Scoil Ruain
Killenaule, Thurles, Co Tipperary · E41 XY95 · Roll number 72430H
Scoil Ruain is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Killenaule. Every school in and around Killenaule →
What stands out about Scoil Ruain
- 360 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+1%).
- 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.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Tipperary ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Killenaule or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Ruain had 360 pupils in 2025/26, down from 410 in 2015/16 (−12%). Girls are 45% of them. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Scoil Ruain
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 Scoil Ruain 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 Scoil Ruain
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 Scoil Ruain
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Ruain directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; 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: Scoil Ruain is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+1%). 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 post-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 post-primary schools, 5 have more pupils than Scoil Ruain. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +1%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Ruain | 360 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 365 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Patrician Presentation | 289 | +88% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Ursuline Secondary School | 895 | +10% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 559 | −10% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Cashel Community School | 885 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| C.B.S. Thurles | 571 | −1% | Catholic | English | 15 km |
The other 23 post-primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed | 601 | +72% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 16 km |
| Rockwell College | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ardscoil na mBráithre | 706 | +1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Central Technical Institute, Clonmel | 366 | +43% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 24 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 465 | −5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 448 | +1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Colaiste Dun Iascaigh | 889 | +23% | Inter-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Our Ladys Secondary School | 646 | +15% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Josephs College | 373 | +36% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 470 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Edmund Rice Secondary School | 305 | +4% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Comeragh College | 613 | +38% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St. Ailbe's School | 704 | +101% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| St. Anne's Secondary School | 267 | −19% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| The Abbey School | 354 | −11% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré | 594 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Cistercian College | 255 | +16% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St. Joseph's CBS Nenagh | 715 | +33% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 577 | +28% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Nenagh College | 345 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 48 km | |
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Borrisokane Community College | 723 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | 56 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 ↗Killenaule, E41 XY95
Post-primary schools near Scoil Ruain
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Ruain
Is Scoil Ruain 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 Scoil Ruain have?
360 pupils in 2025/26. That is +1% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Ruain teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Ruain teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Ruain?
Scoil Ruain has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Tipperary ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Ruain?
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 Scoil Ruain?
The nearest are Presentation Secondary School (7.8 km), Patrician Presentation (12 km) and Ursuline Secondary School (15 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).