Annagh N.S.
Annagh, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare · V95 NP38 · Roll number 15221A
Annagh N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Spanish Point. Every school in and around Spanish Point →
What stands out about Annagh N.S.
- 81 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−13%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Spanish Point’s outline, 1.9 km away; listed with Spanish Point, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Annagh N.S. had 81 pupils in 2025/26, down from 84 in 2015/16 (−4%). Girls are 58% of them. Its largest roll was 99, in 2020/21. 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 Annagh 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 Annagh 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 Annagh 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 Annagh N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Annagh 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Annagh N.S. has shrunk by 13% since 2019/20. All the schools around Spanish Point together changed by +27%.
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, 1 have more pupils than Annagh N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −13%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km |
The other 102 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ui Choimin | 61 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 21 km |
| Convent of Mercy National School | 329 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 37 km | |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 38 km |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 60 km | |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 72 km |
Living in Spanish Point
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V95 Eircode area
Housing in Spanish Point →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 Spanish Point →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 Spanish Point, V95 NP38
Primary schools near Annagh 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 Annagh N.S.
Is Annagh 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 Annagh N.S. have?
81 pupils in 2025/26. That is −13% since 2019/20.
Does Annagh N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Annagh N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Annagh N.S.?
Annagh N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killaloe.
How do pupils get a place at Annagh 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 Annagh N.S.?
The nearest are Mullach N.S. (2.5 km), Quilty N.S. (3 km) and Miltown Malbay B N.S. (3.5 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 Spanish Point; 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).