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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 →
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 2025/26Cloneyhurke 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.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloneyhurke N.S. | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Mhuire | 124 | −8% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.5 km | |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.8 km |
The other 65 primary schools in Co. Offaly
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonaghadoo N.S. | 81 | −24% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Naomh Mhuire N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Geashill 1 N.S. | 126 | −2% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa | 193 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brogain | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Shinchill N.S. | 286 | +3% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Daingean N.S. | 261 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Clonbullogue N.S. | 84 | −9% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada | 185 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| Charleville N.S. | 173 | +92% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Philomena | 164 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 249 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| St Colmans N.S. | 97 | −14% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach | 116 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| St. Joseph's N.S. | 360 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Arden Boys N.S. | 215 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Scoil Bhride | 70 | −23% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Colmain Naofa | 322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 91 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Tullamore Educate Together NS | 236 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 124 | −2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Mount Bolus N.S. | 25 | −29% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballykilmurry N.S. | 199 | −6% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde Primary School | 480 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Gaelscoil Éadan Doire | 69 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 24 km |
| Edenderry 2 N.S. | 48 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 192 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Edenderry Convent N.S. | 429 | +12% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cholumchille | 197 | −8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 72 | +6% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S N Chartaigh Naofa | 147 | −21% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 111 | +14% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Castlejordan Central N.S. | 79 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic | 109 | +5% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| Clara Convent N.S. | 180 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Ceann Eitigh N.S. | 132 | +15% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Muire Naofa | 64 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 15 | −52% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 29 | – | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Ciarans Mixed N.S. | 110 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Seir Kierans N.S. | 71 | +20% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Lomchluana | 33 | −23% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 148 | +23% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Ros Com Rua | 21 | −28% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Mhanachain | 176 | +5% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St. Cynoc's National School | 189 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Naomh Callin | 69 | −9% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Coolderry Central N.S. | 82 | −10% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| St Marys National School | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Cronain Naofa | 171 | −21% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Croinchoill N.S. | 243 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Gaelscoil na Laochra | 45 | +29% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| Mercy Primary School | 141 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Osmann | 86 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| St Brendans Monastery | 178 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| High St Mixed N.S. | 73 | +14% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Shinrone Mixed N.S. | 121 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| St Rynaghs N.S. | 249 | +1% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Caoimhin Naofa | 67 | −17% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Cronans Mixed N.S. | 72 | +13% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan | 76 | +23% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 83 | +17% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 108 | +29% | Catholic | English | 55 km |
Living in Clonygowan
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
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%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R35 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Offaly
Cost of living in Clonygowan →New tenancies in Co. Offaly averaged €1,198 a month in 2025, against €1,089 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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near Clonygowan, R32 FT51
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).