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Scoil Mhuire

PrimaryCatholicDEISSpecial classes

Racecourse Road, Clifden, Co. Galway · H71 HY04 · Roll number 19973V

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

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Pupils
241
September, 2025/26
121 girls, 120 boys
Since 2019/20
+7%
from 226 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Archbishop of Tuam
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

  • One of the larger primary schools: 241 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+7%).
  • 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.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Archbishop of Tuam; its ethos is Catholic.
  • The only primary school in Clifden or within 3 km of it.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Mhuire had 241 pupils in 2025/26, against 235 in 2015/16 (+3%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 250, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 4 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.

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
241
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+7%
from 226 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Mhuire has grown by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Clifden together changed by +11%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Mhuire+7%
The primary schools around Clifden+7%
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 +7%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.

Scoil Mhuire241
S.N. Naomh Antoine2
Ballyconeely15
S.N. Muire85
S N na Naomh Uile15
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire241+7%CatholicEnglish✓
S.N. Naomh Antoine2−92%CatholicEnglish✓5.4 km
Ballyconeely N.S.15−35%CatholicEnglish✓7.6 km
S.N. Muire85+1%CatholicEnglish✓8.4 km
S N na Naomh Uile15–CatholicEnglish✓9.3 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43+115%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25−38%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
The other 210 primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Naomh Padraig28+8%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
S.N. Naomh Brid25−43%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Eanna25+9%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
S.N. Leitirgeis39+34%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa39+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓16 km
Inishbofin N.S.15–CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Ard13−61%CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
S.N. Mhuire58+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain10−55%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27–CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20−9%CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22−15%CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
S.N. Briocain19−49%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
S N Tir na Cille22−35%CatholicAll in Irish30 km
S.N. Mhuire31+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S.N. Colmcille17−39%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S N Leitir Meallain25−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal19−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
S N Tir an Fhiaidh83+5%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
Scoil Mhuire81–CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
Scoil Ronain15−50%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Scoil Mhuire36−41%CatholicAll in Irish37 km
S.N. Mhic Dara202−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig13−38%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
S.N. Coilm Cille59+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
Scoil Mhuire16−41%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Eoin Pol II14−42%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S.N. an Fhairche62+27%CatholicAll in Irish44 km
S.N. Choilm Chille83−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265+11%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Ronain36−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef94+2%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Sailearna212+6%CatholicAll in Irish50 km
Ainbhthin Naofa261+15%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. Inis Meadhoin13–CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Scoil Einne171−18%CatholicAll in Irish55 km
S.N. Baile Nua62−26%CatholicAll in Irish55 km
S N Caladh na Muc18−66%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Naomh Fhursa100−26%CatholicEnglish57 km
S.N. Caomhain33+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa18–CatholicEnglish58 km
Scoil Mhuire396−2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish58 km
SN Tullach Ui Chadhain65−6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish59 km
Headford Primary School137–CatholicEnglish60 km
S N na bhForbacha229+27%CatholicAll in Irish60 km
SN Tuairini84−1%CatholicEnglish61 km
Cloughanower N.S.66−24%CatholicEnglish61 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig60−3%CatholicEnglish62 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef183−27%CatholicSome subjects in Irish63 km
S N Seamus Naofa221−17%CatholicAll in Irish64 km
S.N. N Breandain129−12%CatholicAll in Irish64 km
Knocknacarra Educate Together NS207+30%Multi-denominationalEnglish64 km
Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School112+104%Multi-denominationalEnglish64 km
Bunscoil Naomh Chuana208+9%CatholicEnglish65 km
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS400−7%CatholicEnglish66 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh643+8%CatholicAll in Irish66 km
S.N. Domhnach Padraig92−29%CatholicEnglish66 km
Bushy Park N.S.366+0%CatholicEnglish66 km
S.N. Brighde130−24%CatholicAll in Irish66 km
Galway Educate Together NS373−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish67 km
Scoil Naomh Einde119−7%CatholicEnglish67 km
Scoil Ide244−13%CatholicEnglish67 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis297−20%CatholicEnglish67 km
S.N. Bride Naofa187−2%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
S.N. Fhursa216−17%CatholicAll in Irish68 km
Scoil Croi Iosa122−5%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
S.N. Iognaid480−11%CatholicAll in Irish68 km
Parochial N.S.75−13%Church of IrelandEnglish68 km
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236+15%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
S.N. Padraic Naofa214+4%CatholicEnglish68 km
Niochlas N.S.262−9%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Tirellan Heights N.S.330−15%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa281−4%CatholicEnglish69 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef51−14%CatholicEnglish69 km
Kilconly N.S.90−30%CatholicEnglish69 km
S.N. Colmcille70−19%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois350−11%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365−3%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Radharc na Mara National School353–CatholicEnglish✓71 km
St Brendans N.S.39−11%CatholicEnglish71 km
Gaelscoil Dara419−9%CatholicAll in Irish71 km
S N an Croi Ro Naofa208−12%CatholicEnglish71 km
S.N. an Tsaileain90+0%CatholicEnglish71 km
Scoil Mhuire223−11%CatholicEnglish72 km
Merlin Woods Primary School383−15%CatholicEnglish72 km
S.N. an Bhain Mhoir108−33%CatholicEnglish72 km
S N Chlair na Gaillimhe311−1%CatholicEnglish73 km
Claregalway Educate Together NS220+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓74 km
S.N. Cor an Droma73−16%CatholicEnglish74 km
S.N. Bheanain31+0%CatholicEnglish74 km
S.N. Ciarain Naofa67−32%CatholicEnglish76 km
S.N. Baile an Mhuilinn99−3%CatholicEnglish76 km
St Colmans Mxd N.S.202−20%CatholicEnglish76 km
S.N. Bhride229−8%CatholicEnglish76 km
Gaelscoil de hIde399−12%CatholicAll in Irish76 km
Scoil Íosa770–CatholicEnglish76 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire233−4%CatholicEnglish77 km
S.N. Cearn Mor174+1%CatholicAll in Irish77 km
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha223+2%CatholicAll in Irish77 km
Trinity Primary School781−3%CatholicEnglish✓77 km
Ceathru na nGarrdhanta203−1%CatholicEnglish77 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig221−3%CatholicEnglish78 km
Tuam Educate Together National School195+55%Multi-denominationalEnglish78 km
Ballinderry N.S.191−8%CatholicEnglish79 km
S.N. Naomh Uinseann67−29%CatholicEnglish80 km
Annagh Hill NS105+4%CatholicEnglish80 km
Garrafrauns Central Sch95−7%CatholicEnglish80 km
S.N. Mhuire229−1%CatholicEnglish81 km
Ballinderreen Mxd N.S.182−9%CatholicEnglish81 km
Scoil Mhuire256−3%CatholicEnglish81 km
SN Ceathru na Laithigh54+2%CatholicEnglish81 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef324−9%CatholicEnglish81 km
Crumlin N.S.95−23%CatholicEnglish82 km
Kilcolgan Educate Together NS195−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish82 km
S.N. Cathair Geal124+43%CatholicEnglish82 km
Carnain N.S.89−18%CatholicEnglish83 km
S.N. Brighdhe Naofa64−6%CatholicEnglish84 km
S N na Fuar Coilleadh100+4%CatholicEnglish84 km
Barnaderg Central Sch77−23%CatholicEnglish86 km
Newtown NS172+5%CatholicEnglish✓86 km
S.N. Cronain59−6%CatholicEnglish86 km
Nioclas Naofa221+2%CatholicEnglish86 km
S.N. Cillinin195−15%CatholicEnglish86 km
S.N. an Leath Bhaile69+5%CatholicEnglish86 km
Gaelscoil Riada158−42%CatholicAll in Irish87 km
Athenry Primary School501–CatholicEnglish87 km
S.N. Muine Mhea251+31%CatholicEnglish88 km
S.N. Baile an Leasa17−35%CatholicEnglish88 km
S.N. Creachmhaoil318−5%CatholicEnglish89 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish89 km
S.N. Ard Raithin176+56%CatholicEnglish89 km
Brierfield N School80−2%CatholicEnglish90 km
S N Gort na Leime23−12%CatholicEnglish90 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.199+3%CatholicEnglish90 km
Clonberne Central Sch107−12%CatholicEnglish✓91 km
S.N. Mhuire58−26%CatholicEnglish91 km
S.N. Cill Tartain117+4%CatholicEnglish91 km
Esker N.S.65−37%CatholicEnglish92 km
Scoil Bride20−13%CatholicEnglish92 km
Scoil Iarlatha Naofa53−21%CatholicEnglish92 km
Gort National School197−2%CatholicEnglish✓92 km
Ballymana N.S.108−25%CatholicEnglish93 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa12−66%CatholicEnglish93 km
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish93 km
Gaelscoil na bhFili41−5%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish93 km
S.N. Naomh Thomais55−21%CatholicEnglish94 km
S.N. Cill Fheicin69+6%CatholicEnglish95 km
Togala Mhuire198+32%CatholicEnglish95 km
St Oliver Plunkett National School114+1%CatholicEnglish96 km
S.N. Seosamh Naofa203−0%CatholicEnglish96 km
Kilchreest Central Sch110+15%CatholicEnglish96 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa106+4%CatholicEnglish96 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig146−4%CatholicEnglish96 km
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish96 km
Gurteen Central N.S.49−31%CatholicEnglish97 km
Glenamaddy N.S.142+17%CatholicEnglish97 km
Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe110+36%CatholicEnglish✓97 km
St Columba's National School44+52%CatholicEnglish97 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa38+73%CatholicEnglish98 km
Scoil Mhuire48+45%CatholicEnglish98 km
Gaelscoil Riabhach170−16%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish100 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna208+0%CatholicEnglish101 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180+13%CatholicEnglish101 km
S.N. Ide Naofa328−5%CatholicEnglish102 km
St Brendans N.S.216−1%CatholicEnglish102 km
S.N. Cill Cruain52−19%CatholicEnglish102 km
Castleblakeney N.S.52−4%CatholicEnglish102 km
Ballymacward Central Sc81−4%CatholicEnglish102 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe64+36%CatholicEnglish102 km
S.N. Cillini Dioma147+71%CatholicEnglish103 km
Scoil Bhride106+4%CatholicEnglish104 km
S N na Cealltraighe93+27%CatholicEnglish✓104 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish106 km
S.N. Cill Richill69+23%CatholicEnglish108 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa106−15%CatholicEnglish108 km
S.N. Aindreis Naofa94−11%CatholicEnglish108 km
S.N. Cill Conaill65+5%CatholicEnglish108 km
S.N. Cill Cuile109+7%CatholicEnglish109 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa22−35%CatholicEnglish109 km
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11−56%CatholicEnglish109 km
Cappatagle Central Sch105−6%CatholicEnglish109 km
Creggs Central N.S.87+30%CatholicEnglish✓110 km
S.N. na Coille Glaise135+38%CatholicEnglish✓111 km
S.N. an Droma15−61%CatholicEnglish111 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal81−5%CatholicEnglish✓112 km
S.N. Breandain Naofa87+123%CatholicEnglish113 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa32−53%CatholicEnglish113 km
S N Baile na Cille32+3%CatholicEnglish113 km
S N Pairc na Slinne13–CatholicEnglish✓113 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa45+73%CatholicEnglish114 km
S.N. Caitriona Naofa117+26%CatholicEnglish114 km
The Glebe N.S.17–Church of IrelandEnglish115 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓115 km
St Feichins N School32−26%CatholicEnglish116 km
S.N. Lorcain Naofa45−15%CatholicEnglish116 km
St. Josephs N.S.53−24%CatholicEnglish✓119 km
Kiltormer N.S.89+256%CatholicEnglish119 km
S.N. Ui Cheithearnaigh193−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓119 km
Iomair N.S.136+20%CatholicEnglish120 km
Scoil an Chroi Naofa293+2%CatholicEnglish✓120 km
Aibhistin Naofa80+86%CatholicEnglish120 km
S.N. an Cillin42−42%CatholicEnglish121 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal445+7%CatholicEnglish122 km
Gortanumera N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish122 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa34+55%CatholicEnglish✓122 km
Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha117+72%CatholicEnglish126 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal53+51%CatholicEnglish127 km
St Brendans N.S.235+4%CatholicEnglish✓127 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓129 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish132 km
Living nearby

Living in Clifden

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

Median sale price
€240,000
113 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€959
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the H71 Eircode area

Housing in Clifden →

The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €287,500 in 2025 (+15%).

2023€250,000
2024€257,500
2025€287,500

Property Price Register sales in the H71 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Clifden

Cost of living in Clifden →

New tenancies in Clifden averaged €959 a month in 2025, against €930 in 2024 (+3%).

2024€930
2025€959

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

Location

Directions ↗

Clifden, H71 HY04

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.

S.N. Naomh Antoine
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
2 pupils−92% since 2019/205.4 km
Ballyconeely N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
15 pupils−35% since 2019/207.6 km
S.N. Muire
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
85 pupils+1% since 2019/208.4 km
S N na Naomh Uile
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
15 pupils9.3 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
43 pupils+115% since 2019/2010 km
S.N. an Aill Bhreach
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
25 pupils−38% since 2019/2011 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 19973V

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?

241 pupils in 2025/26. That is +7% 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 Archbishop of Tuam.

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 S.N. Naomh Antoine (5.4 km), Ballyconeely N.S. (7.6 km) and S.N. Muire (8.4 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 Clifden; 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).