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Scoil Mhuire

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

Dristernan, Gleneely, Co. Donegal · F93 P212 · Roll number 18517N

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

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Pupils
118
September, 2025/26
60 girls, 58 boys
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 123 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Derry
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

  • 118 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−4%).
  • 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 Derry; its ethos is Catholic.
  • The only primary school in Gleneely or within 3 km of it.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Mhuire had 118 pupils in 2025/26, against 107 in 2015/16 (+10%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 130, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 5 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

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
118
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 123 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Mhuire is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−4%). All the schools around Gleneely together changed by −4%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Mhuire−4%
The primary schools around Gleneely−4%
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 −4%; 4 of the 5 grew faster.

Scoil Mhuire118
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186
Naomh Bodain108
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124
Scoil Naomh Padraig163
Glentogher Con13
S.N. Donaigh33
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓4.9 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓4.9 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓7.3 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓7.6 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓8 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓9 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓9.1 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓9.1 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish9.3 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish9.4 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish11 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish20 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish23 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish23 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish27 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish36 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish36 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish39 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish42 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish42 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish44 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish47 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish48 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish49 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish50 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish50 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓50 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓50 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish50 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish52 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓53 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish54 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish56 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish57 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓58 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓60 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓62 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓64 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish64 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓64 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish65 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish66 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓66 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓68 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓70 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓74 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓74 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓74 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓76 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓77 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓77 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓77 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓77 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓82 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓83 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓83 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish84 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓85 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓85 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓86 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓87 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓87 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓88 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish88 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓89 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓89 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish89 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish90 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish90 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓90 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓91 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish92 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓92 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓94 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish94 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓94 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓94 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish95 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓96 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓96 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓96 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓96 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish97 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish97 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓99 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓100 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓102 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓103 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓104 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓104 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓105 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓106 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓106 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓106 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish106 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓106 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓106 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish108 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓111 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓112 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓114 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓115 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓117 km
Living nearby

Living in Gleneely

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

Median sale price
€165,200
routing key F93, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F93 Eircode area

Housing in Gleneely →

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 Co. Donegal

Cost of living in Gleneely →

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 ↗

Gleneely, F93 P212

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 Naomh Colmchille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
186 pupils+11% since 2019/204.9 km
Naomh Bodain
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
108 pupils+44% since 2019/204.9 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
124 pupils−7% since 2019/207.3 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
163 pupils+14% since 2019/207.4 km
Glentogher Con N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
13 pupils7.6 km
S.N. Donaigh
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
33 pupils+6% since 2019/208 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 18517N

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?

118 pupils in 2025/26. That is −4% 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 Derry.

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 Naomh Colmchille (4.9 km), Naomh Bodain (4.9 km) and Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach (7.3 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 Gleneely; 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).