S N Muire na hEireann
Caherdavin, Limerick · V94 A5N7 · Roll number 19332G
S N Muire na hEireann is one of 27 primary schools in or within 3 km of Caherdavin. Every school in and around Caherdavin →
What stands out about S N Muire na hEireann
- One of the larger primary schools: 262 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−9%).
- 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.
- A girls’ school.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Limerick; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S N Muire na hEireann had 262 pupils in 2025/26, down from 294 in 2015/16 (−11%). Its largest roll was 302, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for S N Muire na hEireann
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 Muire na hEireann 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 S N Muire na hEireann
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 S N Muire na hEireann
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S N Muire na hEireann 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 takes girls only. 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: S N Muire na hEireann has shrunk by 9% since 2019/20. All the schools around Caherdavin together changed by +4%.
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, 4 have more pupils than S N Muire na hEireann. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −9%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Muire na hEireann | 262 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Scoil Chriost Ri B | 278 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.1 km |
| Thomond Primary School | 215 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| Corpus Christi N.S. | 403 | +22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| J F K Memorial School | 218 | −15% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km | |
| Gaelscoil Sairseal | 369 | +44% | Catholic | All in Irish | 1.4 km | |
| Salesian Primary School | 361 | −12% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km |
The other 126 primary schools in Co. Limerick
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's National School | 152 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| Limerick School Project | 203 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.6 km | |
| St Michaels | 116 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.7 km | |
| An Mhodh Scoil | 578 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 2.7 km | |
| Scoil Mathair de | 362 | +8% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 279 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Scoil Ide | 654 | −17% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| St Michaels N.S. | 126 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Scoil Iosagain | 222 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| St Johns Convent | 223 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| St John the Baptist Boys N.S. | 69 | +116% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Our Lady of Lourdes N.S. | 161 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa C | 197 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa B | 197 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace School | 326 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| Gaelscoil Sheoirse | 82 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4 km |
| Le Chéile National School | 174 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Scoil Phoil Naofa | 573 | −9% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 457 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Gaelscoil an Raithin | 389 | +17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 4.7 km | |
| Scoil Neassain | 668 | −6% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Limerick City East Educate Together NS | 373 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 5 km | |
| S N Naomh Iosef | 290 | −10% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Milford Grange N School | 479 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Donoughmore N.S. | 140 | −31% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Scoil Moin A Lin | 847 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh | 412 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.6 km | |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naomh | 267 | −8% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Scoil Tobar Padraig | 143 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Knockea National School | 191 | −8% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| S N Lios na Groi | 295 | −11% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Scoil Cre Cumhra | 214 | −7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Bohermore N.S. | 100 | +233% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Castleconnell N.S. | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Kildimo National School | 138 | −27% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Athain | 139 | −20% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Carnane Mxd N.S. | 30 | −39% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St. Nicholas Church of Ireland School | 54 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Pallaskenry N.S. | 135 | −1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Fedamore CNS | 10 | −50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Our Ladys Abbey | 125 | −15% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Nais Cathair Chinn Lis | 100 | −19% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 140 | −9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballymartin N.S. | 103 | +7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Ailbhe | 187 | −9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Cill Churnain | 174 | +19% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Sean Tsraide | 127 | −11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Ailbhe | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Croom National School | 169 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Ma Rua | 142 | −22% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Caherline N.S. | 183 | +1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Ballysteen N.S. | 17 | −54% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Ciarain | 66 | +40% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S N Toinn an Tairbh | 79 | −26% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Croagh National School | 78 | +10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Loch Guir | 6 | −81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Cloverfield N.S. | 42 | −34% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Baile an Aird | 83 | −33% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Banogue National School | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Chaitríona | 82 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St James N.S. | 110 | −25% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Muire, Eas Géitine | 157 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Dean Cussen | 219 | −14% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Athlacca N.S. | 88 | −31% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Kilteely N.S. | 32 | +52% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Nicker N.S. | 113 | −18% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Granagh National School | 74 | +21% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosef | 86 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Bilboa N School | 95 | −18% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Aine Naofa | 224 | +33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Scoil Nais Cnoc Aine | 200 | +31% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Church Street National School | 14 | −46% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Chriost an Slanaitheoir | 204 | +6% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Hospital N.S. | 156 | −14% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil na mBearnan | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Bruree National School | 168 | −7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Garrydoolis N.S. | 29 | −17% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Doon Convent N.S. | 116 | −3% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 56 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Coolcappa N.S. | 54 | +32% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Bulgaden N.S. | 19 | −32% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 107 | −6% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Mocheallóg | 281 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Sheanain | 99 | +10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Beal Atha Grean | 109 | +9% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Oola National School | 67 | −26% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Shanagolden N.S. | 92 | −21% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Cnoc Loinge B | 72 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Cill Colmain | 101 | −24% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Martinstown N.S. | 54 | −37% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Molua B | 82 | −1% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Kilmeedy N.S. | 48 | +129% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Fiodhnach | 73 | +18% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Mahoonagh N.S. | 237 | +6% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Gaelscoil O Doghair | 201 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 36 km | |
| Courtenay National School | 251 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 85 | −11% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Gearoid Ui Ghriobhtha | 30 | −21% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Glenbrohane N.S. | 23 | −45% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St Josephs Convent | 225 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Kilfinane Convent Primary School | 145 | +1% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Ardpatrick N.S. | 48 | −25% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire National School | 39 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Carrickerry N.S. | 49 | −21% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Gallbhaile | 135 | +14% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Ballylanders N.S. | 128 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Cill Lachtain | 235 | +28% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Monagea National School | 206 | −6% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| St Josephs | 74 | −15% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 141 | −14% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Ide Naofa | 89 | +14% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| St Fergus Primary School | 159 | +21% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Cnoch A Deaga | 48 | +71% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ide | 22 | −4% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S N Gleann gCreabhar | 50 | −19% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Ballyguiltenane N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Templeglantine N.S. | 76 | +49% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Athea N School | 171 | +16% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Glengurt N.S. | 115 | +8% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Kilbehenny N.S. | 100 | +30% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 61 | +53% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Dromtrasna N.S. | 122 | −27% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Convent of Mercy N.S. | 110 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Abbeyfeale B N.S. 1 | 98 | −23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Meenkilly N.S. | 101 | +20% | Catholic | English | 55 km |
Living in Caherdavin
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V94 Eircode area
Housing in Caherdavin →The median sale price rose from €275,000 in 2023 to €351,500 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Caherdavin
Cost of living in Caherdavin →New tenancies in Caherdavin averaged €1,709 a month in 2025, against €1,520 in 2024 (+12%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Caherdavin, V94 A5N7
Primary schools near S N Muire na hEireann
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 Muire na hEireann
Is S N Muire na hEireann 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 Muire na hEireann have?
262 pupils in 2025/26. That is −9% since 2019/20.
Does S N Muire na hEireann teach through Irish?
No: S N Muire na hEireann teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S N Muire na hEireann?
S N Muire na hEireann has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Limerick.
How do pupils get a place at S N Muire na hEireann?
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 Muire na hEireann?
The nearest are Scoil Chriost Ri B (0.1 km), Thomond Primary School (1.2 km) and Corpus Christi N.S. (1.2 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 Caherdavin; 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).