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S.N. Chruimin Naofa

PrimaryCatholic

Rathyganny, Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath · N91 EK68 · Roll number 19350I

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

Pupils
222
September, 2025/26
106 girls, 116 boys
Since 2019/20
+10%
from 201 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Meath
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Chruimin Naofa

  • 222 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+10%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
  • The only primary school in Multyfarnham or within 3 km of it.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Chruimin Naofa had 222 pupils in 2025/26, against 161 in 2015/16 (+38%). Girls are 48% of them. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.

0601201802402015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Chruimin 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. Chruimin 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on S.N. Chruimin 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 in

Getting a place at S.N. Chruimin Naofa

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

Families apply to S.N. Chruimin 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.

Pupils
222
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+10%
from 201 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Chruimin Naofa has grown by 10% since 2019/20. All the schools around Multyfarnham together changed by +12%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Chruimin Naofa+10%
The primary schools around Multyfarnham+10%
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.

S.N. Chruimin Naofa has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +10%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Chruimin Naofa222
Diarmada90
Scoil Mhuire83
Rath Eoghan62
S.N. an Chuil14
Castlepollard Paroc.n.s.25
Odhran Naofa95
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Chruimin Naofa222+10%CatholicEnglish
Diarmada N.S.90+11%CatholicEnglish7 km
Scoil Mhuire83+0%CatholicEnglish7.6 km
Rath Eoghan N.S.62+19%CatholicEnglish✓8.6 km
S.N. an Chuil14−71%CatholicEnglish8.6 km
Castlepollard Paroc.n.s.25+19%Church of IrelandEnglish8.9 km
Odhran Naofa N.S.95+10%CatholicEnglish9 km
The other 66 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Castlepollard Mixed N.S.169+20%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
Naomh Tomas N.S.16−36%Church of IrelandEnglish✓9.7 km
Ballynacargy Mixed N.S.55+0%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Loch an Ghair N.S.208−1%CatholicEnglish10 km
S.N. Naomh Fiontan29−44%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn179−26%CatholicAll in Irish11 km
Mullingar Educate Together NS381−6%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Presentation Convent (Jnr)277−12%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire307−14%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Scoil na mBraithre409−1%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Scoil Cholmain Naofa445−8%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
S N na Naomh Uile86−7%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
Baile na gCailleach N S166+19%CatholicEnglish12 km
Gaelscoil An Choillín154+111%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish12 km
Kilpatrick N.S.224−4%CatholicEnglish12 km
Holy Family Primary School439+32%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Bhride8−74%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Feighans Mxd N.S.100−7%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Phadraig88+1%CatholicEnglish13 km
Naomh Micheal N.S.17−19%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
St. Colmcille's N.S.239−0%CatholicEnglish16 km
S N na nDun159+7%CatholicEnglish17 km
Naomh Muire N.S.12–CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S.57−11%CatholicEnglish17 km
Dysart N.S.24−35%CatholicEnglish18 km
Magh Mora N.S.29−19%CatholicEnglish18 km
Naomh Tola N.S.219+4%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Phadraig74−20%CatholicEnglish18 km
Earnain Mxd N.S.105−8%CatholicEnglish21 km
Baile Coireil N.S.82−20%CatholicEnglish21 km
Mhichil Naofa N.S.81−4%CatholicEnglish21 km
Dalystown N.S.81−16%CatholicEnglish21 km
Naomh Iosef N.S.285+1%CatholicEnglish22 km
Boher N.S.18–CatholicEnglish22 km
Milltownpass N.S.73+4%CatholicEnglish23 km
Mhuire N.S.61−48%CatholicEnglish23 km
Eoin Naofa N.S.100−9%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Crowenstown N.S.12−50%CatholicEnglish24 km
Streamstown Mixed N.S.107−4%CatholicEnglish24 km
Scoil Chroi Naofa214−12%CatholicEnglish24 km
Ballinagore Mixed N.S.97−5%CatholicEnglish24 km
Cluain Maolain N.S.178−21%CatholicEnglish26 km
St. Anne's National School176+18%CatholicEnglish26 km
St Etchens National School413−23%CatholicEnglish27 km
Kilcrumreragh N.S.104+28%CatholicEnglish27 km
Tang N.S.117−6%CatholicEnglish28 km
Drumraney Mixed N.S.23−15%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan226−8%CatholicEnglish29 km
Ard na gCraith NS110−15%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Aodha Naofa27−41%CatholicEnglish31 km
An Ghrianan N.S.167−11%CatholicEnglish33 km
St Brigid's Primary School241+4%CatholicEnglish33 km
Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S.80−20%CatholicEnglish33 km
Naomh Clar N.S.293+7%CatholicEnglish34 km
Sc Ciarain227+21%CatholicEnglish36 km
Cill Cleithe N.S.99−3%CatholicEnglish39 km
Corr na Madadh N S306+16%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓39 km
S.N. an Cusan413−2%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil na gCeithre Maistri235−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Cluain Buinne N.S.164+34%CatholicEnglish41 km
Athlone N.S.56−13%Church of IrelandEnglish42 km
St Marys N.S.573+31%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
St Peters N.S. Snr112−24%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Phoil Naofa125−9%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Ballinahown N.S.96+8%CatholicEnglish43 km
S.N. Deaghan O Ceallaigh77−28%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Living nearby

Living in Multyfarnham

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

Median sale price
€289,900
routing key N91, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,257
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Westmeath

Homes in the N91 Eircode area

Housing in Multyfarnham →

The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €327,800 in 2025 (+31%).

2023€250,000
2024€294,000
2025€327,800

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€366,000
Second-hand homes€269,200

Property Price Register sales in the N91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Westmeath

Cost of living in Multyfarnham →

New tenancies in Co. Westmeath averaged €1,257 a month in 2025, against €1,156 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,156
2025€1,257

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

Multyfarnham, N91 EK68

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Chruimin 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. Chruimin Naofa

Is S.N. Chruimin 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. Chruimin Naofa have?

222 pupils in 2025/26. That is +10% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Chruimin Naofa teach through Irish?

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

Who runs S.N. Chruimin Naofa?

S.N. Chruimin Naofa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Chruimin 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. Chruimin Naofa?

The nearest are Diarmada N.S. (7 km), Scoil Mhuire (7.6 km) and Rath Eoghan N.S. (8.6 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 Multyfarnham; 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).