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Scoil Mhuire Muigheo

PrimaryCatholic

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 →

Pupils
22
September, 2025/26
11 girls, 11 boys
Since 2019/20
−42%
from 38 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 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 2025/26

Scoil 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.

010203040502015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for 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.

Inspections

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 in

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.

Pupils
22
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−42%
from 38 pupils

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

Scoil Mhuire Muigheo−42%
The primary schools around Newtown−9%
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 Scoil Mhuire Muigheo. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −42%; 5 of the 5 grew faster.

Scoil Mhuire Muigheo22
Scoil Naomh Abban73
S.N. an Moinin Rua127
St Patricks57
Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa29
Bhride13
Scoil Chomhgain Naofa380
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire Muigheo22−42%CatholicEnglish
Scoil Naomh Abban73+38%CatholicEnglish✓2.6 km
S.N. an Moinin Rua127+2%CatholicEnglish✓4.6 km
St Patricks N.S.57−25%CatholicEnglish✓4.7 km
Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa29−6%CatholicEnglish✓6.1 km
Bhride N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓6.1 km
Scoil Chomhgain Naofa380−5%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
The other 58 primary schools in Co. Laois
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire9–CatholicEnglish✓6.7 km
Ardlios N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish✓6.8 km
Scoil Abbain Cillin99+5%CatholicEnglish10 km
Scoil Padraig218−16%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Molaise58−9%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Ballyadams N.S.111+0%CatholicEnglish13 km
Shanganamore N.S.106−8%CatholicEnglish13 km
Mhuire Fatima N.S.193+31%CatholicEnglish15 km
Ballinakill Mixed N.S.98+7%CatholicEnglish15 km
Ballyroan Primary School177+11%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Mhuire269−14%CatholicEnglish19 km
Cosby N.S.57+90%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
St Coleman's National School318+16%CatholicSome subjects in Irish19 km
Abbeyleix Sth N.S.84−21%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
Raithin an Uisce N.S.211−4%CatholicEnglish20 km
Our Ladys Meadow National Schoo192+7%CatholicEnglish21 km
Tobar an Leinn168+56%CatholicEnglish23 km
Holy Family Senior School644−13%CatholicEnglish24 km
Holy Family Junior School599−9%CatholicEnglish24 km
Portlaoise Educate Together NS457+11%Multi-denominationalEnglish24 km
Gaelscoil Phort Laoise369+4%CatholicAll in Irish24 km
Maryboro N.S.96+5%Church of IrelandEnglish24 km
S.N. Fionntan Naofa60−22%CatholicEnglish24 km
Naomh Pius X N.S.49+58%CatholicEnglish25 km
Fraoch Mor N.S.212−10%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil Bhride N.S.727−6%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Tíghearnach Naofa108+9%CatholicEnglish26 km
Trummera N.S.34−6%CatholicAll in Irish27 km
Rath Mixed N.S.194−11%CatholicEnglish28 km
Cloch an Tsionnaigh N.S.64−22%CatholicEnglish29 km
Emo Mixed N.S.207−1%CatholicEnglish29 km
Castletown N.S.111−8%CatholicEnglish31 km
Cluain Eidhneach N.S.89+22%Church of IrelandEnglish31 km
Scoil Bhride95+14%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
St Fintans N.S.108+19%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
S.N. Baile Finn208−11%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Naomh Eoin374−11%CatholicEnglish32 km
Barr na Sruthan N S91+42%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Na Carraige N.S.204−1%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
St Josephs Girls N.S.230−4%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Mountmellick Boys N.S.188−24%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Rushall N.S.30−27%CatholicEnglish34 km
Paddock N.S.80−2%CatholicEnglish34 km
St Pauls N.S.41+32%Church of IrelandEnglish34 km
Scoil Bhride244+21%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Phadraig521−0%CatholicEnglish34 km
Presentation Primary School496−30%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 284−16%Church of IrelandEnglish35 km
Naomh Padraig N.S.86−2%CatholicEnglish36 km
Kiladooley Mixed N.S.132+25%CatholicEnglish38 km
St Josephs National School95−10%CatholicEnglish38 km
Camross N.S.156+24%CatholicEnglish38 km
Cill an Iubhair N.S.23−30%CatholicEnglish38 km
Rosenallis N.S.75−18%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Naomh Colmcille71+0%CatholicEnglish39 km
Gaelscoil an Tsli Dala49+7%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish43 km
Scoil Bhride127+8%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa Castlecuffe53−38%CatholicEnglish48 km
Living nearby

Living in Newtown

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

Median sale price
€272,400
routing key R93, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,235
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Laois

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%).

2023€250,000
2024€280,000
2025€287,200

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€330,800
Second-hand homes€251,400

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%).

2024€1,112
2025€1,235

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

near Newtown, R93 H799

Nearby

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).