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Liscannor, Co. Clare · V95 WV32 · Roll number 18410S
S.N. Liosceanuir is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Liscannor. Every school in and around Liscannor →
What stands out about S.N. Liosceanuir
- 105 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 105 pupils, 46% more than the 72 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Liscannor or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Liosceanuir had 105 pupils in 2025/26, against 68 in 2015/16 (+54%). Girls are 57% of them. Its largest roll was 110, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for S.N. Liosceanuir
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 S.N. Liosceanuir 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 S.N. Liosceanuir
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 S.N. Liosceanuir
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Liosceanuir 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Liosceanuir has grown by 46% 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, 2 have more pupils than S.N. Liosceanuir. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +46%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | ||
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.7 km | |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
The other 102 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Gaelscoil Ui Choimin | 61 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 33 km |
| Convent of Mercy National School | 329 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 43 km |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 59 km | |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 69 km |
Living in Liscannor
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V95 Eircode area
Housing in Liscannor →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 Liscannor →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 ↗














Liscannor, V95 WV32
Primary schools near S.N. Liosceanuir
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S.N. Liosceanuir
Is S.N. Liosceanuir 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 S.N. Liosceanuir have?
105 pupils in 2025/26. That is +46% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Liosceanuir teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Liosceanuir teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Liosceanuir?
S.N. Liosceanuir has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Liosceanuir?
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 S.N. Liosceanuir?
The nearest are Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch (3.4 km), Rineen N.S. (5 km) and S N Iosef Naofa (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 Liscannor; 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).