S.N. an Cillin
BIRR, CO OFFALY · R42 AK00 · Roll number 17179O
S.N. an Cillin is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Borrisokane. Every school in and around Borrisokane →
What stands out about S.N. an Cillin
- 140 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 140 pupils, 19% more than the 118 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Borrisokane’s outline, 15 km away; listed with Borrisokane, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. an Cillin had 140 pupils in 2025/26, against 106 in 2015/16 (+32%). Girls are 47% of them. 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. an Cillin
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. an Cillin 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. an Cillin
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. an Cillin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. an Cillin 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. an Cillin has grown by 19% since 2019/20. All the schools around Borrisokane together changed by +24%.
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, 3 have more pupils than S.N. an Cillin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +19%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. an Cillin | 140 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| St Brendans Monastery | 178 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.8 km |
| Mercy Primary School | 141 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| S.N. Osmann | 86 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Gaelscoil na Laochra | 45 | +29% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 2.7 km | |
| Croinchoill N.S. | 243 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Carrig N.S. | 60 | −9% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km |
The other 149 primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Flannain Naofa | 71 | +16% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ruadhain | 32 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Lua Naofa | 27 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 139 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Johns | 163 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Cloughjordan N.S. | 122 | −4% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Cloughjordan No 1 N.S. | 71 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Roscrea N.S. No 2 | 31 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Sacred Heart Primary School | 201 | +41% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Colmain Naofa | 39 | −11% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig Naofa | 86 | +187% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Iosef Naofa | 299 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Cill Barfhionn | 47 | −31% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Ard Croine | 134 | −21% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 117 | +9% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ruadhain | 115 | −16% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Bishop Harty NS | 91 | +21% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Kiladangan N.S. | 123 | −2% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Sheosamh | 96 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Killea N.S. | 19 | −41% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Gurtagarry N.S. | 67 | +29% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBráithre Críostaí | 248 | −4% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Carrig N.S. | 229 | +1% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 53 | −12% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Nenagh Community National School | 200 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| St Marys Convent | 351 | −6% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Gaelscoil Aonach | 179 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| S.N. Chiarda Naofa | 45 | −27% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Clonmore N.S. | 96 | +41% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 24 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Iosef Naofa | 163 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Barnane N.S. | 39 | −24% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Odhran Naofa | 62 | +9% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Colmcilles Primary School | 109 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Eochaille Ara N.S. | 118 | +5% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Lios an Halla | 136 | +5% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Castle Iny N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. an Droma | 41 | −28% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Portroe N.S. | 138 | +1% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Teampall Doire | 104 | +4% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Templetuohy N.S. | 77 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Loch Mor Maigh N.S. | 86 | −3% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Buirgheas | 86 | +26% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Cualán | 198 | +6% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 38 km | |
| Silvermines N.S. | 57 | −22% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S N na hInse | 83 | +11% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S N na Maighne | 65 | −33% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Leamhach | 117 | −3% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Boher N.S. | 113 | −7% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Rath Eilte | 94 | −3% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Iosagain | 124 | −11% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Ballycahill N.S. | 49 | −14% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Atha | 404 | −5% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Ailbhe | 189 | −8% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 247 | +24% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Gaelscoil Durlas Eile | 194 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| Scoil Angela | 219 | −12% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Cill Chuimin | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S N Baile na hInse | 95 | −23% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Two Mile Borris N.S. | 148 | +29% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Rear N.S. | 83 | +43% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Micheal Naofa | 195 | −13% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Birdhill N.S. | 104 | −26% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Lackamore N.S. | 36 | −20% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S N Gort na hUaighe | 132 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| S.N. Naomh Peadar | 138 | +0% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S N na mBuachailli | 135 | −15% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Chaoimhghin | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Hollyford N.S. | 26 | −37% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Convent of Mercy | 266 | −10% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Rossmore National School | 83 | +4% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Clonoulty Central N.S. | 96 | +14% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Gaile N.S. | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| S.N. Baile Sluagh | 26 | +18% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Gleann Guail | 16 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Ballytarsna N.S. | 76 | −18% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| San Isadoir | 124 | +14% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Slieveardagh N.S. | 24 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Lisnamrock N.S. | 65 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Cappawhite N.S. | 126 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Annacarty N.S. | 93 | +21% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Iubhair | 19 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Killenaule N.S. | 135 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Knockavilla N.S. | 147 | +30% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Dualla N.S. | 92 | −12% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Our Lady's National School | 71 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S N na hAille | 128 | +22% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| St Francis National School | 32 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 84 | +0% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| Moyglass N.S. | 130 | +2% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| St John the Baptist Boys School | 268 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| St John the Baptist | 293 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Cashel Deanery | 29 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 65 km | |
| S.N. an Ghabhailin | 85 | −15% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Thomastown N.S. | 112 | +37% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Monard N.S. | 112 | +17% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| Naomh Padraig Junior | 46 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| Naomh Padraig Senior | 54 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| Cullen N.S. | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| St Josephs Primary School | 192 | +27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| Rosegreen N.S. | 152 | +5% | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| Tipperary Jnr Bn S | 107 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| Tipperary G N.S. | 149 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 199 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| Gaelscoil Thiobraid Arann | 107 | +19% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 70 km |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| Holy Trinity National School | 204 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 71 km |
| Bansha N.S. | 75 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 72 km |
| Shronell N.S. | 58 | −5% | Catholic | English | 72 km | |
| New Inn B N.S. | 48 | −37% | Catholic | English | 72 km | |
| S.N. Chluainin | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 72 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 72 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | 73 km | |
| Poulacapple N.S. | 46 | −16% | Catholic | English | 74 km | |
| Killusty N.S. | 4 | −88% | Catholic | English | 74 km | |
| Mount Bruis N.S. | 55 | −21% | Catholic | English | 74 km | |
| Tankerstown N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | 75 km | |
| St Ailbe's National School | 122 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 75 km |
| Ballydrehid N.S. | 13 | −71% | Catholic | English | 76 km | |
| Lisronagh N.S. | 106 | +4% | Catholic | English | 76 km | |
| S.N. Cleireachain | 202 | −0% | Catholic | English | 77 km | |
| Lisvernane N.S. | 122 | +16% | Catholic | English | 78 km | |
| Grangemockler N.S. | 47 | −19% | Catholic | English | 78 km | |
| Bunscoil na Cathrach | 411 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 80 km |
| Killurney N.S. | 31 | −3% | Catholic | English | 80 km | |
| S.N. Rath Chaomhghin | 143 | +17% | Catholic | English | 80 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 55 | −14% | Catholic | English | 81 km | |
| Powerstown N.S. | 338 | −8% | Catholic | English | 82 km | |
| St Oliver Plunketts N.S. | 334 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 82 km |
| St Peter and Paul | 304 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 83 km |
| St Marys Parochial School | 52 | +108% | Church of Ireland | English | 83 km | |
| SN Mhuire na nAingeal | 407 | +0% | Catholic | English | 83 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 222 | +4% | Catholic | English | 83 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chluain Meala | 315 | +50% | Catholic | All in Irish | 83 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 266 | +0% | Catholic | English | 84 km | |
| S.N. an Grainseach | 137 | −33% | Catholic | English | 84 km | |
| S.N. Cill Siolain | 90 | −24% | Catholic | English | 84 km | |
| Upper Newtown N.S. | 51 | −7% | Catholic | English | 85 km | |
| Ballylooby N.S. | 148 | −14% | Catholic | English | 85 km | |
| Ballyneale N.S. | 77 | −21% | Catholic | English | 86 km | |
| Ardfinnan N.S. | 244 | +6% | Catholic | English | 87 km | |
| S.N. Chuirt Doighte | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 87 km | |
| S.N. Sceichin A Rince | 40 | +3% | Catholic | English | 88 km | |
| S N Mhuire na mBraithre | 122 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 90 km |
| Gaelscoil Charraig na Siuire | 114 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 90 km |
| Clochar na Toirbhirte | 281 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 90 km |
| Clogheen Central N.S. | 81 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 91 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 111 | −20% | Catholic | English | 91 km | |
| Scoil Teampall Toinne | 135 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 92 km |
Living in Borrisokane
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E45 Eircode area
Housing in Borrisokane →The median sale price rose from €220,200 in 2023 to €300,000 in 2025 (+36%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Tipperary
Cost of living in Borrisokane →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 Borrisokane, R42 AK00
Primary schools near S.N. an Cillin
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. an Cillin
Is S.N. an Cillin 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. an Cillin have?
140 pupils in 2025/26. That is +19% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. an Cillin teach through Irish?
No: S.N. an Cillin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. an Cillin?
S.N. an Cillin has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killaloe.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. an Cillin?
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. an Cillin?
The nearest are St Brendans Monastery (1.8 km), Mercy Primary School (2 km) and S.N. Osmann (2 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 Borrisokane; 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).