Robeen Central N.S.
Robeen, Hollymount, Co. Mayo · F12 HP22 · Roll number 19394F
Robeen Central N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballinrobe. Every school in and around Ballinrobe →
What stands out about Robeen Central N.S.
- 127 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 127 pupils, 51% more than the 84 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Tuam; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballinrobe’s outline, 7.1 km away; listed with Ballinrobe, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Robeen Central N.S. had 127 pupils in 2025/26, against 56 in 2015/16 (+127%). Girls are 50% of them. Its roll rose in 9 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Robeen Central 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 Robeen Central 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 Robeen Central 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 Robeen Central N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Robeen Central 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Robeen Central N.S. has grown by 51% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballinrobe together changed by +17%.
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.
Robeen Central N.S. has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +51%; 0 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robeen Central N.S. | 127 | +51% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Teach Caoin | 33 | −42% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| S.N. Ceathru an Chlochar | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Lehinch N.S. | 8 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Scoil Chomain Naofa | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Burriscarra N.S. | 23 | – | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Mount Pleasant N.S. | 87 | +1% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km |
The other 144 primary schools in Co. Mayo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Josephs N.S. | 451 | −1% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St Mary's National School | 51 | +19% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| S.N. Mainistir Muigheo | 84 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| S.N. Gort Sceiche | 75 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Clogher N.S. | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Claremorris National School | 314 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Patricks Central N.S. | 117 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Chluain Luifin | 75 | +17% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Ballindine B N.S. | 138 | +20% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Gort an Eadain | 28 | +27% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| SN na hAille | 140 | +9% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Balla Aluinn | 202 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Ballintubber N.S. | 113 | +23% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Meelickmore N.S. | 81 | +25% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Thuar Mhic Éadaigh | 94 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| S.N. Beal Caradh | 109 | −16% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Gortjordan N.S. | 11 | −48% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| SN Baile Cuisin | 13 | −35% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid C | 21 | −63% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Barnacarroll Central N.S. | 208 | +21% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Uileog de Burca | 105 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Craggagh N.S. | 19 | −49% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Feichin | 47 | −33% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Bhaile | 41 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| SN Beal Atha na hEin | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Fiondalbha | 37 | +28% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Irishtown N.S. | 70 | +15% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Sheosamh | 99 | −13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Glencorrib N.S. | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Knock N.S. | 152 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Breaffy N.S. | 377 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 111 | +10% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Kiltimagh Central | 262 | +9% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Beacan Mixed N.S. | 177 | +18% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Gaelscoil Raifteirí | 229 | −1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| St Paul's National School | 89 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Castlebar Educate Together National School | 113 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| SN Naomh Proinnsias | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Castlebar Primary School | 864 | – | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Ruscaighe | 206 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Ballyvary Central N.S. | 223 | +8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. B Curnanool | 66 | +22% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Peters N.S. | 271 | −10% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Johns N.S. | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Scoil Naisiunta Thola | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Lainn Cille | 66 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S N an Teaghlaigh | 45 | −32% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Colm Naofa | 27 | −18% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Kinaffe N.S. | 48 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Iosa | 385 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Carrakennedy N.S. | 32 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Crimlin N.S. | 15 | −35% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 45 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Holy Trinity National School | 41 | −33% | Church of Ireland | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 338 | +0% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. an Trian Lair | 66 | −7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Brackloon N.S. | 145 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Gaelscoil na Cuaiche | 208 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| Westport Educate Together National School | 48 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil na gCoillini | 97 | +11% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Treasa | 57 | +78% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Faitche | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colm Cille | 206 | +10% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 103 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Coill Mor | 6 | – | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Swinford N.S. | 200 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. an Coill Mhor | 17 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Sheamais | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Carraholly N.S. | 42 | −49% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Tavrane Central N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Myna N.S. | 102 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Foxford Central N.S. | 271 | +10% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Muirisc N.S. | 49 | +104% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Cloonlyon N.S. | 28 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Cloondaff N.S. | 11 | −52% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Newport Central | 243 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Culmore N.S. | 33 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Rathbane N.S. | 57 | −2% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Killasser N.S. | 31 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Tamhnighan Fheadha | 15 | −32% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Lecanvey N.S. | 31 | +0% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St Johns N.S. | 27 | −53% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Bunscoil Naomh Bríd agus Pádraíg | 46 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Athracht Nfa | 268 | +41% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Kilmovee N.S. | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Leath Ardan | 76 | +17% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Feichin | 26 | −43% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Cloghans N.S. | 9 | −68% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Carracastle Central N.S. | 88 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 133 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 231 | −5% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Joseph's NS | 217 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Scoil Néifinn | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Garracloon N.S. | 25 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| St Colmans N.S. | 34 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Kilmurry NS | 65 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Saint Michaels N.S. | 17 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 47 km | |
| Crossmolina N.S. | 235 | +5% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Teaghlaigh Naofa | 67 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| S.N. Muine Chonallain | 133 | +56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maol | 141 | +16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 48 km |
| Scoil Íosa | 242 | +31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 48 km |
| Beheymore N.S. | 228 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| S N Realt na Mara | 77 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Ardagh National School | 73 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 50 km | |
| Quignamanger N.S. | 364 | +13% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Knockanillo N.S. | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Cullens N.S. | 273 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Cooneal N.S. | 58 | −41% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S N Toin na Gaoithe | 61 | +7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| Cormaic Nfa | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Drumgallagh N.S. | 33 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Newtownwhite Educate Together NS | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 56 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Achill Sound Convent N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| S.N. Druim Slaod | 8 | −60% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Mount Palmer National School | 37 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Killala N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Saile | 65 | +38% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 60 km |
| Templemary N.S. | 47 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| St Columbas N.S. | 3 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais | 61 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| Lacken National School | 25 | −11% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 65 km |
| Valley N.S. | 17 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Dookinella N.S. | 26 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| S N Dhumha Thuama | 26 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 67 km |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 67 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| Geesala Central School | 29 | −31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 69 km |
| S.N. Dumhach | 28 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 71 km |
| S.N. an Tsraith | 15 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 75 km |
| Barnatra N.S. | 24 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 76 km |
| S.N. Gleann A Chaisil | 64 | +10% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 76 km |
| S.N. Pol A Tsomais | 27 | +13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 78 km |
| S.N. Inbhear | 67 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 79 km |
| S.N. Eachleime | 64 | +45% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 79 km |
| S.N. Ros Dumhach | 27 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 79 km |
| S.N. Croi Muire | 127 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 82 km |
| S.N. Beal an Mhuirthead | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 82 km |
| S.N. Achaidh an Ghlaisin | 48 | +0% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 82 km |
| Cill Mhor Iorrais | 20 | −57% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 82 km |
| SN Cholmcille, Ceathrú Thaidhg | 26 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 83 km |
| Corclough N.S. | 79 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 86 km |
Living in Ballinrobe
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F31 Eircode area
Housing in Ballinrobe →The median sale price rose from €193,000 in 2023 to €207,500 in 2025 (+8%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F31 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ballinrobe
Cost of living in Ballinrobe →New tenancies in Ballinrobe averaged €1,030 a month in 2025, against €872 in 2024 (+18%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballinrobe, F12 HP22
Primary schools near Robeen Central 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 Robeen Central N.S.
Is Robeen Central 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 Robeen Central N.S. have?
127 pupils in 2025/26. That is +51% since 2019/20.
Does Robeen Central N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Robeen Central N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Robeen Central N.S.?
Robeen Central N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Tuam.
How do pupils get a place at Robeen Central 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 Robeen Central N.S.?
The nearest are S.N. Teach Caoin (5.1 km), S.N. Ceathru an Chlochar (5.3 km) and Lehinch N.S. (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 Ballinrobe; 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).