S N Lomchluana

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.

check the notice — it lists more than one intake.

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: Ferbane. 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 R42 (Birr) was €240,000 in 2025. That is up 84.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Gallen at -16.49 (Disadvantaged), where 0 is the national average. 22% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Ferbane

• Ballinahown Ns Primary school, Westmeath
• Gallen Community School Secondary school, Offaly
• High St Mixed N S Primary school, Offaly
• S N Chiarain Naofa Primary school, Offaly
• S N Muire Naofa Primary school, Offaly
• S N Naomh Callin Primary school, Offaly
• St. Cynoc's National School Primary school, Offaly