St Cronans Mixed N.S.
Lusmagh, Banagher, Birr, Co. Offaly · R42 KC99 · Roll number 12294M
St Cronans Mixed N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Banagher. Every school in and around Banagher →
What stands out about St Cronans Mixed N.S.
- 72 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.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Clonfert; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Banagher’s outline, 2 km away; listed with Banagher, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Cronans Mixed N.S. had 72 pupils in 2025/26, against 67 in 2015/16 (+7%). Girls are 51% of them. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Cronans Mixed 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 St Cronans Mixed 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 St Cronans Mixed 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 St Cronans Mixed N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Cronans Mixed 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: St Cronans Mixed N.S. has grown by 13% since 2019/20. All the schools around Banagher together changed by −3%.
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 St Cronans Mixed N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +13%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Cronans Mixed N.S. | 72 | +13% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Rynaghs N.S. | 249 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| S.N. Flannain Naofa | 71 | +16% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Scoil Bhreandain Naofa | 53 | +6% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ruadhain | 32 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| St Brendan's N.S. | 45 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| Gaelscoil na Laochra | 45 | +29% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km |
The other 64 primary schools in Co. Offaly
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys National School | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Osmann | 86 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| High St Mixed N.S. | 73 | +14% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Mercy Primary School | 141 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Brendans Monastery | 178 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Croinchoill N.S. | 243 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 148 | +23% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Lomchluana | 33 | −23% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 29 | – | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St. Cynoc's National School | 189 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 83 | +17% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Seir Kierans N.S. | 71 | +20% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic | 109 | +5% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Naomh Callin | 69 | −9% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Coolderry Central N.S. | 82 | −10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 111 | +14% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Shinrone Mixed N.S. | 121 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Ceann Eitigh N.S. | 132 | +15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Muire Naofa | 64 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Ros Com Rua | 21 | −28% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Naofa | 171 | −21% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Ciarans Mixed N.S. | 110 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 72 | +6% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Caoimhin Naofa | 67 | −17% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Mount Bolus N.S. | 25 | −29% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S N Chartaigh Naofa | 147 | −21% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan | 76 | +23% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 108 | +29% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Ballykilmurry N.S. | 199 | −6% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Colmain Naofa | 322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Mhanachain | 176 | +5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Clara Convent N.S. | 180 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach | 116 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 249 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Tullamore Educate Together NS | 236 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Arden Boys N.S. | 215 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| St. Joseph's N.S. | 360 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Naomh Philomena | 164 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Charleville N.S. | 173 | +92% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada | 185 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 38 km | |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 15 | −52% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cholumchille | 197 | −8% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Shinchill N.S. | 286 | +3% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Clonaghadoo N.S. | 81 | −24% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa | 193 | +7% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Colmans N.S. | 97 | −14% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Geashill 1 N.S. | 126 | −2% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 124 | −8% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Cloneyhurke N.S. | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Daingean N.S. | 261 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil Bhride | 70 | −23% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Naomh Mhuire N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 91 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| S.N. Phadraig | 124 | −2% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brogain | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Clonbullogue N.S. | 84 | −9% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| Castlejordan Central N.S. | 79 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Scoil Bhríde Primary School | 480 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| Gaelscoil Éadan Doire | 69 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 66 km |
| Edenderry 2 N.S. | 48 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 66 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 192 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| Edenderry Convent N.S. | 429 | +12% | Catholic | English | 66 km |
Living in Banagher
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R42 Eircode area
Housing in Banagher →The median sale price rose from €180,000 in 2023 to €240,000 in 2025 (+33%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R42 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Banagher
Cost of living in Banagher →New tenancies in Banagher averaged €924 a month in 2025, against €867 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Banagher, R42 KC99
Primary schools near St Cronans Mixed 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 St Cronans Mixed N.S.
Is St Cronans Mixed 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 St Cronans Mixed N.S. have?
72 pupils in 2025/26. That is +13% since 2019/20.
Does St Cronans Mixed N.S. teach through Irish?
No: St Cronans Mixed N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Cronans Mixed N.S.?
St Cronans Mixed N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Clonfert.
How do pupils get a place at St Cronans Mixed 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 St Cronans Mixed N.S.?
The nearest are St Rynaghs N.S. (2.9 km), S.N. Flannain Naofa (6.2 km) and Scoil Bhreandain Naofa (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 Banagher; 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).