Lisaniskey N.S.
Ballymacfarrane, Donamon, Co. Roscommon · F42 K226 · Roll number 14356S
Lisaniskey N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballintober. Every school in and around Ballintober →
What stands out about Lisaniskey N.S.
- 108 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+11%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballintober’s outline, 7.4 km away; listed with Ballintober, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Lisaniskey N.S. had 108 pupils in 2025/26, against 86 in 2015/16 (+26%). Girls are 53% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Lisaniskey 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 Lisaniskey 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 Lisaniskey 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 Lisaniskey N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Lisaniskey 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: Lisaniskey N.S. has grown by 11% 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.
Lisaniskey N.S. has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +11%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisaniskey N.S. | 108 | +11% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Naomh Ceitheach | 13 | −55% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Clover Hill N.S. | 51 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Ciaran Naofa | 60 | −19% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Glinsk N.S. | 74 | +14% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Creggs Central N.S. | 87 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| St. Bride's N.S. | 89 | +2% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km |
The other 81 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 149 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| St Cóman's Wood Primary School | 605 | −5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 126 | +18% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Castleplunkett N.S. | 44 | −19% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Athleague N.S. | 105 | +40% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Roxboro N.S. | 226 | +10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Tarmon N.S. | 276 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Tulsk N.S. | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Mount Talbot N.S. | 24 | – | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Kilteevan N.S. | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Pol Naofa | 66 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Annes Con N.S. | 141 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Threen N.S. | 35 | −8% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 121 | +7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Clooncagh N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. O Dubhlain | 15 | −55% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Clooniquin N.S. | 44 | +26% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Tisrara National School | 54 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire | 136 | −14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Rath Aradh | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Ballanagare N.S. | 57 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| St Mary's Primary | 136 | +9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 44 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Cloonbonnif N.S. | 24 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Lismoil N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ballyforan Mixed N.S. | 59 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 35 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Cloontuskert National School | 82 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Carrick Mixed N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Fairymount N.S. | 39 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Granlahan G N.S. | 46 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Lourdes | 57 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Abbeycarton N.S. | 138 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Cill Trostain | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Ballintleva N.S. | 46 | −19% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Lecarrow Community National School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 104 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne | 96 | −2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Carrick N.S. | 41 | −40% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. an Gleann Duibh | 147 | +10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 13 | – | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Don N.S. | 38 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 47 | +57% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Cloonfad N.S. | 125 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Tibohine N.S. | 56 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Aughrim N.S. | 31 | −24% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Gorthaganny N.S. | 45 | −45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Slatta N.S. | 8 | −69% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Brideswell N.S. | 68 | +17% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Naomh Atrachta | 36 | −8% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Cruachain | 173 | −2% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Whitehall N.S. | 93 | −23% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Lios A Cuill M | 94 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Ballybay National School | 224 | +7% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Cloonfour N.S. | 42 | +75% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Grange N.S. | 32 | +10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Taughmaconnell N.S. | 105 | +2% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Attractas N.S. | 281 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Ronain | 34 | −8% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Dangan NS | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Rooskey N.S. | 160 | +33% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S N Cluain na Cille | 399 | −7% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 24 | −4% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire, | 115 | +25% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Brusna | 66 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Abbey Primary School | 427 | – | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Paroisteach | 24 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Ard Cianain | 77 | −25% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh | 223 | −16% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S N Cor na Fola B | 223 | −8% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| N Micheal agus Padraig | 156 | +27% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Camcloon N.S. | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ciaran | 107 | +0% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Clonown N.S. | 28 | −3% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ronain | 37 | +68% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 22 | −39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Strabaggan N.S. | 25 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Lasair Naofa | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
Living in Ballintober
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F45 Eircode area
Housing in Ballintober →The median sale price rose from €135,000 in 2023 to €155,000 in 2025 (+15%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Roscommon
Cost of living in Ballintober →New tenancies in Co. Roscommon averaged €1,092 a month in 2025, against €1,000 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballintober, F42 K226
Primary schools near Lisaniskey 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 Lisaniskey N.S.
Is Lisaniskey 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 Lisaniskey N.S. have?
108 pupils in 2025/26. That is +11% since 2019/20.
Does Lisaniskey N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Lisaniskey N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Lisaniskey N.S.?
Lisaniskey N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at Lisaniskey 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 Lisaniskey N.S.?
The nearest are S.N. Naomh Ceitheach (4.3 km), Clover Hill N.S. (5.8 km) and Ciaran Naofa (6.1 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 Ballintober; 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).