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Rooskey N.S.

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Rooskey, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon · N41 DH36 · Roll number 04800F

Rooskey N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Roosky. Every school in and around Roosky →

Pupils
160
September, 2025/26
85 girls, 75 boys
Since 2019/20
+33%
from 120 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Elphin
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Rooskey N.S.

  • 160 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 160 pupils, 33% more than the 120 of 2019/20.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
  • The only primary school in Roosky or within 3 km of it.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Rooskey N.S. had 160 pupils in 2025/26, against 94 in 2015/16 (+70%). Girls are 53% of them. Its roll rose in 9 of the 10 years.

040801201602002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Rooskey 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 Rooskey 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Rooskey 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 in

Getting a place at Rooskey N.S.

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Rooskey 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.

Pupils
160
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+33%
from 120 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Rooskey N.S. has grown by 33% since 2019/20. All the schools around Roosky together changed by +33%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Rooskey+33%
The primary schools around Roosky+33%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The 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, 1 have more pupils than Rooskey N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +33%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.

Rooskey160
Scoil Mhuire124
Slatta8
Cloonfour42
S.N. Naomh Padraig18
Annaduff Mxd191
Whitehall93
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Rooskey N.S.160+33%CatholicEnglish
Scoil Mhuire124+20%CatholicEnglish4.4 km
Slatta N.S.8−69%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
Cloonfour N.S.42+75%CatholicEnglish5.5 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig18−40%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
Annaduff Mxd N.S.191−5%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
Whitehall N.S.93−23%CatholicEnglish8.3 km
The other 81 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne96−2%CatholicEnglish9.1 km
Dangan NS92+12%CatholicEnglish9.6 km
S.N. Cill Trostain45–CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig44−10%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Aughrim N.S.31−24%CatholicEnglish14 km
St Mary's Primary136+9%CatholicEnglish14 km
Cloontuskert National School82+28%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Abbeycarton N.S.138−13%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Clooncagh N.S.20−26%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. O Dubhlain15−55%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Michil Naofa24−4%CatholicEnglish20 km
Clooniquin N.S.44+26%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Cruachain173−2%CatholicEnglish21 km
Tulsk N.S.77−10%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Bhríde126+18%CatholicEnglish23 km
N Micheal agus Padraig156+27%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Naomh Mhuire9–CatholicEnglish24 km
Roxboro N.S.226+10%CatholicEnglish24 km
Kilteevan N.S.32+0%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Naomh Eoin47+57%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Cill Ronain37+68%CatholicEnglish28 km
Grange N.S.32+10%CatholicEnglish28 km
Abbey Primary School427–CatholicEnglish29 km
St Cóman's Wood Primary School605−5%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Paroisteach24+4%Church of IrelandEnglish29 km
Castleplunkett N.S.44−19%CatholicEnglish29 km
Strabaggan N.S.25+4%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Naomh Ceitheach13−55%CatholicEnglish29 km
Clover Hill N.S.51−22%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Ballanagare N.S.57−5%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Gaelscoil de hIde149−5%CatholicAll in Irish30 km
S.N. Naomh Seosamh121+7%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire136−14%CatholicEnglish31 km
Naomh Atrachta36−8%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Lasair Naofa13–CatholicEnglish✓31 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa89−2%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig22−39%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa104−1%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Lecarrow Community National School28–Multi-denominationalEnglish33 km
Lisaniskey N.S.108+11%CatholicEnglish33 km
Ciaran Naofa60−19%CatholicEnglish34 km
St. Bride's N.S.89+2%CatholicEnglish34 km
Tarmon N.S.276+54%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. an Gleann Duibh147+10%CatholicEnglish36 km
Athleague N.S.105+40%CatholicEnglish36 km
Fairymount N.S.39+34%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Rath Aradh17–CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Pol Naofa66−6%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
St Annes Con N.S.141+17%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Tibohine N.S.56+10%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Lismoil N.S.12–CatholicEnglish40 km
Don N.S.38−33%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Carrick N.S.41−40%CatholicEnglish41 km
Tisrara National School54+29%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Mount Talbot N.S.24–CatholicEnglish41 km
Ballybay National School224+7%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Mhuire Lourdes57+36%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Threen N.S.35−8%CatholicEnglish43 km
Ballintleva N.S.46−19%CatholicEnglish43 km
Cloonbonnif N.S.24−8%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Brideswell N.S.68+17%CatholicEnglish44 km
St Attractas N.S.281+19%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S N Cluain na Cille399−7%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Lios A Cuill M94−1%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Ballyforan Mixed N.S.59−2%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh223−16%CatholicEnglish47 km
Ballinlough N.S.35–Church of IrelandEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Brusna66+14%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Ronain34−8%CatholicEnglish48 km
Carrick Mixed N.S.80−2%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal13–CatholicEnglish49 km
Gorthaganny N.S.45−45%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
S.N. Ard Cianain77−25%CatholicEnglish50 km
Taughmaconnell N.S.105+2%CatholicEnglish50 km
Granlahan G N.S.46+18%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S N Cor na Fola B223−8%CatholicEnglish51 km
Clonown N.S.28−3%CatholicEnglish52 km
Camcloon N.S.55−15%CatholicEnglish54 km
Scoil Mhuire,115+25%CatholicEnglish56 km
Cloonfad N.S.125−22%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Naomh Ciaran107+0%CatholicEnglish57 km
Living nearby

Living in Roosky

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€183,400
routing key N41, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,092
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Roscommon

Homes in the N41 Eircode area

Housing in Roosky →

The median sale price rose from €167,000 in 2023 to €205,000 in 2025 (+23%).

2023€167,000
2024€180,000
2025€205,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€361,600
Second-hand homes€178,800

Property Price Register sales in the N41 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Roscommon

Cost of living in Roosky →

New tenancies in Co. Roscommon averaged €1,092 a month in 2025, against €1,000 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,000
2025€1,092

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Roosky, N41 DH36

Nearby

Primary schools near Rooskey 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 Rooskey N.S.

Is Rooskey 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 Rooskey N.S. have?

160 pupils in 2025/26. That is +33% since 2019/20.

Does Rooskey N.S. teach through Irish?

No: Rooskey N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Rooskey N.S.?

Rooskey N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.

How do pupils get a place at Rooskey 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 Rooskey N.S.?

The nearest are Scoil Mhuire (4.4 km), Slatta N.S. (5.3 km) and Cloonfour N.S. (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 Roosky; 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).