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Scoil Mhuire B & C

PrimaryCatholicDEISSpecial classes

Millbrae, Stranorlar, Co. Donegal · F93 AH7K · Roll number 19927O

Scoil Mhuire B & C is one of 5 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballybofey-Stranorlar. Every school in and around Ballybofey-Stranorlar →

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Pupils
489
September, 2025/26
232 girls, 257 boys
Since 2019/20
+8%
from 453 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Raphoe
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Mhuire B & C

  • One of the larger primary schools: 489 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.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • The largest of the 5 primary schools around Ballybofey-Stranorlar.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Mhuire B & C had 489 pupils in 2025/26, against 452 in 2015/16 (+8%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 498, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

02004006002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Scoil Mhuire B & C

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 B & C 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 B & C

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 B & C

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Scoil Mhuire B & C 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.

Pupils
489
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+8%
from 453 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Mhuire B & C has grown by 8% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballybofey-Stranorlar together changed by +14%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Mhuire B & C+8%
The primary schools around Ballybofey-Stranorlar−1%
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.

Scoil Mhuire B & C has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +8%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Mhuire B & C489
Robertson89
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167
Killygordan22
S.N. an Droim Mor229
Dooish191
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓0.4 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish2.1 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓2.2 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓5 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓5.2 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓6.4 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish6.7 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish7.2 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓7.8 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓8.9 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish8.9 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓11 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓13 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓13 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓13 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish15 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish17 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish17 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓18 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish21 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓22 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish22 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish23 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish25 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish26 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish26 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish27 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish27 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish28 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish28 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish29 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish29 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish30 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓34 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish36 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish36 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish37 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish37 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish42 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish42 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓42 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish42 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓43 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish43 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish44 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓44 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓44 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish53 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓55 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓58 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish63 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish63 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish67 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballybofey-Stranorlar

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

Median sale price
€176,000
229 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€868
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the F93 Eircode area

Housing in Ballybofey-Stranorlar →

The median sale price rose from €161,000 in 2023 to €175,000 in 2025 (+9%).

2023€161,000
2024€159,100
2025€175,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€297,500
Second-hand homes€163,000

Property Price Register sales in the F93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Ballybofey-Stranorlar

Cost of living in Ballybofey-Stranorlar →

New tenancies in Ballybofey-Stranorlar averaged €868 a month in 2025, against €752 in 2024 (+15%).

2024€752
2025€868

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

Location

Directions ↗

Ballybofey-Stranorlar, F93 AH7K

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Mhuire B & C

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Robertson N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
89 pupils+35% since 2019/200.4 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead
Primary · Catholic
57 pupils−34% since 2019/202.1 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
167 pupils−6% since 2019/202.2 km
Killygordan N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
22 pupils+5% since 2019/205 km
S.N. an Droim Mor
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
229 pupils−1% since 2019/205.2 km
Dooish N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
191 pupils−12% since 2019/205.3 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 19927O

Questions about Scoil Mhuire B & C

Is Scoil Mhuire B & C 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 B & C have?

489 pupils in 2025/26. That is +8% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Mhuire B & C teach through Irish?

No: Scoil Mhuire B & C teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Scoil Mhuire B & C?

Scoil Mhuire B & C has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Raphoe.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Mhuire B & C?

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 B & C?

The nearest are Robertson N.S. (0.4 km), S.N. Gleann Coimhead (2.1 km) and S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill (2.2 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 Ballybofey-Stranorlar; 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).