S.N. Naomh Lorcan
OMEATH, DUNDALK, CO LOUTH · A91 E265 · Roll number 18001B
S.N. Naomh Lorcan is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Omeath. Every school in and around Omeath →
What stands out about S.N. Naomh Lorcan
- 69 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−13%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 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 Archbishop of Armagh; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Naomh Lorcan had 69 pupils in 2025/26, down from 78 in 2015/16 (−12%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 86, in 2022/23. 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 S.N. Naomh Lorcan
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. Naomh Lorcan 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 S.N. Naomh Lorcan
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 S.N. Naomh Lorcan
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Naomh Lorcan 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Naomh Lorcan has shrunk by 13% since 2019/20. All the schools around Omeath together changed by −19%.
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, 4 have more pupils than S.N. Naomh Lorcan. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −13%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Lorcan | 69 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| S.N. Bhride | 67 | −25% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km | |
| St Olivers N.S. | 120 | −28% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Dulargy Mixed N.S. | 150 | −23% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| S.N. Mullach Bui | 62 | −2% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Bellurgan N.S. | 112 | −13% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 187 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km |
The other 62 primary schools in Co. Louth
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faughart Community National School | 102 | +122% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| S N Talamh na Manach | 139 | +7% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 89 | −28% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Rath Corr | 56 | −16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 206 | +2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Réalt na Mara School | 467 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na nGael | 624 | −8% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. San Nioclas | 148 | −3% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Dun Dealgan N.S. | 84 | −2% | Presbyterian | English | 13 km | |
| Castletown Rd Convent | 191 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| C.b.s. Primary | 524 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Nicholas Monastery NS | 164 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 574 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 164 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan | 214 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh C | 233 | −16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh N | 220 | −15% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh B | 246 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora B | 169 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora C | 160 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha | 503 | +13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. Francis National School | 441 | +53% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Fhursa | 229 | −8% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Knockbridge Mixed N.S. | 285 | −5% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 82 | +173% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Dromiskin Mixed N.S. | 234 | −1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Dairbhre Mixed | 71 | −26% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Chill Sarain | 161 | −15% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St. Mochta's National School | 181 | +20% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fhionain | 100 | +1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Tallonstown N.S. | 276 | −15% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. San Nioclas | 49 | −49% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Columcille | 151 | −13% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Dromin N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. | 202 | −3% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Walshestown N.S. | 95 | −19% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Ardee Educate Together NS | 177 | +17% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S N Mhuire na Trocaire | 339 | +15% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Ardee Monastery | 244 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Chaoimhin Naofa | 148 | +16% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Callystown Mixed N.S. | 261 | −18% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S N Tigh an Lubhair | 192 | −9% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 172 | −13% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 201 | −18% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ballapousta NS | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Náisíunta Naomh Feichín | 307 | +5% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Fainche | 190 | −14% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Aston Village Educate Together National School | 375 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa | 353 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Presentation Convent | 385 | +37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Tulach Aluinn | 411 | −17% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Le Cheile Educate Together NS | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | English | 41 km | |
| St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School | 575 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Aonghusa | 147 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 41 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre Sn | 359 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Naomh Seosamh | 293 | +0% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Peadar | 92 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Ard Mhuire C | 315 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| St Marys Parish Primary School | 967 | −13% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Rathmullan N.S. | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| St Pauls Senior N.S. | 466 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
Living in Omeath
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A91 Eircode area
Housing in Omeath →The median sale price rose from €261,500 in 2023 to €335,000 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Louth
Cost of living in Omeath →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 ↗Omeath, A91 E265
Primary schools near S.N. Naomh Lorcan
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. Naomh Lorcan
Is S.N. Naomh Lorcan 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. Naomh Lorcan have?
69 pupils in 2025/26. That is −13% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Naomh Lorcan teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Naomh Lorcan teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Naomh Lorcan?
S.N. Naomh Lorcan has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Armagh.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Naomh Lorcan?
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. Naomh Lorcan?
The nearest are S.N. Bhride (1.3 km), St Olivers N.S. (6.7 km) and Dulargy Mixed N.S. (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 Omeath; 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).