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S.N. Chrion Choill

PrimaryCatholic

Gathabawn, via Thurles, Co. Kilkenny · E41 PW90 · Roll number 17374M

S.N. Chrion Choill is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Johnstown. Every school in and around Johnstown →

Pupils
28
September, 2025/26
14 girls, 14 boys
Since 2019/20
−24%
from 37 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Ossory
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Chrion Choill

  • A small primary school: 28 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Smaller than it was: 28 pupils, 24% fewer than the 37 of 2019/20.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Johnstown’s outline, 5.1 km away; listed with Johnstown, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Chrion Choill had 28 pupils in 2025/26, against 25 in 2015/16 (+12%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 39, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

010203040502015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Chrion Choill

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. Chrion Choill 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 S.N. Chrion Choill

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 S.N. Chrion Choill

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

Families apply to S.N. Chrion Choill 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.

Pupils
28
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−24%
from 37 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Chrion Choill has shrunk by 24% since 2019/20. All the schools around Johnstown together changed by +11%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Chrion Choill−24%
The primary schools around Johnstown+6%
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.

Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than S.N. Chrion Choill. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −24%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Chrion Choill28
Clontubrid Mixed43
Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa108
S.N. Naomh Chiarain90
Lisdowney96
Scoil Lachtain201
S.N. Mhichil Naofa62
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Chrion Choill28−24%CatholicEnglish
Clontubrid Mixed N.S.43−26%CatholicEnglish4.9 km
Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa108+9%CatholicEnglish5.9 km
S.N. Naomh Chiarain90+6%CatholicEnglish✓6.1 km
Lisdowney N.S.96+1%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
Scoil Lachtain201+6%CatholicEnglish✓6.7 km
S.N. Mhichil Naofa62+3%CatholicEnglish7 km
The other 62 primary schools in Co. Kilkenny
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhichil Naofa14−56%CatholicEnglish✓8.3 km
Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa223−15%CatholicEnglish✓8.9 km
Ballyragget National School163+20%CatholicEnglish9.5 km
Scoil Naomh Ioseph127+37%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. Tulach Ruain91−7%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Colmain20–CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Lisnafunchin32−32%CatholicEnglish16 km
St Aidans N.S.175−9%CatholicEnglish17 km
Holycross N.S.72−23%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Íosagáin121–CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Wandesforde Mixed N.S.52−10%Church of IrelandEnglish18 km
St Canices Central N.S.648−1%CatholicEnglish19 km
Kilkenny Mixed N.S.198−4%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
Scoil Iognaid de Ris278+37%CatholicEnglish19 km
Scoil Mhuire400−10%CatholicEnglish20 km
St. John's National School441–CatholicEnglish✓20 km
S.N. Bhreandain Naofa192−11%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea330−2%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa331−15%CatholicEnglish20 km
Kilkenny School Project236+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Gaelscoil Osrai438−5%CatholicAll in Irish21 km
S.N. Tobair Eoin Baisde45−34%CatholicEnglish22 km
Church Hill Mixed N.S.192+14%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. an Moinin Rua127+2%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
St Patricks N.S.57−25%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Bhrighde46−12%CatholicEnglish24 km
Burnchurch National School44−28%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain204−5%CatholicEnglish25 km
Bunscoil McAuley Rice406−9%CatholicEnglish25 km
St Michaels National School63+34%CatholicEnglish26 km
Bennettsbridge National School206+7%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Bhridhe27–CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Muire197−24%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Chiaran Naofa142+29%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil San Lionard115−15%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Bhride B7C217−15%CatholicEnglish32 km
S N San Nioclas120+3%CatholicEnglish34 km
St Mary's National School398−12%CatholicSome subjects in Irish35 km
Kilmoganny Mixed N.S.23+10%CatholicEnglish35 km
Goresbridge N.S.68−23%CatholicEnglish36 km
St Brendans Mixed N.S.50−17%CatholicEnglish36 km
Skeaghvastheen N.S.85−13%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd173−3%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Moin Ruadh Mixed56+0%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Cholmcille104−27%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal148−8%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Owning National School100+0%CatholicEnglish43 km
Graig na Manach Buac68−9%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Templeorum N.S.38−32%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Baile an Phiull254−23%CatholicEnglish47 km
Scoil Mholainge Listerlin148+9%CatholicEnglish48 km
St Beacons N.S.175−5%CatholicEnglish49 km
The Rower Mixed N.S.115−33%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh54−10%CatholicEnglish52 km
Colmcille Mixed N.S.20−29%CatholicEnglish54 km
St. Senan's National School176+2%CatholicEnglish54 km
Scoil Mhuire261−6%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Seamus Naofa91−13%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. Naomh Padraigh202+3%CatholicEnglish58 km
Carigeen N.S.123−23%CatholicEnglish58 km
Ringville National School35−31%CatholicEnglish60 km
Slieverue Mixed N.S.208−8%CatholicEnglish61 km
Living nearby

Living in Johnstown

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

Median sale price
€222,300
routing key E41, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,207
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Kilkenny

Homes in the E41 Eircode area

Housing in Johnstown →

The median sale price rose from €203,500 in 2023 to €250,000 in 2025 (+23%).

2023€203,500
2024€216,800
2025€250,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€354,800
Second-hand homes€217,600

Property Price Register sales in the E41 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Kilkenny

Cost of living in Johnstown →

New tenancies in Co. Kilkenny averaged €1,207 a month in 2025, against €1,119 in 2024 (+8%).

2024€1,119
2025€1,207

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

near Johnstown, E41 PW90

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Chrion Choill

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. Chrion Choill

Is S.N. Chrion Choill 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. Chrion Choill have?

28 pupils in 2025/26. That is −24% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Chrion Choill teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Chrion Choill teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Chrion Choill?

S.N. Chrion Choill has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ossory.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Chrion Choill?

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. Chrion Choill?

The nearest are Clontubrid Mixed N.S. (4.9 km), Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa (5.9 km) and S.N. Naomh Chiarain (6.1 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 Johnstown; 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).