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The facts

Special classes

2 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 1 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
• 1 × Moderate General Learning Disability

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: Clifden. 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 H71 (Clifden) was €282,500 in 2025. That is up 59.2% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Clifden at -4.3 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 38% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

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Other schools in Clifden

• Ballyconeely N S Primary school, Galway
• Inishbofin N S Primary school, Galway
• S N Eanna Primary school, Galway
• S N Leitirgeis Primary school, Galway
• S N Muire Primary school, Galway
• S N Muire Gan Smal Primary school, Galway
• S N Na Naomh Uile Primary school, Galway
• S N Naomh Antoine Primary school, Galway
• S N Naomh Brid Primary school, Galway
• S N Naomh Padraig Primary school, Galway
• Scoil Mhuire Primary school, Galway
• Sn An Aill Bhreach Primary school, Galway