Doonbeg N.S.
Killard Road, Doonbeg, Co. Clare · V15 HW73 · Roll number 11765U
Doonbeg N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Doonbeg. Every school in and around Doonbeg →
What stands out about Doonbeg N.S.
- A small primary school: 63 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+13%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Doonbeg or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Doonbeg N.S. had 63 pupils in 2025/26, against 41 in 2015/16 (+54%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 67, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Doonbeg 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 Doonbeg 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.
Inspection reports on Doonbeg 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 a place at Doonbeg N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Doonbeg 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.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Doonbeg N.S. has grown by 13% since 2019/20.
Pupils since 2019/20
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, 1 have more pupils than Doonbeg N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +13%; 0 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km |
The other 102 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Convent of Mercy National School | 329 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Gaelscoil Ui Choimin | 61 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 11 km |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 44 km |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 70 km | |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 74 km | |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 74 km |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 76 km | |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 82 km |
Living in Doonbeg
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V15 Eircode area
Housing in Doonbeg →The median sale price rose from €190,000 in 2023 to €227,500 in 2025 (+20%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V15 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Clare
Cost of living in Doonbeg →New tenancies in Co. Clare averaged €1,170 a month in 2025, against €1,080 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Doonbeg, V15 HW73
Primary schools near Doonbeg 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 Doonbeg N.S.
Is Doonbeg 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 Doonbeg N.S. have?
63 pupils in 2025/26. That is +13% since 2019/20.
Does Doonbeg N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Doonbeg N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Doonbeg N.S.?
Doonbeg N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killaloe.
How do pupils get a place at Doonbeg 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 Doonbeg N.S.?
The nearest are Scoil an Sraith S.N. (3.9 km), Clohanes N.S. (5.4 km) and Bansha N.S. (5.6 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 Doonbeg; 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).