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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 →
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 2025/26S.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.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | ||
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Clonmore N.S. | 96 | +41% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Templetuohy N.S. | 77 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 62 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 10 km |
The other 59 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 33 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 37 km | |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 40 km | |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 40 km | |
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 48 km |
Living in Errill
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
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%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
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%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗














near Errill, R32 CK26
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).