Shielbeggan Convent
Shielbaggan, New Ross, Co. Wexford · Y34 Y656 · Roll number 09184L
Shielbeggan Convent is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballycullane. Every school in and around Ballycullane →
What stands out about Shielbeggan Convent
- A small primary school: 30 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 30 pupils, 29% fewer than the 42 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ferns; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballycullane’s outline, 3.1 km away; listed with Ballycullane, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Shielbeggan Convent had 30 pupils in 2025/26, down from 42 in 2015/16 (−29%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 46, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Shielbeggan Convent
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 Shielbeggan Convent 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 Shielbeggan Convent
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 Shielbeggan Convent
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Shielbeggan Convent 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: Shielbeggan Convent has shrunk by 29% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballycullane together changed by −5%.
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, 5 have more pupils than Shielbeggan Convent. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −29%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shielbeggan Convent | 30 | −29% | Catholic | English | ||
| Ramsgrange Central N.S. | 30 | −52% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| S.N. Baile Ui Coileain | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| St Leonards N.S. | 112 | −7% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| S.N. Olibheir Beannuithe | 74 | +6% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Gusserane N.S. | 75 | −20% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| S.N. Catriona Nfa | 61 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Wexford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Mhaodhoig | 237 | +34% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 238 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Clongeen Mxd N.S. | 95 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 144 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Newbawn N.S. | 176 | +34% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Seosaimh | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cuisin | 155 | −27% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Raithin | 154 | +5% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Shean Bhoth | 34 | +10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh | 312 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Canice S Convent | 186 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Bunscoil Ris | 351 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Garvans N.S. | 88 | −19% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Fionntain | 183 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| New Ross Educate Together National School | 135 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Rathangan N.S. | 235 | −9% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Abbain | 129 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Rathgarogue N.S. | 159 | −18% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Joseph's N.S. | 79 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Scoil Nais Realta na Mara | 304 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Clonroche N.S. | 107 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Bhaile Mhuirne | 230 | −3% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 336 | +19% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Fionntain Nfa N.S. | 114 | −2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Phiarsaigh | 238 | +18% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Nfa | 227 | +1% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 19 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Wexford Educate Together National School | 191 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Pádraig Nfa | 112 | −14% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Rath an Iubhair | 187 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts | 573 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Convent of Mercy | 406 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Gaelscoil Loch Garman | 208 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 368 | −5% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 199 | +9% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Iberius N.S. | 93 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| CBS Primary Wexford | 380 | +60% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Davidstown Primary School | 92 | +59% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Faythe Convent | 226 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S N Bearna na hAille | 133 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Sacred Heart National School, Caim | 88 | −32% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Castlebridge N.S. | 223 | −4% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 156 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 64 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 112 | −12% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 84 | +45% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Baile Muirne | 114 | −3% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Aidans Parish School | 869 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Glanbrian N.S. | 93 | +9% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh | 184 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| St Senans National Sch | 437 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Kiltealy N.S. | 100 | +8% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Kilrane N.S. | 292 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S N na Scrine | 117 | −10% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Curracloe N.S. | 73 | −22% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Ballindaggin N.S. | 117 | −31% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Marshalstown N.S. | 191 | −3% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Ballaghkeene N.S. | 150 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S N Moin na gCaor | 125 | −19% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Caislean Dochraill | 37 | – | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Brighde | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Oulart N.S. | 120 | −31% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Kilmyshall N.S. | 155 | +8% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Tombrack N.S. | 54 | +8% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| St Edans N.S. | 39 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 45 km | |
| Naomh Maodhog N.S. | 285 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Boolavogue N.S. | 97 | −21% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Kilnamanagh Community National School | 32 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes | 287 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Carrigduff Nat School | 85 | −1% | Church of Ireland | English | 47 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 193 | −4% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 75 | −23% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Court N.S. | 107 | −19% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Camolin N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 79 | +5% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Ballyoughter N.S. | 50 | +16% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Ballycanew N.S. | 224 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 201 | −5% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Nfa | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 152 | +2% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog | 152 | −31% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 60 km | |
| Gorey Educate Together NS | 369 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 60 km | |
| Monaseed N.S. | 55 | −35% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 522 | +4% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Gorey Central School | 237 | +9% | Church of Ireland | English | 61 km | |
| Riverchapel N.S. | 304 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 61 km |
| Bunscoil Loreto | 665 | −5% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Iarainn | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| S.N. Baile Thomais | 57 | −29% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| S.N. Chaomhain Torrchoill | 211 | −3% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| Scoil Ghormáin Naofa | 158 | +25% | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| S.N. Cul Greine | 115 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 71 km |
Living in Ballycullane
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Homes in the Y34 Eircode area
Housing in Ballycullane →The median sale price rose from €182,900 in 2023 to €225,000 in 2025 (+23%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the Y34 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Wexford
Cost of living in Ballycullane →New tenancies in Co. Wexford averaged €1,179 a month in 2025, against €1,101 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballycullane, Y34 Y656
Primary schools near Shielbeggan Convent
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Shielbeggan Convent
Is Shielbeggan Convent 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 Shielbeggan Convent have?
30 pupils in 2025/26. That is −29% since 2019/20.
Does Shielbeggan Convent teach through Irish?
No: Shielbeggan Convent teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Shielbeggan Convent?
Shielbeggan Convent has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ferns.
How do pupils get a place at Shielbeggan Convent?
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 Shielbeggan Convent?
The nearest are Ramsgrange Central N.S. (3.4 km), S.N. Baile Ui Coileain (3.4 km) and St Leonards N.S. (4.8 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 Ballycullane; 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).