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Newtown, Corofin, Co. Clare · V95 YP02 · Roll number 18227E
Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Corofin. Every school in and around Corofin →
What stands out about Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta
- 102 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−11%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killaloe; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta had 102 pupils in 2025/26, down from 122 in 2015/16 (−16%). Girls are 45% of them. Its largest roll was 137, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 1 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 Naisiunta
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 Naisiunta 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 Naisiunta
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 Naisiunta
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta has shrunk by 11% since 2019/20. All the schools around Corofin together changed by −8%.
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 Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −11%; 2 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta | 102 | −11% | Catholic | English | ||
| Kilnaboy N.S. | 80 | −5% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Ruan Central N.S. | 75 | −29% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Toonagh N.S. | 75 | −27% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Kilnamona N.S. | 85 | −21% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Barefield Mixed N.S. | 390 | +1% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| S.N. Cronain Nfa an Carn | 15 | – | Catholic | English | 10 km |
The other 102 primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ennis Educate Together NS | 144 | +125% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Eidhneach N.S. | 150 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Inchicronan Central N.S. | 158 | +10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog | 451 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| S.N. Colm Cille | 58 | +16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Chriost Ri | 226 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Fachnan & St Attractas N.S. | 57 | +12% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Tubber N.S. | 40 | +67% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Bunscoil na mBraithre | 643 | −4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 167 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Holy Family Snr | 306 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Boston N.S. | 24 | −29% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Ennis N.S. | 615 | −4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Ein | 262 | −8% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Inch N.S. | 104 | +13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kilmaley N.S. | 88 | −18% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Forgleann N.S. | 7 | −68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Connolly N.S. | 27 | −36% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Clarecastle National School | 362 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Clooney N.S. | 48 | −41% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Mol an Óige Community National School | 158 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Ennistymon National School | 64 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Cluain an Atha | 19 | −37% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Aibhistin Naofa | 21 | −30% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Dubh Rath | 113 | +28% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballyea Mixed N.S. | 212 | +2% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Lisdoonvarna N.S. | 143 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S N Iosef Naofa | 29 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| Saint Marys N.S. Lahinch | 166 | +26% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil na Mainistreach Quin Dangan | 331 | +14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 42 | +40% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S N Chathair Aodha | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Rockmount Mixed N.S. | 23 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| St Mochullas N.S. | 259 | −2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Doolin Mixed N.S. | 93 | −5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| New Quay N.S. | 31 | +29% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Liosceanuir | 105 | +46% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 238 | −1% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Rineen N.S. | 35 | −19% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Dromindoora N.S. | 23 | −43% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Cluain Draigneach | 5 | – | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ballycar N.S. | 34 | +13% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Nfa Fanoir | 25 | −14% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Lissycasey N.S. | 167 | −7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Coore National School | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S N Baile na Cailli | 52 | −5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Miltown Malbay B N.S. | 128 | +20% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Cill Muire | 65 | −32% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Kilkishen N.S. | 134 | +2% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Stonehall N.S. | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Annagh N.S. | 81 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 68 | +11% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Flagmount Central N.S. | 35 | +21% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| O Callaghans Mills N.S. | 29 | −52% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 66 | +43% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Mullach N.S. | 53 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| St Aidans N.S. | 260 | +3% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Sixmilebridge N.S. | 423 | −21% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Naomh Tola | 218 | −4% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Gaelscoil Donncha Rua | 68 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 29 km |
| Shannon Airport No 2 NS | 51 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| St Conaires N.S. | 338 | −19% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Cluain Muinge | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Shannon Airport 1 N.S. | 113 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Kildysart N.S. | 122 | −9% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| SN na Crannaighe | 32 | – | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Kilmihil N.S. | 96 | +0% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Quilty N.S. | 49 | +81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Bodyke N.S. | 27 | −13% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Broadford & Kilbane National School | 136 | +16% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St. Josephs National School Cree | 38 | – | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Coolmeen N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Cratloe N.S. | 278 | −2% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Clohanes N.S. | 22 | −24% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Tomgraney N.S. | 47 | −27% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scariff Central N.S. | 142 | +1% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Kilmurry McMahon National School | 63 | −6% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Cooraclare B N.S. | 78 | −20% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Raheen Wood Community National School | 102 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Miliuc | 84 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Labasheeda Central N.S. | 30 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Cnoc Doire | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Doonbeg N.S. | 63 | +13% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil an Sraith S.N. | 15 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. an Phairtin Mixed | 317 | −3% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Burrane N.S. | 17 | −39% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Ogonnelloe National School | 101 | −11% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Droichid | 107 | +2% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Inis Cealtrach | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Seanain Naofa | 276 | −12% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Killaloe Boys N.S. | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Mercy Convent Killaloe | 97 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Gaelscoil Ui Choimin | 61 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Ma Sheasta | 37 | −30% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Convent of Mercy National School | 329 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Bansha N.S. | 7 | −78% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Lakyle N.S. | 47 | −41% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 134 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Doonaha N.S. | 21 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Moveen N.S. | 39 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Carrigaholt Mixed N.S. | 30 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| S.N. Cuan | 19 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
Living in Corofin
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V95 Eircode area
Housing in Corofin →The median sale price rose from €251,500 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+27%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Clare
Cost of living in Corofin →New tenancies in Co. Clare averaged €1,170 a month in 2025, against €1,080 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Corofin, V95 YP02
Primary schools near Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta
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 Naisiunta
Is Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta 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 Naisiunta have?
102 pupils in 2025/26. That is −11% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta?
Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killaloe.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Mhuire Naisiunta?
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 Naisiunta?
The nearest are Kilnaboy N.S. (3.3 km), Ruan Central N.S. (4.9 km) and Toonagh N.S. (6.3 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 Corofin; 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).