Meánscoil Iognáid Ris

The facts

Getting in

Competitive. 305 applications for 174 places — 1.75 applicants per place, and 131 names went on the waiting list.

Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.

read from the school's Annual Admission Notice.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2027/28)

Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.

Special classes

1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:

• 1 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

This is the school's first special class.

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Naas. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.

Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district W91 (Naas) was €435,000 in 2025. That is up 31.8% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Naas Urban at 7.95 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 55% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Naas

• An Linbh Iosa Primary school, Kildare
• Caragh N S Primary school, Kildare
• Coláiste Naomh Mhuire Secondary school, Kildare
• Craddockstown School Special school, Kildare
• Gael-Choláiste Chill Dara Secondary school, Kildare
• Gaelscoil Nas Na Riogh Primary school, Kildare
• Killashee Multi-Denominational Ns Primary school, Kildare
• Mercy Convent Primary School Primary school, Kildare
• Naas Community College Secondary school, Kildare
• Naas Community National School Primary school, Kildare
• Piper's Hill College Secondary school, Kildare
• S N Brighde Primary school, Kildare