S.N. Corrabha
Curravagh, Glangevlin, Co. Cavan · N41 CV06 · Roll number 16959M
S.N. Corrabha is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Blacklion. Every school in and around Blacklion →
What stands out about S.N. Corrabha
- A small primary school: 20 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- 14 girls and 6 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kilmore; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Blacklion’s outline, 11 km away; listed with Blacklion, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Corrabha had 20 pupils in 2025/26, against 15 in 2015/16 (+33%). Girls are 70% 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 S.N. Corrabha
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 S.N. Corrabha 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 S.N. Corrabha
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 S.N. Corrabha
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Corrabha 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
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 S.N. Corrabha.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Corrabha | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| St. Hugh's N.S. | 51 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 60 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Patrick's NS | 47 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 57 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Drumkeerin Central N.S. | 67 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
The other 71 primary schools in Co. Cavan
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Aodhain Naofa | 76 | +41% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Maodhog | 68 | +0% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ballyconell Central N.S. | 24 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| Ballyconnell Mxd N.S. | 199 | +16% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Greach Rathain | 69 | +57% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Kildallon N.S. | 46 | +7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Milltown N.S. | 173 | +31% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Killeshandra National School ( C of I) | 48 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | 33 km | |
| Convent of Mercy N.S. | 163 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Fairgreen N.S. | 33 | −18% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Boys Senior School | 74 | +21% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 85 | +1% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Corliss N.S. | 19 | −44% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 102 | −18% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Coronea N.S. | 14 | −36% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Butlersbridge N.S. | 261 | +0% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Kilmore Central N.S. | 49 | −18% | Church of Ireland | English | 41 km | |
| Dromaili S.N. | 213 | −6% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 108 | +6% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Ballyhaise N.S. | 152 | −14% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Feidhlim Boys Snr Sch | 265 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Cavan 1 N.S. | 102 | +44% | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| St Clares Primary School | 548 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Gaelscoil Bhreifne | 193 | +87% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 43 km |
| St Patricks Mxd N.S. | 93 | +0% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 92 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S N Beal Atha na nEach | 229 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Drom Cnamh | 47 | −28% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Castletara N.S. | 183 | −4% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Corr Lorgan | 65 | −28% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Killygarry N.S. | 198 | −8% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Cruabanai | 174 | −19% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 51 | −7% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Drung No 2 NS | 4 | −85% | Church of Ireland | English | 48 km | |
| St Patricks | 63 | +2% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Mary's N.S. | 31 | −49% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Killyconnan N.S. | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Drumkilly N.S. | 96 | −24% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Mullahoran Central N.S. | 164 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| S.N. Lathrach | 140 | +12% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Crosskeys Central N.S. | 118 | +9% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Kilnaleck Mixed N.S. | 106 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Aughadreena National School | 87 | −10% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Crosserlough N.S. | 93 | −14% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Ballynarry N.S. | 111 | +22% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| St Michaels N.S. | 50 | −22% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Kill N.S. | 126 | +15% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Darley N.S. | 130 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 56 km | |
| St Michaels National School | 232 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| St Clares N.S. | 422 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| S N Doire na Ceise | 143 | −1% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Billis N.S. | 78 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 61 km | |
| S.N. Tamhnach Dhuibh | 83 | +1% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Castlerahan Central N.S. | 96 | −31% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| S.N. Maodhog | 54 | −17% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Killinkere N.S. | 151 | −3% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| S.N. Leitir | 187 | −7% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| Virginia Mxd N.S. | 463 | +6% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| Bailieboro Model N.S. | 83 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 69 km | |
| Bailieboro N.S. | 288 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| Cnoc an Teampaill | 158 | +19% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| S.N. Cillin | 94 | +3% | Catholic | English | 71 km | |
| Searcog I N.S. | 183 | −8% | Catholic | English | 71 km | |
| Baile na Mona | 108 | −10% | Catholic | English | 72 km | |
| S.N. Carraig A Bruis | 103 | −31% | Catholic | English | 73 km | |
| Corlea N.S. | 9 | −70% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 74 km |
| St Killians N.S. | 328 | −10% | Catholic | English | 76 km | |
| S.N. Lathrach 2 | 129 | −10% | Catholic | English | 77 km | |
| Cabra Central N.S. | 57 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 79 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 377 | −11% | Catholic | English | 80 km |
Living in Blacklion
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F91 Eircode area
Housing in Blacklion →The median sale price rose from €189,000 in 2023 to €275,000 in 2025 (+46%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Cavan
Cost of living in Blacklion →New tenancies in Co. Cavan averaged €1,095 a month in 2025, against €987 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Blacklion, N41 CV06
Primary schools near S.N. Corrabha
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S.N. Corrabha
Is S.N. Corrabha 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 S.N. Corrabha have?
20 pupils in 2025/26.
Does S.N. Corrabha teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Corrabha teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Corrabha?
S.N. Corrabha has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kilmore.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Corrabha?
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 S.N. Corrabha?
The nearest are St. Hugh's N.S. (5.6 km), St Patricks N.S. (10 km) and St Patrick's NS (13 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 Blacklion; 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).