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Moyderwell, Tralee, Co. Kerry · V92 AE70 · Roll number 13530D
Scoil Mhuire is one of 12 primary schools in or within 3 km of Tralee. Every school in and around Tralee →
What stands out about Scoil Mhuire
- One of the larger primary schools: 378 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−6%).
- 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 Bishop of Kerry; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Mhuire had 378 pupils in 2025/26, against 369 in 2015/16 (+2%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 410, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 3 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
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.
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 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Mhuire has shrunk by 6% since 2019/20. All the schools around Tralee together changed by +5%.
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.
Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 3 have more pupils than Scoil Mhuire. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −6%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire | 378 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| S N an Chroi Naofa | 342 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.1 km |
| St Johns Parochial School | 61 | +49% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 0.5 km |
| S N Mhuire na mBraithre | 414 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.5 km |
| Holy Family | 265 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.9 km |
| Scoil Eoin | 589 | −6% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn | 415 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | 1.8 km |
The other 123 primary schools in Co. Kerry
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tralee Educate Together NS | 88 | −4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.2 km |
| S.N. Breandan Naofa | 207 | +2% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| Naomh Padraig Measc | 168 | −15% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| S.N. Lios Teilic | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| S.N. Uaimh Bhreanainn | 209 | +15% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Spa National School | 230 | +8% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Ardfert Central N.S. | 215 | +6% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| S N Mainistir O dTorna | 121 | −26% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Clogher Mxd N.S. | 38 | +9% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Derryquay Mxd N.S. | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Carthach | 42 | +62% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Scoil Nuachabhail | 98 | −31% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Treasa Naofa Mxd | 105 | −28% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Kiltallagh N.S. | 21 | −34% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Castlemaine N.S. | 123 | +54% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Brendans N.S. | 43 | −35% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Castledrum N.S. | 107 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Freastogail Mhuire Mxd | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eirc | 78 | −31% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Firies Mxd N.S. | 250 | −8% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Nagle Rice Primary School | 337 | −9% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Curranes N.S. | 86 | +2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Fibough National School | 25 | −17% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Knockaderry Farranfore National School | 53 | −20% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire de Lourdes | 104 | +93% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Bhaile an Chrosaigh | 18 | −54% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa | 120 | −17% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain | 179 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| Muire Gan Smal | 123 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Naomh Iosef | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh | 53 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Cill Lúraigh | 93 | +21% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Lyre A Crompane N.S. | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Faha National School | 224 | +5% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B | 367 | −5% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Aghacasla N.S. | 107 | +9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Chriost Ri | 14 | −39% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Erc | 129 | −16% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Gaelscoil Naomh Séamas | 43 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 19 km |
| Dromclough N.S. | 192 | −23% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Ballyduff National School | 96 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Coolick National School | 113 | +31% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Cill Cruinn | 97 | −13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Sliabh A Mhadra | 107 | −27% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Castlegregory Mxd N.S. | 147 | +7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 107 | +7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Realt na Mara | 119 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Two Mile Community National School | 46 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Scartaglin New Central School | 121 | −5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Kilgobnet N.S. | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Knocknagoshel National School | 40 | −30% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. an Chuilleanaig | 152 | −6% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Loughfouder N.S. | 20 | −35% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. an Fhossa | 246 | −4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Glounaguillagh N.S. | 137 | −1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Listowel Presentation Primary | 186 | −23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Cill Cuimin | 113 | −29% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Realt na Maidne | 166 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Gaelscoil Lios Tuathail | 136 | +81% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 25 km |
| Eiltin Naofa | 71 | −36% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na Mainistreach | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Holy Cross Primary School | 345 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 166 | −17% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Curraheen Mxd N.S. | 38 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Gaelscoil Faithleann | 245 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| An Bhreac Chluain B | 97 | −6% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Coolard Mxd N.S. | 82 | −32% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Atha na mBlath | 59 | −5% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Íosagáin | 202 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| St Olivers N.S. | 625 | −7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Tiernaboul N.S. | 57 | +8% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Lissivigeen Mxd N.S. | 269 | −7% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 31 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Bhríde | 129 | +13% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Raheen National School | 34 | −6% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Chorp Chríost | 91 | +7% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Gleann Beithe | 106 | +41% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Cill Conla | 35 | −27% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Loughguitane N.S. | 90 | −11% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Knockaclarig Mxd N.S. | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. an Chlochan | 55 | +57% | Catholic | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| Scoil Easa Dhuibhe | 55 | −2% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 112 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| S.N. Gniomh Go Leith B | 131 | +8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Na Minteoga N.S. | 22 | −15% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Barr Dubh | 95 | +13% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Knockanes Mxd N.S. | 69 | +10% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Murhur N.S. | 78 | +15% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S N Oilibhear Naofa | 61 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. an Leana Mhoir | 19 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Boheshill Mxd | 18 | −42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Glenflesk N.S. | 35 | +3% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Holy Family National School | 235 | +4% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S N na Srona | 28 | +0% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Tarbert National School | 133 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 67 | +63% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 41 km |
| Clochar Daingean | 141 | +24% | Catholic | All in Irish | 41 km | |
| S.N. an Ghleanna | 24 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | 42 km | |
| Cahir National School | 25 | −57% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St Johns NS | 395 | −7% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Kilgarvan Central Schl | 99 | +9% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Eirc | 68 | +26% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N na Faille Móire | 77 | +38% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Mhaolcheadair | 31 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 40 | +100% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. Ceann Tra Meascaithe | 62 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 47 km | |
| S.N. Cillin Liath | 45 | −13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 47 km |
| Tahilla Community National School | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Scoil an Fhirtearaigh | 38 | −45% | Catholic | All in Irish | 50 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Micheal | 75 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil Caitlin Naofa | 8 | −60% | Catholic | All in Irish | 50 km | |
| Tulloha National School | 23 | −41% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Caherciveen N.S. | 148 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| S N Réalt na Mara | 85 | +13% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S N Naomh Gobnait | 38 | +12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 53 km | |
| Aghatubrid N.S. | 48 | −36% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Lauragh National School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| St Finians | 110 | +10% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Dar Earca | 47 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Crochan Naofa N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S N Naomh Mhichil | 46 | −10% | Catholic | All in Irish | 62 km | |
| Scoil Bhreanainn | 97 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| Scoil an Ghleanna Scoil Náisiúnta Phobail | 29 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 64 km |
Living in Tralee
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Homes in the V92 Eircode area
Housing in Tralee →The median sale price rose from €220,000 in 2023 to €272,000 in 2025 (+24%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Tralee
Cost of living in Tralee →New tenancies in Tralee averaged €1,210 a month in 2025, against €1,112 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Tralee, V92 AE70
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.
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?
378 pupils in 2025/26. That is −6% 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 Bishop of Kerry.
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 an Chroi Naofa (0.1 km), St Johns Parochial School (0.5 km) and S N Mhuire na mBraithre (0.5 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 Tralee; 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).