Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre
An Cheathrú Rua, Co na Gaillimhe · H91 P5K2 · Roll number 20329B
Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre is the only one of the special schools in or within 3 km of An Cheathrú Rua. Every school in and around An Cheathrú Rua →
What stands out about Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre
- A small special school: 19 pupils, against a typical 58.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is Ability West; its ethos is other.
- The only special school in An Cheathrú Rua or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre had 19 pupils in 2025/26, against 13 in 2015/16 (+46%). Girls are 42% of them. 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 Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre
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 Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre 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 Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre
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 Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre follow a professional report on the child’s needs; the National Council for Special Education’s local special educational needs organiser helps families apply.
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.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Living in An Cheathrú Rua
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the H91 Eircode area
Housing in An Cheathrú Rua →The median sale price rose from €338,600 in 2023 to €408,300 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the H91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Galway
Cost of living in An Cheathrú Rua →New tenancies in Co. Galway averaged €1,637 a month in 2025, against €1,501 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗An Cheathrú Rua, H91 P5K2
Questions about Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre
Is Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre 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 Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre have?
19 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre teach through Irish?
No: Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre?
Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre has a other ethos. Its patron is Ability West.
How do pupils get a place at Tígh Nan Dooley Child Education and Development Centre?
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.
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 An Cheathrú Rua; 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).