S.N. Dubh Rath
Ballyvonnavaun, Clarecastle, Co. Clare · V95 YW31 · Roll number 18696Q
S.N. Dubh Rath is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Quin. Every school in and around Quin →
What stands out about S.N. Dubh Rath
- 113 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 113 pupils, 28% more than the 88 of 2019/20.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Quin’s outline, 2.7 km away; listed with Quin, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Dubh Rath had 113 pupils in 2025/26, against 85 in 2015/16 (+33%). Girls are 46% of them. Its roll rose in 7 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. Dubh Rath
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. Dubh Rath 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. Dubh Rath
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. Dubh Rath
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Dubh Rath 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: S.N. Dubh Rath has grown by 28% since 2019/20. All the schools around Quin together changed by +18%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than S.N. Dubh Rath. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +28%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km |
The other 102 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 6.1 km | |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Choimin | 61 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 43 km |
| Convent of Mercy National School | 329 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
Living in Quin
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V95 Eircode area
Housing in Quin →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 Quin →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 Quin, V95 YW31
Primary schools near S.N. Dubh Rath
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. Dubh Rath
Is S.N. Dubh Rath 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. Dubh Rath have?
113 pupils in 2025/26. That is +28% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Dubh Rath teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Dubh Rath teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Dubh Rath?
S.N. Dubh Rath has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killaloe.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Dubh Rath?
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. Dubh Rath?
The nearest are Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan (3.5 km), Clarecastle National School (3.9 km) and S.N. Cnoc an Ein (4 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 Quin; 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).