Mullahoran Central N.S.
Mullaghoran, Kilcogy, Co. Cavan · N39 KA44 · Roll number 19363R
Mullahoran Central N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Loch Gowna. Every school in and around Loch Gowna →
What stands out about Mullahoran Central N.S.
- 164 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−12%).
- 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.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Loch Gowna’s outline, 7 km away; listed with Loch Gowna, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Mullahoran Central N.S. had 164 pupils in 2025/26, down from 169 in 2015/16 (−3%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 189, in 2018/19. 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 Mullahoran Central N.S.
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 Mullahoran Central N.S. 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 Mullahoran Central N.S.
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 Mullahoran Central N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Mullahoran Central N.S. 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. Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Mullahoran Central N.S. has shrunk by 12% since 2019/20.
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, 1 have more pupils than Mullahoran Central N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −12%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullahoran Central N.S. | 164 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 45 | −33% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| St Patricks | 63 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| St Columbas Mxd N.S. | 56 | +47% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Ballynarry N.S. | 111 | +22% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| The Sacred Heart Primary NS | 250 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| St Patricks Mxd N.S. | 93 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km |
The other 71 primary schools in Co. Cavan
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilnaleck Mixed N.S. | 106 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Drumkilly N.S. | 96 | −24% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 92 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| S N Beal Atha na nEach | 229 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Crosserlough N.S. | 93 | −14% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coronea N.S. | 14 | −36% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 102 | −18% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Crosskeys Central N.S. | 118 | +9% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Corr Lorgan | 65 | −28% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kilmore Central N.S. | 49 | −18% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Corliss N.S. | 19 | −44% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Clares N.S. | 422 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Cruabanai | 174 | −19% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Castlerahan Central N.S. | 96 | −31% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Cavan 1 N.S. | 102 | +44% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Feidhlim Boys Snr Sch | 265 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Aughadreena National School | 87 | −10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Clares Primary School | 548 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Gaelscoil Bhreifne | 193 | +87% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 18 km |
| Killyconnan N.S. | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Killygarry N.S. | 198 | −8% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Dromaili S.N. | 213 | −6% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Drom Cnamh | 47 | −28% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 85 | +1% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Billis N.S. | 78 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Killeshandra National School ( C of I) | 48 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| St Michaels N.S. | 50 | −22% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Lathrach | 140 | +12% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Cnoc an Teampaill | 158 | +19% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Castletara N.S. | 183 | −4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Butlersbridge N.S. | 261 | +0% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Virginia Mxd N.S. | 463 | +6% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballyhaise N.S. | 152 | −14% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Killinkere N.S. | 151 | −3% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Milltown N.S. | 173 | +31% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Drung No 2 NS | 4 | −85% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| Kildallon N.S. | 46 | +7% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Mary's N.S. | 31 | −49% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Carraig A Bruis | 103 | −31% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Cillin | 94 | +3% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Tamhnach Dhuibh | 83 | +1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 108 | +6% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Boys Senior School | 74 | +21% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Fairgreen N.S. | 33 | −18% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Convent of Mercy N.S. | 163 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Padraig | 51 | −7% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Leitir | 187 | −7% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Greach Rathain | 69 | +57% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Kill N.S. | 126 | +15% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Maodhog | 68 | +0% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Killians N.S. | 328 | −10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Bailieboro N.S. | 288 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Bailieboro Model N.S. | 83 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 31 km | |
| Ballyconnell Mxd N.S. | 199 | +16% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Baile na Mona | 108 | −10% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Ballyconell Central N.S. | 24 | −4% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Maodhog | 54 | −17% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S N Doire na Ceise | 143 | −1% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Darley N.S. | 130 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Aodhain Naofa | 76 | +41% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St Michaels National School | 232 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Lathrach 2 | 129 | −10% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| St Patrick's NS | 47 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Corlea N.S. | 9 | −70% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Searcog I N.S. | 183 | −8% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Cabra Central N.S. | 57 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 42 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 377 | −11% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 57 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Corrabha | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 60 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
Living in Loch Gowna
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the H12 Eircode area
Housing in Loch Gowna →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 Loch Gowna →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 Loch Gowna, N39 KA44
Primary schools near Mullahoran Central N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Mullahoran Central N.S.
Is Mullahoran Central N.S. 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 Mullahoran Central N.S. have?
164 pupils in 2025/26. That is −12% since 2019/20.
Does Mullahoran Central N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Mullahoran Central N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Mullahoran Central N.S.?
Mullahoran Central N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise.
How do pupils get a place at Mullahoran Central N.S.?
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 Mullahoran Central N.S.?
The nearest are Scoil Mhuire (5.1 km), St Patricks (5.5 km) and St Columbas Mxd N.S. (5.6 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 Loch Gowna; 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).