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Scoil Bhride

PrimaryCatholicSpecial classes

AN CNOC BHREAC, BEAL ATHA NA SLUAIGH, CO NA GAILLIMHE · H53 K188 · Roll number 17934B

Scoil Bhride is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Loughrea. Every school in and around Loughrea →

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Pupils
106
September, 2025/26
41 girls, 65 boys
Since 2019/20
+4%
from 102 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Clonfert
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Bhride

  • 106 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+4%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • 41 girls and 65 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Clonfert; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Loughrea’s outline, 11 km away; listed with Loughrea, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Bhride had 106 pupils in 2025/26, down from 112 in 2015/16 (−5%). Girls are 39% of them. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

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

No letter

No letter for Scoil Bhride

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 Scoil Bhride 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 Scoil Bhride

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 Scoil Bhride

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

Families apply to Scoil Bhride 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.

Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.

Pupils
106
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+4%
from 102 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Bhride is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+4%). All the schools around Loughrea together changed by +10%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Bhride+4%
The primary schools around Loughrea+1%
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 Scoil Bhride. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +4%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Bhride106
Cappatagle Central Sch105
S.N. Cill Conaill65
S.N. Iomair Naofa38
Scoil Naomh Eanna208
S.N. Cill Richill69
Gurteen Central49
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Bhride106+4%CatholicEnglish
Cappatagle Central Sch105−6%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
S.N. Cill Conaill65+5%CatholicEnglish6.6 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa38+73%CatholicEnglish6.8 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna208+0%CatholicEnglish7.4 km
S.N. Cill Richill69+23%CatholicEnglish8.3 km
Gurteen Central N.S.49−31%CatholicEnglish9.6 km
The other 210 primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Ballymacward Central Sc81−4%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
Togala Mhuire198+32%CatholicEnglish10 km
S.N. Breandain Naofa87+123%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. Caitriona Naofa117+26%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. Cill Cuile109+7%CatholicEnglish11 km
The Glebe N.S.17–Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa22−35%CatholicEnglish12 km
Gaelscoil Riabhach170−16%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish12 km
S.N. Ide Naofa328−5%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Seosamh Naofa203−0%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Brendans N.S.216−1%CatholicEnglish13 km
Esker N.S.65−37%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa45+73%CatholicEnglish14 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.199+3%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa106+4%CatholicEnglish14 km
Castleblakeney N.S.52−4%CatholicEnglish15 km
S N na Cealltraighe93+27%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Iarlatha Naofa53−21%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. na Coille Glaise135+38%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
S.N. Aindreis Naofa94−11%CatholicEnglish16 km
Kiltormer N.S.89+256%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Cillini Dioma147+71%CatholicEnglish16 km
Aibhistin Naofa80+86%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Muine Mhea251+31%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Ui Cheithearnaigh193−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Athenry Primary School501–CatholicEnglish17 km
Gaelscoil Riada158−42%CatholicAll in Irish17 km
Scoil an Chroi Naofa293+2%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa32−53%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180+13%CatholicEnglish19 km
Ballymana N.S.108−25%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Creachmhaoil318−5%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal445+7%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11−56%CatholicEnglish19 km
Kilchreest Central Sch110+15%CatholicEnglish19 km
Iomair N.S.136+20%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Lorcain Naofa45−15%CatholicEnglish20 km
Carnain N.S.89−18%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig146−4%CatholicEnglish21 km
S N na Fuar Coilleadh100+4%CatholicEnglish22 km
Brierfield N School80−2%CatholicEnglish22 km
Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha117+72%CatholicEnglish22 km
Newtown NS172+5%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Scoil Bride20−13%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. an Droma15−61%CatholicEnglish22 km
Crumlin N.S.95−23%CatholicEnglish23 km
S N Baile na Cille32+3%CatholicEnglish23 km
St Feichins N School32−26%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Cillinin195−15%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Mhuire58−26%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Mhuire229−1%CatholicEnglish24 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe64+36%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Naomh Uinseann67−29%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa106−15%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. an Cillin42−42%CatholicEnglish25 km
Annagh Hill NS105+4%CatholicEnglish25 km
Gortanumera N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish25 km
Barnaderg Central Sch77−23%CatholicEnglish26 km
S N Pairc na Slinne13–CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal53+51%CatholicEnglish26 km
Kilcolgan Educate Together NS195−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish26 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig221−3%CatholicEnglish26 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal81−5%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Naomh Thomais55−21%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Cronain59−6%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Cathair Geal124+43%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Mhuire256−3%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Cearn Mor174+1%CatholicAll in Irish27 km
S.N. Ard Raithin176+56%CatholicEnglish28 km
Ballinderry N.S.191−8%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Bhride229−8%CatholicEnglish28 km
St. Josephs N.S.53−24%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
St Oliver Plunkett National School114+1%CatholicEnglish29 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish29 km
St Brendans N.S.235+4%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. an Leath Bhaile69+5%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil Íosa770–CatholicEnglish30 km
Gaelscoil de hIde399−12%CatholicAll in Irish30 km
Claregalway Educate Together NS220+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓30 km
St Colmans Mxd N.S.202−20%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Cor an Droma73−16%CatholicEnglish31 km
S N Chlair na Gaillimhe311−1%CatholicEnglish31 km
Ballinderreen Mxd N.S.182−9%CatholicEnglish31 km
Clonberne Central Sch107−12%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
S.N. an Bhain Mhoir108−33%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Cill Tartain117+4%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire233−4%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Cill Fheicin69+6%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Mhuire223−11%CatholicEnglish33 km
St Columba's National School44+52%CatholicEnglish33 km
Merlin Woods Primary School383−15%CatholicEnglish33 km
Tuam Educate Together National School195+55%Multi-denominationalEnglish33 km
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha223+2%CatholicAll in Irish33 km
Creggs Central N.S.87+30%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Trinity Primary School781−3%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Brighdhe Naofa64−6%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa34+55%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Glenamaddy N.S.142+17%CatholicEnglish34 km
Gaelscoil na bhFili41−5%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish34 km
Gort National School197−2%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Gaelscoil Dara419−9%CatholicAll in Irish35 km
Radharc na Mara National School353–CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef324−9%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa281−4%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Colmcille70−19%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois350−11%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365−3%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
SN Ceathru na Laithigh54+2%CatholicEnglish36 km
Ceathru na nGarrdhanta203−1%CatholicEnglish36 km
S N an Croi Ro Naofa208−12%CatholicEnglish37 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef51−14%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Baile an Leasa17−35%CatholicEnglish37 km
Tirellan Heights N.S.330−15%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa12−66%CatholicEnglish37 km
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236+15%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Scoil Mhuire48+45%CatholicEnglish38 km
Parochial N.S.75−13%Church of IrelandEnglish38 km
S.N. Padraic Naofa214+4%CatholicEnglish38 km
Niochlas N.S.262−9%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Scoil Croi Iosa122−5%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Ciarain Naofa67−32%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Iognaid480−11%CatholicAll in Irish38 km
S.N. Brighde130−24%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
S.N. Fhursa216−17%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
S.N. Bheanain31+0%CatholicEnglish39 km
Galway Educate Together NS373−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish39 km
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Bride Naofa187−2%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. an Tsaileain90+0%CatholicEnglish39 km
Nioclas Naofa221+2%CatholicEnglish39 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis297−20%CatholicEnglish39 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. N Breandain129−12%CatholicAll in Irish40 km
Bushy Park N.S.366+0%CatholicEnglish40 km
S N Gort na Leime23−12%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Ide244−13%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Naomh Einde119−7%CatholicEnglish40 km
Bunscoil Naomh Chuana208+9%CatholicEnglish40 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh643+8%CatholicAll in Irish40 km
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Cill Cruain52−19%CatholicEnglish41 km
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS400−7%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Domhnach Padraig92−29%CatholicEnglish42 km
Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe110+36%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Knocknacarra Educate Together NS207+30%Multi-denominationalEnglish43 km
Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School112+104%Multi-denominationalEnglish43 km
S.N. Baile an Mhuilinn99−3%CatholicEnglish43 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef183−27%CatholicSome subjects in Irish43 km
Garrafrauns Central Sch95−7%CatholicEnglish43 km
Cloughanower N.S.66−24%CatholicEnglish43 km
S N Seamus Naofa221−17%CatholicAll in Irish44 km
SN Tuairini84−1%CatholicEnglish44 km
Kilconly N.S.90−30%CatholicEnglish44 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig60−3%CatholicEnglish45 km
SN Tullach Ui Chadhain65−6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish45 km
Headford Primary School137–CatholicEnglish45 km
Scoil Mhuire396−2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish46 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa18–CatholicEnglish46 km
St Brendans N.S.39−11%CatholicEnglish46 km
S N Caladh na Muc18−66%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S N na bhForbacha229+27%CatholicAll in Irish48 km
S.N. Naomh Fhursa100−26%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. Baile Nua62−26%CatholicAll in Irish48 km
Ainbhthin Naofa261+15%CatholicEnglish51 km
Scoil Einne171−18%CatholicAll in Irish54 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265+11%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef94+2%CatholicEnglish59 km
S.N. Sailearna212+6%CatholicAll in Irish60 km
Scoil Mhuire16−41%CatholicEnglish64 km
S.N. an Fhairche62+27%CatholicAll in Irish64 km
S.N. Choilm Chille83−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
Scoil Mhuire36−41%CatholicAll in Irish68 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig13−38%CatholicAll in Irish69 km
S.N. Coilm Cille59+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓70 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal19−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
S.N. Caomhain33+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
Scoil Mhuire81–CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
S.N. Mhic Dara202−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓74 km
S.N. Briocain19−49%CatholicAll in Irish✓75 km
S N Tir na Cille22−35%CatholicAll in Irish75 km
S.N. Mhuire31+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓75 km
S.N. Inis Meadhoin13–CatholicAll in Irish✓77 km
Scoil Ronain15−50%CatholicAll in Irish✓78 km
S.N. Colmcille17−39%CatholicAll in Irish✓78 km
S N Tir an Fhiaidh83+5%CatholicAll in Irish✓78 km
S.N. Ronain36−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓81 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22−15%CatholicAll in Irish✓83 km
S N Leitir Meallain25−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓83 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20−9%CatholicAll in Irish✓85 km
S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27–CatholicEnglish86 km
S.N. Eoin Pol II14−42%CatholicAll in Irish✓88 km
S.N. Mhuire58+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓88 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa39+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓88 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain10−55%CatholicAll in Irish✓90 km
S.N. Ard13−61%CatholicAll in Irish✓92 km
S.N. Eanna25+9%CatholicEnglish✓95 km
S.N. Leitirgeis39+34%CatholicEnglish✓100 km
S.N. Muire85+1%CatholicEnglish✓101 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig28+8%CatholicEnglish✓103 km
Scoil Mhuire241+7%CatholicEnglish✓104 km
Ballyconeely N.S.15−35%CatholicEnglish✓106 km
S.N. Naomh Brid25−43%CatholicEnglish106 km
S.N. Naomh Antoine2−92%CatholicEnglish✓109 km
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25−38%CatholicEnglish✓109 km
S N na Naomh Uile15–CatholicEnglish✓111 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43+115%CatholicEnglish✓113 km
Inishbofin N.S.15–CatholicEnglish✓119 km
Living nearby

Living in Loughrea

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

Median sale price
€272,500
332 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,283
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the H62 Eircode area

Housing in Loughrea →

The median sale price rose from €225,000 in 2023 to €335,000 in 2025 (+49%).

2023€225,000
2024€283,000
2025€335,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€442,900
Second-hand homes€276,100

Property Price Register sales in the H62 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Loughrea

Cost of living in Loughrea →

New tenancies in Loughrea averaged €1,283 a month in 2025, against €1,160 in 2024 (+11%).

2024€1,160
2025€1,283

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

Location

Directions ↗

near Loughrea, H53 K188

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Bhride

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

Cappatagle Central Sch
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
105 pupils−6% since 2019/206.3 km
S.N. Cill Conaill
Primary · Catholic
65 pupils+5% since 2019/206.6 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa
Primary · Catholic
38 pupils+73% since 2019/206.8 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
208 pupils+0% since 2019/207.4 km
S.N. Cill Richill
Primary · Catholic
69 pupils+23% since 2019/208.3 km
Gurteen Central N.S.
Primary · Catholic
49 pupils−31% since 2019/209.6 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 17934B

Questions about Scoil Bhride

Is Scoil Bhride 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 Scoil Bhride have?

106 pupils in 2025/26. That is +4% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Bhride teach through Irish?

No: Scoil Bhride teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Scoil Bhride?

Scoil Bhride has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Clonfert.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Bhride?

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 Scoil Bhride?

The nearest are Cappatagle Central Sch (6.3 km), S.N. Cill Conaill (6.6 km) and S.N. Iomair Naofa (6.8 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 Loughrea; 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).