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Tubber N.S.

PrimaryCatholic

Tubber, Co. Clare, Via Galway · H91 43V9 · Roll number 10886E

Tubber N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Crusheen. Every school in and around Crusheen →

Pupils
40
September, 2025/26
23 girls, 17 boys
Since 2019/20
+67%
from 24 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Killaloe
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Tubber N.S.

  • A small primary school: 40 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 40 pupils, 67% more than the 24 of 2019/20.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Crusheen’s outline, 5.3 km away; listed with Crusheen, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Tubber N.S. had 40 pupils in 2025/26, against 27 in 2015/16 (+48%). Girls are 58% of them. Its largest roll was 42, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

02040602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Tubber N.S.

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 Tubber N.S. 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 Tubber N.S.

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 Tubber N.S.

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

Families apply to Tubber N.S. 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.

Pupils
40
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+67%
from 24 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Tubber N.S. has grown by 67% since 2019/20. All the schools around Crusheen together changed by +11%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Tubber+67%
The primary schools around Crusheen+10%
All Irish primary schools−5%

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.

Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 5 have more pupils than Tubber N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +67%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.

Tubber40
Lurga91
Boston24
S.N. Aine Naofa92
Inchicronan Central158
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109
Ruan Central75
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Tubber N.S.40+67%CatholicEnglish
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish3.1 km
Boston N.S.24−29%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish5.9 km
Inchicronan Central N.S.158+10%CatholicEnglish6 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish8.2 km
Ruan Central N.S.75−29%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
The other 105 primary schools in Co. Clare
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Barefield Mixed N.S.390+1%CatholicEnglish12 km
Dromindoora N.S.23−43%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta102−11%CatholicEnglish12 km
Kilnaboy N.S.80−5%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn15–CatholicEnglish13 km
Clooney N.S.48−41%CatholicEnglish13 km
Toonagh N.S.75−27%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Cnoc an Ein262−8%CatholicEnglish15 km
Ennis Educate Together NS144+125%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog451−4%CatholicAll in Irish16 km
St Mochullas N.S.259−2%CatholicEnglish16 km
Flagmount Central N.S.35+21%CatholicEnglish17 km
Bunscoil na mBraithre643−4%CatholicEnglish17 km
Chriost Ri226+0%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Holy Family Junior School167+15%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Holy Family Snr306−5%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Mhuire68+11%CatholicEnglish18 km
Kilnamona N.S.85−21%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Dubh Rath113+28%CatholicEnglish19 km
Ennis N.S.615−4%CatholicEnglish19 km
Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan331+14%CatholicEnglish19 km
Clarecastle National School362+0%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
New Quay N.S.31+29%CatholicEnglish21 km
Inch N.S.104+13%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S.57+12%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Eoin Baiste42+40%CatholicEnglish22 km
O Callaghans Mills N.S.29−52%CatholicEnglish22 km
Eidhneach N.S.150−1%CatholicEnglish23 km
Kilkishen N.S.134+2%CatholicEnglish23 km
Bodyke N.S.27−13%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Colm Cille58+16%CatholicEnglish23 km
Kilmaley N.S.88−18%CatholicEnglish24 km
Ballyea Mixed N.S.212+2%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Cill Muire65−32%CatholicEnglish25 km
Ballycar N.S.34+13%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire238−1%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scariff Central N.S.142+1%CatholicEnglish26 km
Tomgraney N.S.47−27%CatholicEnglish26 km
Connolly N.S.27−36%CatholicEnglish26 km
Lisdoonvarna N.S.143+9%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Forgleann N.S.7−68%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Broadford & Kilbane National School136+16%CatholicEnglish27 km
Raheen Wood Community National School102+10%Multi-denominationalEnglish27 km
S.N. Aibhistin Naofa21−30%CatholicEnglish27 km
Mol an Óige Community National School158+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓27 km
Ennistymon National School64−11%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Sixmilebridge N.S.423−21%CatholicEnglish28 km
S N Chathair Aodha27−41%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Cluain an Atha19−37%CatholicEnglish29 km
Stonehall N.S.101−11%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir25−14%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Cluain Muinge205+16%CatholicEnglish31 km
Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch166+26%CatholicEnglish31 km
S N Iosef Naofa29−15%CatholicAll in Irish31 km
S.N. Inis Cealtrach71+8%CatholicEnglish31 km
St Aidans N.S.260+3%CatholicEnglish31 km
St Conaires N.S.338−19%CatholicEnglish32 km
Gaelscoil Donncha Rua68+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Naomh Tola218−4%CatholicEnglish32 km
Ogonnelloe National School101−11%CatholicEnglish32 km
Doolin Mixed N.S.93−5%CatholicEnglish32 km
Shannon Airport No 2 NS51–Church of IrelandEnglish32 km
S N Baile na Cailli52−5%CatholicEnglish32 km
Cluain Draigneach5–CatholicEnglish32 km
Shannon Airport 1 N.S.113−17%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Rockmount Mixed N.S.23−21%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Cratloe N.S.278−2%CatholicEnglish34 km
Lissycasey N.S.167−7%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Liosceanuir105+46%CatholicEnglish34 km
Rineen N.S.35−19%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Baile an Droichid107+2%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. Mhuire Miliuc84−25%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Lakyle N.S.47−41%CatholicEnglish36 km
Coore National School30−6%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Killaloe Boys N.S.104−21%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Mercy Convent Killaloe97−16%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Seanain Naofa276−12%CatholicEnglish37 km
Miltown Malbay B N.S.128+20%CatholicEnglish37 km
Kildysart N.S.122−9%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. an Phairtin Mixed317−3%CatholicEnglish38 km
Annagh N.S.81−13%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
SN na Crannaighe32–CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Mhichil66+43%CatholicEnglish40 km
Mullach N.S.53+10%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Kilmihil N.S.96+0%CatholicEnglish41 km
Coolmeen N.S.20–CatholicEnglish43 km
Quilty N.S.49+81%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
St. Josephs National School Cree38–CatholicEnglish45 km
Kilmurry McMahon National School63−6%CatholicEnglish46 km
Clohanes N.S.22−24%CatholicEnglish46 km
Cooraclare B N.S.78−20%CatholicEnglish48 km
Labasheeda Central N.S.30−9%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Cnoc Doire17−48%CatholicEnglish50 km
Burrane N.S.17−39%CatholicEnglish51 km
Scoil an Sraith S.N.15−25%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Doonbeg N.S.63+13%CatholicEnglish51 km
Gaelscoil Ui Choimin61−5%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
Convent of Mercy National School329+7%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Ma Sheasta37−30%CatholicEnglish56 km
Bansha N.S.7−78%CatholicEnglish57 km
Scoil Realt na Mara134+86%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Doonaha N.S.21–CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Moveen N.S.39−32%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Carrigaholt Mixed N.S.30−6%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
S.N. Cuan19−21%CatholicEnglish✓80 km
Living nearby

Living in Crusheen

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

Median sale price
€300,000
67 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,170
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Clare

Homes in the V95 Eircode area

Housing in Crusheen →

The median sale price rose from €251,500 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+27%).

2023€251,500
2024€285,000
2025€320,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€360,300
Second-hand homes€272,900

Property Price Register sales in the V95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Clare

Cost of living in Crusheen →

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 Crusheen, H91 43V9

Nearby

Primary schools near Tubber N.S.

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Tubber N.S.

Is Tubber N.S. 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 Tubber N.S. have?

40 pupils in 2025/26. That is +67% since 2019/20.

Does Tubber N.S. teach through Irish?

No: Tubber N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Tubber N.S.?

Tubber N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killaloe.

How do pupils get a place at Tubber N.S.?

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 Tubber N.S.?

The nearest are Lurga N.S. (3.1 km), Boston N.S. (5.3 km) and S.N. Aine Naofa (5.9 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 Crusheen; 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).