Cill an Iubhair N.S.
KILLANURE, MOUNTRATH, CO LAOIS · R32 V276 · Roll number 17084D
Cill an Iubhair N.S. is one of 6 primary schools in or within 3 km of Mountrath. Every school in and around Mountrath →
What stands out about Cill an Iubhair N.S.
- A small primary school: 23 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 23 pupils, 30% fewer than the 33 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ossory; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Mountrath’s outline, 6.6 km away; listed with Mountrath, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Cill an Iubhair N.S. had 23 pupils in 2025/26, down from 38 in 2015/16 (−39%). Girls are 43% of them. Its largest roll was 41, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Cill an Iubhair 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 Cill an Iubhair 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 Cill an Iubhair 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 Cill an Iubhair N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Cill an Iubhair 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Cill an Iubhair N.S. has shrunk by 30% since 2019/20. All the schools around Mountrath together changed by +6%.
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 Cill an Iubhair N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −30%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | ||
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.3 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km |
The other 56 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 28 km | |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 28 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
Living in Mountrath
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R32 Eircode area
Housing in Mountrath →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 Mountrath
Cost of living in Mountrath →New tenancies in Mountrath averaged €1,117 a month in 2025, against €1,077 in 2024 (+4%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Mountrath, R32 V276
Primary schools near Cill an Iubhair 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 Cill an Iubhair N.S.
Is Cill an Iubhair 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 Cill an Iubhair N.S. have?
23 pupils in 2025/26. That is −30% since 2019/20.
Does Cill an Iubhair N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Cill an Iubhair N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Cill an Iubhair N.S.?
Cill an Iubhair N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ossory.
How do pupils get a place at Cill an Iubhair 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 Cill an Iubhair N.S.?
The nearest are Paddock N.S. (4.6 km), Camross N.S. (5.4 km) and Cluain Eidhneach N.S. (7.3 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 Mountrath; 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).