Mol an Óige Community National School
Glencree, Ennistymon, Co. Clare · V95 D372 · Roll number 20313J
Mol an Óige Community National School is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ennistimon. Every school in and around Ennistimon →
What stands out about Mol an Óige Community National School
- 158 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 158 pupils, 46% more than the 108 of 2019/20.
- 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.
- Its patron is the Limerick & Clare ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Mol an Óige Community National School had 158 pupils in 2025/26, against 146 in 2015/16 (+8%). Girls are 49% of them. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Mol an Óige Community National School
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 Mol an Óige Community National School 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 Mol an Óige Community National School
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 Mol an Óige Community National School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Mol an Óige Community National School 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Mol an Óige Community National School has grown by 46% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ennistimon together changed by +89%.
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 Mol an Óige Community National School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +46%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.3 km |
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5 km |
The other 102 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Gaelscoil Ui Choimin | 61 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 36 km |
| Convent of Mercy National School | 329 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 38 km |
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 63 km |
Living in Ennistimon
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V95 Eircode area
Housing in Ennistimon →The median sale price rose from €251,500 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+27%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Clare
Cost of living in Ennistimon →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 ↗Ennistimon, V95 D372
Primary schools near Mol an Óige Community National School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Mol an Óige Community National School
Is Mol an Óige Community National School 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 Mol an Óige Community National School have?
158 pupils in 2025/26. That is +46% since 2019/20.
Does Mol an Óige Community National School teach through Irish?
No: Mol an Óige Community National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Mol an Óige Community National School?
Mol an Óige Community National School has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Limerick & Clare ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Mol an Óige Community National School?
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 Mol an Óige Community National School?
The nearest are Ennistymon National School (0.3 km), Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch (3.5 km) and Forgleann N.S. (3.9 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 Ennistimon; 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).