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S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh

PrimaryCatholic

Ballyfacey, Glenmore, via New Ross, Co. Kilkenny · X91 C439 · Roll number 18257N

S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Mullinavat. Every school in and around Mullinavat →

Pupils
54
September, 2025/26
29 girls, 25 boys
Since 2019/20
−10%
from 60 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. Baile an Fhasaigh

  • A small primary school: 54 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−10%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Mullinavat’s outline, 6.6 km away; listed with Mullinavat, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh had 54 pupils in 2025/26, down from 60 in 2015/16 (−10%). Girls are 54% of them. Its largest roll was 64, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.

0204060802015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh

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. Baile an Fhasaigh 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. Baile an Fhasaigh

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. Baile an Fhasaigh

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

Families apply to S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh 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
54
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−10%
from 60 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh has shrunk by 10% since 2019/20. All the schools around Mullinavat together changed by −5%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh−10%
The primary schools around Mullinavat−5%
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, 3 have more pupils than S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −10%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh54
S.N. Seamus Naofa91
Scoil Mholainge Listerlin148
S.N. Shean Bhoth34
Colmcille Mixed20
St Beacons175
Ringville35
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh54−10%CatholicEnglish
S.N. Seamus Naofa91−13%CatholicEnglish3.2 km
Scoil Mholainge Listerlin148+9%CatholicEnglish4.3 km
S.N. Shean Bhoth34+10%CatholicEnglish4.6 km
Colmcille Mixed N.S.20−29%CatholicEnglish5 km
St Beacons N.S.175−5%CatholicEnglish7 km
Ringville National School35−31%CatholicEnglish8.4 km
The other 62 primary schools in Co. Kilkenny
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St. Senan's National School176+2%CatholicEnglish9.2 km
S.N. Naomh Padraigh202+3%CatholicEnglish9.7 km
Slieverue Mixed N.S.208−8%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
The Rower Mixed N.S.115−33%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Cholmcille104−27%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Moin Ruadh Mixed56+0%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig Mxd173−3%CatholicEnglish14 km
Carigeen N.S.123−23%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil Mhuire261−6%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Templeorum N.S.38−32%CatholicEnglish16 km
St Brendans Mixed N.S.50−17%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Baile an Phiull254−23%CatholicEnglish17 km
St Mary's National School398−12%CatholicSome subjects in Irish18 km
Owning National School100+0%CatholicEnglish19 km
Kilmoganny Mixed N.S.23+10%CatholicEnglish20 km
Graig na Manach Buac68−9%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal148−8%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Chiaran Naofa142+29%CatholicEnglish21 km
Scoil San Lionard115−15%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Bhridhe27–CatholicEnglish23 km
S N San Nioclas120+3%CatholicEnglish24 km
Skeaghvastheen N.S.85−13%CatholicEnglish25 km
Bennettsbridge National School206+7%CatholicEnglish26 km
St Michaels National School63+34%CatholicEnglish26 km
Burnchurch National School44−28%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Muire197−24%CatholicEnglish29 km
Bunscoil McAuley Rice406−9%CatholicEnglish29 km
Goresbridge N.S.68−23%CatholicEnglish29 km
Church Hill Mixed N.S.192+14%CatholicEnglish30 km
Gaelscoil Osrai438−5%CatholicAll in Irish32 km
Kilkenny School Project236+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish32 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain204−5%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa331−15%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea330−2%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Mhuire400−10%CatholicEnglish34 km
Scoil Iognaid de Ris278+37%CatholicEnglish34 km
St. John's National School441–CatholicEnglish✓34 km
St Canices Central N.S.648−1%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Bhride B7C217−15%CatholicEnglish35 km
Kilkenny Mixed N.S.198−4%Church of IrelandEnglish35 km
St Aidans N.S.175−9%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Tobair Eoin Baisde45−34%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Tulach Ruain91−7%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Bhreandain Naofa192−11%CatholicEnglish43 km
Scoil Naomh Ioseph127+37%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Lisnafunchin32−32%CatholicEnglish45 km
S.N. Colmain20–CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Lachtain201+6%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Bhrighde46−12%CatholicEnglish47 km
Clontubrid Mixed N.S.43−26%CatholicEnglish49 km
Scoil Íosagáin121–CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Wandesforde Mixed N.S.52−10%Church of IrelandEnglish49 km
Ballyragget National School163+20%CatholicEnglish50 km
Lisdowney N.S.96+1%CatholicEnglish51 km
Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa223−15%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Chrion Choill28−24%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. an Moinin Rua127+2%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Holycross N.S.72−23%CatholicEnglish54 km
S.N. Naomh Chiarain90+6%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
St Patricks N.S.57−25%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Mhichil Naofa14−56%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Mhichil Naofa62+3%CatholicEnglish58 km
Living nearby

Living in Mullinavat

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

Median sale price
€215,000
30 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,207
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Kilkenny

Homes in the X91 Eircode area

Housing in Mullinavat →

The median sale price rose from €265,000 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+21%).

2023€265,000
2024€296,100
2025€320,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€361,200
Second-hand homes€241,000

Property Price Register sales in the X91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Kilkenny

Cost of living in Mullinavat →

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 Mullinavat, X91 C439

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh

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. Baile an Fhasaigh

Is S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh 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. Baile an Fhasaigh have?

54 pupils in 2025/26. That is −10% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh?

S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ossory.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Baile an Fhasaigh?

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. Baile an Fhasaigh?

The nearest are S.N. Seamus Naofa (3.2 km), Scoil Mholainge Listerlin (4.3 km) and S.N. Shean Bhoth (4.6 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 Mullinavat; 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).