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S N na Cealltraighe

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

Kilclare, Caltra, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway · H53 FR66 · Roll number 17095I

S N na Cealltraighe is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Mountbellew. Every school in and around Mountbellew →

Pupils
93
September, 2025/26
44 girls, 49 boys
Since 2019/20
+27%
from 73 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Elphin
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 na Cealltraighe

  • 93 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 93 pupils, 27% more than the 73 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 Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Mountbellew’s outline, 3.1 km away; listed with Mountbellew, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S N na Cealltraighe had 93 pupils in 2025/26, against 56 in 2015/16 (+66%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 98, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 7 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 S N na Cealltraighe

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 na Cealltraighe 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 na Cealltraighe

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 na Cealltraighe

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

Families apply to S N na Cealltraighe 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
93
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+27%
from 73 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S N na Cealltraighe has grown by 27% since 2019/20. All the schools around Mountbellew together changed by +15%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S N na Cealltraighe+27%
The primary schools around Mountbellew+9%
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 S N na Cealltraighe. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +27%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.

S N na Cealltraighe93
Castleblakeney52
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180
Ballymacward Central Sc81
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11
S.N. Padraig Naofa22
S.N. na Coille Glaise135
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S N na Cealltraighe93+27%CatholicEnglish✓
Castleblakeney N.S.52−4%CatholicEnglish1.9 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180+13%CatholicEnglish4.9 km
Ballymacward Central Sc81−4%CatholicEnglish5.5 km
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11−56%CatholicEnglish5.7 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa22−35%CatholicEnglish6.6 km
S.N. na Coille Glaise135+38%CatholicEnglish✓6.8 km
The other 210 primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire Naofa106+4%CatholicEnglish8.3 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe64+36%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa106−15%CatholicEnglish9.5 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig146−4%CatholicEnglish9.7 km
Gurteen Central N.S.49−31%CatholicEnglish11 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
S.N. Cill Conaill65+5%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa45+73%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal81−5%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Scoil Iarlatha Naofa53−21%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Bride20−13%CatholicEnglish13 km
Brierfield N School80−2%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil Bhride106+4%CatholicEnglish15 km
St Oliver Plunkett National School114+1%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Caitriona Naofa117+26%CatholicEnglish17 km
The Glebe N.S.17–Church of IrelandEnglish17 km
S.N. Ui Cheithearnaigh193−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓18 km
Scoil an Chroi Naofa293+2%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Cappatagle Central Sch105−6%CatholicEnglish18 km
Creggs Central N.S.87+30%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Muine Mhea251+31%CatholicEnglish19 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.199+3%CatholicEnglish19 km
Newtown NS172+5%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa38+73%CatholicEnglish19 km
Barnaderg Central Sch77−23%CatholicEnglish19 km
Clonberne Central Sch107−12%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal445+7%CatholicEnglish20 km
Glenamaddy N.S.142+17%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. an Leath Bhaile69+5%CatholicEnglish21 km
Togala Mhuire198+32%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna208+0%CatholicEnglish22 km
Aibhistin Naofa80+86%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Cathair Geal124+43%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Cill Richill69+23%CatholicEnglish23 km
Crumlin N.S.95−23%CatholicEnglish23 km
Esker N.S.65−37%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Mhuire48+45%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Breandain Naofa87+123%CatholicEnglish24 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish24 km
Annagh Hill NS105+4%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa12−66%CatholicEnglish25 km
Kiltormer N.S.89+256%CatholicEnglish25 km
Athenry Primary School501–CatholicEnglish25 km
Gaelscoil Riada158−42%CatholicAll in Irish25 km
Ballinderry N.S.191−8%CatholicEnglish25 km
Carnain N.S.89−18%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Baile an Leasa17−35%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Cill Cuile109+7%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Seosamh Naofa203−0%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Cill Cruain52−19%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Naomh Uinseann67−29%CatholicEnglish27 km
Gaelscoil Riabhach170−16%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish27 km
SN Ceathru na Laithigh54+2%CatholicEnglish27 km
S N Gort na Leime23−12%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Ide Naofa328−5%CatholicEnglish27 km
St Brendans N.S.216−1%CatholicEnglish28 km
Tuam Educate Together National School195+55%Multi-denominationalEnglish28 km
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha223+2%CatholicAll in Irish28 km
Trinity Primary School781−3%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha117+72%CatholicEnglish28 km
St Colmans Mxd N.S.202−20%CatholicEnglish28 km
Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe110+36%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Nioclas Naofa221+2%CatholicEnglish28 km
Ceathru na nGarrdhanta203−1%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Creachmhaoil318−5%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Bhride229−8%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig221−3%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Aindreis Naofa94−11%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Mhuire229−1%CatholicEnglish31 km
S N na Fuar Coilleadh100+4%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Cor an Droma73−16%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Cillini Dioma147+71%CatholicEnglish31 km
Iomair N.S.136+20%CatholicEnglish31 km
Ballymana N.S.108−25%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa32−53%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Bheanain31+0%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Cearn Mor174+1%CatholicAll in Irish33 km
S.N. Lorcain Naofa45−15%CatholicEnglish33 km
S N an Croi Ro Naofa208−12%CatholicEnglish33 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Garrafrauns Central Sch95−7%CatholicEnglish33 km
Kilchreest Central Sch110+15%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. an Bhain Mhoir108−33%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Cillinin195−15%CatholicEnglish34 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. an Tsaileain90+0%CatholicEnglish34 km
Claregalway Educate Together NS220+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Baile an Mhuilinn99−3%CatholicEnglish35 km
S N Chlair na Gaillimhe311−1%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef51−14%CatholicEnglish36 km
Kilcolgan Educate Together NS195−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish36 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal53+51%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. Mhuire58−26%CatholicEnglish36 km
Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa281−4%CatholicEnglish37 km
St Feichins N School32−26%CatholicEnglish37 km
Scoil Mhuire256−3%CatholicEnglish37 km
Scoil Íosa770–CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. an Droma15−61%CatholicEnglish37 km
S N Baile na Cille32+3%CatholicEnglish37 km
Gortanumera N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish37 km
Gaelscoil de hIde399−12%CatholicAll in Irish37 km
S.N. an Cillin42−42%CatholicEnglish38 km
Kilconly N.S.90−30%CatholicEnglish38 km
Scoil Mhuire223−11%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Cronain59−6%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Domhnach Padraig92−29%CatholicEnglish39 km
St Brendans N.S.39−11%CatholicEnglish39 km
Merlin Woods Primary School383−15%CatholicEnglish39 km
Bunscoil Naomh Chuana208+9%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire233−4%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Ard Raithin176+56%CatholicEnglish40 km
S N Pairc na Slinne13–CatholicEnglish✓40 km
St Brendans N.S.235+4%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Colmcille70−19%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Naomh Thomais55−21%CatholicEnglish41 km
Radharc na Mara National School353–CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Ballinderreen Mxd N.S.182−9%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. N Breandain129−12%CatholicAll in Irish41 km
Gaelscoil Dara419−9%CatholicAll in Irish42 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois350−11%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365−3%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig60−3%CatholicEnglish43 km
Tirellan Heights N.S.330−15%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Cloughanower N.S.66−24%CatholicEnglish43 km
St. Josephs N.S.53−24%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Brighde130−24%CatholicAll in Irish44 km
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236+15%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Parochial N.S.75−13%Church of IrelandEnglish44 km
Headford Primary School137–CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Padraic Naofa214+4%CatholicEnglish44 km
Scoil Croi Iosa122−5%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Niochlas N.S.262−9%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Galway Educate Together NS373−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish45 km
S.N. Iognaid480−11%CatholicAll in Irish45 km
S.N. Cill Tartain117+4%CatholicEnglish45 km
S.N. Fhursa216−17%CatholicAll in Irish45 km
S.N. Bride Naofa187−2%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Bushy Park N.S.366+0%CatholicEnglish45 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis297−20%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Brighdhe Naofa64−6%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Ide244−13%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Naomh Einde119−7%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa18–CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Cill Fheicin69+6%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef324−9%CatholicEnglish47 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh643+8%CatholicAll in Irish47 km
St Columba's National School44+52%CatholicEnglish47 km
SN Tullach Ui Chadhain65−6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish47 km
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS400−7%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Naomh Fhursa100−26%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa34+55%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Gaelscoil na bhFili41−5%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish48 km
S.N. Ciarain Naofa67−32%CatholicEnglish48 km
Gort National School197−2%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef183−27%CatholicSome subjects in Irish48 km
S N Caladh na Muc18−66%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Knocknacarra Educate Together NS207+30%Multi-denominationalEnglish49 km
Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School112+104%Multi-denominationalEnglish49 km
SN Tuairini84−1%CatholicEnglish49 km
Scoil Mhuire396−2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish50 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish50 km
S N Seamus Naofa221−17%CatholicAll in Irish51 km
S.N. Baile Nua62−26%CatholicAll in Irish52 km
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish53 km
Ainbhthin Naofa261+15%CatholicEnglish53 km
S N na bhForbacha229+27%CatholicAll in Irish54 km
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef94+2%CatholicEnglish57 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265+11%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Scoil Einne171−18%CatholicAll in Irish61 km
S.N. an Fhairche62+27%CatholicAll in Irish62 km
Scoil Mhuire16−41%CatholicEnglish65 km
S.N. Sailearna212+6%CatholicAll in Irish66 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig13−38%CatholicAll in Irish67 km
Scoil Mhuire36−41%CatholicAll in Irish67 km
S.N. Choilm Chille83−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal19−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
S N Tir na Cille22−35%CatholicAll in Irish75 km
S.N. Coilm Cille59+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓75 km
S.N. Briocain19−49%CatholicAll in Irish✓77 km
Scoil Mhuire81–CatholicAll in Irish✓78 km
S.N. Mhuire31+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓78 km
S.N. Mhic Dara202−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓79 km
S.N. Colmcille17−39%CatholicAll in Irish✓82 km
S.N. Caomhain33+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓82 km
S N Tir an Fhiaidh83+5%CatholicAll in Irish✓83 km
Scoil Ronain15−50%CatholicAll in Irish✓83 km
S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27–CatholicEnglish84 km
S.N. Inis Meadhoin13–CatholicAll in Irish✓85 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22−15%CatholicAll in Irish✓86 km
S N Leitir Meallain25−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓88 km
S.N. Ronain36−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓88 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20−9%CatholicAll in Irish✓89 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa39+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓90 km
S.N. Mhuire58+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓92 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain10−55%CatholicAll in Irish✓94 km
S.N. Eoin Pol II14−42%CatholicAll in Irish✓95 km
S.N. Ard13−61%CatholicAll in Irish✓96 km
S.N. Eanna25+9%CatholicEnglish✓98 km
S.N. Leitirgeis39+34%CatholicEnglish✓99 km
S.N. Muire85+1%CatholicEnglish✓100 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig28+8%CatholicEnglish✓102 km
Scoil Mhuire241+7%CatholicEnglish✓104 km
S.N. Naomh Brid25−43%CatholicEnglish105 km
Ballyconeely N.S.15−35%CatholicEnglish✓108 km
S.N. Naomh Antoine2−92%CatholicEnglish✓109 km
S N na Naomh Uile15–CatholicEnglish✓111 km
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25−38%CatholicEnglish✓111 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43+115%CatholicEnglish✓113 km
Inishbofin N.S.15–CatholicEnglish✓119 km
Living nearby

Living in Mountbellew

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

Median sale price
€208,500
routing key H53, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,637
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Galway

Homes in the H53 Eircode area

Housing in Mountbellew →

The median sale price fell from €210,000 in 2023 to €200,000 in 2025 (−5%).

2023€210,000
2024€215,000
2025€200,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€331,600
Second-hand homes€199,200

Property Price Register sales in the H53 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

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.

near Mountbellew, H53 FR66

Nearby

Primary schools near S N na Cealltraighe

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 na Cealltraighe

Is S N na Cealltraighe 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 na Cealltraighe have?

93 pupils in 2025/26. That is +27% since 2019/20.

Does S N na Cealltraighe teach through Irish?

No: S N na Cealltraighe teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S N na Cealltraighe?

S N na Cealltraighe has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.

How do pupils get a place at S N na Cealltraighe?

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 na Cealltraighe?

The nearest are Castleblakeney N.S. (1.9 km), Scoil Naomh Mhuire (4.9 km) and Ballymacward Central Sc (5.5 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 Mountbellew; 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).