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Scoil Mhuire

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

BELCRUIT, KINCASSLAGH, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL · F94 EK09 · Roll number 18844F

Scoil Mhuire is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ailt An Chorráin. Every school in and around Ailt An Chorráin →

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Pupils
42
September, 2025/26
19 girls, 23 boys
Since 2019/20
+8%
from 39 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Raphoe
Language
English
in the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Mhuire

  • A small primary school: 42 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+8%).
  • 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 Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Ailt An Chorráin’s outline, 3.9 km away; listed with Ailt An Chorráin, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Mhuire had 42 pupils in 2025/26, down from 44 in 2015/16 (−5%). Girls are 45% of them. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

02040602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

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.

Inspections

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 in

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.

Pupils
42
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+8%
from 39 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Mhuire has grown by 8% since 2019/20.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Mhuire+8%
The primary schools around Ailt An Chorráin−14%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The 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, 3 have more pupils than Scoil Mhuire. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +8%; 0 of the 5 grew faster.

Scoil Mhuire42
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14
S N na hAcrai70
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓2.6 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓4.3 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓5.6 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓5.7 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓6.8 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓7.2 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓7.9 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓8 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓9.3 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓9.3 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓9.5 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓9.7 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓20 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓20 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓28 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish31 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓32 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓32 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓33 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish35 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish36 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish39 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish41 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish41 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish41 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish42 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish42 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish42 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish43 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish43 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish43 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish44 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish44 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish44 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish45 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish45 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish46 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish46 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓47 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish47 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish48 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish48 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish50 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish50 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓51 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓52 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓54 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish55 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish56 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓59 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓60 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish61 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish61 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish61 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish62 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish65 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish72 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓75 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓75 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓75 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓76 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓76 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓77 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓78 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish79 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓83 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓84 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓84 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓89 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish89 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish89 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish92 km
Living nearby

Living in Ailt An Chorráin

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€140,700
34 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F94 Eircode area

Housing in Ailt An Chorráin →

The median sale price rose from €185,000 in 2023 to €195,000 in 2025 (+5%).

2023€185,000
2024€195,000
2025€195,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€301,700
Second-hand homes€179,500

Property Price Register sales in the F94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Donegal

Cost of living in Ailt An Chorráin →

New tenancies in Co. Donegal averaged €977 a month in 2025, against €893 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€893
2025€977

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

near Ailt An Chorráin, F94 EK09

Nearby

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.

Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
14 pupils−52% since 2019/202.6 km
S N na hAcrai
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
70 pupils+1% since 2019/204.3 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
61 pupils−29% since 2019/205.6 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
91 pupils−11% since 2019/205.7 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEISSpecial classes
25 pupils−32% since 2019/206.8 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEISIsland school
13 pupils7.2 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 18844F

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?

42 pupils in 2025/26. That is +8% 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 Raphoe.

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 Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai (2.6 km), S N na hAcrai (4.3 km) and S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid (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 Ailt An Chorráin; 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).