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Cloneyhurke N.S.

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Cloneyhurke, Portarlington, Co. Offaly · R32 FT51 · Roll number 15923J

Cloneyhurke N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Clonygowan. Every school in and around Clonygowan →

Pupils
18
September, 2025/26
4 girls, 14 boys
Since 2019/20
−40%
from 30 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Cloneyhurke N.S.

  • A small primary school: 18 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Smaller than it was: 18 pupils, 40% fewer than the 30 of 2019/20.
  • 4 girls and 14 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Clonygowan’s outline, 3.1 km away; listed with Clonygowan, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Cloneyhurke N.S. had 18 pupils in 2025/26, down from 29 in 2015/16 (−38%). Girls are 22% of them. Its largest roll was 38, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

0102030402015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Cloneyhurke 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 Cloneyhurke 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 Cloneyhurke 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 Cloneyhurke N.S.

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

Families apply to Cloneyhurke 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
18
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−40%
from 30 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Cloneyhurke N.S. has shrunk by 40% since 2019/20. All the schools around Clonygowan together changed by −8%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Cloneyhurke−40%
The primary schools around Clonygowan−8%
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.

Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Cloneyhurke N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −40%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.

Cloneyhurke18
S.N. Mhuire124
Na Carraige204
Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 284
Mountmellick Boys188
St Josephs Girls230
St Pauls41
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Cloneyhurke N.S.18−40%CatholicEnglish
S.N. Mhuire124−8%CatholicEnglish3.4 km
Na Carraige N.S.204−1%CatholicEnglish✓4.7 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 284−16%Church of IrelandEnglish5.5 km
Mountmellick Boys N.S.188−24%CatholicEnglish✓5.7 km
St Josephs Girls N.S.230−4%CatholicEnglish✓5.7 km
St Pauls N.S.41+32%Church of IrelandEnglish5.8 km
The other 65 primary schools in Co. Offaly
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Clonaghadoo N.S.81−24%CatholicEnglish7.1 km
Naomh Mhuire N.S.83−6%CatholicEnglish✓9.1 km
Geashill 1 N.S.126−2%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa193+7%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Naomh Brogain72−14%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Shinchill N.S.286+3%CatholicEnglish13 km
Daingean N.S.261+4%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Clonbullogue N.S.84−9%CatholicEnglish17 km
Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada185−11%CatholicAll in Irish18 km
Charleville N.S.173+92%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
S.N. Naomh Philomena164−7%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Scoil Mhuire249−20%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
St Colmans N.S.97−14%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach116−32%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
St. Joseph's N.S.360−12%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Arden Boys N.S.215+4%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Scoil Bhride70−23%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Colmain Naofa322+5%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Mhuire Naofa91−40%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Tullamore Educate Together NS236+7%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
S.N. Seosamh97+31%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Phadraig124−2%CatholicEnglish24 km
Mount Bolus N.S.25−29%CatholicEnglish24 km
Ballykilmurry N.S.199−6%CatholicEnglish24 km
Scoil Bhríde Primary School480−24%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Gaelscoil Éadan Doire69−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Edenderry 2 N.S.48−27%Church of IrelandEnglish25 km
St Patrick's National School192−13%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Edenderry Convent N.S.429+12%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Naomh Cholumchille197−8%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Mhuire72+6%CatholicEnglish26 km
S N Chartaigh Naofa147−21%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Bhride111+14%CatholicEnglish28 km
Castlejordan Central N.S.79−7%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic109+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓30 km
Clara Convent N.S.180−17%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Ceann Eitigh N.S.132+15%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa186−14%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Muire Naofa64−27%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Peadar agus Pol15−52%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Chiarain Naofa29–CatholicEnglish34 km
St Ciarans Mixed N.S.110−12%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Seir Kierans N.S.71+20%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. Lomchluana33−23%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. Naomh Eoin148+23%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. Ros Com Rua21−28%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. Mhanachain176+5%CatholicEnglish36 km
St. Cynoc's National School189−4%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Naomh Callin69−9%CatholicEnglish40 km
Coolderry Central N.S.82−10%CatholicEnglish41 km
St Marys National School93−4%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Cronain Naofa171−21%CatholicEnglish42 km
Croinchoill N.S.243+1%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Gaelscoil na Laochra45+29%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish43 km
Mercy Primary School141−2%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Osmann86+4%Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
St Brendans Monastery178−8%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
High St Mixed N.S.73+14%CatholicEnglish44 km
Shinrone Mixed N.S.121+1%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
St Rynaghs N.S.249+1%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. Caoimhin Naofa67−17%CatholicEnglish48 km
St Cronans Mixed N.S.72+13%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan76+23%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. Chiarain Naofa83+17%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. Seosamh108+29%CatholicEnglish55 km
Living nearby

Living in Clonygowan

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

Median sale price
€267,600
routing key R35, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,198
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Offaly

Homes in the R35 Eircode area

Housing in Clonygowan →

The median sale price rose from €254,200 in 2023 to €287,500 in 2025 (+13%).

2023€254,200
2024€265,000
2025€287,500

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€348,900
Second-hand homes€249,600

Property Price Register sales in the R35 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

New tenancies in Co. Offaly averaged €1,198 a month in 2025, against €1,089 in 2024 (+10%).

2024€1,089
2025€1,198

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

near Clonygowan, R32 FT51

Nearby

Primary schools near Cloneyhurke 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 Cloneyhurke N.S.

Is Cloneyhurke 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 Cloneyhurke N.S. have?

18 pupils in 2025/26. That is −40% since 2019/20.

Does Cloneyhurke N.S. teach through Irish?

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

Who runs Cloneyhurke N.S.?

Cloneyhurke N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.

How do pupils get a place at Cloneyhurke 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 Cloneyhurke N.S.?

The nearest are S.N. Mhuire (3.4 km), Na Carraige N.S. (4.7 km) and Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 (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 Clonygowan; 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).