Clooncagh N.S.
Clooncagh, Stokestown, Co. Roscommon · F42 V580 · Roll number 16291D
Clooncagh N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Strokestown. Every school in and around Strokestown →
What stands out about Clooncagh N.S.
- A small primary school: 20 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 20 pupils, 26% fewer than the 27 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Strokestown’s outline, 6 km away; listed with Strokestown, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Clooncagh N.S. had 20 pupils in 2025/26, down from 25 in 2015/16 (−20%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 29, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Clooncagh 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 Clooncagh 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 Clooncagh 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 Clooncagh N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Clooncagh 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: Clooncagh N.S. has shrunk by 26% since 2019/20. All the schools around Strokestown together changed by +13%.
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 Clooncagh N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −26%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clooncagh N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. O Dubhlain | 15 | −55% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Cloontuskert National School | 82 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| St Mary's Primary | 136 | +9% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 126 | +18% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Roxboro N.S. | 226 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 44 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
The other 79 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne | 96 | −2% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Kilteevan N.S. | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| S.N. Cill Trostain | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Tulsk N.S. | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Cóman's Wood Primary School | 605 | −5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Whitehall N.S. | 93 | −23% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Clover Hill N.S. | 51 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Slatta N.S. | 8 | −69% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 149 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Clooniquin N.S. | 44 | +26% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ceitheach | 13 | −55% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Cloonfour N.S. | 42 | +75% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 121 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Abbeycarton N.S. | 138 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire | 136 | −14% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Castleplunkett N.S. | 44 | −19% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ciaran Naofa | 60 | −19% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Lisaniskey N.S. | 108 | +11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Aughrim N.S. | 31 | −24% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Rooskey N.S. | 160 | +33% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Athleague N.S. | 105 | +40% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Lecarrow Community National School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St. Bride's N.S. | 89 | +2% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Dangan NS | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Rath Aradh | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ballanagare N.S. | 57 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. an Gleann Duibh | 147 | +10% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Cruachain | 173 | −2% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Tarmon N.S. | 276 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Mount Talbot N.S. | 24 | – | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Lismoil N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Tisrara National School | 54 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 47 | +57% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 24 | −4% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Pol Naofa | 66 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| St Annes Con N.S. | 141 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Carrick N.S. | 41 | −40% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 104 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Ballintleva N.S. | 46 | −19% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Grange N.S. | 32 | +10% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Naomh Atrachta | 36 | −8% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ballybay National School | 224 | +7% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Fairymount N.S. | 39 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Brideswell N.S. | 68 | +17% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ballyforan Mixed N.S. | 59 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Threen N.S. | 35 | −8% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| N Micheal agus Padraig | 156 | +27% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Abbey Primary School | 427 | – | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Paroisteach | 24 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Lourdes | 57 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Cloonbonnif N.S. | 24 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Tibohine N.S. | 56 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 13 | – | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S N Cluain na Cille | 399 | −7% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Don N.S. | 38 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Ronain | 34 | −8% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh | 223 | −16% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 35 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Taughmaconnell N.S. | 105 | +2% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Carrick Mixed N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Ard Cianain | 77 | −25% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ronain | 37 | +68% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Granlahan G N.S. | 46 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Lios A Cuill M | 94 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| St Attractas N.S. | 281 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S N Cor na Fola B | 223 | −8% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Gorthaganny N.S. | 45 | −45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 22 | −39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Strabaggan N.S. | 25 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Scoil Mhuire, | 115 | +25% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Clonown N.S. | 28 | −3% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Camcloon N.S. | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Lasair Naofa | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Brusna | 66 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Cloonfad N.S. | 125 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Naomh Ciaran | 107 | +0% | Catholic | English | 43 km |
Living in Strokestown
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F42 Eircode area
Housing in Strokestown →The median sale price rose from €220,000 in 2023 to €259,800 in 2025 (+18%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F42 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Roscommon
Cost of living in Strokestown →New tenancies in Co. Roscommon averaged €1,092 a month in 2025, against €968 in 2024 (+0%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Strokestown, F42 V580
Primary schools near Clooncagh 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 Clooncagh N.S.
Is Clooncagh 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 Clooncagh N.S. have?
20 pupils in 2025/26. That is −26% since 2019/20.
Does Clooncagh N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Clooncagh N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Clooncagh N.S.?
Clooncagh N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at Clooncagh 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 Clooncagh N.S.?
The nearest are S.N. O Dubhlain (3.8 km), Cloontuskert National School (6.3 km) and St Mary's Primary (6.8 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 Strokestown; 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).