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St Clare's National School

PrimaryCatholic

Enniskillen Road, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim · F91 NP08 · Roll number 17233R

St Clare's National School is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Manorhamilton. Every school in and around Manorhamilton →

Pupils
204
September, 2025/26
92 girls, 112 boys
Since 2019/20
−2%
from 209 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Kilmore
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about St Clare's National School

  • 204 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−2%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • The largest of the 3 primary schools around Manorhamilton.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Kilmore; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

St Clare's National School had 204 pupils in 2025/26, down from 226 in 2015/16 (−10%). Girls are 45% of them. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

0601201802402015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for St Clare's 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 Clare's 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 Clare's 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 Clare's National School

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

Families apply to St Clare's 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
204
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−2%
from 209 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Clare's National School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−2%). All the schools around Manorhamilton together changed by +0%.

Pupils since 2019/20

St Clare's−2%
The primary schools around Manorhamilton+2%
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.

St Clare's National School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −2%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.

St Clare's204
Mastersons34
Gaelscoil Chluainín69
St Michaels51
Glebe27
S.N. Naomh Mhuire30
Ballaghameehan32
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Clare's National School204−2%CatholicEnglish
Mastersons N.S.34+55%Church of IrelandEnglish0.3 km
Gaelscoil Chluainín69−3%CatholicAll in Irish0.8 km
St Michaels N.S.51−24%CatholicEnglish6.6 km
Glebe N.S.27−4%CatholicEnglish7 km
S.N. Naomh Mhuire30−19%CatholicEnglish8.5 km
Ballaghameehan N.S.32+14%CatholicEnglish✓9.6 km
The other 30 primary schools in Co. Leitrim
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Differeen N.S.33−18%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Ardvarney Mxd N.S.30−9%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
S.N. Mhic Diarmada11−58%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Drumlease N.S.152+7%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Josephs N.S.56+8%CatholicEnglish15 km
Drumkeerin Central N.S.67+0%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
St. Hugh's N.S.51+4%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Four Masters N.S.289−3%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig13–CatholicEnglish✓20 km
St Patricks N.S.243+7%CatholicEnglish30 km
Achadh na Sileann47−16%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
St Brids142−18%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Leitrim Mxd N.S.220+4%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Chlann Naofa237+57%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Aughawillan N.S.30−6%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Naomh Brighid55+0%CatholicEnglish38 km
Naomh Caillin115+29%CatholicEnglish38 km
Gaelscoil Liatroma203+39%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
Scoil Mhuire442−5%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Naomh Mhuire35−15%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Newtowngore N.S.30+15%Church of IrelandEnglish43 km
Annaduff Mxd N.S.191−5%CatholicEnglish47 km
The Hunt N.S.18−45%Church of IrelandEnglish47 km
Drumeela N.S.30+36%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Mohill N.S.239+17%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Faitima N.S.63−6%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Aughavas N.S.42+24%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Carrigallen N.S.181+34%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Gortletteragh Central72+9%CatholicEnglish52 km
Scoil Mhuire124+20%CatholicEnglish53 km
Living nearby

Living in Manorhamilton

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

Median sale price
€145,000
108 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€871
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the F91 Eircode area

Housing in Manorhamilton →

The median sale price rose from €189,000 in 2023 to €275,000 in 2025 (+46%).

2023€189,000
2024€238,000
2025€275,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€358,200
Second-hand homes€211,300

Property Price Register sales in the F91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Manorhamilton

Cost of living in Manorhamilton →

New tenancies in Manorhamilton averaged €871 a month in 2025, against €756 in 2024 (+15%).

2024€756
2025€871

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

Manorhamilton, F91 NP08

Nearby

Primary schools near St Clare's National School

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

Questions about St Clare's National School

Is St Clare's 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 Clare's National School have?

204 pupils in 2025/26. That is −2% since 2019/20.

Does St Clare's National School teach through Irish?

No: St Clare's National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs St Clare's National School?

St Clare's National School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kilmore.

How do pupils get a place at St Clare's 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 Clare's National School?

The nearest are Mastersons N.S. (0.3 km), Gaelscoil Chluainín (0.8 km) and St Michaels N.S. (6.6 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 Manorhamilton; 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).