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S.N. Faiche Liag

PrimaryCatholic

Faithlegg, Co. Waterford · X91 TW82 · Roll number 18380M

S.N. Faiche Liag is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Cheekpoint. Every school in and around Cheekpoint →

Pupils
196
September, 2025/26
85 girls, 111 boys
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 204 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Waterford & Lismore
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Faiche Liag

  • 196 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.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Waterford & Lismore; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Cheekpoint’s outline, 0.5 km away; listed with Cheekpoint, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Faiche Liag had 196 pupils in 2025/26, down from 203 in 2015/16 (−3%). Girls are 43% of them. Its largest roll was 208, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

0601201802402015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Faiche Liag

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. Faiche Liag 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 S.N. Faiche Liag

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 S.N. Faiche Liag

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

Families apply to S.N. Faiche Liag 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.

Pupils
196
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 204 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Faiche Liag is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−4%). All the schools around Cheekpoint together changed by −2%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Faiche Liag−4%
The primary schools around Cheekpoint−2%
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.

Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 3 have more pupils than S.N. Faiche Liag. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −4%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Faiche Liag196
S.N. Catriona Nfa61
Passage East101
Ringville35
Slieverue Mixed208
Gaelscoil Phort Lairge207
S.N. Naomh Mhuire641
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Faiche Liag196−4%CatholicEnglish
S.N. Catriona Nfa61+7%CatholicEnglish✓3.1 km
Passage East N.S.101+33%CatholicEnglish3.9 km
Ringville National School35−31%CatholicEnglish4.6 km
Slieverue Mixed N.S.208−8%CatholicEnglish4.9 km
Gaelscoil Phort Lairge207+1%CatholicAll in Irish5.4 km
S.N. Naomh Mhuire641−5%CatholicEnglish5.9 km
The other 69 primary schools in Co. Waterford
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Muire an Port Mor212+0%CatholicEnglish6.6 km
Waterpark N.S.235+0%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
Our Lady of Good Counsel GNS187−11%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
Newtown Junior School112−7%QuakerEnglish6.8 km
Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia237−11%CatholicEnglish7 km
Christ Church N.S.114−13%Church of IrelandEnglish7.1 km
S.N. Deaglan396−7%CatholicEnglish7.1 km
Scoil Lorcain BNS345−1%CatholicEnglish✓7.3 km
St Stephens N.S.363−11%CatholicEnglish✓7.6 km
S.N. Ursula Naofa620−12%CatholicEnglish✓7.7 km
Mount Sion CBS N.S.360+10%CatholicEnglish✓7.8 km
An Teaghlaigh Naofa Girls Junior National School234−18%CatholicEnglish✓8.3 km
Our Lady of Mercy Senior P.s.292−5%CatholicEnglish✓8.3 km
Presentation Primary School446+7%CatholicEnglish✓8.5 km
St Pauls B N.S.269+19%CatholicEnglish✓9 km
Waterford Educate Together NS386+16%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.8 km
Gaelscoil na nDeise225−5%CatholicAll in Irish9.9 km
St Saviours N.S.330+5%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Réalt na Mara National School196–CatholicSome subjects in Irish12 km
S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh242−3%CatholicEnglish13 km
Gaelscoil Philib Barún194−11%CatholicAll in Irish14 km
Glor na Mara NS381−9%CatholicEnglish15 km
Tramore Educate Together National School180+51%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Holy Cross School567−12%CatholicEnglish16 km
Ballyduff N.S.214−7%CatholicEnglish18 km
Fionnabhair N.S.172+3%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Dun Aill87−26%CatholicEnglish20 km
Portlaw N.S.214−22%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S N na Cille105−29%CatholicEnglish24 km
S N an Baile Nua99−12%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Cnoc Machan6−71%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Carrickbeg N.S.106−6%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Aine Nfa Seafield75−9%CatholicEnglish29 km
Scoil Choill Mhic Thomaisin133−2%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Clonea N.S.66+6%CatholicEnglish30 km
S N na bhFiodh58−22%CatholicEnglish31 km
Rathgormack B N.S.118−24%CatholicEnglish34 km
Our Lady of Mercy N.S.110+15%CatholicEnglish35 km
Stradbally C. of Ire. N.S.24−29%Church of IrelandEnglish35 km
S.N. Cill Rosanta102−20%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. an Garrain Bhain225+22%CatholicEnglish42 km
Scoil Gearbhain310+4%CatholicAll in Irish44 km
S.N. Cill Bhriain15−56%CatholicEnglish45 km
S N Dun na Mainistreach455−4%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Naomh Gobnait107−25%CatholicEnglish46 km
S N na Rinne131−14%CatholicAll in Irish46 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh151+14%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S N na Leanai42−42%CatholicAll in Irish47 km
St Marys N.S.237−15%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
St. Marys NS Touraneena55−21%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. an Carraig Liath98+7%CatholicEnglish50 km
Ballymacarberry N.S.155−23%CatholicEnglish50 km
Glenbeg N.S.143−3%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. Baile Mhic Airt58−3%CatholicAll in Irish52 km
S.N. Muire Magh Deilge51+0%CatholicEnglish53 km
Whitechurch N.S. Ceapach104+17%CatholicEnglish56 km
Bunscoil Gleann Sidheain189−10%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
St Marys N.S. Grange60−14%CatholicEnglish59 km
Ballycurrane N.S.44−2%CatholicEnglish60 km
Aglish N.S.82−15%CatholicEnglish60 km
S.N. Naomh Deaglan94−20%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Villierstown N.S.17−48%CatholicEnglish61 km
S.N. an Chlais Mhor76−16%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
S.N. Naomh Parthalan53−28%CatholicEnglish64 km
Bunscoil Bhothar na Naomh284−8%CatholicEnglish64 km
S.N. Lios Mor Mochuda23+0%Church of IrelandEnglish65 km
Knockanore N.S.105+15%CatholicEnglish65 km
Scoil Mhuire150+2%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
Ballyduff B 2 N.S.108−13%CatholicEnglish73 km
Living nearby

Living in Cheekpoint

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

Median sale price
€294,100
routing key X91, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,247
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Waterford

Homes in the X91 Eircode area

Housing in Cheekpoint →

The median sale price rose from €265,000 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+21%).

2023€265,000
2024€296,100
2025€320,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€361,200
Second-hand homes€241,000

Property Price Register sales in the X91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Waterford

Cost of living in Cheekpoint →

New tenancies in Co. Waterford averaged €1,247 a month in 2025, against €1,133 in 2024 (+10%).

2024€1,133
2025€1,247

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

near Cheekpoint, X91 TW82

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Faiche Liag

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. Faiche Liag

Is S.N. Faiche Liag 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. Faiche Liag have?

196 pupils in 2025/26. That is −4% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Faiche Liag teach through Irish?

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

Who runs S.N. Faiche Liag?

S.N. Faiche Liag has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Waterford & Lismore.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Faiche Liag?

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. Faiche Liag?

The nearest are S.N. Catriona Nfa (3.1 km), Passage East N.S. (3.9 km) and Ringville National School (4.6 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 Cheekpoint; 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).