Scoil Mhuire
Lacken, Ballinagh, Co. Cavan · H12 E171 · Roll number 17479D
Scoil Mhuire is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballinagh. Every school in and around Ballinagh →
What stands out about Scoil Mhuire
- 92 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kilmore; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballinagh’s outline, 1.5 km away; listed with Ballinagh, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Mhuire had 92 pupils in 2025/26, down from 97 in 2015/16 (−5%). Girls are 58% of them. Its largest roll was 103, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Scoil Mhuire
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for Scoil Mhuire is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on Scoil Mhuire
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at Scoil Mhuire
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Mhuire directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Mhuire has shrunk by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballinagh together changed by +2%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 2 have more pupils than Scoil Mhuire. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −7%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire | 92 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| S N Beal Atha na nEach | 229 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| St Patricks | 63 | +2% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Coronea N.S. | 14 | −36% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Kilmore Central N.S. | 49 | −18% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.3 km | |
| Drumkilly N.S. | 96 | −24% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| S.N. Corr Lorgan | 65 | −28% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km |
The other 68 primary schools in Co. Cavan
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corliss N.S. | 19 | −44% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Patricks Mxd N.S. | 93 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Mullahoran Central N.S. | 164 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| St Marys N.S. | 102 | −18% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| S.N. Cruabanai | 174 | −19% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Cavan 1 N.S. | 102 | +44% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.6 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Feidhlim Boys Snr Sch | 265 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| St Clares Primary School | 548 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Kilnaleck Mixed N.S. | 106 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Gaelscoil Bhreifne | 193 | +87% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 10 km |
| Dromaili S.N. | 213 | −6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Ballynarry N.S. | 111 | +22% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Crosserlough N.S. | 93 | −14% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Crosskeys Central N.S. | 118 | +9% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 85 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Killygarry N.S. | 198 | −8% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Drom Cnamh | 47 | −28% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Killeshandra National School ( C of I) | 48 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Killyconnan N.S. | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Aughadreena National School | 87 | −10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Butlersbridge N.S. | 261 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Castletara N.S. | 183 | −4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballyhaise N.S. | 152 | −14% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Milltown N.S. | 173 | +31% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Clares N.S. | 422 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Lathrach | 140 | +12% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Michaels N.S. | 50 | −22% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Kildallon N.S. | 46 | +7% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Drung No 2 NS | 4 | −85% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| Billis N.S. | 78 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| St Mary's N.S. | 31 | −49% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Castlerahan Central N.S. | 96 | −31% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Boys Senior School | 74 | +21% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Fairgreen N.S. | 33 | −18% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Convent of Mercy N.S. | 163 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 108 | +6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Greach Rathain | 69 | +57% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 51 | −7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Maodhog | 68 | +0% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Ballyconnell Mxd N.S. | 199 | +16% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballyconell Central N.S. | 24 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| Killinkere N.S. | 151 | −3% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Kill N.S. | 126 | +15% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Tamhnach Dhuibh | 83 | +1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Virginia Mxd N.S. | 463 | +6% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Cnoc an Teampaill | 158 | +19% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Aodhain Naofa | 76 | +41% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Leitir | 187 | −7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Cillin | 94 | +3% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S N Doire na Ceise | 143 | −1% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Darley N.S. | 130 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| St Michaels National School | 232 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Carraig A Bruis | 103 | −31% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Maodhog | 54 | −17% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Bailieboro N.S. | 288 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Bailieboro Model N.S. | 83 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| St Patrick's NS | 47 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Baile na Mona | 108 | −10% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Killians N.S. | 328 | −10% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 57 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Searcog I N.S. | 183 | −8% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Corlea N.S. | 9 | −70% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Lathrach 2 | 129 | −10% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Cabra Central N.S. | 57 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 41 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 377 | −11% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Corrabha | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 60 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
Living in Ballinagh
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the H12 Eircode area
Housing in Ballinagh →The median sale price rose from €190,000 in 2023 to €250,000 in 2025 (+32%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the H12 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Cavan
Cost of living in Ballinagh →New tenancies in Co. Cavan averaged €1,095 a month in 2025, against €987 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballinagh, H12 E171
Primary schools near Scoil Mhuire
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Mhuire
Is Scoil Mhuire a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does Scoil Mhuire have?
92 pupils in 2025/26. That is −7% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Mhuire teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Mhuire teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Mhuire?
Scoil Mhuire has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kilmore.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Mhuire?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near Scoil Mhuire?
The nearest are S N Beal Atha na nEach (2.3 km), St Patricks (4 km) and Coronea N.S. (6 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Ballinagh; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).