Scoil Bhríde
Four Mile House, Roscommon · F42 WF25 · Roll number 19815D
Scoil Bhríde is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Roscommon. Every school in and around Roscommon →
What stands out about Scoil Bhríde
- 126 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 126 pupils, 18% more than the 107 of 2019/20.
- 50 girls and 76 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Roscommon’s outline, 6.4 km away; listed with Roscommon, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Bhríde had 126 pupils in 2025/26, against 110 in 2015/16 (+15%). Girls are 40% of them. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Scoil Bhríde
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 Scoil Bhríde 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 Scoil Bhríde
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 Scoil Bhríde
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Bhríde 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: Scoil Bhríde has grown by 18% since 2019/20. All the schools around Roscommon together changed by +6%.
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, 2 have more pupils than Scoil Bhríde. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +18%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Bhríde | 126 | +18% | Catholic | English | ||
| Roxboro N.S. | 226 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Clover Hill N.S. | 51 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| S.N. Naomh Ceitheach | 13 | −55% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Clooncagh N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| St Cóman's Wood Primary School | 605 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| S.N. O Dubhlain | 15 | −55% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km |
The other 79 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsk N.S. | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 149 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.1 km | |
| Kilteevan N.S. | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Lisaniskey N.S. | 108 | +11% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Mary's Primary | 136 | +9% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Castleplunkett N.S. | 44 | −19% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 44 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Ciaran Naofa | 60 | −19% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Clooniquin N.S. | 44 | +26% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Cloontuskert National School | 82 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St. Bride's N.S. | 89 | +2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 121 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne | 96 | −2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Cill Trostain | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Athleague N.S. | 105 | +40% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Abbeycarton N.S. | 138 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire | 136 | −14% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Tarmon N.S. | 276 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Slatta N.S. | 8 | −69% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Ballanagare N.S. | 57 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Whitehall N.S. | 93 | −23% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Pol Naofa | 66 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Aughrim N.S. | 31 | −24% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Annes Con N.S. | 141 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Mount Talbot N.S. | 24 | – | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Rath Aradh | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Cloonfour N.S. | 42 | +75% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Lecarrow Community National School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Tisrara National School | 54 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Cruachain | 173 | −2% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Lismoil N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 104 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Threen N.S. | 35 | −8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 47 | +57% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Rooskey N.S. | 160 | +33% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. an Gleann Duibh | 147 | +10% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Dangan NS | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Fairymount N.S. | 39 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Carrick N.S. | 41 | −40% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Ballintleva N.S. | 46 | −19% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Naomh Atrachta | 36 | −8% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Cloonbonnif N.S. | 24 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Ballyforan Mixed N.S. | 59 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Lourdes | 57 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 24 | −4% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Grange N.S. | 32 | +10% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Tibohine N.S. | 56 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Don N.S. | 38 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 35 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Brideswell N.S. | 68 | +17% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ballybay National School | 224 | +7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Carrick Mixed N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 13 | – | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Abbey Primary School | 427 | – | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Paroisteach | 24 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | 31 km | |
| Granlahan G N.S. | 46 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| N Micheal agus Padraig | 156 | +27% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Lios A Cuill M | 94 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Gorthaganny N.S. | 45 | −45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Ronain | 34 | −8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S N Cluain na Cille | 399 | −7% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St Attractas N.S. | 281 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Taughmaconnell N.S. | 105 | +2% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh | 223 | −16% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Cloonfad N.S. | 125 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Ard Cianain | 77 | −25% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Brusna | 66 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Scoil Mhuire, | 115 | +25% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S N Cor na Fola B | 223 | −8% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ronain | 37 | +68% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Camcloon N.S. | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 22 | −39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Clonown N.S. | 28 | −3% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ciaran | 107 | +0% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Strabaggan N.S. | 25 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Lasair Naofa | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
Living in Roscommon
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F42 Eircode area
Housing in Roscommon →The median sale price rose from €220,000 in 2023 to €259,800 in 2025 (+18%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F42 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Roscommon
Cost of living in Roscommon →New tenancies in Roscommon averaged €1,097 a month in 2025, against €1,015 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Roscommon, F42 WF25
Primary schools near Scoil Bhríde
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Bhríde
Is Scoil Bhríde 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 Scoil Bhríde have?
126 pupils in 2025/26. That is +18% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Bhríde teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Bhríde teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Bhríde?
Scoil Bhríde has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Bhríde?
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 Scoil Bhríde?
The nearest are Roxboro N.S. (5.8 km), Clover Hill N.S. (6.3 km) and S.N. Naomh Ceitheach (6.4 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 Roscommon; 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).