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Freastogail Mhuire Mxd

PrimaryCatholicDEISSpecial classes

Killahan, Abbeydorney, Tralee, Co. Kerry · V92 XH31 · Roll number 17915U

Freastogail Mhuire Mxd is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Abbeydorney. Every school in and around Abbeydorney →

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Pupils
52
September, 2025/26
22 girls, 30 boys
Since 2019/20
+86%
from 28 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Kerry
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Freastogail Mhuire Mxd

  • A small primary school: 52 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 52 pupils, 86% more than the 28 of 2019/20.
  • 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 Bishop of Kerry; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Abbeydorney’s outline, 3.4 km away; listed with Abbeydorney, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Freastogail Mhuire Mxd had 52 pupils in 2025/26, against 36 in 2015/16 (+44%). Girls are 42% of them. Its largest roll was 57, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

02040602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Freastogail Mhuire Mxd

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 Freastogail Mhuire Mxd 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 Freastogail Mhuire Mxd

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 Freastogail Mhuire Mxd

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Freastogail Mhuire Mxd 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
52
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+86%
from 28 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Freastogail Mhuire Mxd has grown by 86% since 2019/20. All the schools around Abbeydorney together changed by −27%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Freastogail Mhuire Mxd+86%
The primary schools around Abbeydorney−27%
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 Freastogail Mhuire Mxd. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +86%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.

Freastogail Mhuire Mxd52
S.N. Naomh Eirc78
S N Mainistir O dTorna121
S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh18
S.N. Cill Lúraigh93
S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd105
Ardfert Central215
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Freastogail Mhuire Mxd52+86%CatholicEnglish✓
S.N. Naomh Eirc78−31%CatholicEnglish2.8 km
S N Mainistir O dTorna121−26%CatholicEnglish3.6 km
S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh18−54%CatholicEnglish5.2 km
S.N. Cill Lúraigh93+21%CatholicEnglish5.4 km
S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd105−28%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
Ardfert Central N.S.215+6%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
The other 123 primary schools in Co. Kerry
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Naomh Iosef38−5%CatholicEnglish✓7.2 km
Scoil Chriost Ri14−39%CatholicEnglish7.6 km
S.N. Mhuire de Lourdes104+93%CatholicEnglish✓7.6 km
S.N. Lios Teilic211−4%CatholicEnglish8.4 km
Ballyduff National School96−21%CatholicEnglish✓9.6 km
S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra107−27%CatholicEnglish9.7 km
Tralee Educate Together NS88−4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.8 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn415+20%CatholicAll in Irish10 km
Scoil Eoin589−6%CatholicEnglish11 km
S N Mhuire na mBraithre414−5%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Holy Family265+23%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
St Johns Parochial School61+49%Church of IrelandEnglish✓11 km
S N an Chroi Naofa342+26%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Scoil Naomh Erc129−16%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Mhuire378−6%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Spa National School230+8%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Uaimh Bhreanainn209+15%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa207+2%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Cill Cruinn97−13%CatholicEnglish13 km
Dromclough N.S.192−23%CatholicEnglish14 km
St Brendans N.S.43−35%CatholicEnglish14 km
Naomh Padraig Measc168−15%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil Íosagáin202+15%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Eiltin Naofa71−36%CatholicEnglish16 km
Lyre A Crompane N.S.28–Multi-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Clogher Mxd N.S.38+9%CatholicEnglish16 km
Derryquay Mxd N.S.32−18%CatholicEnglish16 km
Listowel Presentation Primary186−23%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Realt na Maidne166−11%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail136+81%CatholicAll in Irish✓18 km
Coolard Mxd N.S.82−32%CatholicEnglish19 km
Scoil Nuachabhail98−31%CatholicEnglish19 km
Curranes N.S.86+2%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Cill Conla35−27%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Naomh Carthach42+62%CatholicEnglish21 km
Castledrum N.S.107+4%CatholicEnglish22 km
Kiltallagh N.S.21−34%Church of IrelandEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Easa Dhuibhe55−2%CatholicEnglish23 km
Castlemaine N.S.123+54%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Naomh Brid166−17%CatholicEnglish23 km
Aghacasla N.S.107+9%CatholicEnglish23 km
Knocknagoshel National School40−30%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh53−5%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain179−8%CatholicAll in Irish24 km
Castlegregory Mxd N.S.147+7%CatholicEnglish24 km
Muire Gan Smal123+9%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Firies Mxd N.S.250−8%CatholicEnglish24 km
Fibough National School25−17%CatholicEnglish24 km
S N Oilibhear Naofa61−9%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Knockaderry Farranfore National School53−20%CatholicEnglish25 km
Nagle Rice Primary School337−9%CatholicEnglish26 km
Scoil Chorp Chríost91+7%CatholicEnglish26 km
Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa120−17%CatholicEnglish26 km
Loughfouder N.S.20−35%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. an Leana Mhoir19–CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Murhur N.S.78+15%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C107+7%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Mhuire B367−5%CatholicEnglish30 km
Gaelscoil Naomh Séamas43–CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓30 km
Faha National School224+5%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scartaglin New Central School121−5%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil Mhuire31−42%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Coolick National School113+31%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Realt na Mara119−20%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Tarbert National School133−1%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
An Bhreac Chluain B97−6%CatholicEnglish33 km
Two Mile Community National School46+77%Multi-denominationalEnglish33 km
Kilgobnet N.S.92+12%CatholicEnglish34 km
Glounaguillagh N.S.137−1%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. an Chlochan55+57%CatholicAll in Irish35 km
S.N. an Chuilleanaig152−6%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. an Fhossa246−4%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Cill Cuimin113−29%CatholicEnglish35 km
Knockaclarig Mxd N.S.47+0%CatholicEnglish36 km
Scoil Atha na mBlath59−5%CatholicEnglish36 km
Curraheen Mxd N.S.38+3%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Mhuire na Mainistreach167−11%CatholicEnglish37 km
Holy Cross Primary School345−11%CatholicEnglish37 km
Gaelscoil Faithleann245−2%CatholicAll in Irish38 km
Tiernaboul N.S.57+8%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Eoin Baiste112−6%CatholicAll in Irish38 km
St Olivers N.S.625−7%CatholicEnglish39 km
Raheen National School34−6%CatholicEnglish40 km
Lissivigeen Mxd N.S.269−7%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Bhríde129+13%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Gleann Beithe106+41%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Gniomh Go Leith B131+8%CatholicEnglish42 km
Na Minteoga N.S.22−15%CatholicEnglish42 km
Loughguitane N.S.90−11%CatholicEnglish43 km
Scoil Barr Dubh95+13%CatholicEnglish44 km
Knockanes Mxd N.S.69+10%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. an Ghleanna24–CatholicAll in Irish45 km
Boheshill Mxd18−42%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Clochar Daingean141+24%CatholicAll in Irish45 km
Scoil na mBraithre67+63%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Glenflesk N.S.35+3%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Naisiunta Eirc68+26%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
Holy Family National School235+4%CatholicEnglish46 km
S N na Srona28+0%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. Mhaolcheadair31+0%CatholicAll in Irish48 km
S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe62+3%CatholicAll in Irish51 km
Scoil an Fhirtearaigh38−45%CatholicAll in Irish52 km
S.N na Faille Móire77+38%CatholicEnglish53 km
Scoil Caitlin Naofa8−60%CatholicAll in Irish54 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal40+100%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Cahir National School25−57%CatholicEnglish55 km
St Johns NS395−7%CatholicEnglish55 km
Kilgarvan Central Schl99+9%CatholicEnglish55 km
S N Naomh Gobnait38+12%CatholicAll in Irish57 km
S.N. Cillin Liath45−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
Caherciveen N.S.148+24%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Tahilla Community National School29–Multi-denominationalEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Naomh Micheal75+12%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Tulloha National School23−41%CatholicEnglish62 km
S N Réalt na Mara85+13%CatholicEnglish63 km
Aghatubrid N.S.48−36%CatholicEnglish64 km
S.N. Dar Earca47+0%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
St Finians110+10%CatholicEnglish67 km
Lauragh National School17–CatholicEnglish68 km
Scoil Bhreanainn97+62%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
S N Naomh Mhichil46−10%CatholicAll in Irish71 km
Crochan Naofa N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish72 km
Scoil an Ghleanna Scoil Náisiúnta Phobail29–Multi-denominationalAll in Irish72 km
Living nearby

Living in Abbeydorney

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

Median sale price
€241,500
routing key V92, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,182
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Kerry

Homes in the V92 Eircode area

Housing in Abbeydorney →

The median sale price rose from €220,000 in 2023 to €272,000 in 2025 (+24%).

2023€220,000
2024€237,000
2025€272,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€384,400
Second-hand homes€239,200

Property Price Register sales in the V92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Kerry

Cost of living in Abbeydorney →

New tenancies in Co. Kerry averaged €1,182 a month in 2025, against €1,085 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,085
2025€1,182

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

Location

Directions ↗

near Abbeydorney, V92 XH31

Nearby

Primary schools near Freastogail Mhuire Mxd

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

S.N. Naomh Eirc
Primary · Catholic
78 pupils−31% since 2019/202.8 km
S N Mainistir O dTorna
Primary · Catholic
121 pupils−26% since 2019/203.6 km
S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh
Primary · Catholic
18 pupils−54% since 2019/205.2 km
S.N. Cill Lúraigh
Primary · Catholic
93 pupils+21% since 2019/205.4 km
S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd
Primary · Catholic
105 pupils−28% since 2019/206.7 km
Ardfert Central N.S.
Primary · Catholic
215 pupils+6% since 2019/206.7 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 17915U

Questions about Freastogail Mhuire Mxd

Is Freastogail Mhuire Mxd 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 Freastogail Mhuire Mxd have?

52 pupils in 2025/26. That is +86% since 2019/20.

Does Freastogail Mhuire Mxd teach through Irish?

No: Freastogail Mhuire Mxd teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Freastogail Mhuire Mxd?

Freastogail Mhuire Mxd has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kerry.

How do pupils get a place at Freastogail Mhuire Mxd?

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 Freastogail Mhuire Mxd?

The nearest are S.N. Naomh Eirc (2.8 km), S N Mainistir O dTorna (3.6 km) and S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh (5.2 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 Abbeydorney; 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).