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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 →
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 2025/26S.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.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Chrion Choill | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | ||
| Clontubrid Mixed N.S. | 43 | −26% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Chiarain | 90 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Lisdowney N.S. | 96 | +1% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Scoil Lachtain | 201 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 62 | +3% | Catholic | English | 7 km |
The other 62 primary schools in Co. Kilkenny
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 14 | −56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa | 223 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Ballyragget National School | 163 | +20% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 127 | +37% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Tulach Ruain | 91 | −7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Colmain | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Lisnafunchin | 32 | −32% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 175 | −9% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Holycross N.S. | 72 | −23% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 121 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Wandesforde Mixed N.S. | 52 | −10% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| St Canices Central N.S. | 648 | −1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Kilkenny Mixed N.S. | 198 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Iognaid de Ris | 278 | +37% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 400 | −10% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St. John's National School | 441 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Bhreandain Naofa | 192 | −11% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea | 330 | −2% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 331 | −15% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Kilkenny School Project | 236 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Gaelscoil Osrai | 438 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| S.N. Tobair Eoin Baisde | 45 | −34% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Church Hill Mixed N.S. | 192 | +14% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. an Moinin Rua | 127 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 57 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 46 | −12% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Burnchurch National School | 44 | −28% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmain | 204 | −5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Bunscoil McAuley Rice | 406 | −9% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Michaels National School | 63 | +34% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Bennettsbridge National School | 206 | +7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Bhridhe | 27 | – | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 197 | −24% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Chiaran Naofa | 142 | +29% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil San Lionard | 115 | −15% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Bhride B7C | 217 | −15% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S N San Nioclas | 120 | +3% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Mary's National School | 398 | −12% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 35 km | |
| Kilmoganny Mixed N.S. | 23 | +10% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Goresbridge N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St Brendans Mixed N.S. | 50 | −17% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Skeaghvastheen N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd | 173 | −3% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Moin Ruadh Mixed | 56 | +0% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 104 | −27% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 148 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Owning National School | 100 | +0% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Graig na Manach Buac | 68 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Templeorum N.S. | 38 | −32% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Phiull | 254 | −23% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Scoil Mholainge Listerlin | 148 | +9% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Beacons N.S. | 175 | −5% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| The Rower Mixed N.S. | 115 | −33% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh | 54 | −10% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Colmcille Mixed N.S. | 20 | −29% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| St. Senan's National School | 176 | +2% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 261 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| S.N. Seamus Naofa | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraigh | 202 | +3% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Carigeen N.S. | 123 | −23% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Ringville National School | 35 | −31% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Slieverue Mixed N.S. | 208 | −8% | Catholic | English | 61 km |
Living in Johnstown
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
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%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
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%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗














near Johnstown, E41 PW90
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).