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Gaelscoil Osrai

Gaelscoil Osrai is a primary school irish-medium in Kilkenny. 438 pupils, Catholic ethos, 2 special classes, oversubscribed last year.

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The facts

TypePrimary school
GenderMixed
EthosCatholic
PatronBishop of Ossory
FeesFree
Enrolment438 (207 boys, 231 girls) 2025/26
Language of instructionIrish Medium School
Roll number19856R
EircodeR95AT85
AddressBóthar Uachtar Ratha, An Pháirc Mhór Theas, Cill Chainnigh

Getting in

Oversubscribed last year. The notice carries a previous-year breakdown, which schools only have to publish when more people applied than there were places.

Places in the coming year7
Places last year52
Applications last year85
Waiting list7
Applications open02 February 2026
Applications close27 February 2026

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)

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

2 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 1 classes last year.

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: Kilkenny. 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 R95 (Kilkenny) was €350,000 in 2025. That is up 62.8% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Kilkenny Rural at 0.53 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 46% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

PrincipalSiobhán Ní Chorcora
Phone0567765697
Emaileolas@osrai.com
Local authorityKilkenny County Council

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How we know

DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.