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S.N. Bhride

PrimaryCatholic

Ballyboy, Kilcormac, Co. Offaly · R42 Y840 · Roll number 18399K

S.N. Bhride is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Kilcormac. Every school in and around Kilcormac →

Pupils
111
September, 2025/26
52 girls, 59 boys
Since 2019/20
+14%
from 97 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Meath
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Bhride

  • 111 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+14%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Kilcormac’s outline, 1.3 km away; listed with Kilcormac, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Bhride had 111 pupils in 2025/26, against 88 in 2015/16 (+26%). Girls are 47% of them. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

03060901202015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Bhride

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. Bhride 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 S.N. Bhride

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 S.N. Bhride

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

Families apply to S.N. Bhride 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
111
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+14%
from 97 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Bhride has grown by 14% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kilcormac together changed by +24%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Bhride+14%
The primary schools around Kilcormac+9%
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.

S.N. Bhride has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +14%; 0 of the 5 grew faster.

S.N. Bhride111
Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic109
Mount Bolus25
S.N. Chiarain Naofa29
S.N. Mhuire72
Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe53
S.N. Lomchluana33
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Bhride111+14%CatholicEnglish
Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic109+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓1.9 km
Mount Bolus N.S.25−29%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
S.N. Chiarain Naofa29–CatholicEnglish5.5 km
S.N. Mhuire72+6%CatholicEnglish7.6 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe53−38%CatholicEnglish7.7 km
S.N. Lomchluana33−23%CatholicEnglish8.4 km
The other 61 primary schools in Co. Offaly
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Naomh Eoin148+23%CatholicEnglish8.4 km
Ceann Eitigh N.S.132+15%CatholicEnglish8.5 km
S.N. Seosamh97+31%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
S.N. Muire Naofa64−27%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
S N Chartaigh Naofa147−21%CatholicEnglish13 km
Seir Kierans N.S.71+20%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Colmain Naofa322+5%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Marys National School93−4%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
St. Cynoc's National School189−4%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Ballykilmurry N.S.199−6%CatholicEnglish15 km
Gaelscoil na Laochra45+29%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish16 km
S.N. Osmann86+4%Church of IrelandEnglish✓17 km
Mercy Primary School141−2%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
St Ciarans Mixed N.S.110−12%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Croinchoill N.S.243+1%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Mhuire249−20%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach116−32%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Naomh Callin69−9%CatholicEnglish17 km
Shinchill N.S.286+3%CatholicEnglish17 km
High St Mixed N.S.73+14%CatholicEnglish17 km
St Brendans Monastery178−8%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Ros Com Rua21−28%CatholicEnglish18 km
Arden Boys N.S.215+4%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Naomh Philomena164−7%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
St. Joseph's N.S.360−12%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada185−11%CatholicAll in Irish18 km
Charleville N.S.173+92%Church of IrelandEnglish18 km
Tullamore Educate Together NS236+7%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
St Rynaghs N.S.249+1%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa186−14%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Clara Convent N.S.180−17%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Coolderry Central N.S.82−10%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Naomh Cholumchille197−8%CatholicEnglish21 km
Clonaghadoo N.S.81−24%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Cronans Mixed N.S.72+13%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Mhanachain176+5%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Cronain Naofa171−21%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Peadar agus Pol15−52%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Chiarain Naofa83+17%CatholicEnglish26 km
Geashill 1 N.S.126−2%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa193+7%CatholicEnglish26 km
Shinrone Mixed N.S.121+1%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
St Colmans N.S.97−14%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Mhuire124−8%CatholicEnglish28 km
Cloneyhurke N.S.18−40%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Caoimhin Naofa67−17%CatholicEnglish29 km
Daingean N.S.261+4%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan76+23%CatholicEnglish32 km
Naomh Mhuire N.S.83−6%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Scoil Bhride70−23%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Seosamh108+29%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Mhuire Naofa91−40%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Naomh Brogain72−14%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Phadraig124−2%CatholicEnglish42 km
Clonbullogue N.S.84−9%CatholicEnglish42 km
Scoil Bhríde Primary School480−24%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Gaelscoil Éadan Doire69−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Edenderry 2 N.S.48−27%Church of IrelandEnglish46 km
Castlejordan Central N.S.79−7%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
St Patrick's National School192−13%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Edenderry Convent N.S.429+12%CatholicEnglish46 km
Living nearby

Living in Kilcormac

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

Median sale price
€160,000
39 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,198
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Offaly

Homes in the R42 Eircode area

Housing in Kilcormac →

The median sale price rose from €180,000 in 2023 to €240,000 in 2025 (+33%).

2023€180,000
2024€205,000
2025€240,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€287,800
Second-hand homes€207,900

Property Price Register sales in the R42 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Offaly

Cost of living in Kilcormac →

New tenancies in Co. Offaly averaged €1,198 a month in 2025, against €1,089 in 2024 (+10%).

2024€1,089
2025€1,198

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

near Kilcormac, R42 Y840

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Bhride

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. Bhride

Is S.N. Bhride 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. Bhride have?

111 pupils in 2025/26. That is +14% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Bhride teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Bhride teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Bhride?

S.N. Bhride has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Bhride?

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. Bhride?

The nearest are Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic (1.9 km), Mount Bolus N.S. (5.1 km) and S.N. Chiarain Naofa (5.5 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 Kilcormac; 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).