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Scoil Mhuire

PrimaryCatholicSpecial classes

Scoil Mhuire Brierhill, Breanloughaun, Castlegar · H91 E5C9 · Roll number 17845C

Scoil Mhuire is one of 11 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballybane. Every school in and around Ballybane →

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Pupils
223
September, 2025/26
102 girls, 121 boys
Since 2019/20
−11%
from 251 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
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

  • 223 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−11%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Mhuire had 223 pupils in 2025/26, down from 239 in 2015/16 (−7%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 253, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

0701402102802015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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.

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

Pupils
223
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−11%
from 251 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Mhuire has shrunk by 11% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballybane together changed by +2%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Mhuire−11%
The primary schools around Ballybane−9%
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, 5 have more pupils than Scoil Mhuire. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −11%; 3 of the 5 grew faster.

Scoil Mhuire223
Merlin Woods Primary School383
Radharc na Mara353
S.N. Colmcille70
Gaelscoil Dara419
S.N. Caitriona Sois350
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire223−11%CatholicEnglish
Merlin Woods Primary School383−15%CatholicEnglish1.3 km
Radharc na Mara National School353–CatholicEnglish✓2.7 km
S.N. Colmcille70−19%CatholicEnglish✓2.8 km
Gaelscoil Dara419−9%CatholicAll in Irish3 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois350−11%CatholicEnglish✓3.2 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365−3%CatholicEnglish✓3.2 km
The other 210 primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Gaelscoil de hIde399−12%CatholicAll in Irish4.3 km
Tirellan Heights N.S.330−15%CatholicEnglish✓4.3 km
Scoil Íosa770–CatholicEnglish4.4 km
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236+15%CatholicEnglish✓5.4 km
Parochial N.S.75−13%Church of IrelandEnglish5.4 km
S N Chlair na Gaillimhe311−1%CatholicEnglish5.4 km
Claregalway Educate Together NS220+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓5.4 km
S.N. Padraic Naofa214+4%CatholicEnglish5.6 km
S.N. Cearn Mor174+1%CatholicAll in Irish5.8 km
Scoil Croi Iosa122−5%CatholicEnglish✓6 km
S.N. Brighde130−24%CatholicAll in Irish6 km
Niochlas N.S.262−9%CatholicEnglish✓6 km
S.N. Iognaid480−11%CatholicAll in Irish6.1 km
Galway Educate Together NS373−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish6.2 km
S.N. Fhursa216−17%CatholicAll in Irish6.4 km
S.N. Bride Naofa187−2%CatholicEnglish✓6.6 km
Bushy Park N.S.366+0%CatholicEnglish6.9 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis297−20%CatholicEnglish7.1 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire233−4%CatholicEnglish7.2 km
Scoil Ide244−13%CatholicEnglish7.6 km
Scoil Naomh Einde119−7%CatholicEnglish7.7 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh643+8%CatholicAll in Irish8.1 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig221−3%CatholicEnglish8.5 km
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS400−7%CatholicEnglish8.8 km
S.N. Mhuire229−1%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
S.N. an Bhain Mhoir108−33%CatholicEnglish9.4 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef183−27%CatholicSome subjects in Irish10 km
Scoil Mhuire256−3%CatholicEnglish10 km
S.N. Bhride229−8%CatholicEnglish10 km
Knocknacarra Educate Together NS207+30%Multi-denominationalEnglish10 km
Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School112+104%Multi-denominationalEnglish10 km
Kilcolgan Educate Together NS195−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa281−4%CatholicEnglish11 km
SN Tuairini84−1%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. N Breandain129−12%CatholicAll in Irish12 km
S N Seamus Naofa221−17%CatholicAll in Irish12 km
S N na Fuar Coilleadh100+4%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Naomh Uinseann67−29%CatholicEnglish13 km
Ballinderreen Mxd N.S.182−9%CatholicEnglish13 km
Carnain N.S.89−18%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Cor an Droma73−16%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Mhuire396−2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish14 km
S.N. Cillinin195−15%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Ciarain Naofa67−32%CatholicEnglish14 km
SN Tullach Ui Chadhain65−6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish15 km
Gaelscoil Riada158−42%CatholicAll in Irish15 km
Athenry Primary School501–CatholicEnglish15 km
S N na bhForbacha229+27%CatholicAll in Irish16 km
S.N. Cronain59−6%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Creachmhaoil318−5%CatholicEnglish17 km
Annagh Hill NS105+4%CatholicEnglish17 km
Bunscoil Naomh Chuana208+9%CatholicEnglish17 km
Crumlin N.S.95−23%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Baile Nua62−26%CatholicAll in Irish17 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef51−14%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef324−9%CatholicEnglish17 km
Cloughanower N.S.66−24%CatholicEnglish18 km
S N Caladh na Muc18−66%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
St Colmans Mxd N.S.202−20%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Brighdhe Naofa64−6%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa18–CatholicEnglish20 km
Esker N.S.65−37%CatholicEnglish20 km
Ballinderry N.S.191−8%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Muine Mhea251+31%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Mhuire58−26%CatholicEnglish20 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.199+3%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Ard Raithin176+56%CatholicEnglish21 km
Ballymana N.S.108−25%CatholicEnglish21 km
Ainbhthin Naofa261+15%CatholicEnglish21 km
Headford Primary School137–CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Naomh Fhursa100−26%CatholicEnglish22 km
S N an Croi Ro Naofa208−12%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Einne171−18%CatholicAll in Irish22 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig60−3%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Domhnach Padraig92−29%CatholicEnglish23 km
Togala Mhuire198+32%CatholicEnglish23 km
Newtown NS172+5%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Seosamh Naofa203−0%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Cathair Geal124+43%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Cill Tartain117+4%CatholicEnglish25 km
Kilchreest Central Sch110+15%CatholicEnglish25 km
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha223+2%CatholicAll in Irish25 km
S.N. Naomh Thomais55−21%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. an Tsaileain90+0%CatholicEnglish26 km
Tuam Educate Together National School195+55%Multi-denominationalEnglish26 km
Trinity Primary School781−3%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Iarlatha Naofa53−21%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa38+73%CatholicEnglish26 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish26 km
Barnaderg Central Sch77−23%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Sailearna212+6%CatholicAll in Irish27 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265+11%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Gort National School197−2%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Gaelscoil Riabhach170−16%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish28 km
Gaelscoil na bhFili41−5%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish28 km
S.N. Cill Fheicin69+6%CatholicEnglish28 km
Brierfield N School80−2%CatholicEnglish28 km
Gurteen Central N.S.49−31%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna208+0%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Bheanain31+0%CatholicEnglish29 km
Ceathru na nGarrdhanta203−1%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Ide Naofa328−5%CatholicEnglish30 km
St Brendans N.S.216−1%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa106+4%CatholicEnglish31 km
St Columba's National School44+52%CatholicEnglish31 km
Kilconly N.S.90−30%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Cillini Dioma147+71%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Bride20−13%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. an Leath Bhaile69+5%CatholicEnglish32 km
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Bhride106+4%CatholicEnglish33 km
SN Ceathru na Laithigh54+2%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Mhuire16−41%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef94+2%CatholicEnglish34 km
Ballymacward Central Sc81−4%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Choilm Chille83−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
St Brendans N.S.39−11%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Baile an Mhuilinn99−3%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig146−4%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Cill Richill69+23%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. Aindreis Naofa94−11%CatholicEnglish36 km
S.N. Cill Cuile109+7%CatholicEnglish36 km
Castleblakeney N.S.52−4%CatholicEnglish37 km
Clonberne Central Sch107−12%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Coilm Cille59+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180+13%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. an Fhairche62+27%CatholicAll in Irish38 km
Cappatagle Central Sch105−6%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Cill Conaill65+5%CatholicEnglish38 km
S N na Cealltraighe93+27%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal19−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
Garrafrauns Central Sch95−7%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Baile an Leasa17−35%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. an Droma15−61%CatholicEnglish40 km
Nioclas Naofa221+2%CatholicEnglish40 km
St Oliver Plunkett National School114+1%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Mhuire36−41%CatholicAll in Irish40 km
S.N. Breandain Naofa87+123%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa22−35%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa32−53%CatholicEnglish41 km
Scoil Mhuire81–CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S.N. Mhic Dara202−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S N Baile na Cille32+3%CatholicEnglish42 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe64+36%CatholicEnglish42 km
S N Pairc na Slinne13–CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig13−38%CatholicAll in Irish43 km
S N Gort na Leime23−12%CatholicEnglish43 km
S.N. Mhuire31+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
S.N. Briocain19−49%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa12−66%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Caitriona Naofa117+26%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. na Coille Glaise135+38%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Caomhain33+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
The Glebe N.S.17–Church of IrelandEnglish44 km
Glenamaddy N.S.142+17%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Lorcain Naofa45−15%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11−56%CatholicEnglish44 km
St Feichins N School32−26%CatholicEnglish45 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa45+73%CatholicEnglish45 km
S.N. Colmcille17−39%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Scoil Ronain15−50%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
S N Tir an Fhiaidh83+5%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S N Tir na Cille22−35%CatholicAll in Irish46 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa106−15%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Inis Meadhoin13–CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Kiltormer N.S.89+256%CatholicEnglish47 km
Iomair N.S.136+20%CatholicEnglish48 km
Scoil Mhuire48+45%CatholicEnglish48 km
St. Josephs N.S.53−24%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S.N. an Cillin42−42%CatholicEnglish49 km
Aibhistin Naofa80+86%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Ui Cheithearnaigh193−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
S.N. Ronain36−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe110+36%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal81−5%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil an Chroi Naofa293+2%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22−15%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Gortanumera N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish50 km
S N Leitir Meallain25−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal445+7%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa34+55%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Cill Cruain52−19%CatholicEnglish52 km
Creggs Central N.S.87+30%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20−9%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish53 km
Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha117+72%CatholicEnglish54 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal53+51%CatholicEnglish55 km
St Brendans N.S.235+4%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S.N. Mhuire58+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
S.N. Eoin Pol II14−42%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa39+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓57 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain10−55%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27–CatholicEnglish58 km
S.N. Ard13−61%CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish61 km
S.N. Eanna25+9%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
S.N. Leitirgeis39+34%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
S.N. Muire85+1%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
Scoil Mhuire241+7%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig28+8%CatholicEnglish✓74 km
Ballyconeely N.S.15−35%CatholicEnglish✓74 km
S.N. Naomh Brid25−43%CatholicEnglish76 km
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25−38%CatholicEnglish✓77 km
S.N. Naomh Antoine2−92%CatholicEnglish✓78 km
S N na Naomh Uile15–CatholicEnglish✓80 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43+115%CatholicEnglish✓82 km
Inishbofin N.S.15–CatholicEnglish✓89 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballybane

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

Median sale price
€259,000
92 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,584
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the H91 Eircode area

Housing in Ballybane →

The median sale price rose from €338,600 in 2023 to €408,300 in 2025 (+21%).

2023€338,600
2024€375,000
2025€408,300

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€442,800
Second-hand homes€350,200

Property Price Register sales in the H91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Ballybane

Cost of living in Ballybane →

New tenancies in Ballybane averaged €1,584 a month in 2025, against €1,490 in 2024 (+6%).

2024€1,490
2025€1,584

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

Location

Directions ↗

Ballybane, H91 E5C9

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.

Merlin Woods Primary School
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
383 pupils−15% since 2019/201.3 km
Radharc na Mara National School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
353 pupils2.7 km
S.N. Colmcille
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
70 pupils−19% since 2019/202.8 km
Gaelscoil Dara
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
419 pupils−9% since 2019/203 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
350 pupils−11% since 2019/203.2 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
365 pupils−3% since 2019/203.2 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 17845C

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?

223 pupils in 2025/26. That is −11% 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 Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora.

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 Merlin Woods Primary School (1.3 km), Radharc na Mara National School (2.7 km) and S.N. Colmcille (2.8 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 Ballybane; 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).