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Burnfoot, Lifford, Co. Donegal · F93 TW54 · Roll number 15627F
St Muras N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Tievebane. Every school in and around Tievebane →
What stands out about St Muras N.S.
- 189 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−12%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Derry; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Muras N.S. had 189 pupils in 2025/26, down from 216 in 2015/16 (−13%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 217, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Muras N.S.
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 St Muras N.S. 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.
Inspection reports on St Muras N.S.
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 a place at St Muras N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Muras N.S. 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Muras N.S. has shrunk by 12% since 2019/20. All the schools around Tievebane together changed by −3%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest primary schools
2025/26The 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 St Muras N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −12%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Muras N.S. | 189 | −12% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Naomh Aonghus | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Rathmullen N.S. | 119 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Scoil Iosagain | 779 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| St. Mura's National School | 26 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.7 km | |
| Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha | 67 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 8.2 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 199 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Orans N.S. | 228 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Moyle N.S. | 81 | −7% | Presbyterian | English | 9.6 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 196 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Garvans N.S. | 33 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Naomh Iósaf | 45 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Browneknowe N.S. | 48 | −28% | Presbyterian | English | 12 km | |
| Monreagh N.S. | 48 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. an Leinbh Iosa | 84 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton | 32 | – | Presbyterian | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 206 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eighneach | 75 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Naomh Baoithin | 113 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 64 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Scoil Naomh Proinnseas | 119 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Cashelshanaghan N.S. | 28 | +4% | Presbyterian | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Ceathru Caol | 53 | −47% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Baile an Caislean | 66 | +38% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 68 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S N Talamh na Coille | 467 | −2% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Drumfad N.S. | 35 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Naomh Fionan | 199 | −12% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Ray N.S. | 51 | −20% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Cranford N.S. | 48 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Portlean N.S. | 20 | −17% | Presbyterian | English | 19 km | |
| Glentogher Con N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Scoil Naomh Fiachra | 519 | −6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S N na gCluainte | 96 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Letterkenny Educate Together NS | 420 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Baile Raighin | 215 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| St Francis' National School | 132 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Donaigh | 33 | +6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| St Davadogs N.S. | 27 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 37 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 22 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 426 | −6% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 231 | +19% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach | 124 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Naomh Treasa C | 52 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 163 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Naomh Colmchille | 186 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Glenmaquin N.S. | 21 | −9% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 480 | +11% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil Adhamhnain | 410 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Scoil Choilmcille | 659 | +82% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Raphoe Central N.S. | 185 | −6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Scoil Choluim | 30 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Naomh Bridhid | 92 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Scoil Adhamhnain | 158 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 121 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 162 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 24 | −23% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 127 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 25 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 64 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Cuilm Cille | 38 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 136 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál | 124 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 118 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Trianta | 33 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | 27 km | |
| Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. | 100 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 192 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Treasa Naofa | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 66 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Eoghan | 212 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Moville N.S. | 32 | −41% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill | 75 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| Naomh Bodain | 108 | +44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille Naofa | 17 | −62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Glenswilly N.S. | 262 | −4% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Phádraig | 118 | −6% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Gartan N.S. | 19 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Creeslough N.S. | 31 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Mary's National School | 155 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 166 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh | 40 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Domhnach Mor | 22 | −51% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 133 | +8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Cholmchille | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Baile Mor | 7 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Fothar | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Glasain | 28 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 33 km |
| SN Naomh Samhthann | 40 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire | 57 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Killygordan N.S. | 22 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. an Droim Mor | 229 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Scoil an tStratha Mhóir | 64 | −25% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 36 km |
| Robertson N.S. | 89 | +35% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B & C | 489 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S N na Croise Naofa | 33 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Dunfanaghy N.S. | 24 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Gleneely N.S. | 45 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Gleann Coimhead | 57 | −34% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Murroe National School | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill | 167 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Dooish N.S. | 191 | −12% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Bhailsig | 47 | +68% | Church of Ireland | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Taodhbhog | 55 | +49% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 41 km |
| Scoil Fhionáin | 204 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. an Choimin | 54 | −30% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 44 km |
| S N Caiseal na gCorr | 44 | +2% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Gort an Choirce | 40 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 45 km |
| S N Cnoc na Naomh | 87 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 48 km |
| Scoil Naomh Dubhthach | 27 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 48 km |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 28 | −22% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 49 km |
| Scoil Bhrighde | 28 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 51 km |
| S.N. Duchoraidh | 4 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 52 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 103 | +27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 52 km |
| S.N. Adhamhnain | 131 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 54 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 97 | −16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 54 km |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 18 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| S.N. Chonaill | 107 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| S.N. Loch an Iubhair | 25 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| S.N. Dhubhthaigh | 91 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 56 km |
| S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich | 10 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 56 km |
| S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid | 61 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 56 km |
| St Francis N.S. | 159 | +2% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird | 16 | −48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Scoil Chróine | 265 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Scoil an Linbh Íosa | 274 | +30% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 42 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Min A Ghabhann N.S. | 39 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 155 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala | 219 | −8% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai | 14 | −52% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 63 km |
| Glebe N.S. | 121 | +20% | Church of Ireland | English | 63 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 54 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri | 55 | −38% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 63 km | |
| S N na hAcrai | 70 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| S.N. Chill Coinnigh | 5 | −75% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| Scoil Roisin | 51 | −14% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 64 km |
| Naomh Adhamhnain | 123 | +62% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| St Riaghans N.S. | 26 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| Scoil Naomh Peadar | 135 | +75% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| Frosses N.S. | 77 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor I | 13 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 68 km |
| Gortnacart N.S. | 16 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| Scoil Naomh Earnan | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| S.N. Mhin Teineadh de | 21 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 69 km | |
| St Conals | 68 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| Robertson N.S. | 67 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor II | 21 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 70 km |
| S.N. Naomh Naille | 113 | +14% | Catholic | English | 71 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 94 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 71 km |
| Inver N.S. | 20 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 71 km | |
| Ardara Mixed N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 71 km |
| S.N. an Bhreacaigh | 24 | −31% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 73 km |
| S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe | 54 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 74 km |
| S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 76 km |
| Killaghtee N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| Bruckless N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| Killybegs Common N.S. | 75 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 78 km |
| Rockfield N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 78 km |
| Gaelscoil Eirne | 29 | −40% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 79 km |
| S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh | 211 | −2% | Catholic | English | 79 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Chaitriona | 77 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 79 km |
| Kilbarron N.S. | 44 | +16% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 79 km |
| Holy Family National School | 193 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 80 km |
| S.N. Neill Mor | 240 | +22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 80 km |
| S.N. Fhionntra | 5 | −88% | Catholic | English | 82 km | |
| S.N. Min an Aoire | 14 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 85 km |
| St Macartans Central | 276 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 85 km |
| Scoil Chartha Naofa | 111 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 88 km |
| S N na Carraige | 59 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 89 km |
| S.N. an Chaiseal | 58 | −17% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 92 km |
Living in Tievebane
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F93 Eircode area
Housing in Tievebane →The median sale price rose from €161,000 in 2023 to €175,000 in 2025 (+9%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Donegal
Cost of living in Tievebane →New tenancies in Co. Donegal averaged €977 a month in 2025, against €893 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Tievebane, F93 TW54
Primary schools near St Muras N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Muras N.S.
Is St Muras N.S. 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 St Muras N.S. have?
189 pupils in 2025/26. That is −12% since 2019/20.
Does St Muras N.S. teach through Irish?
No: St Muras N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Muras N.S.?
St Muras N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Derry.
How do pupils get a place at St Muras N.S.?
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 St Muras N.S.?
The nearest are S.N. Naomh Aonghus (4.6 km), Rathmullen N.S. (7.6 km) and Scoil Iosagain (7.6 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 Tievebane; 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).