S.N. Chuirt Doighte
Burncourt, Cahir, Co. Tipperary · E21 PT44 · Roll number 17783G
S.N. Chuirt Doighte is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyporeen. Every school in and around Ballyporeen →
What stands out about S.N. Chuirt Doighte
- 92 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+12%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- 33 girls and 59 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Waterford & Lismore; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballyporeen’s outline, 4.5 km away; listed with Ballyporeen, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Chuirt Doighte had 92 pupils in 2025/26, against 57 in 2015/16 (+61%). Girls are 36% of them. Its largest roll was 96, in 2021/22. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for S.N. Chuirt Doighte
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. Chuirt Doighte 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 S.N. Chuirt Doighte
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 S.N. Chuirt Doighte
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Chuirt Doighte 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: S.N. Chuirt Doighte has grown by 12% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballyporeen 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, 4 have more pupils than S.N. Chuirt Doighte. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +12%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Chuirt Doighte | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Teampall Toinne | 135 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| S.N. Sceichin A Rince | 40 | +3% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Ballylooby N.S. | 148 | −14% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Clogheen Central N.S. | 81 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| S.N. Baile Ui Ghiblin | 105 | −28% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Kilbehenny N.S. | 100 | +30% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km |
The other 146 primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tankerstown N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Bunscoil na Cathrach | 411 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Ballydrehid N.S. | 13 | −71% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Ardfinnan N.S. | 244 | +6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Lisvernane N.S. | 122 | +16% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 75 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. an Grainseach | 137 | −33% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Mount Bruis N.S. | 55 | −21% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Gaelscoil Thiobraid Arann | 107 | +19% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 111 | −20% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Tipperary G N.S. | 149 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Tipperary Jnr Bn S | 107 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 199 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Josephs Primary School | 192 | +27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| New Inn B N.S. | 48 | −37% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Thomastown N.S. | 112 | +37% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Rath Chaomhghin | 143 | +17% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Shronell N.S. | 58 | −5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. an Ghabhailin | 85 | −15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 84 | +0% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Rosegreen N.S. | 152 | +5% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Monard N.S. | 112 | +17% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Cleireachain | 202 | −0% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 266 | +0% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Ailbe's National School | 122 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| St Marys Parochial School | 52 | +108% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| St Oliver Plunketts N.S. | 334 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Gaelscoil Chluain Meala | 315 | +50% | Catholic | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 222 | +4% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Cashel Deanery | 29 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| St John the Baptist | 293 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| St John the Baptist Boys School | 268 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| St Francis National School | 32 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| SN Mhuire na nAingeal | 407 | +0% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Cullen N.S. | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Peter and Paul | 304 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Knockavilla N.S. | 147 | +30% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Lisronagh N.S. | 106 | +4% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Annacarty N.S. | 93 | +21% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S N na hAille | 128 | +22% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Powerstown N.S. | 338 | −8% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Cappawhite N.S. | 126 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Holy Trinity National School | 204 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Dualla N.S. | 92 | −12% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| San Isadoir | 124 | +14% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Clonoulty Central N.S. | 96 | +14% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Killurney N.S. | 31 | −3% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Killusty N.S. | 4 | −88% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Ballytarsna N.S. | 76 | −18% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Cill Siolain | 90 | −24% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Rossmore National School | 83 | +4% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Moyglass N.S. | 130 | +2% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Gaile N.S. | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Hollyford N.S. | 26 | −37% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Iubhair | 19 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Chluainin | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 55 | −14% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Micheal Naofa | 195 | −13% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Killenaule N.S. | 135 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Naomh Padraig Junior | 46 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Naomh Padraig Senior | 54 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Naomh Peadar | 138 | +0% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Ballyneale N.S. | 77 | −21% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Cill Chuimin | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Chaoimhghin | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Rear N.S. | 83 | +43% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Ballycahill N.S. | 49 | −14% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Iosagain | 124 | −11% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Grangemockler N.S. | 47 | −19% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Gaelscoil Durlas Eile | 194 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 44 km | |
| Scoil Ailbhe | 189 | −8% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Angela | 219 | −12% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 247 | +24% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Gaelscoil Charraig na Siuire | 114 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S N Mhuire na mBraithre | 122 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Gleann Guail | 16 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Clochar na Toirbhirte | 281 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Lackamore N.S. | 36 | −20% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S N na hInse | 83 | +11% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Leamhach | 117 | −3% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Lisnamrock N.S. | 65 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Two Mile Borris N.S. | 148 | +29% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Upper Newtown N.S. | 51 | −7% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Our Lady's National School | 71 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| S.N. Baile Sluagh | 26 | +18% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Poulacapple N.S. | 46 | −16% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Cualán | 198 | +6% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 49 km | |
| S.N. Rath Eilte | 94 | −3% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S N na mBuachailli | 135 | −15% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Convent of Mercy | 266 | −10% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Slieveardagh N.S. | 24 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Teampall Doire | 104 | +4% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S N Gort na hUaighe | 132 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Loch Mor Maigh N.S. | 86 | −3% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. an Droma | 41 | −28% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S N na Maighne | 65 | −33% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Birdhill N.S. | 104 | −26% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Barnane N.S. | 39 | −24% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Silvermines N.S. | 57 | −22% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S N Baile na hInse | 95 | −23% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| St Colmcilles Primary School | 109 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Castle Iny N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| S.N. Odhran Naofa | 62 | +9% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| S.N. Iosef Naofa | 163 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 24 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| Gurtagarry N.S. | 67 | +29% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Boher N.S. | 113 | −7% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Chiarda Naofa | 45 | −27% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Templetuohy N.S. | 77 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| S.N. Lios an Halla | 136 | +5% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Killea N.S. | 19 | −41% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| S.N. Buirgheas | 86 | +26% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Sheosamh | 96 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| S.N. Baile an Atha | 404 | −5% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Clonmore N.S. | 96 | +41% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Bishop Harty NS | 91 | +21% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBráithre Críostaí | 248 | −4% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| St Marys Convent | 351 | −6% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 53 | −12% | Church of Ireland | English | 62 km | |
| Nenagh Community National School | 200 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | 62 km | |
| Gaelscoil Aonach | 179 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 63 km | |
| Eochaille Ara N.S. | 118 | +5% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ruadhain | 115 | −16% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Carrig N.S. | 229 | +1% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Portroe N.S. | 138 | +1% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 117 | +9% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| S.N. Ard Croine | 134 | −21% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| Kiladangan N.S. | 123 | −2% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| Cloughjordan No 1 N.S. | 71 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 70 km | |
| Cloughjordan N.S. | 122 | −4% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| S.N. Iosef Naofa | 299 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 72 km |
| Sacred Heart Primary School | 201 | +41% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| Roscrea N.S. No 2 | 31 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 74 km | |
| St Johns | 163 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 74 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 139 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 76 km |
| S.N. Cill Barfhionn | 47 | −31% | Catholic | English | 76 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig Naofa | 86 | +187% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 78 km |
| S.N. Colmain Naofa | 39 | −11% | Catholic | English | 83 km | |
| Carrig N.S. | 60 | −9% | Catholic | English | 84 km | |
| S.N. an Cillin | 140 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 87 km |
| S.N. Lua Naofa | 27 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 87 km |
| S.N. Flannain Naofa | 71 | +16% | Catholic | English | 90 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ruadhain | 32 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 91 km |
Living in Ballyporeen
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E21 Eircode area
Housing in Ballyporeen →The median sale price rose from €185,000 in 2023 to €261,500 in 2025 (+41%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E21 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Tipperary
Cost of living in Ballyporeen →New tenancies in Co. Tipperary averaged €1,078 a month in 2025, against €975 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballyporeen, E21 PT44
Primary schools near S.N. Chuirt Doighte
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. Chuirt Doighte
Is S.N. Chuirt Doighte 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. Chuirt Doighte have?
92 pupils in 2025/26. That is +12% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Chuirt Doighte teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Chuirt Doighte teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Chuirt Doighte?
S.N. Chuirt Doighte has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Waterford & Lismore.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Chuirt Doighte?
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. Chuirt Doighte?
The nearest are Scoil Teampall Toinne (4.7 km), S.N. Sceichin A Rince (4.9 km) and Ballylooby N.S. (6.5 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 Ballyporeen; 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).