Schools · Co. Kilkenny

Schools in Co. Kilkenny

Name: Schools in Co. Kilkenny
Creator: Leinster Insider
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

County Kilkenny has 18 primary and 10 post-primary schools tracked in this dataset, 11,476 pupils enrolled in total, and 21.4% of these schools are DEIS-designated. Schools are keyed to the nearest tracked town within the county, so this is not an exhaustive county census.

School data: Department of Education, Data on Individual Schools (CC-BY 4.0), captured June 2026.

Level

School	Town	Level	Enrolment	DEIS
Bunscoil Mcauley Rice	Callan	Primary	406	No
City Vocational School	Kilkenny	Post-primary	311	Yes
Coláiste Abhainn Rí	Callan	Post-primary	681	No
Coláiste Pobail Osraí	Kilkenny	Post-primary	222	No
Community School	Castlecomer	Post-primary	633	Yes
Gaelscoil Osrai	Kilkenny	Primary	438	No
Grennan College	Thomastown	Post-primary	334	Yes
Holycross N.S.	Castlecomer	Primary	72	No
Kilkenny College	Kilkenny	Post-primary	919	No
Kilkenny Mixed N S	Kilkenny	Primary	198	No
Kilkenny School Project	Kilkenny	Primary	236	No
Loreto Secondary School	Kilkenny	Post-primary	994	No
Meánscoil Na Mbráithre Criostaí	Kilkenny	Post-primary	836	No
Presentation Secondary School	Kilkenny	Post-primary	902	No
S N An Moinin Rua	Castlecomer	Primary	127	Yes
S N Bhreandain Naofa	Castlecomer	Primary	192	No
S N Chiaran Naofa	Thomastown	Primary	142	No
S N Lisnafunchin	Castlecomer	Primary	32	No
S N Padraig Naofa	Kilkenny	Primary	331	No
Scoil Iognaid De Ris	Kilkenny	Primary	278	No
Scoil Íosagáin	Castlecomer	Primary	121	Yes
Scoil Mhuire	Kilkenny	Primary	400	No
Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea	Kilkenny	Primary	330	No
St Canices Central N S	Kilkenny	Primary	648	No
St Kieran'S College	Kilkenny	Post-primary	802	No
St Mary'S National School	Thomastown	Primary	398	No
St. John'S National School	Kilkenny	Primary	441	Yes
Wandesforde Mixed N S	Castlecomer	Primary	52	No

Towns with schools in this dataset

Callan · Castlecomer · Kilkenny · Thomastown

Source: Department of Education, Data on Individual Schools. Licensed CC-BY 4.0; cite "Leinster Insider, leinsterinsider.ie/schools". See methodology for the full keying caveat and DEIS definition.