S.N. Cluain Muinge
Clonmoney, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare · V95 AH94 · Roll number 18032M
S.N. Cluain Muinge is one of 8 primary schools in or within 3 km of Shannon. Every school in and around Shannon →
What stands out about S.N. Cluain Muinge
- 205 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 205 pupils, 16% more than the 177 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Shannon’s outline, 1.1 km away; listed with Shannon, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Cluain Muinge had 205 pupils in 2025/26, against 150 in 2015/16 (+37%). Girls are 44% of them. Its largest roll was 207, in 2022/23. 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. Cluain Muinge
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. Cluain Muinge 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. Cluain Muinge
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. Cluain Muinge
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Cluain Muinge 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. Cluain Muinge has grown by 16% 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, 3 have more pupils than S.N. Cluain Muinge. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +16%; 0 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 3 km |
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 4.4 km |
The other 102 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Gaelscoil Ui Choimin | 61 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 45 km |
| Convent of Mercy National School | 329 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 71 km |
Living in Shannon
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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 AH94
Primary schools near S.N. Cluain Muinge
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. Cluain Muinge
Is S.N. Cluain Muinge 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. Cluain Muinge have?
205 pupils in 2025/26. That is +16% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Cluain Muinge teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Cluain Muinge teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Cluain Muinge?
S.N. Cluain Muinge has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killaloe.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Cluain Muinge?
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. Cluain Muinge?
The nearest are St Aidans N.S. (2 km), St Conaires N.S. (2.6 km) and Gaelscoil Donncha Rua (3 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).