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Gaile N.S.

PrimaryCatholicDEISSpecial classes

Holycross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary · E41 YK70 · Roll number 15299O

Gaile N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Holycross. Every school in and around Holycross →

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Pupils
35
September, 2025/26
16 girls, 19 boys
Since 2019/20
+6%
from 33 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Gaile N.S.

  • A small primary school: 35 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+6%).
  • 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.
  • Outside Holycross’s outline, 3 km away; listed with Holycross, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Gaile N.S. had 35 pupils in 2025/26, down from 43 in 2015/16 (−19%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 45, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

02040602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Gaile 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 Gaile 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 Gaile 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 Gaile N.S.

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

Families apply to Gaile 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.

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.

Pupils
35
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+6%
from 33 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Gaile N.S. has grown by 6% since 2019/20. All the schools around Holycross together changed by −10%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Gaile+6%
The primary schools around Holycross−10%
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.

Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Gaile N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +6%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.

Gaile35
Ballytarsna76
San Isadoir124
S.N. Micheal Naofa195
Clonoulty Central96
S.N. Naomh Peadar138
Dualla92
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Gaile N.S.35+6%CatholicEnglish✓
Ballytarsna N.S.76−18%CatholicEnglish3.4 km
San Isadoir124+14%CatholicEnglish3.8 km
S.N. Micheal Naofa195−13%CatholicEnglish4.1 km
Clonoulty Central N.S.96+14%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
S.N. Naomh Peadar138+0%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
Dualla N.S.92−12%CatholicEnglish7.6 km
The other 144 primary schools in Co. Tipperary
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Baile an Iubhair19−32%CatholicEnglish✓8.3 km
Gaelscoil Durlas Eile194−9%CatholicAll in Irish9 km
Scoil Angela219−12%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
Scoil Ailbhe189−8%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
Rossmore National School83+4%CatholicEnglish9.4 km
Presentation Primary School247+24%CatholicEnglish9.6 km
S.N. Chaoimhghin83−13%CatholicEnglish✓9.7 km
Ballycahill N.S.49−14%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
St John the Baptist Boys School268−7%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
St John the Baptist293−15%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Cashel Deanery29−22%Church of IrelandEnglish10 km
Knockavilla N.S.147+30%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. Leamhach117−3%CatholicEnglish12 km
S N na hInse83+11%CatholicEnglish13 km
Two Mile Borris N.S.148+29%CatholicEnglish13 km
Killenaule N.S.135−4%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Moyglass N.S.130+2%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. an Ghabhailin85−15%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Rath Eilte94−3%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Iosagain124−11%CatholicEnglish15 km
Rosegreen N.S.152+5%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Gleann Guail16−27%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Thomastown N.S.112+37%CatholicEnglish16 km
Annacarty N.S.93+21%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Bhride84+0%CatholicEnglish17 km
Loch Mor Maigh N.S.86−3%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Naomh Cualán198+6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish17 km
Hollyford N.S.26−37%CatholicEnglish17 km
New Inn B N.S.48−37%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Baile Sluagh26+18%CatholicEnglish18 km
S N na Maighne65−33%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál111−8%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. an Droma41−28%CatholicEnglish18 km
Holy Trinity National School204−7%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Lisnamrock N.S.65−2%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S N Gort na hUaighe132+0%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
St Francis National School32−20%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Cappawhite N.S.126−3%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Barnane N.S.39−24%CatholicEnglish21 km
Castle Iny N.S.31+29%CatholicEnglish21 km
Naomh Padraig Junior46+10%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Naomh Padraig Senior54+2%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Cill Chuimin22−42%CatholicEnglish21 km
St Colmcilles Primary School109+1%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Iosef Naofa163−19%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Bansha N.S.75+1%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Slieveardagh N.S.24−20%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
St Marys N.S.24–Church of IrelandEnglish✓22 km
Our Lady's National School71−29%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Tankerstown N.S.83−6%CatholicEnglish23 km
Templetuohy N.S.77+28%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Cleireachain202−0%CatholicEnglish23 km
Ballydrehid N.S.13−71%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Chluainin65−32%CatholicEnglish23 km
Killusty N.S.4−88%CatholicEnglish23 km
Lisronagh N.S.106+4%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Teampall Doire104+4%CatholicEnglish24 km
S N na hAille128+22%CatholicEnglish24 km
Gaelscoil Thiobraid Arann107+19%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Tipperary Jnr Bn S107+32%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Tipperary G N.S.149+13%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
St Josephs Primary School192+27%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Scoil na mBraithre199+2%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Killea N.S.19−41%CatholicEnglish25 km
Gurtagarry N.S.67+29%CatholicEnglish25 km
Bunscoil na Cathrach411–CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Clonmore N.S.96+41%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Rath Chaomhghin143+17%CatholicEnglish26 km
Monard N.S.112+17%CatholicEnglish26 km
Rear N.S.83+43%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Michil Naofa137+6%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Mhuire32+0%CatholicEnglish28 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.334+4%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Killurney N.S.31−3%CatholicEnglish29 km
Powerstown N.S.338−8%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Naomh Sheosamh96−6%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. an Grainseach137−33%CatholicEnglish30 km
Cullen N.S.14–CatholicEnglish30 km
St Marys Parochial School52+108%Church of IrelandEnglish30 km
St Peter and Paul304−14%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
St Marys N.S.222+4%CatholicEnglish30 km
Shronell N.S.58−5%CatholicEnglish30 km
Gaelscoil Chluain Meala315+50%CatholicAll in Irish30 km
SN Mhuire na nAingeal407+0%CatholicEnglish30 km
Presentation Primary School266+0%CatholicEnglish30 km
Mount Bruis N.S.55−21%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Chiarda Naofa45−27%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Odhran Naofa62+9%CatholicEnglish31 km
Poulacapple N.S.46−16%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig55−14%CatholicEnglish31 km
Ballylooby N.S.148−14%CatholicEnglish32 km
Grangemockler N.S.47−19%CatholicEnglish32 km
Lisvernane N.S.122+16%CatholicEnglish32 km
Lackamore N.S.36−20%CatholicEnglish32 km
Silvermines N.S.57−22%CatholicEnglish33 km
Ardfinnan N.S.244+6%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Mhuire117+9%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Cill Siolain90−24%CatholicEnglish33 km
Bishop Harty NS91+21%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Chuirt Doighte92+12%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Lios an Halla136+5%CatholicEnglish36 km
St Ailbe's National School122+4%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Bunscoil na mBráithre Críostaí248−4%CatholicEnglish37 km
St Marys Convent351−6%CatholicEnglish37 km
St Marys N.S.53−12%Church of IrelandEnglish37 km
Nenagh Community National School200+37%Multi-denominationalEnglish37 km
Scoil Mhuire111−20%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Cill Ruadhain115−16%CatholicEnglish37 km
Ballyneale N.S.77−21%CatholicEnglish37 km
Gaelscoil Aonach179−24%CatholicAll in Irish37 km
S.N. Iosef Naofa299−10%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Clogheen Central N.S.81+14%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S N na mBuachailli135−15%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Sceichin A Rince40+3%CatholicEnglish38 km
Convent of Mercy266−10%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Buirgheas86+26%CatholicEnglish39 km
Sacred Heart Primary School201+41%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Cloughjordan No 1 N.S.71−27%Church of IrelandEnglish39 km
Upper Newtown N.S.51−7%CatholicEnglish39 km
S N Baile na hInse95−23%CatholicEnglish39 km
Roscrea N.S. No 231+7%Church of IrelandEnglish39 km
Cloughjordan N.S.122−4%CatholicEnglish40 km
St Johns163−7%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Teampall Toinne135+15%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Boher N.S.113−7%CatholicEnglish40 km
Carrig N.S.229+1%CatholicEnglish41 km
Birdhill N.S.104−26%CatholicEnglish42 km
S N Mhuire na mBraithre122−21%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Gaelscoil Charraig na Siuire114−2%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
S.N. Ard Croine134−21%CatholicEnglish42 km
Clochar na Toirbhirte281−8%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Eochaille Ara N.S.118+5%CatholicEnglish42 km
Kiladangan N.S.123−2%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Baile an Atha404−5%CatholicEnglish45 km
Portroe N.S.138+1%CatholicEnglish45 km
Scoil Mhuire139+39%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Cill Barfhionn47−31%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Phadraig Naofa86+187%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Carrig N.S.60−9%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. an Cillin140+19%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Colmain Naofa39−11%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. Lua Naofa27−7%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Flannain Naofa71+16%CatholicEnglish58 km
S.N. Naomh Ruadhain32+14%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Living nearby

Living in Holycross

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

Median sale price
€222,300
routing key E41, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,078
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Tipperary

Homes in the E41 Eircode area

Housing in Holycross →

The median sale price rose from €203,500 in 2023 to €250,000 in 2025 (+23%).

2023€203,500
2024€216,800
2025€250,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€354,800
Second-hand homes€217,600

Property Price Register sales in the E41 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Tipperary

Cost of living in Holycross →

New tenancies in Co. Tipperary averaged €1,078 a month in 2025, against €975 in 2024 (+11%).

2024€975
2025€1,078

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

Location

Directions ↗

near Holycross, E41 YK70

Nearby

Primary schools near Gaile N.S.

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Ballytarsna N.S.
Primary · Catholic
76 pupils−18% since 2019/203.4 km
San Isadoir
Primary · Catholic
124 pupils+14% since 2019/203.8 km
S.N. Micheal Naofa
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
195 pupils−13% since 2019/204.1 km
Clonoulty Central N.S.
Primary · Catholic
96 pupils+14% since 2019/206.2 km
S.N. Naomh Peadar
Primary · Catholic
138 pupils+0% since 2019/206.7 km
Dualla N.S.
Primary · Catholic
92 pupils−12% since 2019/207.6 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 15299O

Questions about Gaile N.S.

Is Gaile 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 Gaile N.S. have?

35 pupils in 2025/26. That is +6% since 2019/20.

Does Gaile N.S. teach through Irish?

No: Gaile N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Gaile N.S.?

Gaile N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Cashel & Emly.

How do pupils get a place at Gaile 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 Gaile N.S.?

The nearest are Ballytarsna N.S. (3.4 km), San Isadoir (3.8 km) and S.N. Micheal Naofa (4.1 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 Holycross; 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).