Scoil Mhuire & Íde
Boherbui, Newcastle West, Co Limerick · V42 RT27 · Roll number 64170L
Scoil Mhuire & Íde is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Newcastle West. Every school in and around Newcastle West →
What stands out about Scoil Mhuire & Íde
- 754 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+6%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is Comhairle Mean-Scoil Mhuire agus Íde Cuideachta faoi Theorainn Ráthaíochta; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Mhuire & Íde had 754 pupils in 2025/26, against 512 in 2015/16 (+47%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 776, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 8 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 & Íde
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 & Íde 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 & Íde
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 & Íde
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Mhuire & Íde directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; 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 & Íde has grown by 6% since 2019/20. All the schools around Newcastle West 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 post-primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Scoil Mhuire & Íde has more pupils than any of the 5 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +6%; 2 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire & Íde | 754 | +6% | Catholic | English | ||
| Desmond College | 539 | +38% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College) | 537 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Hazelwood College | 562 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef | 669 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Colaiste Mhuire | 269 | −32% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km |
The other 22 post-primary schools in Co. Limerick
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colaiste Chiarain | 821 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Salesian Secondary College | 746 | +5% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Mungret Community College | 991 | +175% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Coláiste Iósaef | 505 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Crescent College Comprehensive | 922 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Villiers Secondary School | 508 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 36 km | |
| Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ | 746 | +19% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ | 315 | −23% | Catholic | All in Irish | 37 km | |
| St Clements College | 411 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Ardscoil Ris | 728 | −3% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Thomond Community College | 597 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Colaiste Mhichil | 349 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Coláiste Nano Nagle | 365 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh | 606 | −7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Ardscoil Mhuire | 591 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| St Munchin's College | 682 | +4% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Limerick City East Secondary School | 811 | +587% | Multi-denominational | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Pól | 715 | +40% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| John The Baptist Community School | 960 | −12% | Inter-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Castletroy College | 1,360 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Glenstal Abbey School | 203 | −11% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa | 518 | −19% | Catholic | English | 58 km |
Living in Newcastle West
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Homes in the V42 Eircode area
Housing in Newcastle West →The median sale price rose from €199,500 in 2023 to €242,500 in 2025 (+22%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V42 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Newcastle West
Cost of living in Newcastle West →New tenancies in Newcastle West averaged €1,065 a month in 2025, against €976 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Newcastle West, V42 RT27
Post-primary schools near Scoil Mhuire & Íde
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 & Íde
Is Scoil Mhuire & Íde 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 & Íde have?
754 pupils in 2025/26. That is +6% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Mhuire & Íde teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Mhuire & Íde teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Mhuire & Íde?
Scoil Mhuire & Íde has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Comhairle Mean-Scoil Mhuire agus Íde Cuideachta faoi Theorainn Ráthaíochta.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Mhuire & Íde?
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 & Íde?
The nearest are Desmond College (1.2 km), Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College) (12 km) and Hazelwood College (16 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 Newcastle West; 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).