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Scoil Mhuire

PrimaryCatholicGaeltacht schoolSpecial classes

Corr na Móna, Co. na Gaillimhe · F12 WV77 · Roll number 18581W

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

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Pupils
36
September, 2025/26
18 girls, 18 boys
Since 2019/20
−41%
from 61 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Archbishop of Tuam
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

  • A small primary school: 36 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Smaller than it was: 36 pupils, 41% fewer than the 61 of 2019/20.
  • In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Archbishop of Tuam; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Oughterard’s outline, 12 km away; listed with Oughterard, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Mhuire had 36 pupils in 2025/26, down from 58 in 2015/16 (−38%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 61, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

0204060802015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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 teaches every subject through Irish. Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.

Pupils
36
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−41%
from 61 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Mhuire has shrunk by 41% since 2019/20. All the schools around Oughterard together changed by +9%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Mhuire−41%
The primary schools around Oughterard+11%
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 −41%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Mhuire36
S.N. Naomh Padraig13
S.N. an Fhairche62
S N Tir na Cille22
Scoil Mhuire16
S.N. Naomh Iosef94
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire36−41%CatholicAll in Irish
S.N. Naomh Padraig13−38%CatholicAll in Irish5.3 km
S.N. an Fhairche62+27%CatholicAll in Irish7.1 km
S N Tir na Cille22−35%CatholicAll in Irish7.2 km
Scoil Mhuire16−41%CatholicEnglish9.5 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef94+2%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265+11%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
The other 210 primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Muire Gan Smal19−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓16 km
S.N. Briocain19−49%CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27–CatholicEnglish18 km
Ainbhthin Naofa261+15%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Naomh Fhursa100−26%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Mhuire31+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
S N Caladh na Muc18−66%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa18–CatholicEnglish22 km
Headford Primary School137–CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Baile Nua62−26%CatholicAll in Irish24 km
Scoil Mhuire81–CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig60−3%CatholicEnglish25 km
SN Tullach Ui Chadhain65−6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish25 km
Cloughanower N.S.66−24%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa39+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓25 km
Scoil Mhuire396−2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish27 km
S.N. Coilm Cille59+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22−15%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
S.N. Colmcille17−39%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
Bunscoil Naomh Chuana208+9%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Domhnach Padraig92−29%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Mhic Dara202−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
S.N. N Breandain129−12%CatholicAll in Irish29 km
S.N. Sailearna212+6%CatholicAll in Irish30 km
S N Tir an Fhiaidh83+5%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
SN Tuairini84−1%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Choilm Chille83−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20−9%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Scoil Einne171−18%CatholicAll in Irish31 km
S.N. Leitirgeis39+34%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Mhuire58+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef51−14%CatholicEnglish32 km
Kilconly N.S.90−30%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Ronain15−50%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. Muire85+1%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa281−4%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Eanna25+9%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef183−27%CatholicSome subjects in Irish34 km
S N na bhForbacha229+27%CatholicAll in Irish34 km
St Brendans N.S.39−11%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. an Tsaileain90+0%CatholicEnglish34 km
S N an Croi Ro Naofa208−12%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Ard13−61%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
S.N. Brighde130−24%CatholicAll in Irish35 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain10−55%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
Bushy Park N.S.366+0%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig28+8%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S N Leitir Meallain25−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
Knocknacarra Educate Together NS207+30%Multi-denominationalEnglish35 km
Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School112+104%Multi-denominationalEnglish35 km
S N Seamus Naofa221−17%CatholicAll in Irish35 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh643+8%CatholicAll in Irish36 km
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS400−7%CatholicEnglish36 km
Galway Educate Together NS373−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish36 km
S.N. Bride Naofa187−2%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Tirellan Heights N.S.330−15%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Naomh Einde119−7%CatholicEnglish37 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis297−20%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Bheanain31+0%CatholicEnglish37 km
Scoil Croi Iosa122−5%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Mhuire241+7%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. an Bhain Mhoir108−33%CatholicEnglish37 km
Scoil Ide244−13%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Colmcille70−19%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Parochial N.S.75−13%Church of IrelandEnglish37 km
S.N. Fhursa216−17%CatholicAll in Irish37 km
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236+15%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Iognaid480−11%CatholicAll in Irish37 km
S.N. Padraic Naofa214+4%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Cor an Droma73−16%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Naomh Brid25−43%CatholicEnglish38 km
Niochlas N.S.262−9%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Radharc na Mara National School353–CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Baile an Mhuilinn99−3%CatholicEnglish39 km
S N Chlair na Gaillimhe311−1%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois350−11%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365−3%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
St Colmans Mxd N.S.202−20%CatholicEnglish39 km
Claregalway Educate Together NS220+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓39 km
Gaelscoil Dara419−9%CatholicAll in Irish40 km
Scoil Mhuire223−11%CatholicEnglish40 km
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha223+2%CatholicAll in Irish40 km
Trinity Primary School781−3%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Ceathru na nGarrdhanta203−1%CatholicEnglish40 km
Merlin Woods Primary School383−15%CatholicEnglish40 km
Tuam Educate Together National School195+55%Multi-denominationalEnglish40 km
S.N. Bhride229−8%CatholicEnglish41 km
Ballyconeely N.S.15−35%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Naomh Antoine2−92%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Ballinderry N.S.191−8%CatholicEnglish43 km
S.N. Cearn Mor174+1%CatholicAll in Irish43 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig221−3%CatholicEnglish43 km
S N na Naomh Uile15–CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Garrafrauns Central Sch95−7%CatholicEnglish44 km
Annagh Hill NS105+4%CatholicEnglish44 km
Gaelscoil de hIde399−12%CatholicAll in Irish44 km
Scoil Íosa770–CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Naomh Uinseann67−29%CatholicEnglish44 km
SN Ceathru na Laithigh54+2%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25−38%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Cathair Geal124+43%CatholicEnglish45 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43+115%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Ronain36−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire233−4%CatholicEnglish46 km
Crumlin N.S.95−23%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Eoin Pol II14−42%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Mhuire229−1%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Inis Meadhoin13–CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
S.N. Ciarain Naofa67−32%CatholicEnglish48 km
Barnaderg Central Sch77−23%CatholicEnglish48 km
Carnain N.S.89−18%CatholicEnglish48 km
Newtown NS172+5%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Nioclas Naofa221+2%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. an Leath Bhaile69+5%CatholicEnglish49 km
Scoil Mhuire256−3%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. Caomhain33+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Kilcolgan Educate Together NS195−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish50 km
S.N. Baile an Leasa17−35%CatholicEnglish51 km
Inishbofin N.S.15–CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Ballinderreen Mxd N.S.182−9%CatholicEnglish51 km
S N na Fuar Coilleadh100+4%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. Muine Mhea251+31%CatholicEnglish52 km
Gaelscoil Riada158−42%CatholicAll in Irish52 km
Athenry Primary School501–CatholicEnglish53 km
Brierfield N School80−2%CatholicEnglish53 km
S N Gort na Leime23−12%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef324−9%CatholicEnglish54 km
Clonberne Central Sch107−12%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Cillinin195−15%CatholicEnglish54 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.199+3%CatholicEnglish55 km
Scoil Bride20−13%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. Cronain59−6%CatholicEnglish55 km
Scoil Iarlatha Naofa53−21%CatholicEnglish56 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa12−66%CatholicEnglish56 km
S.N. Creachmhaoil318−5%CatholicEnglish56 km
S.N. Brighdhe Naofa64−6%CatholicEnglish56 km
Esker N.S.65−37%CatholicEnglish58 km
St Oliver Plunkett National School114+1%CatholicEnglish59 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig146−4%CatholicEnglish59 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa106+4%CatholicEnglish60 km
S.N. Ard Raithin176+56%CatholicEnglish60 km
Glenamaddy N.S.142+17%CatholicEnglish60 km
S.N. Mhuire58−26%CatholicEnglish60 km
Togala Mhuire198+32%CatholicEnglish60 km
Ballymana N.S.108−25%CatholicEnglish61 km
Gurteen Central N.S.49−31%CatholicEnglish61 km
Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe110+36%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Mhuire48+45%CatholicEnglish61 km
S.N. Seosamh Naofa203−0%CatholicEnglish63 km
S.N. Cill Tartain117+4%CatholicEnglish63 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish63 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa38+73%CatholicEnglish63 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180+13%CatholicEnglish64 km
Kilchreest Central Sch110+15%CatholicEnglish65 km
S.N. Naomh Thomais55−21%CatholicEnglish65 km
Gort National School197−2%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe64+36%CatholicEnglish65 km
S.N. Cill Cruain52−19%CatholicEnglish66 km
Castleblakeney N.S.52−4%CatholicEnglish66 km
Gaelscoil na bhFili41−5%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish66 km
Ballymacward Central Sc81−4%CatholicEnglish66 km
S.N. Cill Fheicin69+6%CatholicEnglish67 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna208+0%CatholicEnglish67 km
Gaelscoil Riabhach170−16%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish67 km
S N na Cealltraighe93+27%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish68 km
Scoil Bhride106+4%CatholicEnglish68 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish69 km
S.N. Ide Naofa328−5%CatholicEnglish69 km
St Brendans N.S.216−1%CatholicEnglish69 km
St Columba's National School44+52%CatholicEnglish69 km
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish70 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa106−15%CatholicEnglish71 km
S.N. Cillini Dioma147+71%CatholicEnglish71 km
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11−56%CatholicEnglish72 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa22−35%CatholicEnglish72 km
S.N. Cill Conaill65+5%CatholicEnglish73 km
Creggs Central N.S.87+30%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
S.N. Cill Richill69+23%CatholicEnglish74 km
S.N. na Coille Glaise135+38%CatholicEnglish✓74 km
Cappatagle Central Sch105−6%CatholicEnglish74 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal81−5%CatholicEnglish✓75 km
S.N. Cill Cuile109+7%CatholicEnglish75 km
S.N. Aindreis Naofa94−11%CatholicEnglish75 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa45+73%CatholicEnglish78 km
S.N. Breandain Naofa87+123%CatholicEnglish78 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
S.N. Caitriona Naofa117+26%CatholicEnglish79 km
The Glebe N.S.17–Church of IrelandEnglish79 km
S.N. an Droma15−61%CatholicEnglish79 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa32−53%CatholicEnglish80 km
S N Baile na Cille32+3%CatholicEnglish81 km
S N Pairc na Slinne13–CatholicEnglish✓82 km
S.N. Ui Cheithearnaigh193−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓83 km
S.N. Lorcain Naofa45−15%CatholicEnglish83 km
Scoil an Chroi Naofa293+2%CatholicEnglish✓84 km
St Feichins N School32−26%CatholicEnglish84 km
Kiltormer N.S.89+256%CatholicEnglish84 km
Aibhistin Naofa80+86%CatholicEnglish85 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal445+7%CatholicEnglish86 km
Iomair N.S.136+20%CatholicEnglish86 km
St. Josephs N.S.53−24%CatholicEnglish✓88 km
S.N. an Cillin42−42%CatholicEnglish88 km
Gortanumera N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish89 km
Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha117+72%CatholicEnglish90 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa34+55%CatholicEnglish✓92 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal53+51%CatholicEnglish93 km
St Brendans N.S.235+4%CatholicEnglish✓94 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓95 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish97 km
Living nearby

Living in Oughterard

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

Median sale price
€298,000
70 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,250
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the H91 Eircode area

Housing in Oughterard →

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 Oughterard

Cost of living in Oughterard →

New tenancies in Oughterard averaged €1,250 a month in 2025, against €1,236 in 2024 (+1%).

2024€1,236
2025€1,250

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

Location

Directions ↗

near Oughterard, F12 WV77

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 Padraig
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht school
13 pupils−38% since 2019/205.3 km
S.N. an Fhairche
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht school
62 pupils+27% since 2019/207.1 km
S N Tir na Cille
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht school
22 pupils−35% since 2019/207.2 km
Scoil Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
16 pupils−41% since 2019/209.5 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
94 pupils+2% since 2019/2012 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
265 pupils+11% since 2019/2013 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 18581W

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?

36 pupils in 2025/26. That is −41% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Mhuire teach through Irish?

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

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 Padraig (5.3 km), S.N. an Fhairche (7.1 km) and S N Tir na Cille (7.2 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 Oughterard; 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).