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Scoil Mhuire

PrimaryCatholicDEISSpecial classes

AN CRAOSLOCH, LETTERKENNY, CO DONEGAL · F92 PN84 · Roll number 18371L

Scoil Mhuire is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Creeslough. Every school in and around Creeslough →

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Pupils
166
September, 2025/26
75 girls, 91 boys
Since 2019/20
+30%
from 128 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

  • 166 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 166 pupils, 30% more than the 128 of 2019/20.
  • 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 3 primary schools around Creeslough.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Mhuire had 166 pupils in 2025/26, against 101 in 2015/16 (+64%). Girls are 45% of them. Its largest roll was 173, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.

0501001502002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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. Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.

Pupils
166
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+30%
from 128 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Mhuire has grown by 30% since 2019/20. All the schools around Creeslough together changed by +23%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Mhuire+30%
The primary schools around Creeslough+23%
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 has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +30%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.

Scoil Mhuire166
Creeslough31
S.N. Glasain28
S.N. Baile Mor7
S.N. Fothar32
Murroe50
S N na Croise Naofa33
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓0.3 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓3.5 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓4 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish4.6 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓7.1 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓7.5 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓7.6 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓8.7 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓9.7 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓9.7 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓13 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish14 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish14 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓14 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓14 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish15 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓18 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish20 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish20 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓20 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish21 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish21 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish22 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓22 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish23 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish28 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓28 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish29 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish29 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish29 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓29 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish33 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish34 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓35 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓39 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish39 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish41 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓42 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish47 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓49 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish50 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓51 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish51 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish54 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish54 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish55 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish56 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish56 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish56 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish57 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish57 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish57 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish60 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓62 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓62 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓65 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish65 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓70 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish70 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓71 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓72 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓76 km
Living nearby

Living in Creeslough

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

Median sale price
€203,300
routing key F92, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F92 Eircode area

Housing in Creeslough →

The median sale price rose from €188,000 in 2023 to €214,000 in 2025 (+14%).

2023€188,000
2024€208,000
2025€214,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€327,700
Second-hand homes€182,800

Property Price Register sales in the F92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Donegal

Cost of living in Creeslough →

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 ↗

Creeslough, F92 PN84

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.

Creeslough N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
31 pupils+11% since 2019/200.3 km
S.N. Glasain
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
28 pupils+4% since 2019/203.5 km
S.N. Baile Mor
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
7 pupils4 km
S.N. Fothar
Primary · Catholic
32 pupils−18% since 2019/204.6 km
Murroe National School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
50 pupils+85% since 2019/207.1 km
S N na Croise Naofa
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
33 pupils−21% since 2019/207.5 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 18371L

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?

166 pupils in 2025/26. That is +30% 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 Creeslough N.S. (0.3 km), S.N. Glasain (3.5 km) and S.N. Baile Mor (4 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 Creeslough; 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).