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S.N. Raithin

PrimaryCatholic

RAHEEN, ENNISCORTHY, CO WEXFORD · Y21 E129 · Roll number 18191J

S.N. Raithin is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Adamstown. Every school in and around Adamstown →

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Pupils
154
September, 2025/26
77 girls, 77 boys
Since 2019/20
+5%
from 146 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Ferns
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. Raithin

  • 154 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+5%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Ferns; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Adamstown’s outline, 4.9 km away; listed with Adamstown, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Raithin had 154 pupils in 2025/26, against 125 in 2015/16 (+23%). Girls are 50% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.

040801201602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Raithin

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. Raithin 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. Raithin

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. Raithin

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

Families apply to S.N. Raithin 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
154
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+5%
from 146 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Raithin has grown by 5% since 2019/20. All the schools around Adamstown together changed by +56%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Raithin+5%
The primary schools around Adamstown+16%
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. Raithin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +5%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Raithin154
S.N. Baile Cuisin155
S.N. Abbain129
Newbawn176
Rathgarogue159
St Joseph's79
Clonroche107
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Raithin154+5%CatholicEnglish
S.N. Baile Cuisin155−27%CatholicEnglish4.5 km
S.N. Abbain129+16%CatholicEnglish✓5.3 km
Newbawn N.S.176+34%CatholicEnglish5.5 km
Rathgarogue N.S.159−18%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
St Joseph's N.S.79−2%CatholicEnglish✓6.5 km
Clonroche N.S.107+14%CatholicEnglish✓7.9 km
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Wexford
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Garvans N.S.88−19%CatholicEnglish8.7 km
Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh312−5%CatholicEnglish✓9.1 km
Bunscoil Ris351−14%CatholicEnglish✓9.2 km
New Ross Educate Together National School135+118%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.6 km
Gusserane N.S.75−20%CatholicEnglish10 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste32−18%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
St Canice S Convent186−17%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Clongeen Mxd N.S.95+0%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. Rath an Iubhair187−4%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
S.N. Pádraig Nfa112−14%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Fionntain183−1%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
S.N. Baile Ui Coileain55+0%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
S.N. Seosamh Nfa227+1%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Nmh Seosaimh137−1%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Shean Bhoth34+10%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Mhuire238−17%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Davidstown Primary School92+59%CatholicEnglish15 km
St Leonards N.S.112−7%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. an Ghleanna138−32%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Mhuire19−17%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Sacred Heart National School, Caim88−32%CatholicEnglish16 km
Shielbeggan Convent30−29%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Mhuire144−14%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Mhuire336+19%CatholicEnglish18 km
Ramsgrange Central N.S.30−52%CatholicEnglish18 km
S N Bearna na hAille133−21%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Catriona Nfa61+7%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
St Marys N.S.84+45%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
S.N. Phadraig199+9%CatholicEnglish20 km
St Aidans Parish School869+1%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Kiltealy N.S.100+8%CatholicEnglish20 km
St Senans National Sch437−5%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh184−2%CatholicAll in Irish21 km
S.N. Olibheir Beannuithe74+6%CatholicEnglish21 km
Ballindaggin N.S.117−31%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Mhaodhoig237+34%CatholicEnglish21 km
Rathangan N.S.235−9%CatholicEnglish21 km
Glanbrian N.S.93+9%CatholicEnglish22 km
Marshalstown N.S.191−3%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts573−4%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Wexford Educate Together National School191+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish22 km
S.N. Bhaile Mhuirne230−3%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Baile Muirne114−3%CatholicEnglish22 km
Convent of Mercy406−7%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Clochar Mhuire368−5%CatholicEnglish23 km
St Iberius N.S.93+11%Church of IrelandEnglish23 km
Gaelscoil Loch Garman208−11%CatholicAll in Irish23 km
CBS Primary Wexford380+60%CatholicEnglish23 km
Castlebridge N.S.223−4%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Baile an Phiarsaigh238+18%CatholicEnglish24 km
Faythe Convent226−22%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Caislean Dochraill37–CatholicEnglish25 km
Fionntain Nfa N.S.114−2%CatholicEnglish25 km
S N Moin na gCaor125−19%CatholicEnglish26 km
S N na Scrine117−10%CatholicEnglish26 km
Scoil Nais Realta na Mara304−17%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Ballaghkeene N.S.150+17%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Curracloe N.S.73−22%CatholicEnglish27 km
Kilmyshall N.S.155+8%CatholicEnglish28 km
Tombrack N.S.54+8%CatholicEnglish29 km
St Edans N.S.39+22%Church of IrelandEnglish30 km
S.N. Clochar Mhuire156−24%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Naomh Maodhog N.S.285+3%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Oulart N.S.120−31%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes287+7%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Carrigduff Nat School85−1%Church of IrelandEnglish31 km
S.N. Nmh Brighde218+6%CatholicEnglish31 km
Boolavogue N.S.97−21%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Mhuire64−21%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Kilnamanagh Community National School32–Multi-denominationalEnglish33 km
St Patricks N.S.75−23%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Mhuire112−12%CatholicEnglish34 km
Kilrane N.S.292−11%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Ballyduff N.S.79+5%CatholicEnglish35 km
Camolin N.S.75−29%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Court N.S.107−19%CatholicEnglish36 km
St Josephs N.S.193−4%CatholicEnglish37 km
Ballyoughter N.S.50+16%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Treasa Nfa106−6%CatholicEnglish41 km
Ballycanew N.S.224+6%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Padraig152+2%CatholicEnglish42 km
St Marys N.S.201−5%CatholicEnglish43 km
Monaseed N.S.55−35%CatholicEnglish45 km
Gorey Educate Together NS369−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish45 km
Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog152−31%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish45 km
Scoil Naomh Ioseph522+4%CatholicEnglish46 km
Gorey Central School237+9%Church of IrelandEnglish46 km
Bunscoil Loreto665−5%CatholicEnglish46 km
Riverchapel N.S.304−16%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Baile Thomais57−29%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. Coill an Iarainn218+25%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. Chaomhain Torrchoill211−3%CatholicEnglish53 km
Scoil Ghormáin Naofa158+25%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. Cul Greine115+1%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Living nearby

Living in Adamstown

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

Median sale price
€266,600
routing key Y21, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,179
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Wexford

Homes in the Y21 Eircode area

Housing in Adamstown →

The median sale price rose from €239,000 in 2023 to €290,000 in 2025 (+21%).

2023€239,000
2024€275,000
2025€290,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€293,700
Second-hand homes€245,700

Property Price Register sales in the Y21 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Wexford

Cost of living in Adamstown →

New tenancies in Co. Wexford averaged €1,179 a month in 2025, against €1,101 in 2024 (+7%).

2024€1,101
2025€1,179

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

Location

Directions ↗

near Adamstown, Y21 E129

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Raithin

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

S.N. Baile Cuisin
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
155 pupils−27% since 2019/204.5 km
S.N. Abbain
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
129 pupils+16% since 2019/205.3 km
Newbawn N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
176 pupils+34% since 2019/205.5 km
Rathgarogue N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
159 pupils−18% since 2019/206.2 km
St Joseph's N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
79 pupils−2% since 2019/206.5 km
Clonroche N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
107 pupils+14% since 2019/207.9 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 18191J

Questions about S.N. Raithin

Is S.N. Raithin 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. Raithin have?

154 pupils in 2025/26. That is +5% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Raithin teach through Irish?

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

Who runs S.N. Raithin?

S.N. Raithin has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ferns.

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

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. Raithin?

The nearest are S.N. Baile Cuisin (4.5 km), S.N. Abbain (5.3 km) and Newbawn N.S. (5.5 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 Adamstown; 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).