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S.N. Bhrighde

PrimaryCatholic

Coon West, Carlow · R93 KC63 · Roll number 17174E

S.N. Bhrighde is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Moneenroe. Every school in and around Moneenroe →

Pupils
46
September, 2025/26
22 girls, 24 boys
Since 2019/20
−12%
from 52 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. Bhrighde

  • A small primary school: 46 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−12%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Moneenroe’s outline, 5 km away; listed with Moneenroe, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Bhrighde had 46 pupils in 2025/26, down from 50 in 2015/16 (−8%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 58, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

02040602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Bhrighde

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. Bhrighde 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. Bhrighde

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. Bhrighde

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

Families apply to S.N. Bhrighde 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
46
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−12%
from 52 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Bhrighde has shrunk by 12% since 2019/20. All the schools around Moneenroe together changed by −9%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Bhrighde−12%
The primary schools around Moneenroe−9%
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.

Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 4 have more pupils than S.N. Bhrighde. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −12%; 3 of the 4 grew faster.

S.N. Bhrighde46
Bhride13
S.N. Bhreandain Naofa192
S.N. an Moinin Rua127
Wandesforde Mixed52
Scoil Íosagáin121
Scoil Mhuire Muigheo22
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Bhrighde46−12%CatholicEnglish
Bhride N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓5 km
S.N. Bhreandain Naofa192−11%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
S.N. an Moinin Rua127+2%CatholicEnglish✓6.1 km
Wandesforde Mixed N.S.52−10%Church of IrelandEnglish6.2 km
Scoil Íosagáin121–CatholicEnglish✓6.2 km
Scoil Mhuire Muigheo22−42%CatholicEnglish6.8 km
The other 63 primary schools in Co. Kilkenny
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Patricks N.S.57−25%CatholicEnglish✓7.9 km
S.N. Lisnafunchin32−32%CatholicEnglish8.7 km
S.N. Tobair Eoin Baisde45−34%CatholicEnglish10 km
Holycross N.S.72−23%CatholicEnglish10 km
S.N. Colmain20–CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Bhride B7C217−15%CatholicEnglish14 km
Ballyragget National School163+20%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil Naomh Ioseph127+37%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain204−5%CatholicEnglish15 km
Kilkenny Mixed N.S.198−4%Church of IrelandEnglish16 km
St. John's National School441–CatholicEnglish✓17 km
St Canices Central N.S.648−1%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Mhuire400−10%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Iognaid de Ris278+37%CatholicEnglish18 km
Lisdowney N.S.96+1%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Muire197−24%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea330−2%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa331−15%CatholicEnglish18 km
Gaelscoil Osrai438−5%CatholicAll in Irish19 km
Kilkenny School Project236+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
Clontubrid Mixed N.S.43−26%CatholicEnglish19 km
Goresbridge N.S.68−23%CatholicEnglish19 km
Scoil Lachtain201+6%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Bennettsbridge National School206+7%CatholicEnglish22 km
Skeaghvastheen N.S.85−13%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Chrion Choill28−24%CatholicEnglish24 km
St Michaels National School63+34%CatholicEnglish24 km
Church Hill Mixed N.S.192+14%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Tulach Ruain91−7%CatholicEnglish26 km
Burnchurch National School44−28%CatholicEnglish27 km
St Aidans N.S.175−9%CatholicEnglish28 km
St Mary's National School398−12%CatholicSome subjects in Irish29 km
S.N. Chiaran Naofa142+29%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal148−8%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Bhridhe27–CatholicEnglish30 km
Graig na Manach Buac68−9%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Naomh Chiarain90+6%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Mhichil Naofa62+3%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa223−15%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Scoil Mhichil Naofa14−56%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Bunscoil McAuley Rice406−9%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Cholmcille104−27%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil San Lionard115−15%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd173−3%CatholicEnglish36 km
St Brendans Mixed N.S.50−17%CatholicEnglish37 km
The Rower Mixed N.S.115−33%CatholicEnglish39 km
Kilmoganny Mixed N.S.23+10%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Moin Ruadh Mixed56+0%CatholicEnglish41 km
S N San Nioclas120+3%CatholicEnglish41 km
Scoil Mholainge Listerlin148+9%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh54−10%CatholicEnglish47 km
Templeorum N.S.38−32%CatholicEnglish47 km
St Beacons N.S.175−5%CatholicEnglish47 km
Owning National School100+0%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Seamus Naofa91−13%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Baile an Phiull254−23%CatholicEnglish50 km
Colmcille Mixed N.S.20−29%CatholicEnglish50 km
St. Senan's National School176+2%CatholicEnglish52 km
Ringville National School35−31%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. Naomh Padraigh202+3%CatholicEnglish55 km
Scoil Mhuire261−6%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Slieverue Mixed N.S.208−8%CatholicEnglish56 km
Carigeen N.S.123−23%CatholicEnglish58 km
Living nearby

Living in Moneenroe

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

Median sale price
€322,900
routing key R95, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,207
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Kilkenny

Homes in the R95 Eircode area

Housing in Moneenroe →

The median sale price rose from €289,400 in 2023 to €351,700 in 2025 (+22%).

2023€289,400
2024€325,000
2025€351,700

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€385,600
Second-hand homes€276,500

Property Price Register sales in the R95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Kilkenny

Cost of living in Moneenroe →

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 Moneenroe, R93 KC63

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Bhrighde

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. Bhrighde

Is S.N. Bhrighde 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. Bhrighde have?

46 pupils in 2025/26. That is −12% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Bhrighde teach through Irish?

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

Who runs S.N. Bhrighde?

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

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Bhrighde?

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. Bhrighde?

The nearest are Bhride N.S. (5 km), S.N. Bhreandain Naofa (5.1 km) and S.N. an Moinin Rua (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 Moneenroe; 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).