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S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal

PrimaryCatholic

LEENANE, CO GALWAY · H91 C6H9 · Roll number 18490T

S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Clifden. Every school in and around Clifden →

Pupils
27
September, 2025/26
13 girls, 14 boys
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. M an Croi Gan Smal

  • A small primary school: 27 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Archbishop of Tuam; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Clifden’s outline, 23 km away; listed with Clifden, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal had 27 pupils in 2025/26, against 21 in 2015/16 (+29%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 30, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.

081624322015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal

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. M an Croi Gan Smal 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. M an Croi Gan Smal

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. M an Croi Gan Smal

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

Families apply to S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal 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.

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, 3 have more pupils than S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal.

S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27
S.N. Coill Mor6
S N Tir na Cille22
Carrakennedy32
S.N. Leitirgeis39
S.N. Naomh Padraig13
S.N. Muire85
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27–CatholicEnglish
S.N. Coill Mor6–CatholicEnglish11 km
S N Tir na Cille22−35%CatholicAll in Irish13 km
Carrakennedy N.S.32−22%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Leitirgeis39+34%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig13−38%CatholicAll in Irish17 km
S.N. Muire85+1%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
The other 212 primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire36−41%CatholicAll in Irish18 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig28+8%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Naomh Brid25−43%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa39+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓21 km
S.N. an Fhairche62+27%CatholicAll in Irish23 km
S.N. Briocain19−49%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil Mhuire241+7%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Scoil Mhuire16−41%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal19−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
S.N. Eanna25+9%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S N na Naomh Uile15–CatholicEnglish✓28 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef94+2%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Naomh Antoine2−92%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
S.N. Mhuire31+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43+115%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22−15%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265+11%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Ballyconeely N.S.15−35%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
S.N. Mhuire58+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
S.N. Ard13−61%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20−9%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
Scoil Mhuire81–CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
Inishbofin N.S.15–CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Colmcille17−39%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain10−55%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25−38%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S N Tir an Fhiaidh83+5%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Ainbhthin Naofa261+15%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Coilm Cille59+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
S.N. Mhic Dara202−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
S.N. Naomh Fhursa100−26%CatholicEnglish38 km
S N Leitir Meallain25−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
S N Caladh na Muc18−66%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Ronain15−50%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa18–CatholicEnglish40 km
Headford Primary School137–CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Baile Nua62−26%CatholicAll in Irish42 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig60−3%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Choilm Chille83−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
Cloughanower N.S.66−24%CatholicEnglish43 km
SN Tullach Ui Chadhain65−6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish43 km
S.N. Sailearna212+6%CatholicAll in Irish44 km
Scoil Mhuire396−2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish45 km
S.N. Domhnach Padraig92−29%CatholicEnglish46 km
Bunscoil Naomh Chuana208+9%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Einne171−18%CatholicAll in Irish47 km
Kilconly N.S.90−30%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. N Breandain129−12%CatholicAll in Irish48 km
St Brendans N.S.39−11%CatholicEnglish48 km
SN Tuairini84−1%CatholicEnglish48 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef51−14%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. an Tsaileain90+0%CatholicEnglish50 km
S N na bhForbacha229+27%CatholicAll in Irish51 km
S.N. Eoin Pol II14−42%CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
S N an Croi Ro Naofa208−12%CatholicEnglish51 km
Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa281−4%CatholicEnglish51 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef183−27%CatholicSome subjects in Irish51 km
S.N. Bheanain31+0%CatholicEnglish53 km
Knocknacarra Educate Together NS207+30%Multi-denominationalEnglish53 km
Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School112+104%Multi-denominationalEnglish53 km
S N Seamus Naofa221−17%CatholicAll in Irish53 km
S.N. Ronain36−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
S.N. Brighde130−24%CatholicAll in Irish53 km
Bushy Park N.S.366+0%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Baile an Mhuilinn99−3%CatholicEnglish53 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh643+8%CatholicAll in Irish54 km
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS400−7%CatholicEnglish54 km
Galway Educate Together NS373−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish54 km
S.N. Bride Naofa187−2%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Naomh Einde119−7%CatholicEnglish55 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis297−20%CatholicEnglish55 km
Tirellan Heights N.S.330−15%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Ide244−13%CatholicEnglish55 km
Scoil Croi Iosa122−5%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S.N. Fhursa216−17%CatholicAll in Irish55 km
Parochial N.S.75−13%Church of IrelandEnglish55 km
S.N. Iognaid480−11%CatholicAll in Irish55 km
S.N. an Bhain Mhoir108−33%CatholicEnglish55 km
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236+15%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Colmcille70−19%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Padraic Naofa214+4%CatholicEnglish56 km
S.N. Cor an Droma73−16%CatholicEnglish56 km
Niochlas N.S.262−9%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Ceathru na nGarrdhanta203−1%CatholicEnglish56 km
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha223+2%CatholicAll in Irish56 km
Trinity Primary School781−3%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
St Colmans Mxd N.S.202−20%CatholicEnglish57 km
Tuam Educate Together National School195+55%Multi-denominationalEnglish57 km
Radharc na Mara National School353–CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois350−11%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365−3%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Inis Meadhoin13–CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
Garrafrauns Central Sch95−7%CatholicEnglish57 km
S N Chlair na Gaillimhe311−1%CatholicEnglish57 km
Gaelscoil Dara419−9%CatholicAll in Irish58 km
Claregalway Educate Together NS220+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓58 km
Scoil Mhuire223−11%CatholicEnglish58 km
Merlin Woods Primary School383−15%CatholicEnglish59 km
S.N. Bhride229−8%CatholicEnglish59 km
SN Ceathru na Laithigh54+2%CatholicEnglish60 km
Ballinderry N.S.191−8%CatholicEnglish60 km
S.N. Caomhain33+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
S.N. Cearn Mor174+1%CatholicAll in Irish61 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig221−3%CatholicEnglish61 km
Annagh Hill NS105+4%CatholicEnglish62 km
S.N. Cathair Geal124+43%CatholicEnglish62 km
S.N. Naomh Uinseann67−29%CatholicEnglish62 km
Gaelscoil de hIde399−12%CatholicAll in Irish62 km
Scoil Íosa770–CatholicEnglish62 km
Nioclas Naofa221+2%CatholicEnglish63 km
Crumlin N.S.95−23%CatholicEnglish64 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire233−4%CatholicEnglish64 km
S.N. an Leath Bhaile69+5%CatholicEnglish65 km
Barnaderg Central Sch77−23%CatholicEnglish65 km
S.N. Baile an Leasa17−35%CatholicEnglish66 km
S.N. Ciarain Naofa67−32%CatholicEnglish66 km
S.N. Mhuire229−1%CatholicEnglish66 km
Newtown NS172+5%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Carnain N.S.89−18%CatholicEnglish67 km
S N Gort na Leime23−12%CatholicEnglish67 km
Scoil Mhuire256−3%CatholicEnglish68 km
Kilcolgan Educate Together NS195−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish69 km
Clonberne Central Sch107−12%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Ballinderreen Mxd N.S.182−9%CatholicEnglish69 km
Brierfield N School80−2%CatholicEnglish70 km
S.N. Muine Mhea251+31%CatholicEnglish70 km
S N na Fuar Coilleadh100+4%CatholicEnglish70 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa12−66%CatholicEnglish70 km
Gaelscoil Riada158−42%CatholicAll in Irish71 km
Athenry Primary School501–CatholicEnglish71 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef324−9%CatholicEnglish71 km
Scoil Bride20−13%CatholicEnglish71 km
S.N. Cillinin195−15%CatholicEnglish72 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.199+3%CatholicEnglish73 km
Scoil Iarlatha Naofa53−21%CatholicEnglish73 km
S.N. Cronain59−6%CatholicEnglish73 km
Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe110+36%CatholicEnglish✓74 km
S.N. Brighdhe Naofa64−6%CatholicEnglish74 km
St Oliver Plunkett National School114+1%CatholicEnglish74 km
S.N. Creachmhaoil318−5%CatholicEnglish74 km
Glenamaddy N.S.142+17%CatholicEnglish75 km
Scoil Mhuire48+45%CatholicEnglish76 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig146−4%CatholicEnglish76 km
Esker N.S.65−37%CatholicEnglish76 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa106+4%CatholicEnglish77 km
S.N. Ard Raithin176+56%CatholicEnglish78 km
S.N. Mhuire58−26%CatholicEnglish78 km
Gurteen Central N.S.49−31%CatholicEnglish78 km
Togala Mhuire198+32%CatholicEnglish79 km
Ballymana N.S.108−25%CatholicEnglish79 km
S.N. Cill Cruain52−19%CatholicEnglish79 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish80 km
S.N. Cill Tartain117+4%CatholicEnglish81 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180+13%CatholicEnglish81 km
S.N. Seosamh Naofa203−0%CatholicEnglish81 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa38+73%CatholicEnglish81 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe64+36%CatholicEnglish81 km
Castleblakeney N.S.52−4%CatholicEnglish83 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish83 km
S.N. Naomh Thomais55−21%CatholicEnglish83 km
Gort National School197−2%CatholicEnglish✓83 km
Kilchreest Central Sch110+15%CatholicEnglish83 km
Ballymacward Central Sc81−4%CatholicEnglish83 km
Gaelscoil na bhFili41−5%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish83 km
S.N. Cill Fheicin69+6%CatholicEnglish84 km
S N na Cealltraighe93+27%CatholicEnglish✓84 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna208+0%CatholicEnglish85 km
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish85 km
Gaelscoil Riabhach170−16%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish85 km
Scoil Bhride106+4%CatholicEnglish86 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa106−15%CatholicEnglish87 km
S.N. Ide Naofa328−5%CatholicEnglish87 km
St Columba's National School44+52%CatholicEnglish87 km
St Brendans N.S.216−1%CatholicEnglish87 km
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish88 km
Creggs Central N.S.87+30%CatholicEnglish✓88 km
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11−56%CatholicEnglish89 km
S.N. Cillini Dioma147+71%CatholicEnglish89 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa22−35%CatholicEnglish90 km
S.N. Cill Conaill65+5%CatholicEnglish90 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal81−5%CatholicEnglish✓91 km
S.N. na Coille Glaise135+38%CatholicEnglish✓91 km
S.N. Cill Richill69+23%CatholicEnglish92 km
Cappatagle Central Sch105−6%CatholicEnglish92 km
S.N. Cill Cuile109+7%CatholicEnglish93 km
S.N. Aindreis Naofa94−11%CatholicEnglish94 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa45+73%CatholicEnglish95 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓96 km
S.N. Breandain Naofa87+123%CatholicEnglish96 km
S.N. Caitriona Naofa117+26%CatholicEnglish97 km
The Glebe N.S.17–Church of IrelandEnglish97 km
S.N. an Droma15−61%CatholicEnglish98 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa32−53%CatholicEnglish98 km
S N Baile na Cille32+3%CatholicEnglish100 km
S N Pairc na Slinne13–CatholicEnglish✓101 km
S.N. Ui Cheithearnaigh193−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓101 km
Scoil an Chroi Naofa293+2%CatholicEnglish✓101 km
S.N. Lorcain Naofa45−15%CatholicEnglish102 km
Kiltormer N.S.89+256%CatholicEnglish102 km
St Feichins N School32−26%CatholicEnglish102 km
Aibhistin Naofa80+86%CatholicEnglish102 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal445+7%CatholicEnglish103 km
Iomair N.S.136+20%CatholicEnglish104 km
St. Josephs N.S.53−24%CatholicEnglish✓106 km
S.N. an Cillin42−42%CatholicEnglish107 km
Gortanumera N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish108 km
Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha117+72%CatholicEnglish108 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa34+55%CatholicEnglish✓110 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal53+51%CatholicEnglish111 km
St Brendans N.S.235+4%CatholicEnglish✓113 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓113 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish115 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.

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.

near Clifden, H91 C6H9

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal

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. M an Croi Gan Smal

Is S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal 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. M an Croi Gan Smal have?

27 pupils in 2025/26.

Does S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal teach through Irish?

No: S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal?

S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Tuam.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal?

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. M an Croi Gan Smal?

The nearest are S.N. Coill Mor (11 km), S N Tir na Cille (13 km) and Carrakennedy N.S. (14 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).