Carigeen N.S.
Carrigeen, Co. Kilkenny · X91 F656 · Roll number 15340I
Carigeen N.S. is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Mooncoin. Every school in and around Mooncoin →
What stands out about Carigeen N.S.
- 123 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 123 pupils, 23% fewer than the 159 of 2019/20.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- The smallest of the 3 primary schools around Mooncoin.
- 48 girls and 75 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Mooncoin’s outline, 2.8 km away; listed with Mooncoin, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Carigeen N.S. had 123 pupils in 2025/26, down from 164 in 2015/16 (−25%). Girls are 39% of them. 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 Carigeen N.S.
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 Carigeen N.S. 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 Carigeen N.S.
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 Carigeen N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Carigeen N.S. 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.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Carigeen N.S. has shrunk by 23% since 2019/20. All the schools around Mooncoin together changed by −9%.
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 Carigeen N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −23%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carigeen N.S. | 123 | −23% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Mhuire | 261 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Gaelscoil na nDeise | 225 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 4.7 km | |
| Waterford Educate Together NS | 386 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.8 km | |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 214 | −7% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh | 242 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| St Saviours N.S. | 330 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
The other 66 primary schools in Co. Kilkenny
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Padraigh | 202 | +3% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| St. Senan's National School | 176 | +2% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Colmcille Mixed N.S. | 20 | −29% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Slieverue Mixed N.S. | 208 | −8% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Beacons N.S. | 175 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Phiull | 254 | −23% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Ringville National School | 35 | −31% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Templeorum N.S. | 38 | −32% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh | 54 | −10% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Seamus Naofa | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Owning National School | 100 | +0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Moin Ruadh Mixed | 56 | +0% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Mholainge Listerlin | 148 | +9% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd | 173 | −3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Brendans Mixed N.S. | 50 | −17% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Kilmoganny Mixed N.S. | 23 | +10% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S N San Nioclas | 120 | +3% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 104 | −27% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil San Lionard | 115 | −15% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| The Rower Mixed N.S. | 115 | −33% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Mary's National School | 398 | −12% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 29 km | |
| S.N. Chiaran Naofa | 142 | +29% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Bhridhe | 27 | – | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Bunscoil McAuley Rice | 406 | −9% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Burnchurch National School | 44 | −28% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Michaels National School | 63 | +34% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Graig na Manach Buac | 68 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 148 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Bennettsbridge National School | 206 | +7% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Church Hill Mixed N.S. | 192 | +14% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Skeaghvastheen N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 197 | −24% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Kilkenny School Project | 236 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | 41 km | |
| Gaelscoil Osrai | 438 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 41 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 175 | −9% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 331 | −15% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea | 330 | −2% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Iognaid de Ris | 278 | +37% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 400 | −10% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Goresbridge N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St. John's National School | 441 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colmain | 204 | −5% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St Canices Central N.S. | 648 | −1% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Kilkenny Mixed N.S. | 198 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Tulach Ruain | 91 | −7% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Bhride B7C | 217 | −15% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Tobair Eoin Baisde | 45 | −34% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 127 | +37% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Scoil Lachtain | 201 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| S.N. Bhreandain Naofa | 192 | −11% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Lisnafunchin | 32 | −32% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Colmain | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Clontubrid Mixed N.S. | 43 | −26% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa | 223 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Ballyragget National School | 163 | +20% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 46 | −12% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Chrion Choill | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Chiarain | 90 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Lisdowney N.S. | 96 | +1% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 121 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Wandesforde Mixed N.S. | 52 | −10% | Church of Ireland | English | 59 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 14 | −56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 62 | +3% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| Holycross N.S. | 72 | −23% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| S.N. an Moinin Rua | 127 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 57 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
Living in Mooncoin
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the X91 Eircode area
Housing in Mooncoin →The median sale price rose from €265,000 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the X91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Kilkenny
Cost of living in Mooncoin →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 Mooncoin, X91 F656
Primary schools near Carigeen N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Carigeen N.S.
Is Carigeen N.S. 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 Carigeen N.S. have?
123 pupils in 2025/26. That is −23% since 2019/20.
Does Carigeen N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Carigeen N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Carigeen N.S.?
Carigeen N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ossory.
How do pupils get a place at Carigeen N.S.?
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 Carigeen N.S.?
The nearest are Scoil Mhuire (4.3 km), Gaelscoil na nDeise (4.7 km) and Waterford Educate Together NS (4.8 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 Mooncoin; 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).