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Broughall, Kilcormac, Birr, Co. Offaly · R42 P766 · Roll number 17753U
S.N. Chiarain Naofa is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Kilcormac. Every school in and around Kilcormac →
What stands out about S.N. Chiarain Naofa
- A small primary school: 29 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Kilcormac’s outline, 3.2 km away; listed with Kilcormac, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Chiarain Naofa had 29 pupils in 2025/26, against 19 in 2015/16 (+53%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 30, in 2024/25. 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 S.N. Chiarain Naofa
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 S.N. Chiarain Naofa 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 S.N. Chiarain Naofa
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 S.N. Chiarain Naofa
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Chiarain Naofa 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.
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 S.N. Chiarain Naofa.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 29 | – | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Lomchluana | 33 | −23% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic | 109 | +5% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 111 | +14% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 148 | +23% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Marys National School | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| St. Cynoc's National School | 189 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
The other 60 primary schools in Co. Offaly
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bolus N.S. | 25 | −29% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 72 | +6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Muire Naofa | 64 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Ceann Eitigh N.S. | 132 | +15% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| High St Mixed N.S. | 73 | +14% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Laochra | 45 | +29% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Seir Kierans N.S. | 71 | +20% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Callin | 69 | −9% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Osmann | 86 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Rynaghs N.S. | 249 | +1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Mercy Primary School | 141 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S N Chartaigh Naofa | 147 | −21% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Brendans Monastery | 178 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Croinchoill N.S. | 243 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Ciarans Mixed N.S. | 110 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Cronans Mixed N.S. | 72 | +13% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Colmain Naofa | 322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballykilmurry N.S. | 199 | −6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Ros Com Rua | 21 | −28% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Clara Convent N.S. | 180 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach | 116 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 249 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Coolderry Central N.S. | 82 | −10% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 83 | +17% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Arden Boys N.S. | 215 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| St. Joseph's N.S. | 360 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Tullamore Educate Together NS | 236 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Philomena | 164 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Charleville N.S. | 173 | +92% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada | 185 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Shinchill N.S. | 286 | +3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Mhanachain | 176 | +5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cholumchille | 197 | −8% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Naofa | 171 | −21% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Shinrone Mixed N.S. | 121 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 15 | −52% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Clonaghadoo N.S. | 81 | −24% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Caoimhin Naofa | 67 | −17% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa | 193 | +7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Geashill 1 N.S. | 126 | −2% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Colmans N.S. | 97 | −14% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan | 76 | +23% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 124 | −8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Cloneyhurke N.S. | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Daingean N.S. | 261 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Seosamh | 108 | +29% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 70 | −23% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Naomh Mhuire N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 91 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brogain | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Phadraig | 124 | −2% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Clonbullogue N.S. | 84 | −9% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Castlejordan Central N.S. | 79 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Scoil Bhríde Primary School | 480 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Gaelscoil Éadan Doire | 69 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 50 km |
| Edenderry 2 N.S. | 48 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 50 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 192 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Edenderry Convent N.S. | 429 | +12% | Catholic | English | 50 km |
Living in Kilcormac
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R42 Eircode area
Housing in Kilcormac →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 Co. Offaly
Cost of living in Kilcormac →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 Kilcormac, R42 P766
Primary schools near S.N. Chiarain Naofa
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S.N. Chiarain Naofa
Is S.N. Chiarain Naofa 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 S.N. Chiarain Naofa have?
29 pupils in 2025/26.
Does S.N. Chiarain Naofa teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Chiarain Naofa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Chiarain Naofa?
S.N. Chiarain Naofa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Chiarain Naofa?
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 S.N. Chiarain Naofa?
The nearest are S.N. Lomchluana (3.6 km), Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic (3.8 km) and S.N. Bhride (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 Kilcormac; 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).