Gaelscoil Riada

The facts

Getting in

dates read from the notice; it gives no place figures we could read.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗

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

1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:

• 1 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

This is the school's first special class.

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: Athenry. 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 H65 (Athenry) was €393,500 in 2025. That is up 57.4% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Athenry at 4.09 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 49% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Athenry

• Annagh Hill Ns Primary school, Galway
• Athenry Primary School Primary school, Galway
• Carnain N.S. Primary school, Galway
• Clárin College Secondary school, Galway
• Coláiste An Eachréidh Secondary school, Galway
• Crumlin N S Primary school, Galway
• Esker N S Primary school, Galway
• Gurteen Central Ns Primary school, Galway
• Presentation College Secondary school, Galway
• S N Bhride Primary school, Galway
• S N Cillinin Primary school, Galway
• S N Creachmhaoil Primary school, Galway