Scoil Ui Mhuiri
Barn Road, Dunleer, Co. Louth · A92 FY96 · Roll number 71780G
Scoil Ui Mhuiri is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Dunleer. Every school in and around Dunleer →
What stands out about Scoil Ui Mhuiri
- 644 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 644 pupils, 20% more than the 538 of 2019/20.
- 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.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Louth & Meath ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Dunleer or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Ui Mhuiri had 644 pupils in 2025/26, against 622 in 2015/16 (+4%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 661, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 4 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 Ui Mhuiri
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 Ui Mhuiri 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 Ui Mhuiri
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 Ui Mhuiri
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Ui Mhuiri 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Ui Mhuiri has grown by 20% since 2019/20. All the schools around Dunleer together changed by +11%.
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.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 5 have more pupils than Scoil Ui Mhuiri. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +20%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Ui Mhuiri | 644 | +20% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Ballymakenny College | 998 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Ardee Community School | 1,306 | +35% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St. Joseph's C.B.S. | 1,128 | +44% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Our Lady's College | 965 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Oliver's Community College | 1,422 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Drogheda Grammar School | 557 | +43% | Quaker | English | 13 km |
The other 11 post-primary schools in Co. Louth
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 717 | +11% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Mary's Diocesan School | 917 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Ó Fiaich College | 336 | +25% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Dundalk Grammar School | 597 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Chú Chulainn | 885 | +44% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 928 | +0% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Colaiste Rís | 616 | −2% | Catholic | Irish stream | 20 km | |
| St Mary's College | 916 | +24% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| De La Salle College | 755 | +14% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Louis Secondary School | 524 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Bush Post Primary School | 833 | +29% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
Living in Dunleer
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A92 Eircode area
Housing in Dunleer →The median sale price rose from €333,500 in 2023 to €380,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Louth
Cost of living in Dunleer →New tenancies in Co. Louth averaged €1,433 a month in 2025, against €1,318 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Dunleer, A92 FY96
Post-primary schools near Scoil Ui Mhuiri
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Ui Mhuiri
Is Scoil Ui Mhuiri 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 Ui Mhuiri have?
644 pupils in 2025/26. That is +20% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Ui Mhuiri teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Ui Mhuiri teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Ui Mhuiri?
Scoil Ui Mhuiri has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Louth & Meath ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Ui Mhuiri?
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 Ui Mhuiri?
The nearest are Ballymakenny College (11 km), Ardee Community School (11 km) and St. Joseph's C.B.S. (12 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 Dunleer; 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).