Moyglass N.S.
Moyglass, Fethard, Co. Tipperary · E91 VY15 · Roll number 04075E
Moyglass N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Killenaule. Every school in and around Killenaule →
What stands out about Moyglass N.S.
- 130 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+2%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Cashel & Emly; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Killenaule’s outline, 4.3 km away; listed with Killenaule, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Moyglass N.S. had 130 pupils in 2025/26, against 123 in 2015/16 (+6%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 131, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Moyglass 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 Moyglass 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.
Inspection reports on Moyglass 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 a place at Moyglass N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Moyglass 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.
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: Moyglass N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+2%). All the schools around Killenaule together changed by −1%.
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 Moyglass N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +2%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moyglass N.S. | 130 | +2% | Catholic | English | ||
| Killenaule N.S. | 135 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| S.N. Baile an Iubhair | 19 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Holy Trinity National School | 204 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Dualla N.S. | 92 | −12% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Naomh Padraig Junior | 46 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Naomh Padraig Senior | 54 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
The other 144 primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Chluainin | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Killusty N.S. | 4 | −88% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Ballytarsna N.S. | 76 | −18% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Rosegreen N.S. | 152 | +5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Gleann Guail | 16 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St John the Baptist Boys School | 268 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St John the Baptist | 293 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Cashel Deanery | 29 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Lisronagh N.S. | 106 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Chaoimhghin | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Lisnamrock N.S. | 65 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Naomh Peadar | 138 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Our Lady's National School | 71 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Cleireachain | 202 | −0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| San Isadoir | 124 | +14% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Gaile N.S. | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Baile Sluagh | 26 | +18% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| New Inn B N.S. | 48 | −37% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Slieveardagh N.S. | 24 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Killurney N.S. | 31 | −3% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Two Mile Borris N.S. | 148 | +29% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Micheal Naofa | 195 | −13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Powerstown N.S. | 338 | −8% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S N Gort na hUaighe | 132 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Rath Chaomhghin | 143 | +17% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 55 | −14% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Angela | 219 | −12% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Grangemockler N.S. | 47 | −19% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 247 | +24% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. an Ghabhailin | 85 | −15% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Oliver Plunketts N.S. | 334 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Gaelscoil Durlas Eile | 194 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| Scoil Ailbhe | 189 | −8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Poulacapple N.S. | 46 | −16% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Clonoulty Central N.S. | 96 | +14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Peter and Paul | 304 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| SN Mhuire na nAingeal | 407 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Marys Parochial School | 52 | +108% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 222 | +4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chluain Meala | 315 | +50% | Catholic | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 266 | +0% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Knockavilla N.S. | 147 | +30% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Cill Siolain | 90 | −24% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Rath Eilte | 94 | −3% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Thomastown N.S. | 112 | +37% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ballydrehid N.S. | 13 | −71% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Leamhach | 117 | −3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Bunscoil na Cathrach | 411 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Rossmore National School | 83 | +4% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ballycahill N.S. | 49 | −14% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. an Grainseach | 137 | −33% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S N na Maighne | 65 | −33% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Ballyneale N.S. | 77 | −21% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Tankerstown N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S N na hInse | 83 | +11% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Upper Newtown N.S. | 51 | −7% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 84 | +0% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 75 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Loch Mor Maigh N.S. | 86 | −3% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ardfinnan N.S. | 244 | +6% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Annacarty N.S. | 93 | +21% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S N Mhuire na mBraithre | 122 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Gaelscoil Charraig na Siuire | 114 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 28 km |
| Clochar na Toirbhirte | 281 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Iosagain | 124 | −11% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Templetuohy N.S. | 77 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Ballylooby N.S. | 148 | −14% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 111 | −20% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Francis National School | 32 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Castle Iny N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. an Droma | 41 | −28% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Cualán | 198 | +6% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 30 km | |
| Hollyford N.S. | 26 | −37% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Gaelscoil Thiobraid Arann | 107 | +19% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Colmcilles Primary School | 109 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Tipperary Jnr Bn S | 107 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Tipperary G N.S. | 149 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Iosef Naofa | 163 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Josephs Primary School | 192 | +27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 199 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 24 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Cappawhite N.S. | 126 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Barnane N.S. | 39 | −24% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Clonmore N.S. | 96 | +41% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S N na hAille | 128 | +22% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Clogheen Central N.S. | 81 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Chuirt Doighte | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Cill Chuimin | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Monard N.S. | 112 | +17% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Killea N.S. | 19 | −41% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Mount Bruis N.S. | 55 | −21% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Teampall Doire | 104 | +4% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Shronell N.S. | 58 | −5% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Gurtagarry N.S. | 67 | +29% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Lisvernane N.S. | 122 | +16% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Cullen N.S. | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Sceichin A Rince | 40 | +3% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Teampall Toinne | 135 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Rear N.S. | 83 | +43% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 117 | +9% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Sheosamh | 96 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Chiarda Naofa | 45 | −27% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| St Ailbe's National School | 122 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Odhran Naofa | 62 | +9% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Lackamore N.S. | 36 | −20% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Bishop Harty NS | 91 | +21% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Iosef Naofa | 299 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Silvermines N.S. | 57 | −22% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Sacred Heart Primary School | 201 | +41% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Roscrea N.S. No 2 | 31 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 48 km | |
| St Johns | 163 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| S.N. Lios an Halla | 136 | +5% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBráithre Críostaí | 248 | −4% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ruadhain | 115 | −16% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| St Marys Convent | 351 | −6% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 53 | −12% | Church of Ireland | English | 50 km | |
| Nenagh Community National School | 200 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | 50 km | |
| Cloughjordan No 1 N.S. | 71 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 51 km | |
| Gaelscoil Aonach | 179 | −24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 51 km | |
| S N na mBuachailli | 135 | −15% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Cloughjordan N.S. | 122 | −4% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Convent of Mercy | 266 | −10% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Buirgheas | 86 | +26% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S N Baile na hInse | 95 | −23% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Boher N.S. | 113 | −7% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Ard Croine | 134 | −21% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Carrig N.S. | 229 | +1% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Birdhill N.S. | 104 | −26% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Eochaille Ara N.S. | 118 | +5% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Kiladangan N.S. | 123 | −2% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Atha | 404 | −5% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Portroe N.S. | 138 | +1% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 139 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. Cill Barfhionn | 47 | −31% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Carrig N.S. | 60 | −9% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig Naofa | 86 | +187% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| S.N. an Cillin | 140 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| S.N. Colmain Naofa | 39 | −11% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| S.N. Lua Naofa | 27 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| S.N. Flannain Naofa | 71 | +16% | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ruadhain | 32 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 72 km |
Living in Killenaule
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E41 Eircode area
Housing in Killenaule →The median sale price rose from €203,500 in 2023 to €250,000 in 2025 (+23%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E41 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Tipperary
Cost of living in Killenaule →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 Killenaule, E91 VY15
Primary schools near Moyglass N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Moyglass N.S.
Is Moyglass 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 Moyglass N.S. have?
130 pupils in 2025/26. That is +2% since 2019/20.
Does Moyglass N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Moyglass N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Moyglass N.S.?
Moyglass N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Cashel & Emly.
How do pupils get a place at Moyglass 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 Moyglass N.S.?
The nearest are Killenaule N.S. (5.2 km), S.N. Baile an Iubhair (5.6 km) and Holy Trinity National School (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 Killenaule; 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).