Gaelscoil Riabhach

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

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 1 classes last year.

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: Loughrea. 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 H62 (Loughrea) was €335,000 in 2025. That is up 71.8% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Loughrea Urban at 0.31 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 40% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Loughrea

• Ballymana N S Primary school, Galway
• Kilchreest Central Sch Primary school, Galway
• S N Aindreis Naofa Primary school, Galway
• S N Breandain Naofa Primary school, Galway
• S N Cill Cuile Primary school, Galway
• S N Cill Richill Primary school, Galway
• S N Cillini Dioma Primary school, Galway
• S N Ide Naofa Primary school, Galway
• S N Seosamh Naofa Primary school, Galway
• Scoil Naomh Eanna Primary school, Galway
• St Brendans N S Primary school, Galway
• St Brigids College Secondary school, Galway