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Schools · Co. Kilkenny

Schools in Co. Kilkenny

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.

SchoolTownLevelEnrolmentDEIS
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.