St Michaels National School
Cootehill, Co. Cavan · H16 P304 · Roll number 20277I
St Michaels National School is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Cootehill. Every school in and around Cootehill →
What stands out about St Michaels National School
- One of the larger primary schools: 232 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−13%).
- 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.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Michaels National School had 232 pupils in 2025/26, against 217 in 2015/16 (+7%). Girls are 56% of them. Its largest roll was 268, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Michaels National School
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 St Michaels National School 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 St Michaels National School
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 St Michaels National School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Michaels National School 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: St Michaels National School has shrunk by 13% since 2019/20. All the schools around Cootehill together changed by +13%.
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.
St Michaels National School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −13%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michaels National School | 232 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Darley N.S. | 130 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 0.8 km | |
| Kill N.S. | 126 | +15% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Drumcorrin N.S. | 20 | +0% | Presbyterian | English | 5.2 km | |
| S N Doire na Ceise | 143 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 76 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Rockcorry N.S. | 34 | +21% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.2 km |
The other 71 primary schools in Co. Cavan
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Padraig | 51 | −7% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| St Mary's N.S. | 31 | −49% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Drung No 2 NS | 4 | −85% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Maodhog | 54 | −17% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Tamhnach Dhuibh | 83 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Lathrach | 140 | +12% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels N.S. | 50 | −22% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Searcog I N.S. | 183 | −8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Castletara N.S. | 183 | −4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 108 | +6% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballyhaise N.S. | 152 | −14% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Leitir | 187 | −7% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Killyconnan N.S. | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Killygarry N.S. | 198 | −8% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Aughadreena National School | 87 | −10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Drom Cnamh | 47 | −28% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Bailieboro Model N.S. | 83 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| Bailieboro N.S. | 288 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Corlea N.S. | 9 | −70% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Butlersbridge N.S. | 261 | +0% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Cruabanai | 174 | −19% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Gaelscoil Bhreifne | 193 | +87% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 20 km |
| St Clares Primary School | 548 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Killinkere N.S. | 151 | −3% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Cavan 1 N.S. | 102 | +44% | Church of Ireland | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Feidhlim Boys Snr Sch | 265 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Crosskeys Central N.S. | 118 | +9% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Baile na Mona | 108 | −10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Billis N.S. | 78 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 21 km | |
| Dromaili S.N. | 213 | −6% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Corr Lorgan | 65 | −28% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Lathrach 2 | 129 | −10% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Boys Senior School | 74 | +21% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Fairgreen N.S. | 33 | −18% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Cabra Central N.S. | 57 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| Convent of Mercy N.S. | 163 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Clares N.S. | 422 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Cillin | 94 | +3% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Kilmore Central N.S. | 49 | −18% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| Crosserlough N.S. | 93 | −14% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 377 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Milltown N.S. | 173 | +31% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Virginia Mxd N.S. | 463 | +6% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Drumkilly N.S. | 96 | −24% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S N Beal Atha na nEach | 229 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Kilnaleck Mixed N.S. | 106 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Castlerahan Central N.S. | 96 | −31% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 92 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Corliss N.S. | 19 | −44% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Killians N.S. | 328 | −10% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Greach Rathain | 69 | +57% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Cnoc an Teampaill | 158 | +19% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Patricks | 63 | +2% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Killeshandra National School ( C of I) | 48 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Carraig A Bruis | 103 | −31% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 85 | +1% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Kildallon N.S. | 46 | +7% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Ballynarry N.S. | 111 | +22% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Coronea N.S. | 14 | −36% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Ballyconnell Mxd N.S. | 199 | +16% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Ballyconell Central N.S. | 24 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| Mullahoran Central N.S. | 164 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Naomh Maodhog | 68 | +0% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 102 | −18% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St Patricks Mxd N.S. | 93 | +0% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Aodhain Naofa | 76 | +41% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 57 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| St Patrick's NS | 47 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. Corrabha | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 60 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
Living in Cootehill
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the H16 Eircode area
Housing in Cootehill →The median sale price rose from €175,000 in 2023 to €190,000 in 2025 (+9%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the H16 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Cootehill
Cost of living in Cootehill →New tenancies in Cootehill averaged €873 a month in 2025, against €795 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Cootehill, H16 P304
Primary schools near St Michaels National School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Michaels National School
Is St Michaels National School 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 St Michaels National School have?
232 pupils in 2025/26. That is −13% since 2019/20.
Does St Michaels National School teach through Irish?
No: St Michaels National School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Michaels National School?
St Michaels National School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kilmore.
How do pupils get a place at St Michaels National School?
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 St Michaels National School?
The nearest are Darley N.S. (0.8 km), Kill N.S. (5.1 km) and Drumcorrin N.S. (5.2 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 Cootehill; 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).