S.N. Lisnafunchin
Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny · R95 TKD2 · Roll number 16230G
S.N. Lisnafunchin is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Castlecomer. Every school in and around Castlecomer →
What stands out about S.N. Lisnafunchin
- A small primary school: 32 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 32 pupils, 32% fewer than the 47 of 2019/20.
- 20 girls and 12 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Castlecomer’s outline, 3.8 km away; listed with Castlecomer, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Lisnafunchin had 32 pupils in 2025/26, down from 48 in 2015/16 (−33%). Girls are 63% of them. Its largest roll was 48, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 2 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. Lisnafunchin
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. Lisnafunchin 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. Lisnafunchin
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. Lisnafunchin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Lisnafunchin 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. Lisnafunchin has shrunk by 32% since 2019/20. All the schools around Castlecomer together changed by +3%.
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. Lisnafunchin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −32%; 4 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Lisnafunchin | 32 | −32% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Colmain | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| S.N. Bhreandain Naofa | 192 | −11% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 121 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Wandesforde Mixed N.S. | 52 | −10% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.5 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 127 | +37% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Ballyragget National School | 163 | +20% | Catholic | English | 7 km |
The other 61 primary schools in Co. Kilkenny
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Tobair Eoin Baisde | 45 | −34% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 46 | −12% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Holycross N.S. | 72 | −23% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Kilkenny Mixed N.S. | 198 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Lisdowney N.S. | 96 | +1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. an Moinin Rua | 127 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Lachtain | 201 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Clontubrid Mixed N.S. | 43 | −26% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Canices Central N.S. | 648 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St. John's National School | 441 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 57 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 400 | −10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Iognaid de Ris | 278 | +37% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea | 330 | −2% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmain | 204 | −5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 331 | −15% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Gaelscoil Osrai | 438 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Kilkenny School Project | 236 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Chrion Choill | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Bhride B7C | 217 | −15% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Tulach Ruain | 91 | −7% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 197 | −24% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Church Hill Mixed N.S. | 192 | +14% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Bennettsbridge National School | 206 | +7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Michaels National School | 63 | +34% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 175 | −9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Burnchurch National School | 44 | −28% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Chiarain | 90 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Goresbridge N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 62 | +3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa | 223 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 14 | −56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Bhridhe | 27 | – | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Skeaghvastheen N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Chiaran Naofa | 142 | +29% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Bunscoil McAuley Rice | 406 | −9% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Mary's National School | 398 | −12% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 27 km | |
| Scoil San Lionard | 115 | −15% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 148 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Graig na Manach Buac | 68 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 104 | −27% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Brendans Mixed N.S. | 50 | −17% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd | 173 | −3% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Kilmoganny Mixed N.S. | 23 | +10% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S N San Nioclas | 120 | +3% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Moin Ruadh Mixed | 56 | +0% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| The Rower Mixed N.S. | 115 | −33% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Mholainge Listerlin | 148 | +9% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Owning National School | 100 | +0% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Templeorum N.S. | 38 | −32% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| St Beacons N.S. | 175 | −5% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh | 54 | −10% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Phiull | 254 | −23% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Seamus Naofa | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Colmcille Mixed N.S. | 20 | −29% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St. Senan's National School | 176 | +2% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 261 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraigh | 202 | +3% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Ringville National School | 35 | −31% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Slieverue Mixed N.S. | 208 | −8% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Carigeen N.S. | 123 | −23% | Catholic | English | 54 km |
Living in Castlecomer
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R95 Eircode area
Housing in Castlecomer →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 Castlecomer →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
Directions ↗near Castlecomer, R95 TKD2
Primary schools near S.N. Lisnafunchin
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. Lisnafunchin
Is S.N. Lisnafunchin 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. Lisnafunchin have?
32 pupils in 2025/26. That is −32% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Lisnafunchin teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Lisnafunchin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Lisnafunchin?
S.N. Lisnafunchin has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ossory.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Lisnafunchin?
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. Lisnafunchin?
The nearest are S.N. Colmain (3.1 km), S.N. Bhreandain Naofa (4.4 km) and Scoil Íosagáin (5.2 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 Castlecomer; 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).