S.N. Fionntain
Chapel Street, Taghmon, Co. Wexford · Y35 NP27 · Roll number 17443F
S.N. Fionntain is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Taghmon. Every school in and around Taghmon →
What stands out about S.N. Fionntain
- 183 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- 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.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ferns; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Taghmon or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Fionntain had 183 pupils in 2025/26, down from 195 in 2015/16 (−6%). Girls are 49% 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 S.N. Fionntain
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. Fionntain 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. Fionntain
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. Fionntain
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Fionntain 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas. Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Fionntain is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). All the schools around Taghmon 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 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, 1 have more pupils than S.N. Fionntain. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Fionntain | 183 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| St Garvans N.S. | 88 | −19% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Seosaimh | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 336 | +19% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Clongeen Mxd N.S. | 95 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km |
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Wexford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Abbain | 129 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Newbawn N.S. | 176 | +34% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| S.N. Bhaile Mhuirne | 230 | −3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Rathangan N.S. | 235 | −9% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 144 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 19 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Wexford Educate Together National School | 191 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts | 573 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Convent of Mercy | 406 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Baile an Phiarsaigh | 238 | +18% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 199 | +9% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Raithin | 154 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Gaelscoil Loch Garman | 208 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 368 | −5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Leonards N.S. | 112 | −7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Nfa | 227 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Iberius N.S. | 93 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| CBS Primary Wexford | 380 | +60% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Fionntain Nfa N.S. | 114 | −2% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Baile Ui Coileain | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Faythe Convent | 226 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Gusserane N.S. | 75 | −20% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S N Bearna na hAille | 133 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Clonroche N.S. | 107 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Baile Cuisin | 155 | −27% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Nais Realta na Mara | 304 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Castlebridge N.S. | 223 | −4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Joseph's N.S. | 79 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Shielbeggan Convent | 30 | −29% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Davidstown Primary School | 92 | +59% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Pádraig Nfa | 112 | −14% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Baile Muirne | 114 | −3% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Clochar Mhuire | 156 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Rathgarogue N.S. | 159 | −18% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Glanbrian N.S. | 93 | +9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S N na Scrine | 117 | −10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Mhaodhoig | 237 | +34% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Curracloe N.S. | 73 | −22% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 84 | +45% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 64 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Ramsgrange Central N.S. | 30 | −52% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh | 184 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh | 312 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Bunscoil Ris | 351 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 238 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| St Aidans Parish School | 869 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Rath an Iubhair | 187 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Sacred Heart National School, Caim | 88 | −32% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Senans National Sch | 437 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| New Ross Educate Together National School | 135 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 112 | −12% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Canice S Convent | 186 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Olibheir Beannuithe | 74 | +6% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Catriona Nfa | 61 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Kilrane N.S. | 292 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Ballaghkeene N.S. | 150 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Shean Bhoth | 34 | +10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Brighde | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Marshalstown N.S. | 191 | −3% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S N Moin na gCaor | 125 | −19% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Oulart N.S. | 120 | −31% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ballindaggin N.S. | 117 | −31% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Kiltealy N.S. | 100 | +8% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Caislean Dochraill | 37 | – | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Kilnamanagh Community National School | 32 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Boolavogue N.S. | 97 | −21% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Edans N.S. | 39 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 31 km | |
| Naomh Maodhog N.S. | 285 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Tombrack N.S. | 54 | +8% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 193 | −4% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Court N.S. | 107 | −19% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Kilmyshall N.S. | 155 | +8% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Camolin N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Bhantiarna Lourdes | 287 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 79 | +5% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 75 | −23% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Carrigduff Nat School | 85 | −1% | Church of Ireland | English | 37 km | |
| Ballyoughter N.S. | 50 | +16% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Ballycanew N.S. | 224 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 201 | −5% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 152 | +2% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Nfa | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Riverchapel N.S. | 304 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog | 152 | −31% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| Gorey Educate Together NS | 369 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ioseph | 522 | +4% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Gorey Central School | 237 | +9% | Church of Ireland | English | 46 km | |
| Bunscoil Loreto | 665 | −5% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Monaseed N.S. | 55 | −35% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Iarainn | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Chaomhain Torrchoill | 211 | −3% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Baile Thomais | 57 | −29% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Scoil Ghormáin Naofa | 158 | +25% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Cul Greine | 115 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
Living in Taghmon
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the Y35 Eircode area
Housing in Taghmon →The median sale price rose from €260,000 in 2023 to €310,000 in 2025 (+19%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the Y35 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Wexford
Cost of living in Taghmon →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 ↗Taghmon, Y35 NP27
Primary schools near S.N. Fionntain
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. Fionntain
Is S.N. Fionntain 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. Fionntain have?
183 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Fionntain teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Fionntain teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Fionntain?
S.N. Fionntain has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ferns.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Fionntain?
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. Fionntain?
The nearest are St Garvans N.S. (3.7 km), S.N. Nmh Seosaimh (6.6 km) and S.N. an Ghleanna (7.3 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 Taghmon; 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).