S.N. Cill Bhriain
BALLINAMULT, CLONMEL, CO WATERFORD · E91 KX97 · Roll number 17643N
S.N. Cill Bhriain is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Lemybrien. Every school in and around Lemybrien →
What stands out about S.N. Cill Bhriain
- A small primary school: 15 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 15 pupils, 56% fewer than the 34 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Waterford & Lismore; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Lemybrien’s outline, 9.2 km away; listed with Lemybrien, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Cill Bhriain had 15 pupils in 2025/26, down from 22 in 2015/16 (−32%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 34, in 2019/20. 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 S.N. Cill Bhriain
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. Cill Bhriain 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 S.N. Cill Bhriain
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 S.N. Cill Bhriain
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Cill Bhriain 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Cill Bhriain has shrunk by 56% since 2019/20. All the schools around Lemybrien together changed by −20%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than S.N. Cill Bhriain. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −56%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Cill Bhriain | 15 | −56% | Catholic | English | ||
| St. Marys NS Touraneena | 55 | −21% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Gobnait | 107 | −25% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| S.N. Cill Rosanta | 102 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| S.N. Muire Magh Deilge | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| S.N. an Carraig Liath | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. an Garrain Bhain | 225 | +22% | Catholic | English | 11 km |
The other 66 primary schools in Co. Waterford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Gearbhain | 310 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Ballymacarberry N.S. | 155 | −23% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S N Dun na Mainistreach | 455 | −4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 237 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 151 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Whitechurch N.S. Ceapach | 104 | +17% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Bunscoil Gleann Sidheain | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Glenbeg N.S. | 143 | −3% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S N na bhFiodh | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 110 | +15% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Stradbally C. of Ire. N.S. | 24 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| S N na Leanai | 42 | −42% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Scoil Choill Mhic Thomaisin | 133 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S N na Rinne | 131 | −14% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Rathgormack B N.S. | 118 | −24% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Villierstown N.S. | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Aglish N.S. | 82 | −15% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Clonea N.S. | 66 | +6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S N an Baile Nua | 99 | −12% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Aine Nfa Seafield | 75 | −9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Bunscoil Bhothar na Naomh | 284 | −8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Lios Mor Mochuda | 23 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mhic Airt | 58 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Machan | 6 | −71% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Ballycurrane N.S. | 44 | −2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S N na Cille | 105 | −29% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Knockanore N.S. | 105 | +15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. an Chlais Mhor | 76 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Carrickbeg N.S. | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Marys N.S. Grange | 60 | −14% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Portlaw N.S. | 214 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 150 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 214 | −7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Dun Aill | 87 | −26% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Parthalan | 53 | −28% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Deaglan | 94 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Ballyduff B 2 N.S. | 108 | −13% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Fionnabhair N.S. | 172 | +3% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh | 242 | −3% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Holy Cross School | 567 | −12% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Glor na Mara NS | 381 | −9% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Tramore Educate Together National School | 180 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Gaelscoil Philib Barún | 194 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| St Saviours N.S. | 330 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Gaelscoil na nDeise | 225 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| Waterford Educate Together NS | 386 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| St Pauls B N.S. | 269 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Presentation Primary School | 446 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| An Teaghlaigh Naofa Girls Junior National School | 234 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Our Lady of Mercy Senior P.s. | 292 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Mount Sion CBS N.S. | 360 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Ursula Naofa | 620 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| St Stephens N.S. | 363 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Scoil Lorcain BNS | 345 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Deaglan | 396 | −7% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Christ Church N.S. | 114 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia | 237 | −11% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Newtown Junior School | 112 | −7% | Quaker | English | 38 km | |
| Waterpark N.S. | 235 | +0% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel GNS | 187 | −11% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Muire an Port Mor | 212 | +0% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 641 | −5% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Lairge | 207 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 41 km | |
| Réalt na Mara National School | 196 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 45 km | |
| S.N. Faiche Liag | 196 | −4% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Passage East N.S. | 101 | +33% | Catholic | English | 47 km |
Living in Lemybrien
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the X42 Eircode area
Housing in Lemybrien →The median sale price rose from €247,000 in 2023 to €250,000 in 2025 (+1%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the X42 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Waterford
Cost of living in Lemybrien →New tenancies in Co. Waterford averaged €1,247 a month in 2025, against €1,133 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Lemybrien, E91 KX97
Primary schools near S.N. Cill Bhriain
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. Cill Bhriain
Is S.N. Cill Bhriain 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. Cill Bhriain have?
15 pupils in 2025/26. That is −56% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Cill Bhriain teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Cill Bhriain teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Cill Bhriain?
S.N. Cill Bhriain has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Waterford & Lismore.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Cill Bhriain?
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. Cill Bhriain?
The nearest are St. Marys NS Touraneena (4.2 km), Scoil Naomh Gobnait (5.8 km) and S.N. Cill Rosanta (7.8 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 Lemybrien; 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).