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S.N. Muire Gan Smal

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

Claddaghduff, Co. Galway · H71 YF76 · Roll number 18608Q

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

Pupils
43
September, 2025/26
22 girls, 21 boys
Since 2019/20
+115%
from 20 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. Muire Gan Smal

  • A small primary school: 43 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 43 pupils, 115% more than the 20 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.
  • Its patron is the Archbishop of Tuam; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Clifden’s outline, 9.3 km away; listed with Clifden, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Muire Gan Smal had 43 pupils in 2025/26, against 24 in 2015/16 (+79%). Girls are 51% of them. Its roll rose in 5 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. Muire 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. Muire 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. Muire 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. Muire Gan Smal

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

Families apply to S.N. Muire 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.

It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.

Pupils
43
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+115%
from 20 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Muire Gan Smal has grown by 115% since 2019/20. All the schools around Clifden together changed by +11%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Muire Gan Smal+115%
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, 1 have more pupils than S.N. Muire Gan Smal. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +115%; 0 of the 4 grew faster.

S.N. Muire Gan Smal43
S N na Naomh Uile15
S.N. Naomh Antoine2
Inishbofin15
Scoil Mhuire241
S.N. Naomh Brid25
S.N. Naomh Padraig28
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43+115%CatholicEnglish✓
S N na Naomh Uile15–CatholicEnglish✓2.5 km
S.N. Naomh Antoine2−92%CatholicEnglish✓5 km
Inishbofin N.S.15–CatholicEnglish✓9.3 km
Scoil Mhuire241+7%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
S.N. Naomh Brid25−43%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig28+8%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
The other 210 primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Muire85+1%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Ballyconeely N.S.15−35%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25−38%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Leitirgeis39+34%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
S.N. Eanna25+9%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa39+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓26 km
S.N. Ard13−61%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27–CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Mhuire58+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain10−55%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20−9%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22−15%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
S N Tir na Cille22−35%CatholicAll in Irish38 km
S.N. Briocain19−49%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S.N. Mhuire31+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S.N. Colmcille17−39%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
S N Leitir Meallain25−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal19−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
S N Tir an Fhiaidh83+5%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
Scoil Mhuire81–CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Scoil Mhuire36−41%CatholicAll in Irish45 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig13−38%CatholicAll in Irish46 km
Scoil Ronain15−50%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
S.N. Mhic Dara202−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Scoil Mhuire16−41%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Coilm Cille59+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
S.N. Eoin Pol II14−42%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
S.N. an Fhairche62+27%CatholicAll in Irish51 km
S.N. Choilm Chille83−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓55 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265+11%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S.N. Ronain36−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef94+2%CatholicEnglish57 km
S.N. Sailearna212+6%CatholicAll in Irish60 km
Ainbhthin Naofa261+15%CatholicEnglish62 km
S.N. Inis Meadhoin13–CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
Scoil Einne171−18%CatholicAll in Irish65 km
S.N. Baile Nua62−26%CatholicAll in Irish65 km
S.N. Naomh Fhursa100−26%CatholicEnglish65 km
S N Caladh na Muc18−66%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa18–CatholicEnglish67 km
S.N. Caomhain33+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓68 km
Scoil Mhuire396−2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish68 km
SN Tullach Ui Chadhain65−6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish68 km
Headford Primary School137–CatholicEnglish69 km
Cloughanower N.S.66−24%CatholicEnglish70 km
S N na bhForbacha229+27%CatholicAll in Irish70 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig60−3%CatholicEnglish70 km
SN Tuairini84−1%CatholicEnglish71 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef183−27%CatholicSome subjects in Irish73 km
S.N. N Breandain129−12%CatholicAll in Irish73 km
S N Seamus Naofa221−17%CatholicAll in Irish73 km
Bunscoil Naomh Chuana208+9%CatholicEnglish74 km
Knocknacarra Educate Together NS207+30%Multi-denominationalEnglish74 km
Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School112+104%Multi-denominationalEnglish74 km
S.N. Domhnach Padraig92−29%CatholicEnglish74 km
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS400−7%CatholicEnglish75 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh643+8%CatholicAll in Irish76 km
Bushy Park N.S.366+0%CatholicEnglish76 km
S.N. Brighde130−24%CatholicAll in Irish76 km
Galway Educate Together NS373−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish77 km
Scoil Naomh Einde119−7%CatholicEnglish77 km
Kilconly N.S.90−30%CatholicEnglish77 km
Scoil Ide244−13%CatholicEnglish77 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis297−20%CatholicEnglish77 km
S.N. Bride Naofa187−2%CatholicEnglish✓77 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef51−14%CatholicEnglish77 km
S.N. Fhursa216−17%CatholicAll in Irish78 km
Scoil Croi Iosa122−5%CatholicEnglish✓78 km
Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa281−4%CatholicEnglish78 km
S.N. Iognaid480−11%CatholicAll in Irish78 km
Parochial N.S.75−13%Church of IrelandEnglish78 km
St Brendans N.S.39−11%CatholicEnglish78 km
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236+15%CatholicEnglish✓78 km
Tirellan Heights N.S.330−15%CatholicEnglish✓78 km
S.N. Padraic Naofa214+4%CatholicEnglish78 km
Niochlas N.S.262−9%CatholicEnglish✓78 km
S.N. Colmcille70−19%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
S.N. an Tsaileain90+0%CatholicEnglish79 km
S N an Croi Ro Naofa208−12%CatholicEnglish80 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois350−11%CatholicEnglish✓80 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365−3%CatholicEnglish✓80 km
Radharc na Mara National School353–CatholicEnglish✓80 km
Gaelscoil Dara419−9%CatholicAll in Irish81 km
S.N. an Bhain Mhoir108−33%CatholicEnglish82 km
Scoil Mhuire223−11%CatholicEnglish82 km
Merlin Woods Primary School383−15%CatholicEnglish82 km
S.N. Bheanain31+0%CatholicEnglish82 km
S N Chlair na Gaillimhe311−1%CatholicEnglish82 km
S.N. Cor an Droma73−16%CatholicEnglish83 km
Claregalway Educate Together NS220+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓83 km
S.N. Baile an Mhuilinn99−3%CatholicEnglish83 km
St Colmans Mxd N.S.202−20%CatholicEnglish85 km
S.N. Bhride229−8%CatholicEnglish85 km
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha223+2%CatholicAll in Irish85 km
Ceathru na nGarrdhanta203−1%CatholicEnglish85 km
Trinity Primary School781−3%CatholicEnglish✓85 km
S.N. Ciarain Naofa67−32%CatholicEnglish86 km
Gaelscoil de hIde399−12%CatholicAll in Irish86 km
Tuam Educate Together National School195+55%Multi-denominationalEnglish86 km
Scoil Íosa770–CatholicEnglish86 km
S.N. Cearn Mor174+1%CatholicAll in Irish86 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire233−4%CatholicEnglish86 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig221−3%CatholicEnglish87 km
Garrafrauns Central Sch95−7%CatholicEnglish87 km
Ballinderry N.S.191−8%CatholicEnglish88 km
S.N. Naomh Uinseann67−29%CatholicEnglish89 km
Annagh Hill NS105+4%CatholicEnglish89 km
SN Ceathru na Laithigh54+2%CatholicEnglish89 km
S.N. Mhuire229−1%CatholicEnglish90 km
S.N. Cathair Geal124+43%CatholicEnglish90 km
Scoil Mhuire256−3%CatholicEnglish91 km
Ballinderreen Mxd N.S.182−9%CatholicEnglish91 km
Crumlin N.S.95−23%CatholicEnglish91 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef324−9%CatholicEnglish91 km
Kilcolgan Educate Together NS195−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish92 km
Carnain N.S.89−18%CatholicEnglish93 km
Nioclas Naofa221+2%CatholicEnglish93 km
Barnaderg Central Sch77−23%CatholicEnglish94 km
S N na Fuar Coilleadh100+4%CatholicEnglish94 km
Newtown NS172+5%CatholicEnglish✓94 km
S.N. Brighdhe Naofa64−6%CatholicEnglish94 km
S.N. an Leath Bhaile69+5%CatholicEnglish94 km
S.N. Baile an Leasa17−35%CatholicEnglish95 km
S.N. Cronain59−6%CatholicEnglish95 km
S.N. Cillinin195−15%CatholicEnglish95 km
Gaelscoil Riada158−42%CatholicAll in Irish96 km
Athenry Primary School501–CatholicEnglish96 km
S.N. Muine Mhea251+31%CatholicEnglish97 km
S N Gort na Leime23−12%CatholicEnglish97 km
Brierfield N School80−2%CatholicEnglish98 km
S.N. Creachmhaoil318−5%CatholicEnglish98 km
Clonberne Central Sch107−12%CatholicEnglish✓99 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.199+3%CatholicEnglish99 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish99 km
S.N. Ard Raithin176+56%CatholicEnglish99 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa12−66%CatholicEnglish100 km
Scoil Bride20−13%CatholicEnglish100 km
Scoil Iarlatha Naofa53−21%CatholicEnglish101 km
S.N. Mhuire58−26%CatholicEnglish101 km
S.N. Cill Tartain117+4%CatholicEnglish101 km
Esker N.S.65−37%CatholicEnglish101 km
Ballymana N.S.108−25%CatholicEnglish102 km
Gort National School197−2%CatholicEnglish✓103 km
Gaelscoil na bhFili41−5%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish103 km
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish103 km
St Oliver Plunkett National School114+1%CatholicEnglish104 km
Togala Mhuire198+32%CatholicEnglish104 km
Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe110+36%CatholicEnglish✓104 km
S.N. Naomh Thomais55−21%CatholicEnglish104 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig146−4%CatholicEnglish105 km
Glenamaddy N.S.142+17%CatholicEnglish105 km
S.N. Cill Fheicin69+6%CatholicEnglish105 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa106+4%CatholicEnglish105 km
Scoil Mhuire48+45%CatholicEnglish106 km
S.N. Seosamh Naofa203−0%CatholicEnglish106 km
Gurteen Central N.S.49−31%CatholicEnglish106 km
Kilchreest Central Sch110+15%CatholicEnglish106 km
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish106 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa38+73%CatholicEnglish107 km
St Columba's National School44+52%CatholicEnglish107 km
S.N. Cill Cruain52−19%CatholicEnglish109 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180+13%CatholicEnglish109 km
Gaelscoil Riabhach170−16%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish110 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna208+0%CatholicEnglish110 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe64+36%CatholicEnglish111 km
Castleblakeney N.S.52−4%CatholicEnglish111 km
Ballymacward Central Sc81−4%CatholicEnglish111 km
S.N. Ide Naofa328−5%CatholicEnglish111 km
St Brendans N.S.216−1%CatholicEnglish112 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish113 km
Scoil Bhride106+4%CatholicEnglish113 km
S N na Cealltraighe93+27%CatholicEnglish✓113 km
S.N. Cillini Dioma147+71%CatholicEnglish113 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa106−15%CatholicEnglish116 km
S.N. Cill Richill69+23%CatholicEnglish117 km
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11−56%CatholicEnglish117 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa22−35%CatholicEnglish117 km
S.N. Cill Conaill65+5%CatholicEnglish118 km
Creggs Central N.S.87+30%CatholicEnglish✓118 km
S.N. Aindreis Naofa94−11%CatholicEnglish118 km
S.N. Cill Cuile109+7%CatholicEnglish118 km
Cappatagle Central Sch105−6%CatholicEnglish119 km
S.N. na Coille Glaise135+38%CatholicEnglish✓119 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal81−5%CatholicEnglish✓120 km
S.N. an Droma15−61%CatholicEnglish121 km
S.N. Breandain Naofa87+123%CatholicEnglish122 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa32−53%CatholicEnglish123 km
S N Baile na Cille32+3%CatholicEnglish123 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa45+73%CatholicEnglish123 km
S N Pairc na Slinne13–CatholicEnglish✓123 km
S.N. Caitriona Naofa117+26%CatholicEnglish124 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓124 km
The Glebe N.S.17–Church of IrelandEnglish124 km
St Feichins N School32−26%CatholicEnglish126 km
S.N. Lorcain Naofa45−15%CatholicEnglish126 km
S.N. Ui Cheithearnaigh193−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓128 km
Kiltormer N.S.89+256%CatholicEnglish128 km
St. Josephs N.S.53−24%CatholicEnglish✓129 km
Scoil an Chroi Naofa293+2%CatholicEnglish✓129 km
Aibhistin Naofa80+86%CatholicEnglish129 km
Iomair N.S.136+20%CatholicEnglish129 km
S.N. an Cillin42−42%CatholicEnglish131 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal445+7%CatholicEnglish131 km
Gortanumera N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish132 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa34+55%CatholicEnglish✓132 km
Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha117+72%CatholicEnglish135 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal53+51%CatholicEnglish137 km
St Brendans N.S.235+4%CatholicEnglish✓137 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓139 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish142 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, H71 YF76

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Muire 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. Muire Gan Smal

Is S.N. Muire 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. Muire Gan Smal have?

43 pupils in 2025/26. That is +115% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Muire Gan Smal teach through Irish?

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

Who runs S.N. Muire Gan Smal?

S.N. Muire Gan Smal has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Tuam.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Muire 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. Muire Gan Smal?

The nearest are S N na Naomh Uile (2.5 km), S.N. Naomh Antoine (5 km) and Inishbofin N.S. (9.3 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 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).