Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais
Bangor Erris, Ballina, Co. Mayo · F26 WD59 · Roll number 13684H
Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Bangor Erris. Every school in and around Bangor Erris →
What stands out about Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais
- A small primary school: 61 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 61 pupils, 61% more than the 38 of 2019/20.
- 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.
- 20 girls and 41 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killala; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Bangor Erris or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais had 61 pupils in 2025/26, against 40 in 2015/16 (+53%). Girls are 33% of them. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais
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 Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais 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 Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais
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 Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais 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: Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais has grown by 61% since 2019/20.
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, 1 have more pupils than Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +61%; 0 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais | 61 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Geesala Central School | 29 | −31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 11 km |
| Barnatra N.S. | 24 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Gleann A Chaisil | 64 | +10% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. an Tsraith | 15 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Druim Slaod | 8 | −60% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Pol A Tsomais | 27 | +13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 14 km |
The other 144 primary schools in Co. Mayo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Dhumha Thuama | 26 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Inbhear | 67 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Ros Dumhach | 27 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Achaidh an Ghlaisin | 48 | +0% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 18 km |
| Drumgallagh N.S. | 33 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Croi Muire | 127 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Beal an Mhuirthead | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| SN Cholmcille, Ceathrú Thaidhg | 26 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 19 km |
| Cill Mhor Iorrais | 20 | −57% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Scoil Néifinn | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Valley N.S. | 17 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S N Toin na Gaoithe | 61 | +7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 22 km |
| Corclough N.S. | 79 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Eachleime | 64 | +45% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 24 km |
| Kilmurry NS | 65 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Saile | 65 | +38% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 25 km |
| Cormaic Nfa | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S N Realt na Mara | 77 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Achill Sound Convent N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Dookinella N.S. | 26 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Crossmolina N.S. | 235 | +5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 67 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Mount Palmer National School | 37 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Cloondaff N.S. | 11 | −52% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Leath Ardan | 76 | +17% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Dumhach | 28 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Newport Central | 243 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Rathbane N.S. | 57 | −2% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. an Coill Mhor | 17 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Templemary N.S. | 47 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Ardagh National School | 73 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 33 km | |
| Garracloon N.S. | 25 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Killala N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Cooneal N.S. | 58 | −41% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Myna N.S. | 102 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Knockanillo N.S. | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Cloghans N.S. | 9 | −68% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Lacken National School | 25 | −11% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Faitche | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Newtownwhite Educate Together NS | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Cullens N.S. | 273 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Scoil Íosa | 242 | +31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 38 km |
| Carraholly N.S. | 42 | −49% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| St Joseph's NS | 217 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maol | 141 | +16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Saint Michaels N.S. | 17 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| Quignamanger N.S. | 364 | +13% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cuaiche | 208 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 40 km | |
| Crimlin N.S. | 15 | −35% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Colm Naofa | 27 | −18% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Bunscoil Naomh Bríd agus Pádraíg | 46 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colm Cille | 206 | +10% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Westport Educate Together National School | 48 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 338 | +0% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Holy Trinity National School | 41 | −33% | Church of Ireland | English | 41 km | |
| Lecanvey N.S. | 31 | +0% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. B Curnanool | 66 | +22% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Muirisc N.S. | 49 | +104% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| St Peters N.S. | 271 | −10% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 231 | −5% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Beheymore N.S. | 228 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 133 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Castlebar Primary School | 864 | – | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Castlebar Educate Together National School | 113 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| St Paul's National School | 89 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Gaelscoil Raifteirí | 229 | −1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| S N an Teaghlaigh | 45 | −32% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Feichin | 26 | −43% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 111 | +10% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Ruscaighe | 206 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Brackloon N.S. | 145 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Foxford Central N.S. | 271 | +10% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Lainn Cille | 66 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Breaffy N.S. | 377 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. Muine Chonallain | 133 | +56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 45 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| SN Beal Atha na hEin | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Ballyvary Central N.S. | 223 | +8% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Teaghlaigh Naofa | 67 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| S.N. Coill an Bhaile | 41 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brid C | 21 | −63% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Carrakennedy N.S. | 32 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Fiondalbha | 37 | +28% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Beal Caradh | 109 | −16% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Coill Mor | 6 | – | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Ballintubber N.S. | 113 | +23% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Thola | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| St Johns N.S. | 27 | −53% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Scoil na gCoillini | 97 | +11% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Killasser N.S. | 31 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Clogher N.S. | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| St Columbas N.S. | 3 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Scoil Naisiunta Balla Aluinn | 202 | +7% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Swinford N.S. | 200 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Craggagh N.S. | 19 | −49% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Kinaffe N.S. | 48 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| Burriscarra N.S. | 23 | – | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Mount Pleasant N.S. | 87 | +1% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| St Mary's National School | 51 | +19% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Mainistir Muigheo | 84 | −3% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Kiltimagh Central | 262 | +9% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Thuar Mhic Éadaigh | 94 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 59 km | |
| Culmore N.S. | 33 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. Gort an Eadain | 28 | +27% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| S.N. an Trian Lair | 66 | −7% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| S.N. Sheamais | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Ceathru an Chlochar | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| Cloonlyon N.S. | 28 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| Robeen Central N.S. | 127 | +51% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| S.N. Athracht Nfa | 268 | +41% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Treasa | 57 | +78% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Barnacarroll Central N.S. | 208 | +21% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| S.N. Teach Caoin | 33 | −42% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Knock N.S. | 152 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| S.N. Chluain Luifin | 75 | +17% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Claremorris National School | 314 | – | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| St. Josephs N.S. | 451 | −1% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| S.N. Tamhnighan Fheadha | 15 | −32% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| S.N. Uileog de Burca | 105 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 68 km | |
| Lehinch N.S. | 8 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| Tavrane Central N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| Scoil Chomain Naofa | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| Carracastle Central N.S. | 88 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 71 km |
| Meelickmore N.S. | 81 | +25% | Catholic | English | 71 km | |
| SN na hAille | 140 | +9% | Catholic | English | 72 km | |
| Beacan Mixed N.S. | 177 | +18% | Catholic | English | 72 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 103 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| Ballindine B N.S. | 138 | +20% | Catholic | English | 73 km | |
| S.N. Gort Sceiche | 75 | −6% | Catholic | English | 74 km | |
| St Patricks Central N.S. | 117 | +4% | Catholic | English | 74 km | |
| St Colmans N.S. | 34 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 75 km |
| S.N. Naomh Feichin | 47 | −33% | Catholic | English | 75 km | |
| Kilmovee N.S. | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 76 km |
| Gortjordan N.S. | 11 | −48% | Catholic | English | 76 km | |
| Scoil Iosa | 385 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| Irishtown N.S. | 70 | +15% | Catholic | English | 77 km | |
| St Johns N.S. | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 79 km |
| SN Baile Cuisin | 13 | −35% | Catholic | English | 79 km | |
| Glencorrib N.S. | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | 80 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Sheosamh | 99 | −13% | Catholic | English | 81 km | |
| SN Naomh Proinnsias | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | 82 km |
Living in Bangor Erris
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Homes in the F26 Eircode area
Housing in Bangor Erris →The median sale price rose from €184,800 in 2023 to €200,000 in 2025 (+8%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F26 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Mayo
Cost of living in Bangor Erris →New tenancies in Co. Mayo averaged €1,117 a month in 2025, against €1,002 in 2024 (+12%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Bangor Erris, F26 WD59
Primary schools near Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais
Is Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais 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 Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais have?
61 pupils in 2025/26. That is +61% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais?
Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killala.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais?
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 Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais?
The nearest are Geesala Central School (11 km), Barnatra N.S. (11 km) and S.N. Gleann A Chaisil (12 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 Bangor Erris; 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).