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Killorglin, Co. Kerry · V93 HK80 · Roll number 12832O
Scoil Mhuire B is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Killorglin. Every school in and around Killorglin →
What stands out about Scoil Mhuire B
- One of the larger primary schools: 367 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−5%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kerry; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Mhuire B had 367 pupils in 2025/26, down from 387 in 2015/16 (−5%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 403, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Scoil Mhuire B
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 B 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.
Inspection reports on Scoil Mhuire B
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 a place at Scoil Mhuire B
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Mhuire B 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Mhuire B is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−5%). All the schools around Killorglin together changed by +18%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Scoil Mhuire B has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −5%; 2 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire B | 367 | −5% | Catholic | English | ||
| Gaelscoil Naomh Séamas | 43 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Glounaguillagh N.S. | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Kilgobnet N.S. | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Nagle Rice Primary School | 337 | −9% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 119 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Fibough National School | 25 | −17% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km |
The other 123 primary schools in Co. Kerry
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castledrum N.S. | 107 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Castlemaine N.S. | 123 | +54% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Kiltallagh N.S. | 21 | −34% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Curraheen Mxd N.S. | 38 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Faha National School | 224 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| S.N. an Chuilleanaig | 152 | −6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Carthach | 42 | +62% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Gleann Beithe | 106 | +41% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. an Fhossa | 246 | −4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Derryquay Mxd N.S. | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Firies Mxd N.S. | 250 | −8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Boheshill Mxd | 18 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Breandan Naofa | 207 | +2% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Naomh Padraig Measc | 168 | −15% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Two Mile Community National School | 46 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Knockaderry Farranfore National School | 53 | −20% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| An Bhreac Chluain B | 97 | −6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Spa National School | 230 | +8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S N an Chroi Naofa | 342 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 378 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Holy Family | 265 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Aghacasla N.S. | 107 | +9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Johns Parochial School | 61 | +49% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Eoin | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na Mainistreach | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S N Mhuire na mBraithre | 414 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Coolick National School | 113 | +31% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Holy Cross Primary School | 345 | −11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Brendans N.S. | 43 | −35% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn | 415 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| Tralee Educate Together NS | 88 | −4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Gaelscoil Faithleann | 245 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| St Olivers N.S. | 625 | −7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Nuachabhail | 98 | −31% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Cill Cuimin | 113 | −29% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa | 120 | −17% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Uaimh Bhreanainn | 209 | +15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Lios Teilic | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Clogher Mxd N.S. | 38 | +9% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 129 | +13% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Castlegregory Mxd N.S. | 147 | +7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Lissivigeen Mxd N.S. | 269 | −7% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Tiernaboul N.S. | 57 | +8% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Ardfert Central N.S. | 215 | +6% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Loughguitane N.S. | 90 | −11% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 112 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Muire Gan Smal | 123 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain | 179 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Curranes N.S. | 86 | +2% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh | 53 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scartaglin New Central School | 121 | −5% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S N Mainistir O dTorna | 121 | −26% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Atha na mBlath | 59 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Johns NS | 395 | −7% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N na Faille Móire | 77 | +38% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Raheen National School | 34 | −6% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eirc | 78 | −31% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 40 | +100% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Knockanes Mxd N.S. | 69 | +10% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd | 105 | −28% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Glenflesk N.S. | 35 | +3% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Cillin Liath | 45 | −13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 29 km |
| Cahir National School | 25 | −57% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Freastogail Mhuire Mxd | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. an Chlochan | 55 | +57% | Catholic | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 107 | +7% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Tahilla Community National School | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Scoil Naomh Micheal | 75 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Scoil Barr Dubh | 95 | +13% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Kilgarvan Central Schl | 99 | +9% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosef | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 67 | +63% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 33 km |
| Na Minteoga N.S. | 22 | −15% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Erc | 129 | −16% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Clochar Daingean | 141 | +24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| S N Réalt na Mara | 85 | +13% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Lyre A Crompane N.S. | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Mhuire de Lourdes | 104 | +93% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh | 18 | −54% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Cill Lúraigh | 93 | +21% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 24 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| Caherciveen N.S. | 148 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Gniomh Go Leith B | 131 | +8% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Loughfouder N.S. | 20 | −35% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Tulloha National School | 23 | −41% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Chriost Ri | 14 | −39% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S N na Srona | 28 | +0% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Holy Family National School | 235 | +4% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Knocknagoshel National School | 40 | −30% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Dromclough N.S. | 192 | −23% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Lauragh National School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Aghatubrid N.S. | 48 | −36% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe | 62 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Ballyduff National School | 96 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra | 107 | −27% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Cill Cruinn | 97 | −13% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Eirc | 68 | +26% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Mhaolcheadair | 31 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | 40 km | |
| St Finians | 110 | +10% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Caitlin Naofa | 8 | −60% | Catholic | All in Irish | 41 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 31 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Listowel Presentation Primary | 186 | −23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Scoil an Fhirtearaigh | 38 | −45% | Catholic | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| Knockaclarig Mxd N.S. | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Realt na Maidne | 166 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Crochan Naofa N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail | 136 | +81% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Dar Earca | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 166 | −17% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Eiltin Naofa | 71 | −36% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S N Naomh Mhichil | 46 | −10% | Catholic | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| S N Naomh Gobnait | 38 | +12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 202 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Coolard Mxd N.S. | 82 | −32% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Bhreanainn | 97 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Scoil an Ghleanna Scoil Náisiúnta Phobail | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 47 km | |
| Scoil Chorp Chríost | 91 | +7% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Cill Conla | 35 | −27% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Easa Dhuibhe | 55 | −2% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Murhur N.S. | 78 | +15% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. an Leana Mhoir | 19 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| S N Oilibhear Naofa | 61 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Tarbert National School | 133 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
Living in Killorglin
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Homes in the V93 Eircode area
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Renting in Killorglin
Cost of living in Killorglin →New tenancies in Killorglin averaged €1,143 a month in 2025, against €1,108 in 2024 (+3%).
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Location
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Killorglin, V93 HK80
Primary schools near Scoil Mhuire B
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Mhuire B
Is Scoil Mhuire B 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 B have?
367 pupils in 2025/26. That is −5% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Mhuire B teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Mhuire B teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Mhuire B?
Scoil Mhuire B has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kerry.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Mhuire B?
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 B?
The nearest are Gaelscoil Naomh Séamas (3.3 km), Glounaguillagh N.S. (5.1 km) and Kilgobnet N.S. (6.2 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 Killorglin; 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).