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha | 215 | +45% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Kildare Town Educate Together NS | 417 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School | 263 | +2% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Mhuire | 105 | +12% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School | 1,025 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| North Kildare Educate Together NS | 432 | +14% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach | 455 | +8% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 374 | −10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Primrose Hill N.S. | 109 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 235 | −43% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Cianog Naofa | 90 | −10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Aghards N.S. | 660 | −5% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Tir Mochain | 100 | −17% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Ui Fhiaich | 459 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Maynooth Educate Together National School | 415 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead | 88 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Maynooth B N.S. | 595 | +4% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 286 | −3% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Presentation Girls Primary School | 621 | +0% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 259 | −11% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Leixlip Educate Together National School | 207 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 183 | −15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Phoil | 264 | −19% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 295 | −5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh | 376 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Rathangan B N.S. | 308 | +7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ruairí | 173 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 423 | +5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Uí Riada | 484 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 110 | +20% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Bride | 101 | −31% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| San Carlo Senior N.S. | 301 | +13% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| San Carlo Junior N.S. | 265 | −0% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Chóca Naofa | 467 | +18% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 60 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Ide | 139 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Conleths N.S. | 278 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Cill Daingin | 207 | −8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Scoil Treasa | 100 | −12% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 87 | −30% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Colmcill Naofa | 129 | +0% | 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 Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim | 85 | +18% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Kilberry N.S. | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 592 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Athy Model School | 90 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Gaelscoil Átha Í | 151 | −23% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 496 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Cill Cae | 49 | −8% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Ballyroe Central N.S. | 18 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S N na Maighdine Mhuire | 60 | −10% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Cloch Rinnce | 137 | −11% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S N na Cloiche Moire | 20 | −5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Churchtown N.S. | 55 | −38% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Diarmada | 344 | −6% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcain | 34 | −36% | Catholic | English | 36 km |
Living in Naas
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Homes in the W91 Eircode area
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Renting in Naas
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Location
Directions ↗near Naas, W91 WD98
Primary schools near Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh
Is Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh 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 Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh have?
385 pupils in 2025/26. That is −8% since 2019/20.
Does Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh is taught through Irish.
Who runs Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh?
Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is An Foras Pátrúnachta.
How do pupils get a place at Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh?
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 Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh?
The nearest are St Davids N.S. (0.3 km), Killashee Multi-Denominational N.S. (0.8 km) and Naas Community National School (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 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).