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S.N. Nmh Mhuire

PrimaryCatholic

Staplestown, Donadea, Naas, Co Kildare · W91 X336 · Roll number 16777G

S.N. Nmh Mhuire is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Prosperous. Every school in and around Prosperous →

Pupils
105
September, 2025/26
60 girls, 45 boys
Since 2019/20
+12%
from 94 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Nmh Mhuire

  • 105 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+12%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Prosperous’s outline, 3.6 km away; listed with Prosperous, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Nmh Mhuire had 105 pupils in 2025/26, against 87 in 2015/16 (+21%). Girls are 57% of them. Its largest roll was 111, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Nmh 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 S.N. Nmh 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 S.N. Nmh 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 S.N. Nmh Mhuire

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

Families apply to S.N. Nmh 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.

Pupils
105
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+12%
from 94 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Nmh Mhuire has grown by 12% since 2019/20. All the schools around Prosperous together changed by +19%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Nmh Mhuire+12%
The primary schools around Prosperous−7%
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, 4 have more pupils than S.N. Nmh Mhuire. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +12%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Nmh Mhuire105
Prosperous493
S.N. Cianog Naofa90
S.N. Tir Mochain100
S.N. Coill Dubh182
Rathcoffey215
St Patricks BNS488
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Nmh Mhuire105+12%CatholicEnglish
Prosperous N.S.493−7%CatholicEnglish4.8 km
S.N. Cianog Naofa90−10%CatholicEnglish4.9 km
S.N. Tir Mochain100−17%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
S.N. Coill Dubh182+8%CatholicEnglish5.4 km
Rathcoffey N.S.215−4%CatholicEnglish6.1 km
St Patricks BNS488−7%CatholicEnglish6.4 km
The other 94 primary schools in Co. Kildare
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Naisiunta Bhride480−8%CatholicEnglish6.5 km
Newtown N.S.110+20%CatholicEnglish7.2 km
Hewetsons N.S.89+2%Church of IrelandEnglish7.4 km
S.N. Baile Roibeaird173−16%CatholicEnglish7.5 km
Scoil Mhuire Allenwood National School263+2%CatholicEnglish8.1 km
Scoil Uí Riada484−7%CatholicAll in Irish9.8 km
St Josephs N.S.423+5%CatholicEnglish9.9 km
St Patricks N.S.87−30%CatholicEnglish9.9 km
S.N. Scoil Treasa100−12%CatholicEnglish10 km
S.N. Oilibhear Plunglead88−10%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Scoil Chóca Naofa467+18%CatholicEnglish10 km
Straffan N.S.401+7%CatholicEnglish10 km
Caragh N.S.455−8%CatholicEnglish11 km
Almhaine N.S.184−18%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Conleths N.S.278−9%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
St Laurences National School646−6%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. Brighde60−5%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Maynooth B N.S.595+4%CatholicEnglish13 km
S.N. Baile Mhic Adaim85+18%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Bríd612−8%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Ui Fhiaich459−2%CatholicAll in Irish13 km
Maynooth Educate Together National School415+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Gaelscoil Ruairí173–Multi-denominationalAll in Irish13 km
Presentation Girls Primary School621+0%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Annes National School329−1%CatholicEnglish13 km
Mercy Convent Primary School607+9%CatholicEnglish14 km
North Kildare Educate Together NS432+14%Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
Scoil na Mainistreach455+8%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Chorbain460−11%CatholicEnglish15 km
Aghards N.S.660−5%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil Naomh Brid235−43%CatholicEnglish15 km
An Linbh Iosa401−13%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Brighde744+12%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Brighde229+8%CatholicEnglish15 km
Primrose Hill N.S.109−4%Church of IrelandEnglish15 km
Naas Community National School364+44%Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
Scoil na Naomh Uilig589−6%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig374−10%CatholicEnglish16 km
Gaelscoil Nas na Riogh385−8%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish16 km
St Davids N.S.98+5%Church of IrelandEnglish16 km
S.N. Connlaodh Naofa N285−25%CatholicEnglish16 km
St Conleths and Marys N.S.345−8%CatholicEnglish16 km
S N na Maighdine Mhuire60−10%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil Chonnla Phadraig306−11%CatholicEnglish16 km
Killashee Multi-Denominational N.S.224−7%Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
St Patricks N.S.187−7%Church of IrelandEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Mhuire389−8%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Ballymany Junior N.S.333−12%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Eoin Phoil264−19%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Cloch Rinnce137−11%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Bhride295−5%CatholicEnglish18 km
Leixlip Educate Together National School207–Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Scoil Mhuire289−6%CatholicEnglish18 km
Ursaille Naofa236−7%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh376−11%CatholicAll in Irish18 km
Scoil Bhride N.S.286−3%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Rath Mor308+9%CatholicEnglish19 km
San Carlo Senior N.S.301+13%CatholicEnglish19 km
San Carlo Junior N.S.265−0%CatholicEnglish19 km
Gaelscoil Chill Dara288−24%CatholicAll in Irish19 km
Newbridge Educate Together NS406+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
Rathangan B N.S.308+7%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Bride304−4%CatholicEnglish20 km
St. Catherine of Sienna151–CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓21 km
Kildare Town Educate Together NS417+0%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha215+45%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish21 km
St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School1,025+2%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
St Brigids N.S.598−13%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Brigids N.S.167−5%CatholicEnglish23 km
Brannoxtown Community N.S.83+295%Multi-denominationalEnglish24 km
S.N. Mhuire216+13%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Bride101−31%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Bride55−15%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Naomh Ioseph51−12%CatholicEnglish27 km
Ballyshannon N.S.115−10%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Pheadar239−0%CatholicEnglish29 km
Monasterevan Convent377+5%CatholicEnglish29 km
Scoil Bhríde183−15%CatholicEnglish29 km
St. John's National School45+2%Church of IrelandEnglish29 km
S.N. Cill Daingin207−8%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Ide139−26%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
St Laurences N.S.259−11%CatholicEnglish34 km
Kilberry N.S.84−13%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Phadraig Naofa592−5%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Gaelscoil Átha Í151−23%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓39 km
Athy Model School90−7%Church of IrelandEnglish39 km
S.N. Colmcill Naofa129+0%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Mhichil Naofa496−20%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Churchtown N.S.55−38%CatholicEnglish40 km
Ballyroe Central N.S.18−31%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Cill Cae49−8%CatholicEnglish43 km
Scoil Diarmada344−6%CatholicEnglish47 km
S N na Cloiche Moire20−5%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Naomh Lorcain34−36%CatholicEnglish48 km
Living nearby

Living in Prosperous

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

Median sale price
€435,000
123 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,701
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Kildare

Homes in the W91 Eircode area

Housing in Prosperous →

The median sale price rose from €410,000 in 2023 to €435,000 in 2025 (+6%).

2023€410,000
2024€425,100
2025€435,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€463,300
Second-hand homes€386,300

Property Price Register sales in the W91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Kildare

Cost of living in Prosperous →

New tenancies in Co. Kildare averaged €1,701 a month in 2025, against €1,589 in 2024 (+7%).

2024€1,589
2025€1,701

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

near Prosperous, W91 X336

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Nmh Mhuire

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

Questions about S.N. Nmh Mhuire

Is S.N. Nmh 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 S.N. Nmh Mhuire have?

105 pupils in 2025/26. That is +12% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Nmh Mhuire teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Nmh Mhuire teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Nmh Mhuire?

S.N. Nmh Mhuire has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Nmh 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 S.N. Nmh Mhuire?

The nearest are Prosperous N.S. (4.8 km), S.N. Cianog Naofa (4.9 km) and S.N. Tir Mochain (5.1 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 Prosperous; 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).