S N Naomh Ciarain
Conamara · Roll number 17574U
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 22
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −40%
- Down 15 from 37 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 9 / 13
- 41% girls
Pupils since 1975
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
22 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 1st Class | 4 | – | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.6 |
| 2nd Class | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 3rd Class | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | 3.4 |
| 4th Class | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | 5 | 4.0 |
| 5th Class | – | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3.2 |
| 6th Class | 9 | – | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
4 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 3 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 4Junior Infants2024/25
- 3Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
0 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 0 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 0Junior Infants2023/24
- 1Senior Infants2024/25
- 01st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
1 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 3 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 1Junior Infants2022/23
- 1Senior Infants2023/24
- 11st Class2024/25
- 32nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
3 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 5 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 3Junior Infants2021/22
- 3Senior Infants2022/23
- 31st Class2023/24
- 32nd Class2024/25
- 53rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
4 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 5 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 4Junior Infants2020/21
- 5Senior Infants2021/22
- 51st Class2022/23
- 52nd Class2023/24
- 53rd Class2024/25
- 54th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
1 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 1 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 12nd Class2022/23
- 15th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
4 in 1st Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 41st Class2020/21
- 42nd Class2021/22
- 43rd Class2022/23
- 44th Class2023/24
- 45th Class2024/25
- 56th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
2 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 22nd Class2020/21
- 23rd Class2021/22
- 24th Class2022/23
- 25th Class2023/24
- 26th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
1 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 1 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 13rd Class2020/21
- 14th Class2021/22
- 15th Class2022/23
- 16th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
8 in 4th Class (2020/21), 8 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 84th Class2020/21
- 85th Class2021/22
- 86th Class2022/23
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +42nd Class in 2023/24 (1 to 5)
- −74th Class in 2021/22 (8 to 1)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at S N Naomh Ciarain, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
3.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 4 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 2 mainstream classes 2
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers20 hours of support teaching a week 0.8
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
2.75 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 3 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 0.8 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 2.75 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to S N Naomh Ciarain, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Naomh CiarainThis school | – | 22 |
−40.5%
|
|
| 1 | S N an Ard Mhoir3.6 km · Cill Chiarain · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 3.6 km | 20 |
−45.9%
|
| 2 | S N Mhuire5.5 km · Carna · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 5.5 km | 58 |
+34.9%
|
| 3 | S N Colmcille6.6 km · Leitir Móir · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 6.6 km | 17 |
−48.5%
|
| 4 | S N Mhuire8.0 km · Rosmuc · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 8.0 km | 31 |
+29.2%
|
| 5 | S N Tir an Fhiaidh8.0 km · Leitir Móir · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 8.0 km | 83 |
+36.1%
|
| 6 | S N Naomh Colmain8.0 km · Cárna · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 8.0 km | 10 |
−60.0%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Cáit Ní Choistealbha
- Phone
- 09533613
- [email protected]
- Address
- Cill Chiaráin, Conamara, Co. na Gaillimhe, H91 T650
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Tuam
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Galway County Council
- Planning area
- Carna
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
42 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | – | 4 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | – | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 2021/22 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | – |
| 2020/21 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 4 | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | – | 9 |
| 2019/20 | 26 | 17 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 35 | 23 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 32 | 22 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 31 | 23 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 37 | 26 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 32 | 19 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 33 | 20 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 26 | 16 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 28 | 16 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 25 | 12 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 23 | 13 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 27 | 15 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 23 | 12 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 19 | 8 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 22 | 10 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 21 | 8 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 27 | 13 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 31 | 19 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 36 | 18 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 51 | 23 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 59 | 25 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 64 | 27 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 66 | 32 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 67 | 35 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 58 | 32 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 59 | 31 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 63 | 37 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 86 | 40 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 86 | 38 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 82 | 36 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 79 | 41 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 77 | 40 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 57 | 28 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 63 | 28 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |