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Kilmaley N.S.

PrimaryCatholic

Kilmaley, Ennis, Co. Clare · V95 CF30 · Roll number 14468G

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

Pupils
88
September, 2025/26
43 girls, 45 boys
Since 2019/20
−18%
from 107 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 Kilmaley N.S.

  • 88 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Smaller than it was: 88 pupils, 18% fewer than the 107 of 2019/20.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is Catholic.
  • The only primary school in Kilmaley or within 3 km of it.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Kilmaley N.S. had 88 pupils in 2025/26, down from 127 in 2015/16 (−31%). Girls are 49% of them. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

040801201602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Kilmaley 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 Kilmaley 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 Kilmaley 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 Kilmaley N.S.

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

Families apply to Kilmaley 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
88
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−18%
from 107 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Kilmaley N.S. has shrunk by 18% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kilmaley together changed by −18%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Kilmaley−18%
The primary schools around Kilmaley−18%
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, 3 have more pupils than Kilmaley N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −18%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

Kilmaley88
Inch104
Connolly27
Kilnamona85
S N Chathair Aodha27
Ballyea Mixed212
Ennis615
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Kilmaley N.S.88−18%CatholicEnglish
Inch N.S.104+13%CatholicEnglish3.5 km
Connolly N.S.27−36%CatholicEnglish4.9 km
Kilnamona N.S.85−21%CatholicEnglish5.7 km
S N Chathair Aodha27−41%CatholicEnglish6 km
Ballyea Mixed N.S.212+2%CatholicEnglish6.8 km
Ennis N.S.615−4%CatholicEnglish7.2 km
The other 102 primary schools in Co. Clare
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Eidhneach N.S.150−1%CatholicEnglish7.8 km
Chriost Ri226+0%CatholicEnglish✓8.5 km
Holy Family Snr306−5%CatholicEnglish✓9 km
Holy Family Junior School167+15%CatholicEnglish✓9 km
Toonagh N.S.75−27%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
Clarecastle National School362+0%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
Bunscoil na mBraithre643−4%CatholicEnglish9.5 km
Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog451−4%CatholicAll in Irish9.5 km
Ennis Educate Together NS144+125%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.6 km
Cluain Draigneach5–CatholicEnglish9.7 km
Lissycasey N.S.167−7%CatholicEnglish10 km
S N Baile na Cailli52−5%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Cluain an Atha19−37%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Cnoc an Ein262−8%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Dubh Rath113+28%CatholicEnglish13 km
Barefield Mixed N.S.390+1%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta102−11%CatholicEnglish14 km
Forgleann N.S.7−68%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Colm Cille58+16%CatholicEnglish15 km
Ruan Central N.S.75−29%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire238−1%CatholicEnglish16 km
Kildysart N.S.122−9%CatholicEnglish16 km
SN na Crannaighe32–CatholicEnglish16 km
Coore National School30−6%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan331+14%CatholicEnglish17 km
Rockmount Mixed N.S.23−21%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Kilnaboy N.S.80−5%CatholicEnglish17 km
Stonehall N.S.101−11%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Mhichil66+43%CatholicEnglish17 km
S N Iosef Naofa29−15%CatholicAll in Irish17 km
Clooney N.S.48−41%CatholicEnglish18 km
Kilmihil N.S.96+0%CatholicEnglish18 km
Ballycar N.S.34+13%CatholicEnglish18 km
Ennistymon National School64−11%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Mol an Óige Community National School158+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
Coolmeen N.S.20–CatholicEnglish19 km
Inchicronan Central N.S.158+10%CatholicEnglish19 km
Shannon Airport No 2 NS51–Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch166+26%CatholicEnglish20 km
Naomh Tola218−4%CatholicEnglish20 km
Shannon Airport 1 N.S.113−17%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Miltown Malbay B N.S.128+20%CatholicEnglish20 km
Gaelscoil Donncha Rua68+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓20 km
St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S.57+12%CatholicEnglish20 km
Rineen N.S.35−19%CatholicEnglish20 km
Annagh N.S.81−13%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
St Conaires N.S.338−19%CatholicEnglish21 km
St Aidans N.S.260+3%CatholicEnglish21 km
Mullach N.S.53+10%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Cluain Muinge205+16%CatholicEnglish22 km
Kilmurry McMahon National School63−6%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Aibhistin Naofa21−30%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Cill Muire65−32%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Liosceanuir105+46%CatholicEnglish23 km
St. Josephs National School Cree38–CatholicEnglish23 km
Quilty N.S.49+81%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Tubber N.S.40+67%CatholicEnglish24 km
Sixmilebridge N.S.423−21%CatholicEnglish24 km
St Mochullas N.S.259−2%CatholicEnglish24 km
Labasheeda Central N.S.30−9%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn15–CatholicEnglish24 km
Cooraclare B N.S.78−20%CatholicEnglish25 km
Kilkishen N.S.134+2%CatholicEnglish25 km
Clohanes N.S.22−24%CatholicEnglish25 km
Boston N.S.24−29%CatholicEnglish26 km
Lisdoonvarna N.S.143+9%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Cnoc Doire17−48%CatholicEnglish27 km
Burrane N.S.17−39%CatholicEnglish27 km
Cratloe N.S.278−2%CatholicEnglish27 km
Doolin Mixed N.S.93−5%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil an Sraith S.N.15−25%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
O Callaghans Mills N.S.29−52%CatholicEnglish29 km
Doonbeg N.S.63+13%CatholicEnglish30 km
Broadford & Kilbane National School136+16%CatholicEnglish32 km
Gaelscoil Ui Choimin61−5%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Convent of Mercy National School329+7%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Mhuire Miliuc84−25%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Dromindoora N.S.23−43%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Eoin Baiste42+40%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Mhuire68+11%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Ma Sheasta37−30%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir25−14%CatholicEnglish35 km
Bansha N.S.7−78%CatholicEnglish35 km
Bodyke N.S.27−13%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. an Phairtin Mixed317−3%CatholicEnglish36 km
Flagmount Central N.S.35+21%CatholicEnglish36 km
New Quay N.S.31+29%CatholicEnglish36 km
Scoil Seanain Naofa276−12%CatholicEnglish39 km
Tomgraney N.S.47−27%CatholicEnglish39 km
Scoil Realt na Mara134+86%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Baile an Droichid107+2%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scariff Central N.S.142+1%CatholicEnglish40 km
Raheen Wood Community National School102+10%Multi-denominationalEnglish40 km
Doonaha N.S.21–CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Moveen N.S.39−32%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Ogonnelloe National School101−11%CatholicEnglish44 km
Killaloe Boys N.S.104−21%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Mercy Convent Killaloe97−16%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Inis Cealtrach71+8%CatholicEnglish47 km
Carrigaholt Mixed N.S.30−6%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Lakyle N.S.47−41%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. Cuan19−21%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Living nearby

Living in Kilmaley

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

Median sale price
€286,800
routing key V95, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,170
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Clare

Homes in the V95 Eircode area

Housing in Kilmaley →

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 Kilmaley →

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.

Kilmaley, V95 CF30

Nearby

Primary schools near Kilmaley 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 Kilmaley N.S.

Is Kilmaley 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 Kilmaley N.S. have?

88 pupils in 2025/26. That is −18% since 2019/20.

Does Kilmaley N.S. teach through Irish?

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

Who runs Kilmaley N.S.?

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

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

The nearest are Inch N.S. (3.5 km), Connolly N.S. (4.9 km) and Kilnamona N.S. (5.7 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 Kilmaley; 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).