Lissycasey N.S.
Lissycasey, Ennis, Co. Clare · V95 DH58 · Roll number 18555V
Lissycasey N.S. is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Lissycasey. Every school in and around Lissycasey →
What stands out about Lissycasey N.S.
- 167 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- The largest of the 3 primary schools around Lissycasey.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Lissycasey’s outline, 1.3 km away; listed with Lissycasey, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Lissycasey N.S. had 167 pupils in 2025/26, against 151 in 2015/16 (+11%). Girls are 42% of them. Its largest roll was 184, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Lissycasey 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 Lissycasey 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 Lissycasey 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 Lissycasey N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Lissycasey 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: Lissycasey N.S. has shrunk by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Lissycasey together changed by −17%.
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.
Lissycasey N.S. has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −7%; 1 of the 3 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | ||
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 9 km |
The other 102 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 21 km |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Choimin | 61 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 24 km |
| Convent of Mercy National School | 329 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 47 km | |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 60 km |
Living in Lissycasey
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V95 Eircode area
Housing in Lissycasey →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 Lissycasey →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 Lissycasey, V95 DH58
Primary schools near Lissycasey 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 Lissycasey N.S.
Is Lissycasey 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 Lissycasey N.S. have?
167 pupils in 2025/26. That is −7% since 2019/20.
Does Lissycasey N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Lissycasey N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Lissycasey N.S.?
Lissycasey N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killaloe.
How do pupils get a place at Lissycasey 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 Lissycasey N.S.?
The nearest are Cluain Draigneach (4 km), SN na Crannaighe (5.9 km) and S N Chathair Aodha (6 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 Lissycasey; 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).