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Kinnitty, Birr, Co. Offaly · R42 KD78 · Roll number 16802C
Ceann Eitigh N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Kinnitty. Every school in and around Kinnitty →
What stands out about Ceann Eitigh N.S.
- 132 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+15%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Kinnitty or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Ceann Eitigh N.S. had 132 pupils in 2025/26, against 115 in 2015/16 (+15%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 138, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Ceann Eitigh 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 Ceann Eitigh 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 Ceann Eitigh 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 Ceann Eitigh N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Ceann Eitigh 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: Ceann Eitigh N.S. has grown by 15% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kinnitty together changed by +15%.
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, 1 have more pupils than Ceann Eitigh N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +15%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceann Eitigh N.S. | 132 | +15% | Catholic | English | ||
| Seir Kierans N.S. | 71 | +20% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 148 | +23% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic | 109 | +5% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 111 | +14% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| S.N. Ros Com Rua | 21 | −28% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 10 km |
The other 61 primary schools in Co. Offaly
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 29 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Mount Bolus N.S. | 25 | −29% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Croinchoill N.S. | 243 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Coolderry Central N.S. | 82 | −10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Laochra | 45 | +29% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Mercy Primary School | 141 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Brendans Monastery | 178 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Osmann | 86 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Lomchluana | 33 | −23% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Naofa | 171 | −21% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 72 | +6% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Marys National School | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Shinrone Mixed N.S. | 121 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Muire Naofa | 64 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| St Rynaghs N.S. | 249 | +1% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Colmain Naofa | 322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St. Cynoc's National School | 189 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Caoimhin Naofa | 67 | −17% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S N Chartaigh Naofa | 147 | −21% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| High St Mixed N.S. | 73 | +14% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Cronans Mixed N.S. | 72 | +13% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Shinchill N.S. | 286 | +3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ballykilmurry N.S. | 199 | −6% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 249 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach | 116 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan | 76 | +23% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Callin | 69 | −9% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Clonaghadoo N.S. | 81 | −24% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada | 185 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Charleville N.S. | 173 | +92% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Philomena | 164 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Arden Boys N.S. | 215 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| St. Joseph's N.S. | 360 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| St Ciarans Mixed N.S. | 110 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Tullamore Educate Together NS | 236 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Clara Convent N.S. | 180 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Seosamh | 108 | +29% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cholumchille | 197 | −8% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Cloneyhurke N.S. | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Geashill 1 N.S. | 126 | −2% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 124 | −8% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 83 | +17% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa | 193 | +7% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Mhanachain | 176 | +5% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 15 | −52% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Colmans N.S. | 97 | −14% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Daingean N.S. | 261 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Naomh Mhuire N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Bhride | 70 | −23% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brogain | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 91 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Clonbullogue N.S. | 84 | −9% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 124 | −2% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde Primary School | 480 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Gaelscoil Éadan Doire | 69 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 51 km |
| Edenderry 2 N.S. | 48 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 51 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 192 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Edenderry Convent N.S. | 429 | +12% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Castlejordan Central N.S. | 79 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
Living in Kinnitty
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R42 Eircode area
Housing in Kinnitty →The median sale price rose from €180,000 in 2023 to €240,000 in 2025 (+33%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R42 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Offaly
Cost of living in Kinnitty →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
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Kinnitty, R42 KD78
Primary schools near Ceann Eitigh 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 Ceann Eitigh N.S.
Is Ceann Eitigh 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 Ceann Eitigh N.S. have?
132 pupils in 2025/26. That is +15% since 2019/20.
Does Ceann Eitigh N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Ceann Eitigh N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ceann Eitigh N.S.?
Ceann Eitigh N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killaloe.
How do pupils get a place at Ceann Eitigh 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 Ceann Eitigh N.S.?
The nearest are Seir Kierans N.S. (5.7 km), S.N. Naomh Eoin (7.5 km) and Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic (8.5 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 Kinnitty; 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).