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Scoil Cill Colmain

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ARD ACHADH, CO LUIMNIGH · V42 T320 · Roll number 17138A

Scoil Cill Colmain is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ardagh. Every school in and around Ardagh →

Pupils
101
September, 2025/26
55 girls, 46 boys
Since 2019/20
−24%
from 133 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Limerick
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Cill Colmain

  • 101 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: 101 pupils, 24% fewer than the 133 of 2019/20.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Limerick; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Ardagh’s outline, 4.1 km away; listed with Ardagh, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Cill Colmain had 101 pupils in 2025/26, down from 116 in 2015/16 (−13%). Girls are 54% of them. Its largest roll was 133, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

040801201602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Scoil Cill Colmain

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 Scoil Cill Colmain 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 Scoil Cill Colmain

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 Scoil Cill Colmain

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

Families apply to Scoil Cill Colmain 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
101
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−24%
from 133 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Cill Colmain has shrunk by 24% since 2019/20.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Cill Colmain−24%
The primary schools around Ardagh−1%
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.

Scoil Cill Colmain has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −24%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Cill Colmain101
Shanagolden92
S.N. Molua B82
Coolcappa54
Carrickerry49
Scoil Naomh Mhuire39
S.N. Sheanain99
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Cill Colmain101−24%CatholicEnglish
Shanagolden N.S.92−21%CatholicEnglish3.9 km
S.N. Molua B82−1%CatholicEnglish4.2 km
Coolcappa N.S.54+32%CatholicEnglish4.6 km
Carrickerry N.S.49−21%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire National School39+11%CatholicEnglish✓8.2 km
S.N. Sheanain99+10%CatholicEnglish8.5 km
The other 126 primary schools in Co. Limerick
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Gaelscoil O Doghair201−11%CatholicAll in Irish8.6 km
Courtenay National School251+3%CatholicEnglish✓9 km
St Josephs Convent225−2%CatholicEnglish✓9.6 km
Church Street National School14−46%Church of IrelandEnglish✓9.6 km
Gearoid Ui Ghriobhtha30−21%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
Scoil Aine Naofa224+33%CatholicEnglish✓9.9 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef86+23%CatholicEnglish✓9.9 km
S.N. Cill Lachtain235+28%CatholicEnglish10 km
Scoil Naomh Muire, Eas Géitine157–CatholicEnglish✓10 km
St James N.S.110−25%CatholicEnglish11 km
Mahoonagh N.S.237+6%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Mhuire107−6%CatholicEnglish12 km
Monagea National School206−6%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Fergus Primary School159+21%CatholicEnglish14 km
Ballyguiltenane N.S.20−26%CatholicEnglish14 km
Croagh National School78+10%CatholicEnglish14 km
Ballysteen N.S.17−54%CatholicEnglish16 km
Athea N School171+16%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil Cill Churnain174+19%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil Chriost an Slanaitheoir204+6%CatholicEnglish17 km
Templeglantine N.S.76+49%CatholicEnglish17 km
Kilmeedy N.S.48+129%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Sean Tsraide127−11%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Ide Naofa89+14%CatholicEnglish18 km
Pallaskenry N.S.135−1%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Ciarain66+40%CatholicEnglish19 km
Scoil Naomh Ide22−4%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig61+53%CatholicEnglish20 km
Glengurt N.S.115+8%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Naomh Iosaf140−9%CatholicEnglish20 km
Our Ladys Abbey125−15%CatholicEnglish20 km
St. Nicholas Church of Ireland School54−22%Church of IrelandEnglish21 km
Kildimo National School138−27%CatholicEnglish21 km
Convent of Mercy N.S.110−8%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Dromtrasna N.S.122−27%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Fiodhnach73+18%CatholicEnglish22 km
Abbeyfeale B N.S. 198−23%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Scoil Mhuire141−14%CatholicEnglish22 km
Granagh National School74+21%CatholicEnglish23 km
Meenkilly N.S.101+20%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Beal Atha Grean109+9%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire13–CatholicEnglish✓25 km
St Josephs74−15%CatholicEnglish25 km
Croom National School169−2%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Banogue National School97+31%CatholicEnglish26 km
Scoil Tobar Padraig143−5%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S N Naomh Iosef290−10%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Cre Cumhra214−7%CatholicEnglish29 km
Ballymartin N.S.103+7%CatholicEnglish29 km
Limerick City East Educate Together NS373−1%Multi-denominationalEnglish29 km
Gaelscoil an Raithin389+17%CatholicAll in Irish29 km
Scoil Neassain668−6%CatholicEnglish30 km
Athlacca N.S.88−31%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Phoil Naofa573−9%CatholicEnglish32 km
Bruree National School168−7%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil an Spioraid Naomh267−8%CatholicEnglish32 km
Fedamore CNS10−50%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓33 km
S N Muire na hEireann262−9%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Scoil Chriost Ri B278−13%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Scoil Mathair de362+8%CatholicEnglish33 km
Our Lady of Lourdes N.S.161+10%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
J F K Memorial School218−15%CatholicEnglish33 km
An Mhodh Scoil578−8%CatholicAll in Irish33 km
Limerick School Project203−5%Multi-denominationalEnglish33 km
Salesian Primary School361−12%CatholicEnglish33 km
St Michaels116−8%Church of IrelandEnglish34 km
Our Lady Queen of Peace School326−6%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Gaelscoil Sairseal369+44%CatholicAll in Irish34 km
Thomond Primary School215−6%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Corpus Christi N.S.403+22%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
St Michaels N.S.126+4%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Iosagain222+14%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Presentation Primary School279+1%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Carnane Mxd N.S.30−39%CatholicEnglish34 km
Le Chéile National School174−2%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Gaelscoil Sheoirse82−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
St Mary's National School152+28%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
St Johns Convent223−19%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
St John the Baptist Boys N.S.69+116%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Donoughmore N.S.140−31%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Padraig Naofa B197−6%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Padraig Naofa C197−11%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Knockea National School191−8%CatholicEnglish36 km
St Brigids N.S.457−4%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Scoil Ide654−17%CatholicEnglish36 km
Scoil Dean Cussen219−14%CatholicEnglish37 km
Scoil Mocheallóg281−9%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Milford Grange N School479−3%CatholicEnglish38 km
Scoil Mhuire85−11%CatholicEnglish38 km
Scoil Moin A Lin847−5%CatholicEnglish39 km
Bohermore N.S.100+233%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Loch Guir6−81%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh412−3%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
Scoil Ailbhe104−21%CatholicEnglish40 km
Bulgaden N.S.19−32%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Nais Cathair Chinn Lis100−19%CatholicEnglish42 km
Scoil Baile an Aird83−33%CatholicEnglish42 km
Scoil Nais Cnoc Aine200+31%CatholicEnglish42 km
S N Lios na Groi295−11%CatholicEnglish42 km
Caherline N.S.183+1%CatholicEnglish43 km
Scoil Athain139−20%CatholicEnglish43 km
Martinstown N.S.54−37%CatholicEnglish44 km
Ardpatrick N.S.48−25%CatholicEnglish44 km
Hospital N.S.156−14%CatholicEnglish45 km
Castleconnell N.S.241+4%CatholicEnglish45 km
S.N. Ailbhe187−9%CatholicEnglish45 km
Kilfinane Convent Primary School145+1%CatholicEnglish46 km
Cloverfield N.S.42−34%CatholicEnglish46 km
Kilteely N.S.32+52%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Cnoc Loinge B72−26%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Ma Rua142−22%CatholicEnglish48 km
S N Toinn an Tairbh79−26%CatholicEnglish48 km
Glenbrohane N.S.23−45%CatholicEnglish50 km
Nicker N.S.113−18%CatholicEnglish50 km
Garrydoolis N.S.29−17%CatholicEnglish51 km
Scoil Chaitríona82+24%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Scoil na mBearnan35+6%CatholicEnglish51 km
Ballylanders N.S.128−5%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Bilboa N School95−18%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. Cnoch A Deaga48+71%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. Gallbhaile135+14%CatholicEnglish56 km
Oola National School67−26%CatholicEnglish56 km
Doon Convent N.S.116−3%CatholicEnglish57 km
Scoil na mBraithre56+0%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S N Gleann gCreabhar50−19%CatholicEnglish58 km
Kilbehenny N.S.100+30%CatholicEnglish64 km
Living nearby

Living in Ardagh

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

Median sale price
€222,700
routing key V42, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,619
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Limerick

Homes in the V42 Eircode area

Housing in Ardagh →

The median sale price rose from €199,500 in 2023 to €242,500 in 2025 (+22%).

2023€199,500
2024€230,000
2025€242,500

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€294,900
Second-hand homes€214,500

Property Price Register sales in the V42 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Limerick

Cost of living in Ardagh →

New tenancies in Co. Limerick averaged €1,619 a month in 2025, against €1,436 in 2024 (+13%).

2024€1,436
2025€1,619

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

near Ardagh, V42 T320

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Cill Colmain

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Scoil Cill Colmain

Is Scoil Cill Colmain 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 Scoil Cill Colmain have?

101 pupils in 2025/26. That is −24% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Cill Colmain teach through Irish?

No: Scoil Cill Colmain teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Scoil Cill Colmain?

Scoil Cill Colmain has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Limerick.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Cill Colmain?

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 Scoil Cill Colmain?

The nearest are Shanagolden N.S. (3.9 km), S.N. Molua B (4.2 km) and Coolcappa N.S. (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 Ardagh; 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).