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St. Bride's N.S.

PrimaryCatholic

Ballintubber, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon · F45 RR67 · Roll number 16334S

St. Bride's N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballintober. Every school in and around Ballintober →

Pupils
89
September, 2025/26
46 girls, 43 boys
Since 2019/20
+2%
from 87 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Elphin
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about St. Bride's N.S.

  • 89 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.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
  • The only primary school in Ballintober or within 3 km of it.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

St. Bride's N.S. had 89 pupils in 2025/26, down from 108 in 2015/16 (−18%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 108, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.

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

No letter

No letter for St. Bride's 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 St. Bride's 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on St. Bride's 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 in

Getting a place at St. Bride's N.S.

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

Families apply to St. Bride's 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.

Pupils
89
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+2%
from 87 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St. Bride's N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+2%).

Pupils since 2019/20

St. Bride's+2%
The primary schools around Ballintober+2%
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.

Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 2 have more pupils than St. Bride's N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +2%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

St. Bride's89
Castleplunkett44
Tarmon276
S.N. Pol Naofa66
St Annes Con141
Glinsk74
S.N. Naomh Ceitheach13
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St. Bride's N.S.89+2%CatholicEnglish
Castleplunkett N.S.44−19%CatholicEnglish5.5 km
Tarmon N.S.276+54%CatholicEnglish✓6.1 km
S.N. Pol Naofa66−6%CatholicEnglish✓7.1 km
St Annes Con N.S.141+17%CatholicEnglish✓7.3 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish7.6 km
S.N. Naomh Ceitheach13−55%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
The other 80 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Lisaniskey N.S.108+11%CatholicEnglish8.1 km
Threen N.S.35−8%CatholicEnglish9.5 km
Tulsk N.S.77−10%CatholicEnglish13 km
Clover Hill N.S.51−22%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Ballanagare N.S.57−5%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Cloonbonnif N.S.24−8%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Scoil Bhríde126+18%CatholicEnglish14 km
Ciaran Naofa60−19%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Mhuire Lourdes57+36%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Ballinlough N.S.35–Church of IrelandEnglish✓15 km
Fairymount N.S.39+34%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Clooniquin N.S.44+26%CatholicEnglish15 km
Carrick Mixed N.S.80−2%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa104−1%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
St Cóman's Wood Primary School605−5%CatholicEnglish17 km
Granlahan G N.S.46+18%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Gaelscoil de hIde149−5%CatholicAll in Irish17 km
Roxboro N.S.226+10%CatholicEnglish18 km
Don N.S.38−33%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Tibohine N.S.56+10%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Athleague N.S.105+40%CatholicEnglish20 km
Gorthaganny N.S.45−45%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Clooncagh N.S.20−26%CatholicEnglish20 km
Abbeycarton N.S.138−13%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
St Mary's Primary136+9%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Lios A Cuill M94−1%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig44−10%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Naomh Eoin47+57%CatholicEnglish21 km
Kilteevan N.S.32+0%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Naomh Atrachta36−8%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. O Dubhlain15−55%CatholicEnglish22 km
Mount Talbot N.S.24–CatholicEnglish23 km
Cloonfad N.S.125−22%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Cill Trostain45–CatholicEnglish23 km
St Attractas N.S.281+19%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Naomh Seosamh121+7%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Cruachain173−2%CatholicEnglish24 km
Grange N.S.32+10%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne96−2%CatholicEnglish25 km
Aughrim N.S.31−24%CatholicEnglish25 km
Cloontuskert National School82+28%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Tisrara National School54+29%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire136−14%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Brusna66+14%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Rath Aradh17–CatholicEnglish28 km
Ballyforan Mixed N.S.59−2%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Abbey Primary School427–CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Paroisteach24+4%Church of IrelandEnglish29 km
Lismoil N.S.12–CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Michil Naofa24−4%CatholicEnglish29 km
Slatta N.S.8−69%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig18−40%CatholicEnglish30 km
Lecarrow Community National School28–Multi-denominationalEnglish31 km
Ballintleva N.S.46−19%CatholicEnglish32 km
Whitehall N.S.93−23%CatholicEnglish32 km
Dangan NS92+12%CatholicEnglish32 km
Cloonfour N.S.42+75%CatholicEnglish33 km
Carrick N.S.41−40%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. an Gleann Duibh147+10%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal13–CatholicEnglish34 km
Rooskey N.S.160+33%CatholicEnglish34 km
N Micheal agus Padraig156+27%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa89−2%CatholicEnglish36 km
Brideswell N.S.68+17%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. Naomh Mhuire9–CatholicEnglish39 km
Ballybay National School224+7%CatholicEnglish39 km
Taughmaconnell N.S.105+2%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Ronain34−8%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Cill Ronain37+68%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig22−39%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S N Cluain na Cille399−7%CatholicEnglish41 km
Scoil Mhuire,115+25%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Ard Cianain77−25%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh223−16%CatholicEnglish44 km
Strabaggan N.S.25+4%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Lasair Naofa13–CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S N Cor na Fola B223−8%CatholicEnglish47 km
Camcloon N.S.55−15%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Naomh Ciaran107+0%CatholicEnglish48 km
Clonown N.S.28−3%CatholicEnglish50 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballintober

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

Median sale price
€144,400
routing key F45, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,092
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Roscommon

Homes in the F45 Eircode area

Housing in Ballintober →

The median sale price rose from €135,000 in 2023 to €155,000 in 2025 (+15%).

2023€135,000
2024€146,000
2025€155,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€165,700
Second-hand homes€144,000

Property Price Register sales in the F45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Roscommon

Cost of living in Ballintober →

New tenancies in Co. Roscommon averaged €1,092 a month in 2025, against €1,000 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,000
2025€1,092

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

Ballintober, F45 RR67

Nearby

Primary schools near St. Bride's 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 St. Bride's N.S.

Is St. Bride's 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 St. Bride's N.S. have?

89 pupils in 2025/26. That is +2% since 2019/20.

Does St. Bride's N.S. teach through Irish?

No: St. Bride's N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs St. Bride's N.S.?

St. Bride's N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.

How do pupils get a place at St. Bride's 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 St. Bride's N.S.?

The nearest are Castleplunkett N.S. (5.5 km), Tarmon N.S. (6.1 km) and S.N. Pol Naofa (7.1 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 Ballintober; 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).