Geashill 1 N.S.
Geashill, Co. Offaly · R35 W253 · Roll number 09191I
Geashill 1 N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Geashill. Every school in and around Geashill →
What stands out about Geashill 1 N.S.
- 126 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−2%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Geashill or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Geashill 1 N.S. had 126 pupils in 2025/26, against 120 in 2015/16 (+5%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 137, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Geashill 1 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 Geashill 1 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 Geashill 1 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 Geashill 1 N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Geashill 1 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.
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: Geashill 1 N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−2%). All the schools around Geashill together changed by −2%.
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, 3 have more pupils than Geashill 1 N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −2%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geashill 1 N.S. | 126 | −2% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa | 193 | +7% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 124 | −8% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Naomh Mhuire N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Daingean N.S. | 261 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Clonaghadoo N.S. | 81 | −24% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Shinchill N.S. | 286 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km |
The other 60 primary schools in Co. Offaly
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloneyhurke N.S. | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| St Colmans N.S. | 97 | −14% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada | 185 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Charleville N.S. | 173 | +92% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Philomena | 164 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Bhride | 70 | −23% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 249 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach | 116 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St. Joseph's N.S. | 360 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Arden Boys N.S. | 215 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Tullamore Educate Together NS | 236 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 91 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Scoil Colmain Naofa | 322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brogain | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Clonbullogue N.S. | 84 | −9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cholumchille | 197 | −8% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballykilmurry N.S. | 199 | −6% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 124 | −2% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde Primary School | 480 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Gaelscoil Éadan Doire | 69 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 20 km |
| Edenderry 2 N.S. | 48 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| S N Chartaigh Naofa | 147 | −21% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Mount Bolus N.S. | 25 | −29% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 192 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Edenderry Convent N.S. | 429 | +12% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 72 | +6% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Clara Convent N.S. | 180 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Castlejordan Central N.S. | 79 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 15 | −52% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 111 | +14% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Muire Naofa | 64 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic | 109 | +5% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Mhanachain | 176 | +5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Ciarans Mixed N.S. | 110 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Ceann Eitigh N.S. | 132 | +15% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 29 | – | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Lomchluana | 33 | −23% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Callin | 69 | −9% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 148 | +23% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St. Cynoc's National School | 189 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Seir Kierans N.S. | 71 | +20% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St Marys National School | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Ros Com Rua | 21 | −28% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| High St Mixed N.S. | 73 | +14% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Laochra | 45 | +29% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 42 km | |
| Croinchoill N.S. | 243 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Osmann | 86 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Mercy Primary School | 141 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| St Brendans Monastery | 178 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Coolderry Central N.S. | 82 | −10% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St Rynaghs N.S. | 249 | +1% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Naofa | 171 | −21% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 83 | +17% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Cronans Mixed N.S. | 72 | +13% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Shinrone Mixed N.S. | 121 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| S.N. Caoimhin Naofa | 67 | −17% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan | 76 | +23% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 108 | +29% | Catholic | English | 58 km |
Living in Geashill
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R35 Eircode area
Housing in Geashill →The median sale price rose from €254,200 in 2023 to €287,500 in 2025 (+13%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R35 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Offaly
Cost of living in Geashill →New tenancies in Co. Offaly averaged €1,198 a month in 2025, against €1,089 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Geashill, R35 W253
Primary schools near Geashill 1 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 Geashill 1 N.S.
Is Geashill 1 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 Geashill 1 N.S. have?
126 pupils in 2025/26. That is −2% since 2019/20.
Does Geashill 1 N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Geashill 1 N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Geashill 1 N.S.?
Geashill 1 N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at Geashill 1 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 Geashill 1 N.S.?
The nearest are S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa (3.7 km), S.N. Mhuire (5.9 km) and Naomh Mhuire N.S. (6.7 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 Geashill; 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).