Ainbhthin Naofa

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)

Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.

Special classes

2 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Oughterard. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.

Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district H91 (Galway) was €404,999 in 2025. That is up 47.3% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Wormhole at 5.23 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 49% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Oughterard

• S N Caladh Na Muc Primary school, Galway
• Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona Primary school, Galway
• Scoil Mhuire Primary school, Galway
• St Pauls Secondary school, Galway