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S.N. Naomh Colmcille

PrimaryCatholic

Errill, Portlaoise, Co. Laois · R32 CK26 · Roll number 18780F

S.N. Naomh Colmcille is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Errill. Every school in and around Errill →

Pupils
71
September, 2025/26
37 girls, 34 boys
Since 2019/20
+0%
from 71 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. Naomh Colmcille

  • 71 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+0%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
  • The only primary school in Errill or within 3 km of it.
  • Outside Errill’s outline, 0.6 km away; listed with Errill, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Naomh Colmcille had 71 pupils in 2025/26, against 66 in 2015/16 (+8%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 81, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Naomh Colmcille

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. Naomh Colmcille 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. Naomh Colmcille

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. Naomh Colmcille

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

Families apply to S.N. Naomh Colmcille 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
71
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+0%
from 71 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Naomh Colmcille is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+0%).

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Naomh Colmcille+0%
The primary schools around Errill+0%
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, 5 have more pupils than S.N. Naomh Colmcille. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +0%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Naomh Colmcille71
Kiladooley Mixed132
Scoil Bhride244
Clonmore96
Templetuohy77
S.N. Mhichil Naofa62
St Josephs95
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Naomh Colmcille71+0%CatholicEnglish
Kiladooley Mixed N.S.132+25%CatholicEnglish4.9 km
Scoil Bhride244+21%CatholicEnglish✓5.2 km
Clonmore N.S.96+41%CatholicEnglish6.6 km
Templetuohy N.S.77+28%CatholicEnglish✓7.9 km
S.N. Mhichil Naofa62+3%CatholicEnglish9.6 km
St Josephs National School95−10%CatholicEnglish10 km
The other 59 primary schools in Co. Laois
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S.64−22%CatholicEnglish12 km
Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala49+7%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish12 km
Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa108+9%CatholicEnglish14 km
Rushall N.S.30−27%CatholicEnglish14 km
Naomh Pius X N.S.49+58%CatholicEnglish15 km
Camross N.S.156+24%CatholicEnglish18 km
Castletown N.S.111−8%CatholicEnglish18 km
Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo192+7%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Fionntan Naofa60−22%CatholicEnglish19 km
St Fintans N.S.108+19%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Bhride95+14%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Cluain Eidhneach N.S.89+22%Church of IrelandEnglish22 km
Trummera N.S.34−6%CatholicAll in Irish22 km
Abbeyleix Sth N.S.84−21%Church of IrelandEnglish22 km
Paddock N.S.80−2%CatholicEnglish22 km
Cill an Iubhair N.S.23−30%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Mhuire269−14%CatholicEnglish23 km
Tobar an Leinn168+56%CatholicEnglish24 km
Ballinakill Mixed N.S.98+7%CatholicEnglish25 km
Ballyroan Primary School177+11%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Baile Finn208−11%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Molaise58−9%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Bhride N.S.727−6%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Portlaoise Educate Together NS457+11%Multi-denominationalEnglish33 km
Gaelscoil Phort Laoise369+4%CatholicAll in Irish33 km
Maryboro N.S.96+5%Church of IrelandEnglish33 km
Holy Family Junior School599−9%CatholicEnglish33 km
Barr na Sruthan N S91+42%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Holy Family Senior School644−13%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe53−38%CatholicEnglish34 km
Mhuire Fatima N.S.193+31%CatholicEnglish34 km
Scoil Bhride127+8%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Naomh Padraig N.S.86−2%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa29−6%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Raithin an Uisce N.S.211−4%CatholicEnglish35 km
Rosenallis N.S.75−18%CatholicEnglish36 km
Scoil Mhuire9–CatholicEnglish✓37 km
St Pauls N.S.41+32%Church of IrelandEnglish37 km
St Josephs Girls N.S.230−4%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Mountmellick Boys N.S.188−24%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Fraoch Mor N.S.212−10%CatholicEnglish38 km
Scoil Naomh Abban73+38%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Na Carraige N.S.204−1%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Scoil Mhuire Muigheo22−42%CatholicEnglish39 km
Cosby N.S.57+90%Church of IrelandEnglish40 km
St Coleman's National School318+16%CatholicSome subjects in Irish40 km
Emo Mixed N.S.207−1%CatholicEnglish42 km
Ballyadams N.S.111+0%CatholicEnglish42 km
Bhride N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Padraig218−16%CatholicEnglish43 km
Ardlios N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Chomhgain Naofa380−5%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 284−16%Church of IrelandEnglish47 km
S.N. Naomh Eoin374−11%CatholicEnglish47 km
Presentation Primary School496−30%CatholicEnglish47 km
Shanganamore N.S.106−8%CatholicEnglish47 km
Scoil Phadraig521−0%CatholicEnglish47 km
Rath Mixed N.S.194−11%CatholicEnglish47 km
Scoil Abbain Cillin99+5%CatholicEnglish48 km
Living nearby

Living in Errill

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

Median sale price
€277,300
routing key R32, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,235
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Laois

Homes in the R32 Eircode area

Housing in Errill →

The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+28%).

2023€250,000
2024€260,000
2025€320,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€366,800
Second-hand homes€233,600

Property Price Register sales in the R32 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Laois

Cost of living in Errill →

New tenancies in Co. Laois averaged €1,235 a month in 2025, against €1,112 in 2024 (+11%).

2024€1,112
2025€1,235

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

near Errill, R32 CK26

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Naomh Colmcille

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. Naomh Colmcille

Is S.N. Naomh Colmcille 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. Naomh Colmcille have?

71 pupils in 2025/26. That is +0% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Naomh Colmcille teach through Irish?

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

Who runs S.N. Naomh Colmcille?

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

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Naomh Colmcille?

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. Naomh Colmcille?

The nearest are Kiladooley Mixed N.S. (4.9 km), Scoil Bhride (5.2 km) and Clonmore N.S. (6.6 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 Errill; 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).