Gaelscoil Éadan Doire
Cill Anna, Éadan Doire, Co Uíbh Fhailí · R45 ED89 · Roll number 20332N
Gaelscoil Éadan Doire is one of 5 primary schools in or within 3 km of Edenderry. Every school in and around Edenderry →
What stands out about Gaelscoil Éadan Doire
- 69 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Smaller than it was: 69 pupils, 32% fewer than the 101 of 2019/20.
- Every subject is taught through Irish.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is An Foras Pátrúnachta; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Gaelscoil Éadan Doire had 69 pupils in 2025/26, down from 131 in 2015/16 (−47%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 136, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Gaelscoil Éadan Doire
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 Gaelscoil Éadan Doire 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 Gaelscoil Éadan Doire
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 Gaelscoil Éadan Doire
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Gaelscoil Éadan Doire 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.
It teaches every subject through Irish. It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas. Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Gaelscoil Éadan Doire has shrunk by 32% since 2019/20. All the schools around Edenderry together changed by −3%.
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 Gaelscoil Éadan Doire. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −32%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil Éadan Doire | 69 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | |
| Scoil Bhríde Primary School | 480 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.2 km |
| Edenderry 2 N.S. | 48 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 0.2 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 192 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.6 km |
| Edenderry Convent N.S. | 429 | +12% | Catholic | English | 0.8 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 124 | −2% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Castlejordan Central N.S. | 79 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
The other 60 primary schools in Co. Offaly
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 91 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| Clonbullogue N.S. | 84 | −9% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 70 | −23% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brogain | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Daingean N.S. | 261 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Naomh Mhuire N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa | 193 | +7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Colmans N.S. | 97 | −14% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Geashill 1 N.S. | 126 | −2% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 124 | −8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Cloneyhurke N.S. | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Clonaghadoo N.S. | 81 | −24% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada | 185 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Charleville N.S. | 173 | +92% | Church of Ireland | English | 28 km | |
| Shinchill N.S. | 286 | +3% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Philomena | 164 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| St. Joseph's N.S. | 360 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Arden Boys N.S. | 215 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Naomh Cholumchille | 197 | −8% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Tullamore Educate Together NS | 236 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 249 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach | 116 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Colmain Naofa | 322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Ballykilmurry N.S. | 199 | −6% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 15 | −52% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Clara Convent N.S. | 180 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Seosamh | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S N Chartaigh Naofa | 147 | −21% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Mhanachain | 176 | +5% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 72 | +6% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Mount Bolus N.S. | 25 | −29% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Muire Naofa | 64 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| St Ciarans Mixed N.S. | 110 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 111 | +14% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic | 109 | +5% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 47 km |
| S.N. Naomh Callin | 69 | −9% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 29 | – | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Lomchluana | 33 | −23% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Ceann Eitigh N.S. | 132 | +15% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| St. Cynoc's National School | 189 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 148 | +23% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| St Marys National School | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Seir Kierans N.S. | 71 | +20% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| High St Mixed N.S. | 73 | +14% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S.N. Ros Com Rua | 21 | −28% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 83 | +17% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Laochra | 45 | +29% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 62 km | |
| Croinchoill N.S. | 243 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Osmann | 86 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Mercy Primary School | 141 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| St Brendans Monastery | 178 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Coolderry Central N.S. | 82 | −10% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| St Rynaghs N.S. | 249 | +1% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Naofa | 171 | −21% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| St Cronans Mixed N.S. | 72 | +13% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Shinrone Mixed N.S. | 121 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| S.N. Caoimhin Naofa | 67 | −17% | Catholic | English | 71 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan | 76 | +23% | Catholic | English | 73 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 108 | +29% | Catholic | English | 78 km |
Living in Edenderry
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R45 Eircode area
Housing in Edenderry →The median sale price rose from €235,000 in 2023 to €300,000 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Edenderry
Cost of living in Edenderry →New tenancies in Edenderry averaged €1,270 a month in 2025, against €1,186 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Edenderry, R45 ED89
Primary schools near Gaelscoil Éadan Doire
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Gaelscoil Éadan Doire
Is Gaelscoil Éadan Doire 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 Gaelscoil Éadan Doire have?
69 pupils in 2025/26. That is −32% since 2019/20.
Does Gaelscoil Éadan Doire teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Gaelscoil Éadan Doire is taught through Irish.
Who runs Gaelscoil Éadan Doire?
Gaelscoil Éadan Doire has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is An Foras Pátrúnachta.
How do pupils get a place at Gaelscoil Éadan Doire?
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 Gaelscoil Éadan Doire?
The nearest are Scoil Bhríde Primary School (0.2 km), Edenderry 2 N.S. (0.2 km) and St Patrick's National School (0.6 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 Edenderry; 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).