Coolmeen N.S.
Coolmeen, Kilmurry McMahon, Kilrush, Co. Clare · V15 KR50 · Roll number 12633I
Coolmeen N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Kildysart. Every school in and around Kildysart →
What stands out about Coolmeen N.S.
- A small primary school: 20 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Kildysart’s outline, 6.7 km away; listed with Kildysart, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coolmeen N.S. had 20 pupils in 2025/26, against 11 in 2015/16 (+82%). Girls are 55% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Coolmeen 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 Coolmeen 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 Coolmeen 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 Coolmeen N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coolmeen 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.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Coolmeen N.S..
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ||
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Gearoid Ui Ghriobhtha | 30 | −21% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | 9 km |
The other 103 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Choimin | 61 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 19 km |
| Convent of Mercy National School | 329 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 23 km |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 53 km | |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 66 km |
Living in Kildysart
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V95 Eircode area
Housing in Kildysart →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 Kildysart →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 ↗near Kildysart, V15 KR50
Primary schools near Coolmeen 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 Coolmeen N.S.
Is Coolmeen 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 Coolmeen N.S. have?
20 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Coolmeen N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Coolmeen N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coolmeen N.S.?
Coolmeen N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killaloe.
How do pupils get a place at Coolmeen 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 Coolmeen N.S.?
The nearest are SN na Crannaighe (3.8 km), Labasheeda Central N.S. (5 km) and Kilmurry McMahon National School (6.7 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 Kildysart; 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).