St Ailbe's National School
Emly, Tipperary · E34 NY00 · Roll number 20467N
St Ailbe's National School is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Emly. Every school in and around Emly →
What stands out about St Ailbe's National School
- 122 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+4%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Cashel & Emly; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Emly or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Ailbe's National School had 122 pupils in 2025/26, against 111 in 2015/16 (+10%). Girls are 43% 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 St Ailbe's National School
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 Ailbe's National School 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 St Ailbe's National School
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 St Ailbe's National School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Ailbe's National School 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. 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: St Ailbe's National School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+4%). All the schools around Emly together changed by +4%.
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 St Ailbe's National School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +4%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Ailbe's National School | 122 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Garrydoolis N.S. | 29 | −17% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Hospital N.S. | 156 | −14% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Scoil Cnoc Loinge B | 72 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Shronell N.S. | 58 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Cullen N.S. | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Kilteely N.S. | 32 | +52% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km |
The other 148 primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bruis N.S. | 55 | −21% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Monard N.S. | 112 | +17% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Lisvernane N.S. | 122 | +16% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 199 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Josephs Primary School | 192 | +27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Tipperary G N.S. | 149 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Tipperary Jnr Bn S | 107 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Gaelscoil Thiobraid Arann | 107 | +19% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| S N na hAille | 128 | +22% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Francis National School | 32 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Cappawhite N.S. | 126 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 84 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 75 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Annacarty N.S. | 93 | +21% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Sceichin A Rince | 40 | +3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Thomastown N.S. | 112 | +37% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Tankerstown N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Hollyford N.S. | 26 | −37% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Chuirt Doighte | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Knockavilla N.S. | 147 | +30% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. an Ghabhailin | 85 | −15% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Lackamore N.S. | 36 | −20% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Rear N.S. | 83 | +43% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ballydrehid N.S. | 13 | −71% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Teampall Toinne | 135 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Convent of Mercy | 266 | −10% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S N na mBuachailli | 135 | −15% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Cill Chuimin | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Rossmore National School | 83 | +4% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ballylooby N.S. | 148 | −14% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Clonoulty Central N.S. | 96 | +14% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Bunscoil na Cathrach | 411 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| New Inn B N.S. | 48 | −37% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Cashel Deanery | 29 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| St John the Baptist | 293 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| St John the Baptist Boys School | 268 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Birdhill N.S. | 104 | −26% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Clogheen Central N.S. | 81 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| San Isadoir | 124 | +14% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S N Baile na hInse | 95 | −23% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Iosagain | 124 | −11% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Rosegreen N.S. | 152 | +5% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Gaile N.S. | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Ardfinnan N.S. | 244 | +6% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Ballytarsna N.S. | 76 | −18% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Dualla N.S. | 92 | −12% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Silvermines N.S. | 57 | −22% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Boher N.S. | 113 | −7% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Micheal Naofa | 195 | −13% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. an Grainseach | 137 | −33% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Ballycahill N.S. | 49 | −14% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Teampall Doire | 104 | +4% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Atha | 404 | −5% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Rath Chaomhghin | 143 | +17% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Cleireachain | 202 | −0% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Buirgheas | 86 | +26% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S N na hInse | 83 | +11% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Cualán | 198 | +6% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 41 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Iubhair | 19 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Odhran Naofa | 62 | +9% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Lios an Halla | 136 | +5% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 111 | −20% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Peadar | 138 | +0% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Gaelscoil Durlas Eile | 194 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| Scoil Ailbhe | 189 | −8% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Angela | 219 | −12% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Leamhach | 117 | −3% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 247 | +24% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Moyglass N.S. | 130 | +2% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Lisronagh N.S. | 106 | +4% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Chiarda Naofa | 45 | −27% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Holy Trinity National School | 204 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| St Oliver Plunketts N.S. | 334 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Presentation Primary School | 266 | +0% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Marys Parochial School | 52 | +108% | Church of Ireland | English | 45 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chluain Meala | 315 | +50% | Catholic | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 222 | +4% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| SN Mhuire na nAingeal | 407 | +0% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Peter and Paul | 304 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. an Droma | 41 | −28% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Chaoimhghin | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| St Marys Convent | 351 | −6% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBráithre Críostaí | 248 | −4% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Nenagh Community National School | 200 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 53 | −12% | Church of Ireland | English | 46 km | |
| Gaelscoil Aonach | 179 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| Eochaille Ara N.S. | 118 | +5% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Portroe N.S. | 138 | +1% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Barnane N.S. | 39 | −24% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Gurtagarry N.S. | 67 | +29% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Killenaule N.S. | 135 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Powerstown N.S. | 338 | −8% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Loch Mor Maigh N.S. | 86 | −3% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Sheosamh | 96 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Bishop Harty NS | 91 | +21% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Carrig N.S. | 229 | +1% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Killusty N.S. | 4 | −88% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Rath Eilte | 94 | −3% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Two Mile Borris N.S. | 148 | +29% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ruadhain | 115 | −16% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| St Colmcilles Primary School | 109 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Killurney N.S. | 31 | −3% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Chluainin | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Gleann Guail | 16 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| S.N. Iosef Naofa | 163 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 24 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Naomh Padraig Junior | 46 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Naomh Padraig Senior | 54 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Killea N.S. | 19 | −41% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Castle Iny N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S N na Maighne | 65 | −33% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Kiladangan N.S. | 123 | −2% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Cill Siolain | 90 | −24% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S.N. Baile Sluagh | 26 | +18% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Lisnamrock N.S. | 65 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| S.N. Ard Croine | 134 | −21% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 55 | −14% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Templetuohy N.S. | 77 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| S N Gort na hUaighe | 132 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Our Lady's National School | 71 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Clonmore N.S. | 96 | +41% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Cloughjordan No 1 N.S. | 71 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 57 km | |
| Cloughjordan N.S. | 122 | −4% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Slieveardagh N.S. | 24 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| S.N. Cill Barfhionn | 47 | −31% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Grangemockler N.S. | 47 | −19% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 117 | +9% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 139 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 61 km |
| Ballyneale N.S. | 77 | −21% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig Naofa | 86 | +187% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Poulacapple N.S. | 46 | −16% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Gaelscoil Charraig na Siuire | 114 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 64 km |
| S N Mhuire na mBraithre | 122 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Clochar na Toirbhirte | 281 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Upper Newtown N.S. | 51 | −7% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| S.N. Iosef Naofa | 299 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Sacred Heart Primary School | 201 | +41% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Roscrea N.S. No 2 | 31 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 66 km | |
| St Johns | 163 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| S.N. Colmain Naofa | 39 | −11% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Carrig N.S. | 60 | −9% | Catholic | English | 71 km | |
| S.N. Lua Naofa | 27 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 72 km |
| S.N. an Cillin | 140 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 75 km |
| S.N. Naomh Ruadhain | 32 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 76 km |
| S.N. Flannain Naofa | 71 | +16% | Catholic | English | 76 km |
Living in Emly
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Homes in the E34 Eircode area
Housing in Emly →The median sale price rose from €159,000 in 2023 to €201,500 in 2025 (+27%).
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Renting in Co. Tipperary
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Location
Directions ↗Emly, E34 NY00
Primary schools near St Ailbe's National School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Ailbe's National School
Is St Ailbe's National School 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 Ailbe's National School have?
122 pupils in 2025/26. That is +4% since 2019/20.
Does St Ailbe's National School teach through Irish?
No: St Ailbe's National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Ailbe's National School?
St Ailbe's National School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Cashel & Emly.
How do pupils get a place at St Ailbe's National School?
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 Ailbe's National School?
The nearest are Garrydoolis N.S. (5 km), Hospital N.S. (6 km) and Scoil Cnoc Loinge B (6.1 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 Emly; 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).