S.N. Muire Naofa
Pullough, Co. Offaly · R35 K521 · Roll number 17069H
S.N. Muire Naofa is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Pollagh. Every school in and around Pollagh →
What stands out about S.N. Muire Naofa
- A small primary school: 64 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 64 pupils, 27% fewer than the 88 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- 24 girls and 40 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Pollagh or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Muire Naofa had 64 pupils in 2025/26, down from 94 in 2015/16 (−32%). Girls are 38% of them. Its largest roll was 96, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 2 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. Muire 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. Muire 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. Muire 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. Muire Naofa
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Muire 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas. 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: S.N. Muire Naofa has shrunk by 27% since 2019/20.
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, 5 have more pupils than S.N. Muire Naofa. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −27%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Muire Naofa | 64 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| St Ciarans Mixed N.S. | 110 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| S N Chartaigh Naofa | 147 | −21% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 72 | +6% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Callin | 69 | −9% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| St. Cynoc's National School | 189 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| S.N. Lomchluana | 33 | −23% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km |
The other 60 primary schools in Co. Offaly
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Ballykilmurry N.S. | 199 | −6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Clara Convent N.S. | 180 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 29 | – | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Mount Bolus N.S. | 25 | −29% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic | 109 | +5% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 111 | +14% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Colmain Naofa | 322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Mhanachain | 176 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Marys National School | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| High St Mixed N.S. | 73 | +14% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Tullamore Educate Together NS | 236 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach | 116 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 249 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Arden Boys N.S. | 215 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St. Joseph's N.S. | 360 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Naomh Cholumchille | 197 | −8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Philomena | 164 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Charleville N.S. | 173 | +92% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 15 | −52% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada | 185 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 148 | +23% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Shinchill N.S. | 286 | +3% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 83 | +17% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ceann Eitigh N.S. | 132 | +15% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Rynaghs N.S. | 249 | +1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Laochra | 45 | +29% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| St Cronans Mixed N.S. | 72 | +13% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Colmans N.S. | 97 | −14% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Seir Kierans N.S. | 71 | +20% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Osmann | 86 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Mercy Primary School | 141 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Brendans Monastery | 178 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa | 193 | +7% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Clonaghadoo N.S. | 81 | −24% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Croinchoill N.S. | 243 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Geashill 1 N.S. | 126 | −2% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Daingean N.S. | 261 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Ros Com Rua | 21 | −28% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 70 | −23% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 124 | −8% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Coolderry Central N.S. | 82 | −10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Cloneyhurke N.S. | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Naomh Mhuire N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Cronain Naofa | 171 | −21% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 91 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Shinrone Mixed N.S. | 121 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Phadraig | 124 | −2% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Caoimhin Naofa | 67 | −17% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Castlejordan Central N.S. | 79 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Clonbullogue N.S. | 84 | −9% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brogain | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan | 76 | +23% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde Primary School | 480 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Gaelscoil Éadan Doire | 69 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 43 km |
| Edenderry 2 N.S. | 48 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 43 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 192 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Edenderry Convent N.S. | 429 | +12% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 108 | +29% | Catholic | English | 47 km |
Living in Pollagh
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R35 Eircode area
Housing in Pollagh →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 Pollagh →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
Directions ↗Pollagh, R35 K521
Primary schools near S.N. Muire 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. Muire Naofa
Is S.N. Muire 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. Muire Naofa have?
64 pupils in 2025/26. That is −27% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Muire Naofa teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Muire Naofa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Muire Naofa?
S.N. Muire Naofa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Muire 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. Muire Naofa?
The nearest are St Ciarans Mixed N.S. (5.4 km), S N Chartaigh Naofa (6 km) and S.N. Mhuire (6.7 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 Pollagh; 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).