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St Oliver Plunkett National School

PrimaryCatholic

Kilkerrin, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway · H53 DX30 · Roll number 19380R

St Oliver Plunkett National School is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Glenamaddy. Every school in and around Glenamaddy →

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Pupils
114
September, 2025/26
45 girls, 69 boys
Since 2019/20
+1%
from 113 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 St Oliver Plunkett National School

  • 114 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+1%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • 45 girls and 69 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is the Archbishop of Tuam; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Glenamaddy’s outline, 4.3 km away; listed with Glenamaddy, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

St Oliver Plunkett National School had 114 pupils in 2025/26, against 100 in 2015/16 (+14%). Girls are 39% of them. Its largest roll was 122, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

040801201602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for St Oliver Plunkett National School

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 St Oliver Plunkett National School 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 St Oliver Plunkett National School

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 St Oliver Plunkett National School

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

Families apply to St Oliver Plunkett National School 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.

Pupils
114
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+1%
from 113 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Oliver Plunkett National School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+1%). All the schools around Glenamaddy together changed by +18%.

Pupils since 2019/20

St Oliver Plunkett+1%
The primary schools around Glenamaddy+23%
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 St Oliver Plunkett National School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +1%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.

St Oliver Plunkett114
Clonberne Central Sch107
Glenamaddy142
Scoil Naomh Padraig146
S N Gort na Gaoithe64
S.N. Padraig Naofa12
Scoil Bride20
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Oliver Plunkett National School114+1%CatholicEnglish
Clonberne Central Sch107−12%CatholicEnglish✓5.2 km
Glenamaddy N.S.142+17%CatholicEnglish5.4 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig146−4%CatholicEnglish7.7 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe64+36%CatholicEnglish8 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa12−66%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
Scoil Bride20−13%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
The other 210 primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire48+45%CatholicEnglish9.2 km
S.N. an Leath Bhaile69+5%CatholicEnglish9.9 km
S.N. Baile an Leasa17−35%CatholicEnglish10 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180+13%CatholicEnglish11 km
S N Gort na Leime23−12%CatholicEnglish12 km
Brierfield N School80−2%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa106−15%CatholicEnglish13 km
Barnaderg Central Sch77−23%CatholicEnglish13 km
Nioclas Naofa221+2%CatholicEnglish13 km
Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe110+36%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
S.N. Cill Cruain52−19%CatholicEnglish13 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish14 km
Creggs Central N.S.87+30%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
SN Ceathru na Laithigh54+2%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa106+4%CatholicEnglish15 km
Castleblakeney N.S.52−4%CatholicEnglish15 km
S N na Cealltraighe93+27%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal81−5%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
S.N. Cathair Geal124+43%CatholicEnglish17 km
Newtown NS172+5%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11−56%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Iarlatha Naofa53−21%CatholicEnglish17 km
Ceathru na nGarrdhanta203−1%CatholicEnglish19 km
Tuam Educate Together National School195+55%Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
Garrafrauns Central Sch95−7%CatholicEnglish19 km
Trinity Primary School781−3%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Ballymacward Central Sc81−4%CatholicEnglish19 km
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha223+2%CatholicAll in Irish19 km
Gurteen Central N.S.49−31%CatholicEnglish21 km
Ballinderry N.S.191−8%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Baile an Mhuilinn99−3%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. na Coille Glaise135+38%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
S.N. Bheanain31+0%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Muine Mhea251+31%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa22−35%CatholicEnglish22 km
Crumlin N.S.95−23%CatholicEnglish23 km
Annagh Hill NS105+4%CatholicEnglish23 km
St Colmans Mxd N.S.202−20%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. an Tsaileain90+0%CatholicEnglish25 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.199+3%CatholicEnglish25 km
S N an Croi Ro Naofa208−12%CatholicEnglish25 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
St Brendans N.S.39−11%CatholicEnglish27 km
Kilconly N.S.90−30%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Cill Conaill65+5%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Naomh Uinseann67−29%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa45+73%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Cor an Droma73−16%CatholicEnglish28 km
Carnain N.S.89−18%CatholicEnglish29 km
Scoil Bhride106+4%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Bhride229−8%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef51−14%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa38+73%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Domhnach Padraig92−29%CatholicEnglish31 km
Gaelscoil Riada158−42%CatholicAll in Irish31 km
Athenry Primary School501–CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig221−3%CatholicEnglish32 km
Togala Mhuire198+32%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. an Bhain Mhoir108−33%CatholicEnglish32 km
Esker N.S.65−37%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Caitriona Naofa117+26%CatholicEnglish32 km
The Glebe N.S.17–Church of IrelandEnglish33 km
Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa281−4%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Ui Cheithearnaigh193−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
Cappatagle Central Sch105−6%CatholicEnglish34 km
Bunscoil Naomh Chuana208+9%CatholicEnglish34 km
Scoil an Chroi Naofa293+2%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna208+0%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Cearn Mor174+1%CatholicAll in Irish34 km
Claregalway Educate Together NS220+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Mhuire229−1%CatholicEnglish35 km
S N Chlair na Gaillimhe311−1%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig60−3%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal445+7%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Seosamh Naofa203−0%CatholicEnglish37 km
S N na Fuar Coilleadh100+4%CatholicEnglish37 km
Cloughanower N.S.66−24%CatholicEnglish37 km
Headford Primary School137–CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Cill Richill69+23%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Creachmhaoil318−5%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. N Breandain129−12%CatholicAll in Irish38 km
Aibhistin Naofa80+86%CatholicEnglish38 km
Gaelscoil Riabhach170−16%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish39 km
S.N. Breandain Naofa87+123%CatholicEnglish39 km
Scoil Mhuire223−11%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Ide Naofa328−5%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Íosa770–CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa18–CatholicEnglish40 km
St Brendans N.S.216−1%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Cill Cuile109+7%CatholicEnglish40 km
Gaelscoil de hIde399−12%CatholicAll in Irish40 km
S.N. Cillinin195−15%CatholicEnglish40 km
Kiltormer N.S.89+256%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Naomh Fhursa100−26%CatholicEnglish41 km
Ballymana N.S.108−25%CatholicEnglish41 km
Merlin Woods Primary School383−15%CatholicEnglish41 km
Kilcolgan Educate Together NS195−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish41 km
S.N. Colmcille70−19%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Mhuire256−3%CatholicEnglish42 km
Radharc na Mara National School353–CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Gaelscoil Dara419−9%CatholicAll in Irish43 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois350−11%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365−3%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Tirellan Heights N.S.330−15%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S N Caladh na Muc18−66%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
SN Tullach Ui Chadhain65−6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish43 km
S.N. Brighde130−24%CatholicAll in Irish44 km
S.N. Cillini Dioma147+71%CatholicEnglish44 km
Kilchreest Central Sch110+15%CatholicEnglish44 km
Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha117+72%CatholicEnglish44 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire233−4%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Aindreis Naofa94−11%CatholicEnglish44 km
Parochial N.S.75−13%Church of IrelandEnglish45 km
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236+15%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Mhuire58−26%CatholicEnglish45 km
Galway Educate Together NS373−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish45 km
S.N. Padraic Naofa214+4%CatholicEnglish45 km
Bushy Park N.S.366+0%CatholicEnglish45 km
Scoil Croi Iosa122−5%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Iognaid480−11%CatholicAll in Irish46 km
Niochlas N.S.262−9%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Bride Naofa187−2%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Cronain59−6%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Fhursa216−17%CatholicAll in Irish46 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis297−20%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa32−53%CatholicEnglish47 km
Scoil Mhuire396−2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish47 km
Iomair N.S.136+20%CatholicEnglish47 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh643+8%CatholicAll in Irish47 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef94+2%CatholicEnglish47 km
Scoil Naomh Einde119−7%CatholicEnglish47 km
Ballinderreen Mxd N.S.182−9%CatholicEnglish47 km
Scoil Ide244−13%CatholicEnglish47 km
SN Tuairini84−1%CatholicEnglish48 km
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS400−7%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. Baile Nua62−26%CatholicAll in Irish48 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef183−27%CatholicSome subjects in Irish48 km
S.N. Lorcain Naofa45−15%CatholicEnglish48 km
Ainbhthin Naofa261+15%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Ard Raithin176+56%CatholicEnglish49 km
Knocknacarra Educate Together NS207+30%Multi-denominationalEnglish49 km
Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School112+104%Multi-denominationalEnglish49 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Naomh Thomais55−21%CatholicEnglish51 km
S N Seamus Naofa221−17%CatholicAll in Irish51 km
S.N. an Droma15−61%CatholicEnglish51 km
S N Baile na Cille32+3%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal53+51%CatholicEnglish52 km
St Feichins N School32−26%CatholicEnglish52 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265+11%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. an Fhairche62+27%CatholicAll in Irish52 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef324−9%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Ciarain Naofa67−32%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Brighdhe Naofa64−6%CatholicEnglish53 km
Gortanumera N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. an Cillin42−42%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Cill Tartain117+4%CatholicEnglish54 km
S N na bhForbacha229+27%CatholicAll in Irish54 km
S N Pairc na Slinne13–CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Cill Fheicin69+6%CatholicEnglish56 km
St Brendans N.S.235+4%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Gaelscoil na bhFili41−5%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish57 km
St Columba's National School44+52%CatholicEnglish57 km
Gort National School197−2%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig13−38%CatholicAll in Irish58 km
St. Josephs N.S.53−24%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Scoil Mhuire16−41%CatholicEnglish58 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish59 km
Scoil Mhuire36−41%CatholicAll in Irish59 km
Scoil Einne171−18%CatholicAll in Irish60 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa34+55%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish63 km
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish64 km
S.N. Sailearna212+6%CatholicAll in Irish64 km
S N Tir na Cille22−35%CatholicAll in Irish66 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal19−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓68 km
S.N. Choilm Chille83−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
S.N. Briocain19−49%CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
S.N. Coilm Cille59+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓72 km
S.N. Mhuire31+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
Scoil Mhuire81–CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27–CatholicEnglish74 km
S.N. Mhic Dara202−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓75 km
S.N. Colmcille17−39%CatholicAll in Irish✓78 km
S N Tir an Fhiaidh83+5%CatholicAll in Irish✓79 km
Scoil Ronain15−50%CatholicAll in Irish✓80 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22−15%CatholicAll in Irish✓81 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa39+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓83 km
S.N. Caomhain33+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓83 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20−9%CatholicAll in Irish✓85 km
S N Leitir Meallain25−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓85 km
S.N. Inis Meadhoin13–CatholicAll in Irish✓85 km
S.N. Mhuire58+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓87 km
S.N. Ronain36−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓87 km
S.N. Leitirgeis39+34%CatholicEnglish✓89 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain10−55%CatholicAll in Irish✓89 km
S.N. Ard13−61%CatholicAll in Irish✓90 km
S.N. Eanna25+9%CatholicEnglish✓91 km
S.N. Muire85+1%CatholicEnglish✓91 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig28+8%CatholicEnglish✓93 km
S.N. Eoin Pol II14−42%CatholicAll in Irish✓93 km
S.N. Naomh Brid25−43%CatholicEnglish95 km
Scoil Mhuire241+7%CatholicEnglish✓96 km
Ballyconeely N.S.15−35%CatholicEnglish✓100 km
S.N. Naomh Antoine2−92%CatholicEnglish✓101 km
S N na Naomh Uile15–CatholicEnglish✓102 km
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25−38%CatholicEnglish✓104 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43+115%CatholicEnglish✓104 km
Inishbofin N.S.15–CatholicEnglish✓109 km
Living nearby

Living in Glenamaddy

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

Median sale price
€190,000
35 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,637
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Galway

Homes in the F45 Eircode area

Housing in Glenamaddy →

The median sale price rose from €135,000 in 2023 to €155,000 in 2025 (+15%).

2023€135,000
2024€146,000
2025€155,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€165,700
Second-hand homes€144,000

Property Price Register sales in the F45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Galway

Cost of living in Glenamaddy →

New tenancies in Co. Galway averaged €1,637 a month in 2025, against €1,501 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,501
2025€1,637

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

Location

Directions ↗

near Glenamaddy, H53 DX30

Nearby

Primary schools near St Oliver Plunkett National School

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

Clonberne Central Sch
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
107 pupils−12% since 2019/205.2 km
Glenamaddy N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
142 pupils+17% since 2019/205.4 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig
Primary · Catholic
146 pupils−4% since 2019/207.7 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe
Primary · Catholic
64 pupils+36% since 2019/208 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa
Primary · Catholic
12 pupils−66% since 2019/208.9 km
Scoil Bride
Primary · Catholic
20 pupils−13% since 2019/208.9 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 19380R

Questions about St Oliver Plunkett National School

Is St Oliver Plunkett National School 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 St Oliver Plunkett National School have?

114 pupils in 2025/26. That is +1% since 2019/20.

Does St Oliver Plunkett National School teach through Irish?

No: St Oliver Plunkett National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs St Oliver Plunkett National School?

St Oliver Plunkett National School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Tuam.

How do pupils get a place at St Oliver Plunkett National School?

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 St Oliver Plunkett National School?

The nearest are Clonberne Central Sch (5.2 km), Glenamaddy N.S. (5.4 km) and Scoil Naomh Padraig (7.7 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 Glenamaddy; 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).