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St Rynaghs N.S.

PrimaryCatholic

BANAGHER, BIRR · R42 H221 · Roll number 18157J

St Rynaghs N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Banagher. Every school in and around Banagher →

Pupils
249
September, 2025/26
109 girls, 140 boys
Since 2019/20
+1%
from 246 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about St Rynaghs N.S.

  • One of the larger primary schools: 249 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+1%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

St Rynaghs N.S. had 249 pupils in 2025/26, down from 275 in 2015/16 (−9%). Girls are 44% of them. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

0701402102803502015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for St Rynaghs 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 Rynaghs 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on St Rynaghs 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 in

Getting a place at St Rynaghs N.S.

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to St Rynaghs 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.

Pupils
249
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+1%
from 246 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Rynaghs N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+1%). All the schools around Banagher together changed by −3%.

Pupils since 2019/20

St Rynaghs+1%
The primary schools around Banagher+4%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

St Rynaghs N.S. has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +1%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.

St Rynaghs249
St Cronans Mixed72
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53
St Marys93
S.N. Flannain Naofa71
High St Mixed73
St Brendan's45
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Rynaghs N.S.249+1%CatholicEnglish
St Cronans Mixed N.S.72+13%CatholicEnglish2.9 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish7.2 km
St Marys National School93−4%CatholicEnglish✓7.8 km
S.N. Flannain Naofa71+16%CatholicEnglish8.3 km
High St Mixed N.S.73+14%CatholicEnglish8.5 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓9.8 km
The other 63 primary schools in Co. Offaly
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Gaelscoil na Laochra45+29%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish10 km
S.N. Osmann86+4%Church of IrelandEnglish✓11 km
Mercy Primary School141−2%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
St Brendans Monastery178−8%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
S.N. Lomchluana33−23%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Naomh Eoin148+23%CatholicEnglish13 km
Croinchoill N.S.243+1%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St. Cynoc's National School189−4%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Chiarain Naofa29–CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Chiarain Naofa83+17%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic109+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓17 km
S.N. Naomh Callin69−9%CatholicEnglish18 km
Seir Kierans N.S.71+20%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Bhride111+14%CatholicEnglish19 km
Ceann Eitigh N.S.132+15%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Muire Naofa64−27%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Coolderry Central N.S.82−10%CatholicEnglish22 km
Shinrone Mixed N.S.121+1%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
St Ciarans Mixed N.S.110−12%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Mhuire72+6%CatholicEnglish23 km
Mount Bolus N.S.25−29%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Ros Com Rua21−28%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Cronain Naofa171−21%CatholicEnglish26 km
S N Chartaigh Naofa147−21%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Caoimhin Naofa67−17%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Seosamh97+31%CatholicEnglish27 km
Ballykilmurry N.S.199−6%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Mhanachain176+5%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa186−14%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Colmain Naofa322+5%CatholicEnglish30 km
Clara Convent N.S.180−17%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan76+23%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach116−32%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Mhuire249−20%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Tullamore Educate Together NS236+7%Multi-denominationalEnglish34 km
Arden Boys N.S.215+4%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
St. Joseph's N.S.360−12%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Seosamh108+29%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Naomh Philomena164−7%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Charleville N.S.173+92%Church of IrelandEnglish35 km
Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada185−11%CatholicAll in Irish35 km
S.N. Peadar agus Pol15−52%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Naomh Cholumchille197−8%CatholicEnglish35 km
Shinchill N.S.286+3%CatholicEnglish36 km
Clonaghadoo N.S.81−24%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa193+7%CatholicEnglish44 km
St Colmans N.S.97−14%CatholicEnglish44 km
Geashill 1 N.S.126−2%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Mhuire124−8%CatholicEnglish47 km
Cloneyhurke N.S.18−40%CatholicEnglish48 km
Daingean N.S.261+4%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Bhride70−23%CatholicEnglish50 km
Naomh Mhuire N.S.83−6%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. Mhuire Naofa91−40%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S.N. Phadraig124−2%CatholicEnglish59 km
S.N. Naomh Brogain72−14%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Clonbullogue N.S.84−9%CatholicEnglish60 km
Castlejordan Central N.S.79−7%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Scoil Bhríde Primary School480−24%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Gaelscoil Éadan Doire69−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
Edenderry 2 N.S.48−27%Church of IrelandEnglish63 km
St Patrick's National School192−13%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Edenderry Convent N.S.429+12%CatholicEnglish64 km
Living nearby

Living in Banagher

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€165,000
75 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€924
a month, new tenancies in 2025

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%).

2023€180,000
2024€205,000
2025€240,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€287,800
Second-hand homes€207,900

Property Price Register sales in the R42 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

New tenancies in Banagher averaged €924 a month in 2025, against €867 in 2024 (+7%).

2024€867
2025€924

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Banagher, R42 H221

Nearby

Primary schools near St Rynaghs 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 Rynaghs N.S.

Is St Rynaghs 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 Rynaghs N.S. have?

249 pupils in 2025/26. That is +1% since 2019/20.

Does St Rynaghs N.S. teach through Irish?

No: St Rynaghs N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs St Rynaghs N.S.?

St Rynaghs N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise.

How do pupils get a place at St Rynaghs 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 Rynaghs N.S.?

The nearest are St Cronans Mixed N.S. (2.9 km), Scoil Bhreandain Naofa (7.2 km) and St Marys National School (7.8 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).