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Carrowreagh East, Cranny, Kilrush, Co. Clare · V15 EK02 · Roll number 13804O
SN na Crannaighe is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Kilmihil. Every school in and around Kilmihil →
What stands out about SN na Crannaighe
- A small primary school: 32 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 Kilmihil’s outline, 6.4 km away; listed with Kilmihil, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26SN na Crannaighe had 32 pupils in 2025/26, against 21 in 2015/16 (+52%). Girls are 53% of them. 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 SN na Crannaighe
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 SN na Crannaighe 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 SN na Crannaighe
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 SN na Crannaighe
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to SN na Crannaighe 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.
Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 4 have more pupils than SN na Crannaighe.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | ||
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km |
The other 102 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | 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 |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 52 km | |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 65 km |
Living in Kilmihil
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V15 Eircode area
Housing in Kilmihil →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 Kilmihil →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 Kilmihil, V15 EK02
Primary schools near SN na Crannaighe
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about SN na Crannaighe
Is SN na Crannaighe 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 SN na Crannaighe have?
32 pupils in 2025/26.
Does SN na Crannaighe teach through Irish?
No: SN na Crannaighe teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs SN na Crannaighe?
SN na Crannaighe has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killaloe.
How do pupils get a place at SN na Crannaighe?
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 SN na Crannaighe?
The nearest are Coolmeen N.S. (3.8 km), Lissycasey N.S. (5.9 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 Kilmihil; 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).