Stonehall N.S.
Stonehall, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare · V95 EY06 · Roll number 15350L
Stonehall N.S. is one of 8 primary schools in or within 3 km of Shannon. Every school in and around Shannon →
What stands out about Stonehall N.S.
- 101 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−11%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Shannon’s outline, 1.7 km away; listed with Shannon, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Stonehall N.S. had 101 pupils in 2025/26, down from 103 in 2015/16 (−2%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 116, in 2021/22. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Stonehall 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 Stonehall 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 Stonehall 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 Stonehall N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Stonehall 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: Stonehall N.S. has shrunk by 11% since 2019/20. All the schools around Shannon together changed by +7%.
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 Stonehall N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −11%; 3 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | ||
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 3 km | |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km |
The other 102 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Gaelscoil Ui Choimin | 61 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 40 km |
| Convent of Mercy National School | 329 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
Living in Shannon
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V14 Eircode area
Housing in Shannon →The median sale price rose from €206,000 in 2023 to €272,500 in 2025 (+32%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V14 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Shannon
Cost of living in Shannon →New tenancies in Shannon averaged €1,229 a month in 2025, against €1,130 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Shannon, V95 EY06
Primary schools near Stonehall 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 Stonehall N.S.
Is Stonehall 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 Stonehall N.S. have?
101 pupils in 2025/26. That is −11% since 2019/20.
Does Stonehall N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Stonehall N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Stonehall N.S.?
Stonehall N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killaloe.
How do pupils get a place at Stonehall 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 Stonehall N.S.?
The nearest are Naomh Tola (2.9 km), Shannon Airport No 2 NS (3 km) and Gaelscoil Donncha Rua (3.1 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 Shannon; 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).