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BAILE HAOL, CO KILKENNY · R95 EK00 · Roll number 17628R
S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyhale. Every school in and around Ballyhale →
What stands out about S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd
- 173 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−3%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Ballyhale or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Ballyhale’s outline, 0.1 km away; listed with Ballyhale, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd had 173 pupils in 2025/26, down from 178 in 2015/16 (−3%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 182, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 4 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. Naomh Padraig Mxd
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. Naomh Padraig Mxd 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. Naomh Padraig Mxd
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. Naomh Padraig Mxd
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd 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. Naomh Padraig Mxd is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−3%). All the schools around Ballyhale together changed by +1%.
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, 1 have more pupils than S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −3%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd | 173 | −3% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Brendans Mixed N.S. | 50 | −17% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| S.N. Moin Ruadh Mixed | 56 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| S.N. Chiaran Naofa | 142 | +29% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Scoil San Lionard | 115 | −15% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| St Mary's National School | 398 | −12% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 8.3 km | |
| Kilmoganny Mixed N.S. | 23 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km |
The other 61 primary schools in Co. Kilkenny
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Bhridhe | 27 | – | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 104 | −27% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Scoil Mholainge Listerlin | 148 | +9% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Beacons N.S. | 175 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Templeorum N.S. | 38 | −32% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Owning National School | 100 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S N San Nioclas | 120 | +3% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels National School | 63 | +34% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh | 54 | −10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Burnchurch National School | 44 | −28% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Bennettsbridge National School | 206 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Phiull | 254 | −23% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Colmcille Mixed N.S. | 20 | −29% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Bunscoil McAuley Rice | 406 | −9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| The Rower Mixed N.S. | 115 | −33% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St. Senan's National School | 176 | +2% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Church Hill Mixed N.S. | 192 | +14% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Seamus Naofa | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 148 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Graig na Manach Buac | 68 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 261 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraigh | 202 | +3% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Kilkenny School Project | 236 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Gaelscoil Osrai | 438 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Skeaghvastheen N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 197 | −24% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 331 | −15% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea | 330 | −2% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 400 | −10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Iognaid de Ris | 278 | +37% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ringville National School | 35 | −31% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmain | 204 | −5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Carigeen N.S. | 123 | −23% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St. John's National School | 441 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Slieverue Mixed N.S. | 208 | −8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Canices Central N.S. | 648 | −1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Kilkenny Mixed N.S. | 198 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 175 | −9% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Goresbridge N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Tobair Eoin Baisde | 45 | −34% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Bhride B7C | 217 | −15% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Tulach Ruain | 91 | −7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 127 | +37% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Lachtain | 201 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Bhreandain Naofa | 192 | −11% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Lisnafunchin | 32 | −32% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Colmain | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Clontubrid Mixed N.S. | 43 | −26% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 46 | −12% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Ballyragget National School | 163 | +20% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 121 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Wandesforde Mixed N.S. | 52 | −10% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa | 223 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Lisdowney N.S. | 96 | +1% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Chrion Choill | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Chiarain | 90 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. an Moinin Rua | 127 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Holycross N.S. | 72 | −23% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 14 | −56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 57 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 62 | +3% | Catholic | English | 44 km |
Living in Ballyhale
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R95 Eircode area
Housing in Ballyhale →The median sale price rose from €289,400 in 2023 to €351,700 in 2025 (+22%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Kilkenny
Cost of living in Ballyhale →New tenancies in Co. Kilkenny averaged €1,207 a month in 2025, against €1,119 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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near Ballyhale, R95 EK00
Primary schools near S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd
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. Naomh Padraig Mxd
Is S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd 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. Naomh Padraig Mxd have?
173 pupils in 2025/26. That is −3% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd?
S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ossory.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd?
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. Naomh Padraig Mxd?
The nearest are St Brendans Mixed N.S. (4.3 km), S.N. Moin Ruadh Mixed (4.9 km) and S.N. Chiaran Naofa (7.8 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 Ballyhale; 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).