Shanganamore N.S.
Shanganamore, Athy, Co. Laois · R14 K659 · Roll number 00892Q
Shanganamore N.S. is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballylinan. Every school in and around Ballylinan →
What stands out about Shanganamore N.S.
- 106 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−8%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- The smallest of the 3 primary schools around Ballylinan.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballylinan’s outline, 2.9 km away; listed with Ballylinan, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Shanganamore N.S. had 106 pupils in 2025/26, down from 120 in 2015/16 (−12%). Girls are 55% of them. Its largest roll was 122, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Shanganamore N.S.
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 Shanganamore N.S. 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.
Inspection reports on Shanganamore N.S.
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 a place at Shanganamore N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Shanganamore N.S. 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Shanganamore N.S. has shrunk by 8% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballylinan together changed by −11%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest primary schools
2025/26The 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, 3 have more pupils than Shanganamore N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −8%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Ballyroe Central N.S. | 18 | −31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Scoil Mhichil Naofa | 496 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Athy Model School | 90 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.5 km | |
| Gaelscoil Átha Í | 151 | −23% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.6 km |
The other 60 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 12 km | |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 21 km | |
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 47 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | 47 km |
Living in Ballylinan
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R14 Eircode area
Housing in Ballylinan →The median sale price rose from €229,000 in 2023 to €345,000 in 2025 (+51%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R14 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Laois
Cost of living in Ballylinan →New tenancies in Co. Laois averaged €1,235 a month in 2025, against €1,112 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballylinan, R14 K659
Primary schools near Shanganamore N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Shanganamore N.S.
Is Shanganamore N.S. 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 Shanganamore N.S. have?
106 pupils in 2025/26. That is −8% since 2019/20.
Does Shanganamore N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Shanganamore N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Shanganamore N.S.?
Shanganamore N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at Shanganamore N.S.?
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 Shanganamore N.S.?
The nearest are Scoil Padraig (3.6 km), Ballyroe Central N.S. (4.1 km) and Scoil Mhichil Naofa (4.6 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 Ballylinan; 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).