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🎃👻 What a Spooktacular Halloween! 👻🎃
What a fantastic day we had today! Our pupils and staff members looked absolutely AMAZING in their Halloween costumes. From spooky skeletons and wicked witches to superheroes and all sorts of creative characters, the effort, imagination and Halloween spirit were second to none! 🧙♀️🕷️🦇 A huge well done to everyone for making today so much fun and filling our school…
Minister For Education visits Scoil an Chroí Naofa
Good news for our school community. Hildegarde Naughton visited our school recently with the reassuring message that our new school building is being prioritised to move to the tender stage before the end of the year. Thank you to the Minister, and to Deputy Martin Daly, Senator Gareth Scahill and Cllr Alan Harney for taking the time to visit us,…
Student Council visit the Oireachtas, the National Library and the National Museum of Ireland
Members of the Student Council had a fantastic day in Dublin yesterday. We visited the Houses of the Oireachtas, including Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann, and also explored the National Library of Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland. We were delighted to meet local representatives Martin Daly T.D., Claire Kerrane T.D. (who kindly invited us), and Senator Gareth Scahill.…
An Taoiseach visits Scoil an Chroí Naofa
We were deeply honoured to welcome Micheál Martin, An Taoiseach, to Scoil an Chroí Naofa following the wonderful news that our school has been included in funding for a new school building. The visit marked a truly significant and uplifting moment for our entire school community. An Taoiseach addressed our pupils, staff and members of the wider community, acknowledging the…
Build our School
For the last 24 years, we have been awaiting a new school building. The Department of Education need to allow us to go to tender and move to the construction stage. Money to fund this construction will begin to be allocated in November and our school needs to be a priority. We are looking for immediate approval to deliver a…
Book Buddies First and Sixth Class
Ms. Kelly’s Sixth class and Ms. Fenton’s First class are coming together each week as Book Buddies. The older children are paired with the younger children to give peer support in reading, fostering a positive attitude towards books and building their literacy skills. It’s not just the younger children that benefit though, the older children get to practise their creative…
Multicultural Day 2025
We had a fantastic celebration on the 10th of June for Multicultural Day, a vibrant and enriching event that brought our school community together to celebrate the rich diversity within our school. A huge thank you to Ms. Gilligan and all the staff, parents and students for their incredible work in organising the day. With delicious food from around the…
The Teddy Bear Hospital
The children in Junior Infants, Senior Infants, First class, Second class, Junior Language Class and the Rainbow Room had the chance to admit their sick teddy bears to hospital. It was wonderful to see our past pupil Shahed Patwary tending to some of the sick Teddy Bears on the day, as a medical student. There were many stations, such as…
Lunch Time Pals
The children from the Student Council have been working and engaging with the students on the Junior Yard, playing games, teaching new games and remembering to be positive. They help the Junior Students to sort out any problems in a fair way and to take responsibility for their behaviour. The Lunch Time Pals are responsible for organising their equipment and…
World Book Day 2025
We celebrated World Book Day on the 6th of March 2025, the Student Council took on the role of being the chief organisers of the day. They decided that the day would be ran like a restaurant. The Student Council wore aprons and chef hats over their World Book Day costumes and attended to all of the eager readers. …
About Our School
Welcome to Scoil an Chroi Naofa’s website! Situated in the heart of Ballinasloe town, our school is a mixed school from Junior Infants to Sixth Class. We are very lucky to have lots of local facilities on our doorstep such as the town library, swimming pool, Duggan GAA park, shops, restaurants, post office and St. Michael’s church. Throughout the year the children from our school get to incorporate visits to these local facilities into the curriculum. Within the school we are equipped with a childrens’ playground, school hall, occupational therapy room, school pitch and large outdoor play areas. Our school is a truly vibrant place for children to learn and develop in a happy and caring environment. As well as a broad and balanced curriculum, a wide variety of extra curricular activites are on offer. On behalf of myself and all the staff, I invite you to check out the other pages on our website to find out more Christine Connor School Principal
Principal: Christine Connor Deputy Principal: Edel Moriarty Junior Infants Rachel Lohan Senior Infants Avril Lohan 1st Class Deirdre Fenton 1st/2nd Class Megan Downey 2nd Class Lisa Greene 2nd Class Deirdre Costelloe 3rd Class Céline Callanan 4th Class Ronan Garvey 5th Class David Noone 5th Class Declan Rynne 5th/6th Class Eoin Feen Junior Language Class Sinéad O’Connor Edel Moriarty Martina Cogavin/Kay Carrig Caretaker Robbie RonaldsonOur Staff
Class Teachers
Junior Infants Caoimhe Conneely
Senior Infants Keeva Mannion
3rd Class Sarah Glynn (Kirsty Cooney)
6th Class Anne Kelly
Senior Language Class Carmel Rohan
Rainbow Room Jennifer MullinsSupport Teachers
Aoife O’ Grady
Emma Grenham/Mary Dolan
Vera Gardiner
Louise Page
Melanie Cooney
Veronica Flanagan
Maria Naughton/Melanie Cooney
Josephine Burke
Niamh Mc Carthy/Teresa Finnerty
Orla Shaughnessy
Gemma Kelly
Orlaith Furey
Mary Dolan
Sally O’ Sullivan
Ann Marie Murray HSCLSNA's
Olivia Hodgins
Lisa Furey
Mary Kenny/Joyce Walsh
Bernie Gillespie
Rebecca O’Connor
Bridget Dowd
Sinéad McCormack
Secretary Kathleen Mulryan
Our Location
Scoil An Chroí Naofa
Society Street, Ballinasloe
Phone: (090) 9644975
School Office: info@ballinasloens.ie