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S.N. an Aill Bhreach

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

Aillebrack, Ballyconneely, Co Galway · H71 EP65 · Roll number 17488E

S.N. an Aill Bhreach is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Clifden. Every school in and around Clifden →

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Pupils
25
September, 2025/26
9 girls, 16 boys
Since 2019/20
−38%
from 40 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Archbishop of Tuam
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. an Aill Bhreach

  • A small primary school: 25 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Smaller than it was: 25 pupils, 38% fewer than the 40 of 2019/20.
  • 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.
  • 9 girls and 16 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is the Archbishop of Tuam; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Clifden’s outline, 9.9 km away; listed with Clifden, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. an Aill Bhreach had 25 pupils in 2025/26, down from 38 in 2015/16 (−34%). Girls are 36% of them. Its largest roll was 41, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

02040602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for S.N. an Aill Bhreach

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. an Aill Bhreach 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on S.N. an Aill Bhreach

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 in

Getting a place at S.N. an Aill Bhreach

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to S.N. an Aill Bhreach 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.

Pupils
25
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−38%
from 40 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. an Aill Bhreach has shrunk by 38% since 2019/20. All the schools around Clifden together changed by +11%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. an Aill Bhreach−38%
The primary schools around Clifden+7%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The 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, 2 have more pupils than S.N. an Aill Bhreach. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −38%; 4 of the 5 grew faster.

S.N. an Aill Bhreach25
Ballyconeely15
S.N. Naomh Antoine2
Scoil Mhuire241
S.N. Eanna25
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43
S N na Naomh Uile15
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25−38%CatholicEnglish✓
Ballyconeely N.S.15−35%CatholicEnglish✓3.4 km
S.N. Naomh Antoine2−92%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Scoil Mhuire241+7%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
S.N. Eanna25+9%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43+115%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S N na Naomh Uile15–CatholicEnglish✓15 km
The other 210 primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Muire85+1%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Ard13−61%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa39+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓21 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig28+8%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
S.N. Naomh Brid25−43%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain10−55%CatholicAll in Irish✓22 km
S.N. Mhuire58+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
Inishbofin N.S.15–CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Leitirgeis39+34%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20−9%CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22−15%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S N Leitir Meallain25−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
S.N. Colmcille17−39%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
S.N. Briocain19−49%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
S.N. Mhuire31+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
S N Tir an Fhiaidh83+5%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27–CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Ronain15−50%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Scoil Mhuire81–CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
S.N. Eoin Pol II14−42%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
S N Tir na Cille22−35%CatholicAll in Irish38 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal19−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
S.N. Mhic Dara202−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S.N. Coilm Cille59+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
S.N. Ronain36−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
Scoil Mhuire36−41%CatholicAll in Irish45 km
Scoil Mhuire16−41%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Choilm Chille83−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig13−38%CatholicAll in Irish47 km
S.N. Inis Meadhoin13–CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
S.N. an Fhairche62+27%CatholicAll in Irish52 km
S.N. Sailearna212+6%CatholicAll in Irish53 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265+11%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Caomhain33+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef94+2%CatholicEnglish57 km
Scoil Einne171−18%CatholicAll in Irish58 km
Ainbhthin Naofa261+15%CatholicEnglish58 km
S.N. Baile Nua62−26%CatholicAll in Irish61 km
S N Caladh na Muc18−66%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Scoil Mhuire396−2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish63 km
S.N. Naomh Fhursa100−26%CatholicEnglish63 km
S N na bhForbacha229+27%CatholicAll in Irish63 km
SN Tullach Ui Chadhain65−6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish64 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa18–CatholicEnglish65 km
SN Tuairini84−1%CatholicEnglish65 km
Headford Primary School137–CatholicEnglish67 km
S N Seamus Naofa221−17%CatholicAll in Irish67 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef183−27%CatholicSome subjects in Irish67 km
Cloughanower N.S.66−24%CatholicEnglish68 km
Knocknacarra Educate Together NS207+30%Multi-denominationalEnglish68 km
Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School112+104%Multi-denominationalEnglish68 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig60−3%CatholicEnglish69 km
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS400−7%CatholicEnglish69 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh643+8%CatholicAll in Irish70 km
S.N. N Breandain129−12%CatholicAll in Irish70 km
Bushy Park N.S.366+0%CatholicEnglish70 km
Scoil Naomh Einde119−7%CatholicEnglish71 km
S.N. Brighde130−24%CatholicAll in Irish71 km
Scoil Ide244−13%CatholicEnglish71 km
Galway Educate Together NS373−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish71 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis297−20%CatholicEnglish71 km
Bunscoil Naomh Chuana208+9%CatholicEnglish71 km
S.N. Bride Naofa187−2%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
S.N. Fhursa216−17%CatholicAll in Irish72 km
Scoil Croi Iosa122−5%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
S.N. Iognaid480−11%CatholicAll in Irish72 km
Parochial N.S.75−13%Church of IrelandEnglish72 km
Niochlas N.S.262−9%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
S.N. Padraic Naofa214+4%CatholicEnglish72 km
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236+15%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
Tirellan Heights N.S.330−15%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
S.N. Domhnach Padraig92−29%CatholicEnglish73 km
S.N. Colmcille70−19%CatholicEnglish✓74 km
Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa281−4%CatholicEnglish75 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois350−11%CatholicEnglish✓75 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365−3%CatholicEnglish✓75 km
Radharc na Mara National School353–CatholicEnglish✓75 km
Gaelscoil Dara419−9%CatholicAll in Irish75 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef51−14%CatholicEnglish75 km
Merlin Woods Primary School383−15%CatholicEnglish77 km
Scoil Mhuire223−11%CatholicEnglish77 km
Kilconly N.S.90−30%CatholicEnglish77 km
S.N. an Bhain Mhoir108−33%CatholicEnglish78 km
S.N. Ciarain Naofa67−32%CatholicEnglish78 km
S N Chlair na Gaillimhe311−1%CatholicEnglish78 km
S N an Croi Ro Naofa208−12%CatholicEnglish79 km
Claregalway Educate Together NS220+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓79 km
S.N. an Tsaileain90+0%CatholicEnglish79 km
St Brendans N.S.39−11%CatholicEnglish79 km
S.N. Cor an Droma73−16%CatholicEnglish80 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire233−4%CatholicEnglish80 km
Gaelscoil de hIde399−12%CatholicAll in Irish80 km
Scoil Íosa770–CatholicEnglish81 km
S.N. Cearn Mor174+1%CatholicAll in Irish82 km
S.N. Bhride229−8%CatholicEnglish82 km
S.N. Bheanain31+0%CatholicEnglish82 km
St Colmans Mxd N.S.202−20%CatholicEnglish83 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig221−3%CatholicEnglish83 km
S.N. Baile an Mhuilinn99−3%CatholicEnglish84 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef324−9%CatholicEnglish84 km
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha223+2%CatholicAll in Irish84 km
Ballinderreen Mxd N.S.182−9%CatholicEnglish84 km
Trinity Primary School781−3%CatholicEnglish✓85 km
Tuam Educate Together National School195+55%Multi-denominationalEnglish85 km
Scoil Mhuire256−3%CatholicEnglish85 km
Ceathru na nGarrdhanta203−1%CatholicEnglish85 km
S.N. Naomh Uinseann67−29%CatholicEnglish85 km
S.N. Mhuire229−1%CatholicEnglish86 km
Ballinderry N.S.191−8%CatholicEnglish86 km
Kilcolgan Educate Together NS195−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish86 km
Annagh Hill NS105+4%CatholicEnglish86 km
S.N. Brighdhe Naofa64−6%CatholicEnglish87 km
Crumlin N.S.95−23%CatholicEnglish88 km
Carnain N.S.89−18%CatholicEnglish89 km
Garrafrauns Central Sch95−7%CatholicEnglish89 km
S N na Fuar Coilleadh100+4%CatholicEnglish89 km
S.N. Cathair Geal124+43%CatholicEnglish89 km
S.N. Cronain59−6%CatholicEnglish89 km
SN Ceathru na Laithigh54+2%CatholicEnglish89 km
S.N. Cillinin195−15%CatholicEnglish90 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish91 km
Gaelscoil Riada158−42%CatholicAll in Irish92 km
Athenry Primary School501–CatholicEnglish92 km
Newtown NS172+5%CatholicEnglish✓92 km
Barnaderg Central Sch77−23%CatholicEnglish93 km
S.N. Ard Raithin176+56%CatholicEnglish93 km
S.N. Creachmhaoil318−5%CatholicEnglish93 km
S.N. Cill Tartain117+4%CatholicEnglish94 km
S.N. Muine Mhea251+31%CatholicEnglish94 km
S.N. an Leath Bhaile69+5%CatholicEnglish94 km
Nioclas Naofa221+2%CatholicEnglish94 km
S.N. Mhuire58−26%CatholicEnglish95 km
Gort National School197−2%CatholicEnglish✓95 km
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish95 km
Gaelscoil na bhFili41−5%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish96 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.199+3%CatholicEnglish96 km
S.N. Baile an Leasa17−35%CatholicEnglish96 km
Brierfield N School80−2%CatholicEnglish97 km
Esker N.S.65−37%CatholicEnglish97 km
Ballymana N.S.108−25%CatholicEnglish97 km
S.N. Cill Fheicin69+6%CatholicEnglish97 km
S.N. Naomh Thomais55−21%CatholicEnglish97 km
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish98 km
S N Gort na Leime23−12%CatholicEnglish98 km
Scoil Iarlatha Naofa53−21%CatholicEnglish98 km
Clonberne Central Sch107−12%CatholicEnglish✓99 km
Scoil Bride20−13%CatholicEnglish99 km
St Columba's National School44+52%CatholicEnglish100 km
Togala Mhuire198+32%CatholicEnglish100 km
Kilchreest Central Sch110+15%CatholicEnglish100 km
S.N. Seosamh Naofa203−0%CatholicEnglish101 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa12−66%CatholicEnglish101 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa106+4%CatholicEnglish103 km
Gurteen Central N.S.49−31%CatholicEnglish103 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa38+73%CatholicEnglish103 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig146−4%CatholicEnglish103 km
St Oliver Plunkett National School114+1%CatholicEnglish104 km
Gaelscoil Riabhach170−16%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish105 km
Glenamaddy N.S.142+17%CatholicEnglish105 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna208+0%CatholicEnglish106 km
Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe110+36%CatholicEnglish✓106 km
S.N. Ide Naofa328−5%CatholicEnglish106 km
St Brendans N.S.216−1%CatholicEnglish106 km
Scoil Mhuire48+45%CatholicEnglish107 km
S.N. Cillini Dioma147+71%CatholicEnglish107 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180+13%CatholicEnglish108 km
Ballymacward Central Sc81−4%CatholicEnglish109 km
Castleblakeney N.S.52−4%CatholicEnglish109 km
Scoil Bhride106+4%CatholicEnglish109 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe64+36%CatholicEnglish110 km
S.N. Cill Cruain52−19%CatholicEnglish111 km
S N na Cealltraighe93+27%CatholicEnglish✓111 km
S.N. Aindreis Naofa94−11%CatholicEnglish112 km
S.N. Cill Richill69+23%CatholicEnglish113 km
S.N. Cill Cuile109+7%CatholicEnglish113 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish114 km
S.N. Cill Conaill65+5%CatholicEnglish114 km
S.N. an Droma15−61%CatholicEnglish114 km
Cappatagle Central Sch105−6%CatholicEnglish115 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa22−35%CatholicEnglish115 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa106−15%CatholicEnglish115 km
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11−56%CatholicEnglish116 km
S N Pairc na Slinne13–CatholicEnglish✓117 km
S N Baile na Cille32+3%CatholicEnglish117 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa32−53%CatholicEnglish117 km
S.N. na Coille Glaise135+38%CatholicEnglish✓117 km
S.N. Breandain Naofa87+123%CatholicEnglish117 km
Creggs Central N.S.87+30%CatholicEnglish✓118 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal81−5%CatholicEnglish✓119 km
S.N. Caitriona Naofa117+26%CatholicEnglish120 km
St Feichins N School32−26%CatholicEnglish120 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa45+73%CatholicEnglish120 km
The Glebe N.S.17–Church of IrelandEnglish120 km
S.N. Lorcain Naofa45−15%CatholicEnglish121 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓121 km
St. Josephs N.S.53−24%CatholicEnglish✓122 km
Kiltormer N.S.89+256%CatholicEnglish124 km
Iomair N.S.136+20%CatholicEnglish124 km
S.N. an Cillin42−42%CatholicEnglish125 km
S.N. Ui Cheithearnaigh193−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓125 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa34+55%CatholicEnglish✓125 km
Aibhistin Naofa80+86%CatholicEnglish125 km
Scoil an Chroi Naofa293+2%CatholicEnglish✓126 km
Gortanumera N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish126 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal445+7%CatholicEnglish128 km
Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha117+72%CatholicEnglish131 km
St Brendans N.S.235+4%CatholicEnglish✓131 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal53+51%CatholicEnglish132 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓134 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish138 km
Living nearby

Living in Clifden

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€240,000
113 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€959
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the H71 Eircode area

Housing in Clifden →

The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €287,500 in 2025 (+15%).

2023€250,000
2024€257,500
2025€287,500

Property Price Register sales in the H71 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Clifden

Cost of living in Clifden →

New tenancies in Clifden averaged €959 a month in 2025, against €930 in 2024 (+3%).

2024€930
2025€959

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

near Clifden, H71 EP65

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. an Aill Bhreach

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Ballyconeely N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
15 pupils−35% since 2019/203.4 km
S.N. Naomh Antoine
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
2 pupils−92% since 2019/2010 km
Scoil Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
241 pupils+7% since 2019/2011 km
S.N. Eanna
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
25 pupils+9% since 2019/2014 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
43 pupils+115% since 2019/2014 km
S N na Naomh Uile
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
15 pupils15 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 17488E

Questions about S.N. an Aill Bhreach

Is S.N. an Aill Bhreach 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. an Aill Bhreach have?

25 pupils in 2025/26. That is −38% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. an Aill Bhreach teach through Irish?

No: S.N. an Aill Bhreach teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. an Aill Bhreach?

S.N. an Aill Bhreach has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Tuam.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. an Aill Bhreach?

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. an Aill Bhreach?

The nearest are Ballyconeely N.S. (3.4 km), S.N. Naomh Antoine (10 km) and Scoil Mhuire (11 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 Clifden; 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).