Doolin Mixed N.S.
Ennis, Co. Clare · V95 TC66 · Roll number 17517I
Doolin Mixed N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Lisdoonvarna. Every school in and around Lisdoonvarna →
What stands out about Doolin Mixed N.S.
- 93 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−5%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Lisdoonvarna’s outline, 4.6 km away; listed with Lisdoonvarna, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Doolin Mixed N.S. had 93 pupils in 2025/26, against 76 in 2015/16 (+22%). Girls are 42% of them. Its largest roll was 115, in 2022/23. 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 Doolin Mixed 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 Doolin Mixed 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 Doolin Mixed 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 Doolin Mixed N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Doolin Mixed 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.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Doolin Mixed N.S. has shrunk by 5% since 2019/20. All the schools around Lisdoonvarna together changed by +12%.
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, 4 have more pupils than Doolin Mixed N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −5%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
The other 102 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Gaelscoil Ui Choimin | 61 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 42 km |
| Convent of Mercy National School | 329 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 48 km |
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 59 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 68 km |
Living in Lisdoonvarna
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V95 Eircode area
Housing in Lisdoonvarna →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 Lisdoonvarna →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 Lisdoonvarna, V95 TC66
Primary schools near Doolin Mixed 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 Doolin Mixed N.S.
Is Doolin Mixed 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 Doolin Mixed N.S. have?
93 pupils in 2025/26. That is −5% since 2019/20.
Does Doolin Mixed N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Doolin Mixed N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Doolin Mixed N.S.?
Doolin Mixed N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora.
How do pupils get a place at Doolin Mixed 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 Doolin Mixed N.S.?
The nearest are S.N. Aibhistin Naofa (5.8 km), Lisdoonvarna N.S. (5.9 km) and S.N. Liosceanuir (8.7 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 Lisdoonvarna; 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).