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Mayo, Crettyard, Carlow, R93H799, Crettyard, Co. Laois · R93 H799 · Roll number 17271C
Scoil Mhuire Muigheo is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Newtown. Every school in and around Newtown →
What stands out about Scoil Mhuire Muigheo
- A small primary school: 22 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 22 pupils, 42% fewer than the 38 of 2019/20.
- The smallest of the 4 primary schools around Newtown.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Newtown’s outline, 2.5 km away; listed with Newtown, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Mhuire Muigheo had 22 pupils in 2025/26, down from 39 in 2015/16 (−44%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 40, 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 Muigheo
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 Muigheo 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 Muigheo
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 Muigheo
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Mhuire Muigheo 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 Muigheo has shrunk by 42% since 2019/20. All the schools around Newtown together changed by −9%.
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, 5 have more pupils than Scoil Mhuire Muigheo. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −42%; 5 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire Muigheo | 22 | −42% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Naomh Abban | 73 | +38% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| S.N. an Moinin Rua | 127 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 57 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa | 29 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Bhride N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Scoil Chomhgain Naofa | 380 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km |
The other 58 primary schools in Co. Laois
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Ardlios N.S. | 50 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Scoil Abbain Cillin | 99 | +5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Padraig | 218 | −16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Molaise | 58 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Ballyadams N.S. | 111 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Shanganamore N.S. | 106 | −8% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Mhuire Fatima N.S. | 193 | +31% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Ballinakill Mixed N.S. | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Ballyroan Primary School | 177 | +11% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 269 | −14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Cosby N.S. | 57 | +90% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| St Coleman's National School | 318 | +16% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 19 km | |
| Abbeyleix Sth N.S. | 84 | −21% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| Raithin an Uisce N.S. | 211 | −4% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo | 192 | +7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Tobar an Leinn | 168 | +56% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Holy Family Senior School | 644 | −13% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Holy Family Junior School | 599 | −9% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Portlaoise Educate Together NS | 457 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Laoise | 369 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| Maryboro N.S. | 96 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Fionntan Naofa | 60 | −22% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Naomh Pius X N.S. | 49 | +58% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Fraoch Mor N.S. | 212 | −10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Bhride N.S. | 727 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa | 108 | +9% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Trummera N.S. | 34 | −6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| Rath Mixed N.S. | 194 | −11% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S. | 64 | −22% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Emo Mixed N.S. | 207 | −1% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 111 | −8% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Cluain Eidhneach N.S. | 89 | +22% | Church of Ireland | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 95 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Fintans N.S. | 108 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Baile Finn | 208 | −11% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 374 | −11% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Barr na Sruthan N S | 91 | +42% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Na Carraige N.S. | 204 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| St Josephs Girls N.S. | 230 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Mountmellick Boys N.S. | 188 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Rushall N.S. | 30 | −27% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Paddock N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 41 | +32% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 244 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 521 | −0% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 35 km | |
| Naomh Padraig N.S. | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Kiladooley Mixed N.S. | 132 | +25% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| St Josephs National School | 95 | −10% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Camross N.S. | 156 | +24% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Cill an Iubhair N.S. | 23 | −30% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Rosenallis N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 71 | +0% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala | 49 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 127 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe | 53 | −38% | Catholic | English | 48 km |
Living in Newtown
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R93 Eircode area
Housing in Newtown →The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €287,200 in 2025 (+15%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Laois
Cost of living in Newtown →New tenancies in Co. Laois averaged €1,235 a month in 2025, against €1,112 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗














near Newtown, R93 H799
Primary schools near Scoil Mhuire Muigheo
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 Muigheo
Is Scoil Mhuire Muigheo 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 Muigheo have?
22 pupils in 2025/26. That is −42% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Mhuire Muigheo teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Mhuire Muigheo teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Mhuire Muigheo?
Scoil Mhuire Muigheo has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Mhuire Muigheo?
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 Muigheo?
The nearest are Scoil Naomh Abban (2.6 km), S.N. an Moinin Rua (4.6 km) and St Patricks N.S. (4.7 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 Newtown; 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).