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S.N. Mhaolcheadair

PrimaryCatholicGaeltacht schoolSpecial classes

An Charraig, Baile na nGall, Co. Chiarraí · V92 A313 · Roll number 06227L

S.N. Mhaolcheadair is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis. Every school in and around Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis →

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Pupils
31
September, 2025/26
16 girls, 15 boys
Since 2019/20
+0%
from 31 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Kerry
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 S.N. Mhaolcheadair

  • A small primary school: 31 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+0%).
  • In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Kerry; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis’s outline, 6.8 km away; listed with Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Mhaolcheadair had 31 pupils in 2025/26, down from 32 in 2015/16 (−3%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 35, in 2020/21. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

09182736452015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Mhaolcheadair

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 S.N. Mhaolcheadair 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 S.N. Mhaolcheadair

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 S.N. Mhaolcheadair

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

Families apply to S.N. Mhaolcheadair 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
31
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+0%
from 31 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Mhaolcheadair is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+0%). All the schools around Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis together changed by +20%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Mhaolcheadair+0%
The primary schools around Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis+34%
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 S.N. Mhaolcheadair. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +0%; 4 of the 5 grew faster.

S.N. Mhaolcheadair31
Scoil Naisiunta Eirc68
Scoil an Fhirtearaigh38
S.N. an Ghleanna24
S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe62
Clochar Daingean141
Scoil na mBraithre67
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Mhaolcheadair31+0%CatholicAll in Irish
Scoil Naisiunta Eirc68+26%CatholicAll in Irish✓3.4 km
Scoil an Fhirtearaigh38−45%CatholicAll in Irish4.1 km
S.N. an Ghleanna24–CatholicAll in Irish5 km
S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe62+3%CatholicAll in Irish6 km
Clochar Daingean141+24%CatholicAll in Irish7.7 km
Scoil na mBraithre67+63%CatholicAll in Irish✓8 km
The other 123 primary schools in Co. Kerry
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Caitlin Naofa8−60%CatholicAll in Irish8.6 km
S N Naomh Gobnait38+12%CatholicAll in Irish8.9 km
S.N. an Chlochan55+57%CatholicAll in Irish13 km
S.N. Eoin Baiste112−6%CatholicAll in Irish15 km
An Bhreac Chluain B97−6%CatholicEnglish21 km
Castlegregory Mxd N.S.147+7%CatholicEnglish25 km
Aghacasla N.S.107+9%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N na Faille Móire77+38%CatholicEnglish27 km
Caherciveen N.S.148+24%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
S.N. Dar Earca47+0%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal40+100%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
S.N. Gleann Beithe106+41%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Curraheen Mxd N.S.38+3%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Scoil Bhreanainn97+62%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Realt na Mara119−20%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Aghatubrid N.S.48−36%CatholicEnglish34 km
St Brendans N.S.43−35%CatholicEnglish35 km
Fibough National School25−17%CatholicEnglish36 km
Gaelscoil Naomh Séamas43–CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓37 km
Derryquay Mxd N.S.32−18%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Cillin Liath45−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Glounaguillagh N.S.137−1%CatholicEnglish38 km
Scoil an Ghleanna Scoil Náisiúnta Phobail29–Multi-denominationalAll in Irish38 km
S N Naomh Mhichil46−10%CatholicAll in Irish40 km
Scoil Naomh Erc129−16%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Mhuire B367−5%CatholicEnglish40 km
Castledrum N.S.107+4%CatholicEnglish40 km
Spa National School230+8%CatholicEnglish40 km
St Finians110+10%CatholicEnglish41 km
Boheshill Mxd18−42%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Ardfert Central N.S.215+6%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa207+2%CatholicEnglish43 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef38−5%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Nagle Rice Primary School337−9%CatholicEnglish44 km
Castlemaine N.S.123+54%CatholicEnglish45 km
Kiltallagh N.S.21−34%Church of IrelandEnglish✓45 km
Kilgobnet N.S.92+12%CatholicEnglish45 km
Holy Family265+23%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Eoin589−6%CatholicEnglish45 km
S.N. Naomh Eirc78−31%CatholicEnglish45 km
St Johns Parochial School61+49%Church of IrelandEnglish✓46 km
S N an Chroi Naofa342+26%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Mhuire378−6%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S N Mhuire na mBraithre414−5%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn415+20%CatholicAll in Irish47 km
Tralee Educate Together NS88−4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓47 km
Naomh Padraig Measc168−15%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Lios Teilic211−4%CatholicEnglish47 km
Freastogail Mhuire Mxd52+86%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S N Mainistir O dTorna121−26%CatholicEnglish49 km
Scoil Chriost Ri14−39%CatholicEnglish49 km
Scoil Naomh Carthach42+62%CatholicEnglish49 km
Crochan Naofa N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Cill Lúraigh93+21%CatholicEnglish49 km
Scoil Naomh Micheal75+12%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Faha National School224+5%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. an Chuilleanaig152−6%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. Uaimh Bhreanainn209+15%CatholicEnglish51 km
Firies Mxd N.S.250−8%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh18−54%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd105−28%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra107−27%CatholicEnglish53 km
Tahilla Community National School29–Multi-denominationalEnglish✓54 km
Clogher Mxd N.S.38+9%CatholicEnglish54 km
S.N. an Fhossa246−4%CatholicEnglish54 km
Scoil Nuachabhail98−31%CatholicEnglish55 km
Knockaderry Farranfore National School53−20%CatholicEnglish55 km
Ballyduff National School96−21%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Mhuire de Lourdes104+93%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Two Mile Community National School46+77%Multi-denominationalEnglish57 km
Coolick National School113+31%CatholicEnglish59 km
Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa120−17%CatholicEnglish59 km
Scoil Mhuire na Mainistreach167−11%CatholicEnglish59 km
Holy Cross Primary School345−11%CatholicEnglish59 km
Scoil Íosagáin202+15%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
S N Réalt na Mara85+13%CatholicEnglish59 km
Curranes N.S.86+2%CatholicEnglish60 km
Gaelscoil Faithleann245−2%CatholicAll in Irish61 km
St Olivers N.S.625−7%CatholicEnglish61 km
S.N. Cill Cuimin113−29%CatholicEnglish61 km
Muire Gan Smal123+9%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
S.N. Cill Cruinn97−13%CatholicEnglish61 km
Lauragh National School17–CatholicEnglish62 km
Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain179−8%CatholicAll in Irish62 km
Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh53−5%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Dromclough N.S.192−23%CatholicEnglish62 km
Lyre A Crompane N.S.28–Multi-denominationalEnglish✓62 km
Scoil Bhríde129+13%CatholicEnglish63 km
S.N. Cill Conla35−27%CatholicEnglish63 km
Eiltin Naofa71−36%CatholicEnglish63 km
St Johns NS395−7%CatholicEnglish63 km
Lissivigeen Mxd N.S.269−7%CatholicEnglish63 km
Tiernaboul N.S.57+8%CatholicEnglish64 km
Loughguitane N.S.90−11%CatholicEnglish64 km
Scartaglin New Central School121−5%CatholicEnglish65 km
Listowel Presentation Primary186−23%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Cahir National School25−57%CatholicEnglish65 km
Coolard Mxd N.S.82−32%CatholicEnglish66 km
Realt na Maidne166−11%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C107+7%CatholicEnglish66 km
Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail136+81%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
Scoil Atha na mBlath59−5%CatholicEnglish67 km
Scoil Easa Dhuibhe55−2%CatholicEnglish68 km
Knocknagoshel National School40−30%CatholicEnglish68 km
Raheen National School34−6%CatholicEnglish69 km
Loughfouder N.S.20−35%CatholicEnglish69 km
Knockanes Mxd N.S.69+10%CatholicEnglish69 km
Glenflesk N.S.35+3%CatholicEnglish69 km
Tulloha National School23−41%CatholicEnglish70 km
Kilgarvan Central Schl99+9%CatholicEnglish70 km
S.N. Naomh Brid166−17%CatholicEnglish71 km
Scoil Barr Dubh95+13%CatholicEnglish71 km
S N Oilibhear Naofa61−9%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
Na Minteoga N.S.22−15%CatholicEnglish73 km
Scoil Chorp Chríost91+7%CatholicEnglish74 km
S.N. an Leana Mhoir19–CatholicEnglish✓74 km
S.N. Gniomh Go Leith B131+8%CatholicEnglish74 km
Scoil Mhuire31−42%CatholicEnglish✓75 km
Murhur N.S.78+15%CatholicEnglish76 km
S N na Srona28+0%CatholicEnglish76 km
Holy Family National School235+4%CatholicEnglish77 km
Knockaclarig Mxd N.S.47+0%CatholicEnglish78 km
Tarbert National School133−1%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
Living nearby

Living in Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis

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

Median sale price
€360,000
129 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,000
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the V92 Eircode area

Housing in Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis →

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 Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis

Cost of living in Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis →

New tenancies in Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis averaged €1,000 a month in 2025, against €830 in 2024 (+21%).

2024€830
2025€1,000

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

Location

Directions ↗

near Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis, V92 A313

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Mhaolcheadair

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

Scoil Naisiunta Eirc
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
68 pupils+26% since 2019/203.4 km
Scoil an Fhirtearaigh
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht school
38 pupils−45% since 2019/204.1 km
S.N. an Ghleanna
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht school
24 pupils5 km
S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht school
62 pupils+3% since 2019/206 km
Clochar Daingean
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht school
141 pupils+24% since 2019/207.7 km
Scoil na mBraithre
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEISBoys
67 pupils+63% since 2019/208 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 06227L

Questions about S.N. Mhaolcheadair

Is S.N. Mhaolcheadair 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 S.N. Mhaolcheadair have?

31 pupils in 2025/26. That is +0% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Mhaolcheadair teach through Irish?

Yes: every subject at S.N. Mhaolcheadair is taught through Irish.

Who runs S.N. Mhaolcheadair?

S.N. Mhaolcheadair has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kerry.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Mhaolcheadair?

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 S.N. Mhaolcheadair?

The nearest are Scoil Naisiunta Eirc (3.4 km), Scoil an Fhirtearaigh (4.1 km) and S.N. an Ghleanna (5 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 Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis; 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).