N Micheal agus Padraig
Clegna, Cootehall, Boyle, Co. Roscommon · F52 TV26 · Roll number 19720P
N Micheal agus Padraig is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Cootehall. Every school in and around Cootehall →
What stands out about N Micheal agus Padraig
- 156 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 156 pupils, 27% more than the 123 of 2019/20.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Cootehall or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Cootehall’s outline, 0.5 km away; listed with Cootehall, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26N Micheal agus Padraig had 156 pupils in 2025/26, against 111 in 2015/16 (+41%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 161, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for N Micheal agus Padraig
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 N Micheal agus Padraig 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 N Micheal agus Padraig
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 N Micheal agus Padraig
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to N Micheal agus Padraig 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.
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: N Micheal agus Padraig has grown by 27% since 2019/20. All the schools around Cootehall together changed by +27%.
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, 3 have more pupils than N Micheal agus Padraig. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +27%; 2 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N Micheal agus Padraig | 156 | +27% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 24 | −4% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Leitrim Mxd N.S. | 220 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 442 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ronain | 37 | +68% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Gaelscoil Liatroma | 203 | +39% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.5 km |
The other 82 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Abbey Primary School | 427 | – | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| S.N. Paroisteach | 24 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | 9 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 22 | −39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| S.N. Cruachain | 173 | −2% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Strabaggan N.S. | 25 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Grange N.S. | 32 | +10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Lasair Naofa | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Aughrim N.S. | 31 | −24% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 47 | +57% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Dangan NS | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Abbeycarton N.S. | 138 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Naomh Atrachta | 36 | −8% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Cill Trostain | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 104 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Clooniquin N.S. | 44 | +26% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ballanagare N.S. | 57 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Rooskey N.S. | 160 | +33% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 44 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Mary's Primary | 136 | +9% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne | 96 | −2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Tulsk N.S. | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Slatta N.S. | 8 | −69% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Tibohine N.S. | 56 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Fairymount N.S. | 39 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Cloonfour N.S. | 42 | +75% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Don N.S. | 38 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Castleplunkett N.S. | 44 | −19% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Attractas N.S. | 281 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Whitehall N.S. | 93 | −23% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Tarmon N.S. | 276 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Clooncagh N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Lourdes | 57 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Bhríde | 126 | +18% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Brusna | 66 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Pol Naofa | 66 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| St Annes Con N.S. | 141 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Cloontuskert National School | 82 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Lios A Cuill M | 94 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| St. Bride's N.S. | 89 | +2% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. O Dubhlain | 15 | −55% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ceitheach | 13 | −55% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Cloonbonnif N.S. | 24 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Roxboro N.S. | 226 | +10% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Clover Hill N.S. | 51 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Threen N.S. | 35 | −8% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Lisaniskey N.S. | 108 | +11% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Gorthaganny N.S. | 45 | −45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Kilteevan N.S. | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| St Cóman's Wood Primary School | 605 | −5% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 149 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 41 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 35 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Carrick Mixed N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Ciaran Naofa | 60 | −19% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 121 | +7% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Granlahan G N.S. | 46 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire | 136 | −14% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Athleague N.S. | 105 | +40% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Lecarrow Community National School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 50 km | |
| Cloonfad N.S. | 125 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Mount Talbot N.S. | 24 | – | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Rath Aradh | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. an Gleann Duibh | 147 | +10% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Tisrara National School | 54 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Lismoil N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Carrick N.S. | 41 | −40% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Ballintleva N.S. | 46 | −19% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Ballyforan Mixed N.S. | 59 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Ballybay National School | 224 | +7% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Brideswell N.S. | 68 | +17% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 13 | – | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S N Cluain na Cille | 399 | −7% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| S.N. Ronain | 34 | −8% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh | 223 | −16% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Taughmaconnell N.S. | 105 | +2% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| S.N. Ard Cianain | 77 | −25% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| S N Cor na Fola B | 223 | −8% | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire, | 115 | +25% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| Clonown N.S. | 28 | −3% | Catholic | English | 71 km | |
| Camcloon N.S. | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | 71 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ciaran | 107 | +0% | Catholic | English | 74 km |
Living in Cootehall
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F52 Eircode area
Housing in Cootehall →The median sale price rose from €171,000 in 2023 to €192,500 in 2025 (+13%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F52 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Roscommon
Cost of living in Cootehall →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 Cootehall, F52 TV26
Primary schools near N Micheal agus Padraig
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about N Micheal agus Padraig
Is N Micheal agus Padraig 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 N Micheal agus Padraig have?
156 pupils in 2025/26. That is +27% since 2019/20.
Does N Micheal agus Padraig teach through Irish?
No: N Micheal agus Padraig teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs N Micheal agus Padraig?
N Micheal agus Padraig has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at N Micheal agus Padraig?
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 N Micheal agus Padraig?
The nearest are S.N. Naomh Mhuire (4.8 km), S.N. Michil Naofa (5.4 km) and Leitrim Mxd N.S. (6.4 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 Cootehall; 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).