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Kells, Co. Kilkenny · R95 WK84 · Roll number 17566V
S.N. Bhridhe is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Kells. Every school in and around Kells →
What stands out about S.N. Bhridhe
- A small primary school: 27 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 17 girls and 10 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Kells or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Bhridhe had 27 pupils in 2025/26, against 25 in 2015/16 (+8%). Girls are 63% of them. Its largest roll was 27, in 2024/25. 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. Bhridhe
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. Bhridhe 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. Bhridhe
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. Bhridhe
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Bhridhe 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.
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. Bhridhe.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Bhridhe | 27 | – | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Chiaran Naofa | 142 | +29% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Scoil San Lionard | 115 | −15% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Burnchurch National School | 44 | −28% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| St Michaels National School | 63 | +34% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Church Hill Mixed N.S. | 192 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| St Brendans Mixed N.S. | 50 | −17% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km |
The other 61 primary schools in Co. Kilkenny
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunscoil McAuley Rice | 406 | −9% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Bennettsbridge National School | 206 | +7% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| St Mary's National School | 398 | −12% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 9.2 km | |
| Kilmoganny Mixed N.S. | 23 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd | 173 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Kilkenny School Project | 236 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Gaelscoil Osrai | 438 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 331 | −15% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S N San Nioclas | 120 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea | 330 | −2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Moin Ruadh Mixed | 56 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Iognaid de Ris | 278 | +37% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 400 | −10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St. John's National School | 441 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Canices Central N.S. | 648 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 175 | −9% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kilkenny Mixed N.S. | 198 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 104 | −27% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmain | 204 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 197 | −24% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Templeorum N.S. | 38 | −32% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Owning National School | 100 | +0% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Tulach Ruain | 91 | −7% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Tobair Eoin Baisde | 45 | −34% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Skeaghvastheen N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Mholainge Listerlin | 148 | +9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Beacons N.S. | 175 | −5% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Phiull | 254 | −23% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Goresbridge N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 148 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Graig na Manach Buac | 68 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 127 | +37% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Lachtain | 201 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| The Rower Mixed N.S. | 115 | −33% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Bhride B7C | 217 | −15% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh | 54 | −10% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Colmain | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Lisnafunchin | 32 | −32% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Colmcille Mixed N.S. | 20 | −29% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Bhreandain Naofa | 192 | −11% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St. Senan's National School | 176 | +2% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Clontubrid Mixed N.S. | 43 | −26% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Seamus Naofa | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 261 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Ballyragget National School | 163 | +20% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraigh | 202 | +3% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa | 223 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Lisdowney N.S. | 96 | +1% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Chrion Choill | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 46 | −12% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 121 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Wandesforde Mixed N.S. | 52 | −10% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Carigeen N.S. | 123 | −23% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Chiarain | 90 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Ringville National School | 35 | −31% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Slieverue Mixed N.S. | 208 | −8% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Holycross N.S. | 72 | −23% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 14 | −56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. an Moinin Rua | 127 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 62 | +3% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 57 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
Living in Kells
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R95 Eircode area
Housing in Kells →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 Kells →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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Kells, R95 WK84
Primary schools near S.N. Bhridhe
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. Bhridhe
Is S.N. Bhridhe 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. Bhridhe have?
27 pupils in 2025/26.
Does S.N. Bhridhe teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Bhridhe teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Bhridhe?
S.N. Bhridhe has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ossory.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Bhridhe?
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. Bhridhe?
The nearest are S.N. Chiaran Naofa (3.4 km), Scoil San Lionard (4.3 km) and Burnchurch National School (4.4 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 Kells; 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).