S.N. Aodha Naofa
Rahugh, Kilbeggan · N91 XF20 · Roll number 17882I
S.N. Aodha Naofa is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Tyrrellspass. Every school in and around Tyrrellspass →
What stands out about S.N. Aodha Naofa
- A small primary school: 27 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 27 pupils, 41% fewer than the 46 of 2019/20.
- 22 girls and 5 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Tyrrellspass’s outline, 4.6 km away; listed with Tyrrellspass, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Aodha Naofa had 27 pupils in 2025/26, down from 30 in 2015/16 (−10%). Girls are 81% of them. Its largest roll was 46, in 2019/20. 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 S.N. Aodha 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. Aodha 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.
Inspection reports on S.N. Aodha 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 a place at S.N. Aodha Naofa
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Aodha 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Aodha Naofa has shrunk by 41% since 2019/20. All the schools around Tyrrellspass together changed by +18%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than S.N. Aodha Naofa. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −41%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Aodha Naofa | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Colmans N.S. | 97 | −14% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| St. Anne's National School | 176 | +18% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cholumchille | 197 | −8% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Ballinagore Mixed N.S. | 97 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 70 | −23% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km |
The other 69 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalystown N.S. | 81 | −16% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Chroi Naofa | 214 | −12% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Mhichil Naofa N.S. | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Dysart N.S. | 24 | −35% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Milltownpass N.S. | 73 | +4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. Colmcille's N.S. | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. | 57 | −11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Boher N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Kilpatrick N.S. | 224 | −4% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Gaelscoil An Choillín | 154 | +111% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Mullingar Educate Together NS | 381 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Holy Family Primary School | 439 | +32% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S N na Naomh Uile | 86 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 409 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn | 179 | −26% | Catholic | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| Presentation Convent (Jnr) | 277 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 307 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S N na nDun | 159 | +7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Cholmain Naofa | 445 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Baile Coireil N.S. | 82 | −20% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Brigid's Primary School | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 80 | −20% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Etchens National School | 413 | −23% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Eoin Naofa N.S. | 100 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Odhran Naofa N.S. | 95 | +10% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Naomh Iosef N.S. | 285 | +1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| An Ghrianan N.S. | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Magh Mora N.S. | 29 | −19% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 74 | −20% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Loch an Ghair N.S. | 208 | −1% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Cill Cleithe N.S. | 99 | −3% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Drumraney Mixed N.S. | 23 | −15% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 83 | +0% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Ballynacargy Mixed N.S. | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Mhuire N.S. | 61 | −48% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ballinahown N.S. | 96 | +8% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Ard na gCraith NS | 110 | −15% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 8 | −74% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Sc Ciarain | 227 | +21% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Chruimin Naofa | 222 | +10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Naomh Tola N.S. | 219 | +4% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Cluain Buinne N.S. | 164 | +34% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Tang N.S. | 117 | −6% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Diarmada N.S. | 90 | +11% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Naomh Clar N.S. | 293 | +7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Corr na Madadh N S | 306 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Rath Eoghan N.S. | 62 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil na gCeithre Maistri | 235 | −20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 35 km |
| Naomh Tomas N.S. | 16 | −36% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Baile na gCailleach N S | 166 | +19% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 573 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Phoil Naofa | 125 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| St Peters N.S. Snr | 112 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Athlone N.S. | 56 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. an Cusan | 413 | −2% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Earnain Mxd N.S. | 105 | −8% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Deaghan O Ceallaigh | 77 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Castlepollard Paroc.n.s. | 25 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| Castlepollard Mixed N.S. | 169 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Crowenstown N.S. | 12 | −50% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| St Feighans Mxd N.S. | 100 | −7% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. an Chuil | 14 | −71% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fiontan | 29 | −44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Naomh Micheal N.S. | 17 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Naomh Muire N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
Living in Tyrrellspass
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the N91 Eircode area
Housing in Tyrrellspass →The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €327,800 in 2025 (+31%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the N91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Westmeath
Cost of living in Tyrrellspass →New tenancies in Co. Westmeath averaged €1,257 a month in 2025, against €1,156 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Tyrrellspass, N91 XF20
Primary schools near S.N. Aodha 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. Aodha Naofa
Is S.N. Aodha 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. Aodha Naofa have?
27 pupils in 2025/26. That is −41% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Aodha Naofa teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Aodha Naofa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Aodha Naofa?
S.N. Aodha Naofa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Aodha 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. Aodha Naofa?
The nearest are St Colmans N.S. (3.4 km), St. Anne's National School (5.2 km) and Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan (6.2 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 Tyrrellspass; 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).