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S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn

PrimaryCatholic

Carron, Ennis, Co. Clare · V95 YA22 · Roll number 18190H

S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyvaughan. Every school in and around Ballyvaughan →

Pupils
15
September, 2025/26
12 girls, 3 boys
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn

  • A small primary school: 15 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • 12 girls and 3 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Ballyvaughan’s outline, 9.4 km away; listed with Ballyvaughan, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn had 15 pupils in 2025/26, down from 19 in 2015/16 (−21%). Girls are 80% of them. Its largest roll was 22, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

061218242015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn

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. Cronain Nfa an Carn 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn

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 in

Getting a place at S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn 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.

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn.

S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn15
Kilnaboy80
Boston24
S.N. Eoin Baiste42
Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta102
St Fachnan & St Attractas57
New Quay31
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn15–CatholicEnglish
Kilnaboy N.S.80−5%CatholicEnglish7.3 km
Boston N.S.24−29%CatholicEnglish9.5 km
S.N. Eoin Baiste42+40%CatholicEnglish10 km
Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta102−11%CatholicEnglish10 km
St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S.57+12%CatholicEnglish11 km
New Quay N.S.31+29%CatholicEnglish12 km
The other 102 primary schools in Co. Clare
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Ruan Central N.S.75−29%CatholicEnglish13 km
Tubber N.S.40+67%CatholicEnglish13 km
Lisdoonvarna N.S.143+9%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Colm Cille58+16%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Aibhistin Naofa21−30%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir25−14%CatholicEnglish16 km
Inchicronan Central N.S.158+10%CatholicEnglish17 km
Toonagh N.S.75−27%CatholicEnglish17 km
Mol an Óige Community National School158+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
Barefield Mixed N.S.390+1%CatholicEnglish19 km
Ennistymon National School64−11%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Kilnamona N.S.85−21%CatholicEnglish19 km
Eidhneach N.S.150−1%CatholicEnglish19 km
Forgleann N.S.7−68%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Doolin Mixed N.S.93−5%CatholicEnglish20 km
Ennis Educate Together NS144+125%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓21 km
Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog451−4%CatholicAll in Irish21 km
Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch166+26%CatholicEnglish22 km
Chriost Ri226+0%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Bunscoil na mBraithre643−4%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Cnoc an Ein262−8%CatholicEnglish23 km
Holy Family Junior School167+15%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Holy Family Snr306−5%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S N Iosef Naofa29−15%CatholicAll in Irish23 km
S.N. Cluain an Atha19−37%CatholicEnglish23 km
Clooney N.S.48−41%CatholicEnglish23 km
Ennis N.S.615−4%CatholicEnglish24 km
Inch N.S.104+13%CatholicEnglish24 km
Dromindoora N.S.23−43%CatholicEnglish24 km
Connolly N.S.27−36%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Liosceanuir105+46%CatholicEnglish24 km
Kilmaley N.S.88−18%CatholicEnglish24 km
Clarecastle National School362+0%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Rockmount Mixed N.S.23−21%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Dubh Rath113+28%CatholicEnglish27 km
Rineen N.S.35−19%CatholicEnglish27 km
St Mochullas N.S.259−2%CatholicEnglish28 km
Ballyea Mixed N.S.212+2%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan331+14%CatholicEnglish28 km
Flagmount Central N.S.35+21%CatholicEnglish29 km
Miltown Malbay B N.S.128+20%CatholicEnglish30 km
S N Chathair Aodha27−41%CatholicEnglish30 km
Coore National School30−6%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
S.N. Mhuire68+11%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire238−1%CatholicEnglish33 km
Annagh N.S.81−13%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Ballycar N.S.34+13%CatholicEnglish33 km
Lissycasey N.S.167−7%CatholicEnglish34 km
Cluain Draigneach5–CatholicEnglish34 km
Kilkishen N.S.134+2%CatholicEnglish34 km
O Callaghans Mills N.S.29−52%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Cill Muire65−32%CatholicEnglish35 km
Mullach N.S.53+10%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S N Baile na Cailli52−5%CatholicEnglish35 km
Quilty N.S.49+81%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Bodyke N.S.27−13%CatholicEnglish36 km
Scoil Mhichil66+43%CatholicEnglish36 km
Stonehall N.S.101−11%CatholicEnglish36 km
Sixmilebridge N.S.423−21%CatholicEnglish38 km
Kilmihil N.S.96+0%CatholicEnglish39 km
Scariff Central N.S.142+1%CatholicEnglish39 km
St Aidans N.S.260+3%CatholicEnglish39 km
Tomgraney N.S.47−27%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Cluain Muinge205+16%CatholicEnglish39 km
Naomh Tola218−4%CatholicEnglish39 km
Gaelscoil Donncha Rua68+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
St Conaires N.S.338−19%CatholicEnglish39 km
Shannon Airport No 2 NS51–Church of IrelandEnglish39 km
Broadford & Kilbane National School136+16%CatholicEnglish39 km
SN na Crannaighe32–CatholicEnglish40 km
Shannon Airport 1 N.S.113−17%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Kildysart N.S.122−9%CatholicEnglish40 km
St. Josephs National School Cree38–CatholicEnglish40 km
Clohanes N.S.22−24%CatholicEnglish40 km
Raheen Wood Community National School102+10%Multi-denominationalEnglish40 km
Coolmeen N.S.20–CatholicEnglish43 km
Cratloe N.S.278−2%CatholicEnglish43 km
Cooraclare B N.S.78−20%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Inis Cealtrach71+8%CatholicEnglish44 km
Kilmurry McMahon National School63−6%CatholicEnglish45 km
Ogonnelloe National School101−11%CatholicEnglish45 km
Doonbeg N.S.63+13%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Mhuire Miliuc84−25%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil an Sraith S.N.15−25%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Cnoc Doire17−48%CatholicEnglish48 km
Labasheeda Central N.S.30−9%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Baile an Droichid107+2%CatholicEnglish48 km
Lakyle N.S.47−41%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. an Phairtin Mixed317−3%CatholicEnglish49 km
Scoil Seanain Naofa276−12%CatholicEnglish49 km
Killaloe Boys N.S.104−21%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Burrane N.S.17−39%CatholicEnglish50 km
Mercy Convent Killaloe97−16%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Bansha N.S.7−78%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. Ma Sheasta37−30%CatholicEnglish51 km
Gaelscoil Ui Choimin61−5%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
Convent of Mercy National School329+7%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Realt na Mara134+86%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Moveen N.S.39−32%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Doonaha N.S.21–CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Carrigaholt Mixed N.S.30−6%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
S.N. Cuan19−21%CatholicEnglish✓74 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballyvaughan

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€372,600
routing key H91, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,170
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Clare

Homes in the H91 Eircode area

Housing in Ballyvaughan →

The median sale price rose from €338,600 in 2023 to €408,300 in 2025 (+21%).

2023€338,600
2024€375,000
2025€408,300

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€442,800
Second-hand homes€350,200

Property Price Register sales in the H91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

New tenancies in Co. Clare averaged €1,170 a month in 2025, against €1,080 in 2024 (+8%).

2024€1,080
2025€1,170

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

near Ballyvaughan, V95 YA22

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn

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. Cronain Nfa an Carn

Is S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn 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. Cronain Nfa an Carn have?

15 pupils in 2025/26.

Does S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn?

S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn?

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. Cronain Nfa an Carn?

The nearest are Kilnaboy N.S. (7.3 km), Boston N.S. (9.5 km) and S.N. Eoin Baiste (10 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 Ballyvaughan; 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).