Shillelagh No 1 N.S.
Ballard, Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow · Y14 VH31 · Roll number 15359G
Shillelagh No 1 N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Shillelagh. Every school in and around Shillelagh →
What stands out about Shillelagh No 1 N.S.
- A small primary school: 23 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 23 pupils, 23% fewer than the 30 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Cashel, Ferns & Ossory COI; its ethos is Church of Ireland.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Shillelagh No 1 N.S. had 23 pupils in 2025/26, down from 44 in 2015/16 (−48%). Girls are 52% of them. 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 Shillelagh No 1 N.S.
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 Shillelagh No 1 N.S. 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 Shillelagh No 1 N.S.
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 Shillelagh No 1 N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Shillelagh No 1 N.S. 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: Shillelagh No 1 N.S. has shrunk by 23% since 2019/20. All the schools around Shillelagh together changed by −17%.
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 Shillelagh No 1 N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −23%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shillelagh No 1 N.S. | 23 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | ||
| Scoil Mhuire na nAird | 73 | −14% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| Carnew N.S. | 185 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| All Saints National School | 23 | +10% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Kilcommon N.S. | 94 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.9 km | |
| Tinahely N.S. | 133 | +15% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Coolfancy N.S. | 68 | −23% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km |
The other 75 primary schools in Co. Wicklow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossbridge N.S. | 45 | −21% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Naomh Brid N.S. | 63 | −5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Annacurra N.S. | 122 | −10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Kiltegan N.S. | 9 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Rathcoyle N.S. | 50 | −32% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| An Chroi Ro Naofa N.S. | 204 | −22% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 77 | +8% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Kevin's Ballycoog N.S. | 21 | −9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 76 | −22% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 393 | +12% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Stratford Lodge N.S. | 67 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 172 | −7% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhoir | 242 | −33% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Carysfort Mxd N.S. | 197 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| St John's Senior School | 323 | −24% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 26 km |
| St Michael's and St Peter's Junior School | 250 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Donaghmore N.S. | 25 | −31% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 500 | −20% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 67 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Rathdrum Boys N.S. | 172 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| St Saviours N.S. | 124 | +17% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Clochar Muire N.S. | 176 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Grange Con N.S. | 23 | −26% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Donard N.S. | 188 | +27% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil San Eoin | 37 | +12% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Caoimhin Naofa N.S. | 123 | −5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Muire Mxd | 37 | −8% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Glenealy 1 N.S. | 116 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S N Nicolais Naofa | 250 | +7% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Jonathan Swift N.S. | 24 | −43% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| Moneystown N.S. | 108 | −7% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Brittas Bay Mxd N.S. | 129 | −9% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Hollywood N.S. | 126 | −15% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Moin an Bhealaigh N.S. | 110 | +2% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| St Laurence O'Toole's N.S. | 254 | −18% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Nuns Cross N.S. | 194 | +23% | Church of Ireland | English | 40 km | |
| St Coen's National School | 328 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Wicklow Educate Together NS | 377 | −8% | Multi-denominational | English | 41 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin | 285 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 41 km | |
| Scoil na Coróine Mhuire | 309 | −16% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Padraig Naofa N.S. | 377 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Glebe N.S. | 210 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil an Choroin Mhuire | 432 | −6% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Lacken Mxd N.S. | 91 | −13% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Lochanna | 151 | −24% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 237 | −13% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Senior School | 296 | −12% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Newtownmountkennedy Primary School | 368 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Woodstock Educate Together N.S. | 150 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 47 km | |
| St Francis N.S. | 90 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | 47 km | |
| Blessington 1 N.S. | 195 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 47 km | |
| Blessington Educate Together NS | 95 | +79% | Multi-denominational | English | 47 km | |
| Kilbride N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Kilcoole Primary School | 553 | −9% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Delgany N.S. | 209 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 52 km | |
| Greystones Community NS | 412 | +91% | Multi-denominational | English | 52 km | |
| St Laurences N.S. | 666 | −3% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 47 | −32% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Kilmacanogue N.S. | 204 | −17% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCloch Liath | 227 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 54 km | |
| Greystones Educate Together National School | 440 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 54 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Caoimhghin | 459 | −9% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 385 | +41% | Church of Ireland | English | 54 km | |
| St Brigids School | 396 | −20% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Powerscourt N.S. | 114 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Muire Is Gearard | 206 | +4% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| St Fergal's National School | 373 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Bray School Project N.S. | 223 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | 56 km | |
| St Andrews N.S. | 204 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 57 km | |
| Scoil Chualann | 185 | −19% | Catholic | All in Irish | 57 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh | 166 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 57 km | |
| Cronan Naofa N.S. | 388 | −24% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa | 680 | −13% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| St. Peter's Primary School | 156 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Ravenswell Primary School | 468 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
Living in Shillelagh
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the Y14 Eircode area
Housing in Shillelagh →The median sale price rose from €275,000 in 2023 to €300,000 in 2025 (+9%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the Y14 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Wicklow
Cost of living in Shillelagh →New tenancies in Co. Wicklow averaged €1,730 a month in 2025, against €1,635 in 2024 (+6%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Shillelagh, Y14 VH31
Primary schools near Shillelagh No 1 N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Shillelagh No 1 N.S.
Is Shillelagh No 1 N.S. 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 Shillelagh No 1 N.S. have?
23 pupils in 2025/26. That is −23% since 2019/20.
Does Shillelagh No 1 N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Shillelagh No 1 N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Shillelagh No 1 N.S.?
Shillelagh No 1 N.S. has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Cashel, Ferns & Ossory COI.
How do pupils get a place at Shillelagh No 1 N.S.?
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 Shillelagh No 1 N.S.?
The nearest are Scoil Mhuire na nAird (1.2 km), Carnew N.S. (5.3 km) and All Saints National School (5.7 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 Shillelagh; 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).