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S.N. Caitriona Sois

PrimaryCatholicDEISSpecial classes

Renmore Avenue, Renmore, Co. Galway · H91 N5H6 · Roll number 19401W

S.N. Caitriona Sois is one of 23 primary schools in or within 3 km of Eyre Square. Every school in and around Eyre Square →

Pupils
350
September, 2025/26
184 girls, 166 boys
Since 2019/20
−11%
from 392 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
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. Caitriona Sois

  • One of the larger primary schools: 350 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−11%).
  • 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.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Caitriona Sois had 350 pupils in 2025/26, down from 435 in 2015/16 (−20%). Girls are 53% of them. Its roll rose in 1 of the 10 years.

02004006002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Caitriona Sois

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. Caitriona Sois 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. Caitriona Sois

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. Caitriona Sois

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

Families apply to S.N. Caitriona Sois 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. Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.

Pupils
350
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−11%
from 392 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Caitriona Sois has shrunk by 11% since 2019/20. All the schools around Eyre Square together changed by +2%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Caitriona Sois−11%
The primary schools around Eyre Square−8%
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, 4 have more pupils than S.N. Caitriona Sois. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −11%; 3 of the 5 grew faster.

S.N. Caitriona Sois350
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365
Gaelscoil Dara419
Radharc na Mara353
Tirellan Heights330
Merlin Woods Primary School383
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Caitriona Sois350−11%CatholicEnglish✓
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365−3%CatholicEnglish✓0 km
Gaelscoil Dara419−9%CatholicAll in Irish0.4 km
Radharc na Mara National School353–CatholicEnglish✓0.6 km
Tirellan Heights N.S.330−15%CatholicEnglish✓2.3 km
Merlin Woods Primary School383−15%CatholicEnglish2.4 km
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236+15%CatholicEnglish✓2.4 km
The other 210 primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Parochial N.S.75−13%Church of IrelandEnglish2.4 km
S.N. Padraic Naofa214+4%CatholicEnglish2.6 km
S.N. Colmcille70−19%CatholicEnglish✓2.8 km
Niochlas N.S.262−9%CatholicEnglish✓2.9 km
Scoil Croi Iosa122−5%CatholicEnglish✓3 km
S.N. Iognaid480−11%CatholicAll in Irish3.1 km
Scoil Mhuire223−11%CatholicEnglish3.2 km
S.N. Fhursa216−17%CatholicAll in Irish3.3 km
S.N. Bride Naofa187−2%CatholicEnglish✓3.6 km
Galway Educate Together NS373−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish3.6 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis297−20%CatholicEnglish4 km
S.N. Brighde130−24%CatholicAll in Irish4.4 km
Scoil Ide244−13%CatholicEnglish4.5 km
Scoil Naomh Einde119−7%CatholicEnglish4.6 km
Bushy Park N.S.366+0%CatholicEnglish4.6 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh643+8%CatholicAll in Irish5.2 km
Gaelscoil de hIde399−12%CatholicAll in Irish5.6 km
Scoil Íosa770–CatholicEnglish5.8 km
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS400−7%CatholicEnglish5.8 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire233−4%CatholicEnglish6.8 km
Knocknacarra Educate Together NS207+30%Multi-denominationalEnglish7.3 km
Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School112+104%Multi-denominationalEnglish7.3 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef183−27%CatholicSome subjects in Irish7.4 km
S N Chlair na Gaillimhe311−1%CatholicEnglish8.4 km
Claregalway Educate Together NS220+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓8.5 km
S.N. Cearn Mor174+1%CatholicAll in Irish9 km
S N Seamus Naofa221−17%CatholicAll in Irish9 km
SN Tuairini84−1%CatholicEnglish9.6 km
Scoil Mhuire256−3%CatholicEnglish11 km
Kilcolgan Educate Together NS195−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
S.N. Mhuire229−1%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig221−3%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. an Bhain Mhoir108−33%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Ciarain Naofa67−32%CatholicEnglish12 km
Ballinderreen Mxd N.S.182−9%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Mhuire396−2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish13 km
S.N. N Breandain129−12%CatholicAll in Irish13 km
S N na bhForbacha229+27%CatholicAll in Irish13 km
S.N. Bhride229−8%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa281−4%CatholicEnglish13 km
S N na Fuar Coilleadh100+4%CatholicEnglish14 km
SN Tullach Ui Chadhain65−6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish15 km
S.N. Cillinin195−15%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Naomh Uinseann67−29%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Baile Nua62−26%CatholicAll in Irish16 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef324−9%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Cronain59−6%CatholicEnglish16 km
Carnain N.S.89−18%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Cor an Droma73−16%CatholicEnglish16 km
Gaelscoil Riada158−42%CatholicAll in Irish18 km
Athenry Primary School501–CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Brighdhe Naofa64−6%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Creachmhaoil318−5%CatholicEnglish18 km
Bunscoil Naomh Chuana208+9%CatholicEnglish18 km
S N Caladh na Muc18−66%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Scoil Einne171−18%CatholicAll in Irish19 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef51−14%CatholicEnglish19 km
Cloughanower N.S.66−24%CatholicEnglish19 km
Ainbhthin Naofa261+15%CatholicEnglish20 km
Annagh Hill NS105+4%CatholicEnglish20 km
Crumlin N.S.95−23%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa18–CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Ard Raithin176+56%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Mhuire58−26%CatholicEnglish21 km
St Colmans Mxd N.S.202−20%CatholicEnglish22 km
Ballymana N.S.108−25%CatholicEnglish22 km
Headford Primary School137–CatholicEnglish22 km
Esker N.S.65−37%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Naomh Fhursa100−26%CatholicEnglish23 km
Ballinderry N.S.191−8%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Muine Mhea251+31%CatholicEnglish23 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.199+3%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig60−3%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Cill Tartain117+4%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Sailearna212+6%CatholicAll in Irish24 km
S.N. Domhnach Padraig92−29%CatholicEnglish25 km
S N an Croi Ro Naofa208−12%CatholicEnglish25 km
Togala Mhuire198+32%CatholicEnglish25 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Naomh Thomais55−21%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Seosamh Naofa203−0%CatholicEnglish26 km
Kilchreest Central Sch110+15%CatholicEnglish26 km
Newtown NS172+5%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265+11%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Gort National School197−2%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Cathair Geal124+43%CatholicEnglish27 km
Gaelscoil na bhFili41−5%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish27 km
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha223+2%CatholicAll in Irish28 km
S.N. Cill Fheicin69+6%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. an Tsaileain90+0%CatholicEnglish28 km
Tuam Educate Together National School195+55%Multi-denominationalEnglish29 km
Trinity Primary School781−3%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa38+73%CatholicEnglish29 km
Scoil Iarlatha Naofa53−21%CatholicEnglish29 km
Gaelscoil Riabhach170−16%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish30 km
Barnaderg Central Sch77−23%CatholicEnglish30 km
St Columba's National School44+52%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna208+0%CatholicEnglish31 km
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Bheanain31+0%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Ide Naofa328−5%CatholicEnglish31 km
Gurteen Central N.S.49−31%CatholicEnglish31 km
Brierfield N School80−2%CatholicEnglish32 km
St Brendans N.S.216−1%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Mhuire16−41%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Choilm Chille83−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Ceathru na nGarrdhanta203−1%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Cillini Dioma147+71%CatholicEnglish33 km
Kilconly N.S.90−30%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa106+4%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef94+2%CatholicEnglish34 km
Scoil Bride20−13%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. an Leath Bhaile69+5%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Coilm Cille59+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
Scoil Bhride106+4%CatholicEnglish35 km
SN Ceathru na Laithigh54+2%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal19−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
St Brendans N.S.39−11%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Baile an Mhuilinn99−3%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. an Fhairche62+27%CatholicAll in Irish38 km
Ballymacward Central Sc81−4%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Aindreis Naofa94−11%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Cill Richill69+23%CatholicEnglish38 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig146−4%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Cill Cuile109+7%CatholicEnglish38 km
Scoil Mhuire81–CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
S.N. Mhic Dara202−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
Scoil Mhuire36−41%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
Castleblakeney N.S.52−4%CatholicEnglish40 km
Clonberne Central Sch107−12%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Cappatagle Central Sch105−6%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Caomhain33+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S.N. an Droma15−61%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Mhuire31+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180+13%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Briocain19−49%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S.N. Cill Conaill65+5%CatholicEnglish41 km
Garrafrauns Central Sch95−7%CatholicEnglish42 km
S N na Cealltraighe93+27%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig13−38%CatholicAll in Irish42 km
S.N. Baile an Leasa17−35%CatholicEnglish42 km
Nioclas Naofa221+2%CatholicEnglish42 km
Scoil Ronain15−50%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa32−53%CatholicEnglish43 km
S.N. Colmcille17−39%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
S.N. Breandain Naofa87+123%CatholicEnglish43 km
S N Baile na Cille32+3%CatholicEnglish43 km
S N Tir an Fhiaidh83+5%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
St Oliver Plunkett National School114+1%CatholicEnglish43 km
S N Pairc na Slinne13–CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Inis Meadhoin13–CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa22−35%CatholicEnglish44 km
S N Tir na Cille22−35%CatholicAll in Irish45 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe64+36%CatholicEnglish45 km
S N Gort na Leime23−12%CatholicEnglish46 km
St Feichins N School32−26%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Lorcain Naofa45−15%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Caitriona Naofa117+26%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Ronain36−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa12−66%CatholicEnglish47 km
The Glebe N.S.17–Church of IrelandEnglish47 km
S.N. na Coille Glaise135+38%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Glenamaddy N.S.142+17%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11−56%CatholicEnglish47 km
S N Leitir Meallain25−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22−15%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa45+73%CatholicEnglish48 km
St. Josephs N.S.53−24%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa106−15%CatholicEnglish49 km
Iomair N.S.136+20%CatholicEnglish50 km
Kiltormer N.S.89+256%CatholicEnglish50 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20−9%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
S.N. an Cillin42−42%CatholicEnglish50 km
Scoil Mhuire48+45%CatholicEnglish51 km
Aibhistin Naofa80+86%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. Ui Cheithearnaigh193−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
Gortanumera N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish52 km
Scoil an Chroi Naofa293+2%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa34+55%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe110+36%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Eoin Pol II14−42%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal81−5%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Mhuire58+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal445+7%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa39+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓55 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain10−55%CatholicAll in Irish✓55 km
S.N. Cill Cruain52−19%CatholicEnglish55 km
Creggs Central N.S.87+30%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha117+72%CatholicEnglish56 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish57 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal53+51%CatholicEnglish57 km
St Brendans N.S.235+4%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Ard13−61%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27–CatholicEnglish57 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S.N. Eanna25+9%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish63 km
S.N. Muire85+1%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
S.N. Leitirgeis39+34%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Scoil Mhuire241+7%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Ballyconeely N.S.15−35%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig28+8%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25−38%CatholicEnglish✓75 km
S.N. Naomh Brid25−43%CatholicEnglish75 km
S.N. Naomh Antoine2−92%CatholicEnglish✓76 km
S N na Naomh Uile15–CatholicEnglish✓79 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43+115%CatholicEnglish✓80 km
Inishbofin N.S.15–CatholicEnglish✓88 km
Living nearby

Living in Eyre Square

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

Median sale price
€372,600
routing key H91, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,850
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the H91 Eircode area

Housing in Eyre Square →

The median sale price rose from €338,600 in 2023 to €408,300 in 2025 (+21%).

2023€338,600
2024€375,000
2025€408,300

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€442,800
Second-hand homes€350,200

Property Price Register sales in the H91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Eyre Square

Cost of living in Eyre Square →

New tenancies in Eyre Square averaged €1,850 a month in 2025, against €1,702 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,702
2025€1,850

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

Eyre Square, H91 N5H6

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Caitriona Sois

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. Caitriona Sois

Is S.N. Caitriona Sois 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. Caitriona Sois have?

350 pupils in 2025/26. That is −11% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Caitriona Sois teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Caitriona Sois teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Caitriona Sois?

S.N. Caitriona Sois has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Caitriona Sois?

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. Caitriona Sois?

The nearest are S.N. Caitriona Sinsear (0 km), Gaelscoil Dara (0.4 km) and Radharc na Mara National School (0.6 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 Eyre Square; 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).