Walshestown N.S.
Walshestown, Clogherhead, Co. Louth · A92 CD53 · Roll number 03787L
Walshestown N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Clogherhead. Every school in and around Clogherhead →
What stands out about Walshestown N.S.
- 95 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 95 pupils, 19% fewer than the 118 of 2019/20.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Armagh; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Clogherhead’s outline, 3.4 km away; listed with Clogherhead, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Walshestown N.S. had 95 pupils in 2025/26, down from 113 in 2015/16 (−16%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 125, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Walshestown 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 Walshestown 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 Walshestown 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 Walshestown N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Walshestown 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: Walshestown N.S. has shrunk by 19% since 2019/20. All the schools around Clogherhead together changed by −7%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Walshestown N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −19%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walshestown N.S. | 95 | −19% | Catholic | English | ||
| Callystown Mixed N.S. | 261 | −18% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| S.N. Columcille | 151 | −13% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 201 | −18% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 172 | −13% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Scoil Náisíunta Naomh Feichín | 307 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fhionain | 100 | +1% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km |
The other 62 primary schools in Co. Louth
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. | 202 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| S N Tigh an Lubhair | 192 | −9% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Aston Village Educate Together National School | 375 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.7 km | |
| Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa | 353 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| Presentation Convent | 385 | +37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Le Cheile Educate Together NS | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School | 575 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Dromin N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Aonghusa | 147 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre Sn | 359 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| S.N. Chill Sarain | 161 | −15% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Peadar | 92 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Naomh Seosamh | 293 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Tulach Aluinn | 411 | −17% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Chaoimhin Naofa | 148 | +16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Marys Parish Primary School | 967 | −13% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. San Nioclas | 49 | −49% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Ard Mhuire C | 315 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Rathmullan N.S. | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Pauls Senior N.S. | 466 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Naomh Fainche | 190 | −14% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Dromiskin Mixed N.S. | 234 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S N Mhuire na Trocaire | 339 | +15% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ardee Monastery | 244 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Scoil Dairbhre Mixed | 71 | −26% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballapousta NS | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ardee Educate Together NS | 177 | +17% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha | 503 | +13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St. Francis National School | 441 | +53% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Fhursa | 229 | −8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Tallonstown N.S. | 276 | −15% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan | 214 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Rath Corr | 56 | −16% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 574 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Scoil Mhuire na nGael | 624 | −8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 187 | +10% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Knockbridge Mixed N.S. | 285 | −5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St. Mochta's National School | 181 | +20% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh C | 233 | −16% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh N | 220 | −15% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh B | 246 | +7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Dun Dealgan N.S. | 84 | −2% | Presbyterian | English | 23 km | |
| Réalt na Mara School | 467 | +0% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| C.b.s. Primary | 524 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S N Talamh na Manach | 139 | +7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Bellurgan N.S. | 112 | −13% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora B | 169 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora C | 160 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. San Nioclas | 148 | −3% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Nicholas Monastery NS | 164 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Castletown Rd Convent | 191 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Mullach Bui | 62 | −2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 164 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 89 | −28% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Dulargy Mixed N.S. | 150 | −23% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Olivers N.S. | 120 | −28% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Faughart Community National School | 102 | +122% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 206 | +2% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 67 | −25% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcan | 69 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Scoil Bhride | 82 | +173% | Catholic | English | 31 km |
Living in Clogherhead
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A92 Eircode area
Housing in Clogherhead →The median sale price rose from €333,500 in 2023 to €380,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Louth
Cost of living in Clogherhead →New tenancies in Co. Louth averaged €1,433 a month in 2025, against €1,318 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Clogherhead, A92 CD53
Primary schools near Walshestown 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 Walshestown N.S.
Is Walshestown 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 Walshestown N.S. have?
95 pupils in 2025/26. That is −19% since 2019/20.
Does Walshestown N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Walshestown N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Walshestown N.S.?
Walshestown N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Armagh.
How do pupils get a place at Walshestown 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 Walshestown N.S.?
The nearest are Callystown Mixed N.S. (4.1 km), S.N. Columcille (4.1 km) and S.N. Muire Gan Smal (4.2 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 Clogherhead; 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).