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Scoil Mhuire B&C

PrimaryCatholicGaeltacht schoolDEIS

Na Doirí Beaga, Leitir Ceanainn, Co. Dhún na nGall · F92 NN82 · Roll number 14502D

Scoil Mhuire B&C is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Doirí Beaga. Every school in and around Doirí Beaga →

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Pupils
97
September, 2025/26
46 girls, 51 boys
Since 2019/20
−16%
from 115 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Raphoe
Language
All in Irish
in the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Mhuire B&C

  • 97 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • Smaller than it was: 97 pupils, 16% fewer than the 115 of 2019/20.
  • In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
  • 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.
  • The smallest of the 3 primary schools around Doirí Beaga.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Mhuire B&C had 97 pupils in 2025/26, down from 144 in 2015/16 (−33%). Girls are 47% of them. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.

040801201602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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 teaches every subject through Irish. It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.

Pupils
97
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−16%
from 115 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Mhuire B&C has shrunk by 16% since 2019/20. All the schools around Doirí Beaga together changed by −6%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Mhuire B&C−16%
The primary schools around Doirí Beaga−3%
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 B&C. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −16%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Mhuire B&C97
S.N. Chonaill107
S.N. Adhamhnain131
Scoil Phadraig103
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91
Scoil Bhrighde28
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓2 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓2.4 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓4.7 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓4.7 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓6.3 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓8 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓8.2 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓8.9 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓9.7 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓10 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓10 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓11 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓14 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓18 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓22 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓23 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓25 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish29 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish32 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish33 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish35 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish36 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish37 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish38 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish39 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish39 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish40 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish41 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish41 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish41 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish41 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish41 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish42 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓42 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓45 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish46 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish47 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish47 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish48 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish48 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish49 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish49 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓49 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓49 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓50 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish50 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓51 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish52 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish53 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish53 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish53 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓54 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish54 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓56 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish58 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish62 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓64 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓65 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish65 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓67 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓67 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish71 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓74 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓75 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓75 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓80 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish80 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish81 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish84 km
Living nearby

Living in Doirí Beaga

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 Doirí Beaga →

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 Doirí Beaga →

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 ↗

Doirí Beaga, F92 NN82

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.

S.N. Chonaill
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEISSpecial classes
107 pupils+23% since 2019/202 km
S.N. Adhamhnain
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
131 pupils−8% since 2019/202.4 km
Scoil Phadraig
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
103 pupils+27% since 2019/204.7 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
61 pupils−29% since 2019/204.7 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
91 pupils−11% since 2019/206.3 km
Scoil Bhrighde
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
28 pupils−7% since 2019/208 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 14502D

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?

97 pupils in 2025/26. That is −16% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Mhuire B&C teach through Irish?

Yes: every subject at Scoil Mhuire B&C is taught through Irish.

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 S.N. Chonaill (2 km), S.N. Adhamhnain (2.4 km) and Scoil Phadraig (4.7 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 Doirí Beaga; 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).