S.N. Muire Gan Smal
Newhouse, Sandpit, Drogheda · A92 A567 · Roll number 18045V
S.N. Muire Gan Smal is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Termonfeckin. Every school in and around Termonfeckin →
What stands out about S.N. Muire Gan Smal
- 201 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 201 pupils, 18% fewer than the 245 of 2019/20.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Armagh; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Termonfeckin’s outline, 2.2 km away; listed with Termonfeckin, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Muire Gan Smal had 201 pupils in 2025/26, down from 254 in 2015/16 (−21%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 256, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 1 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 Gan Smal
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 Gan Smal 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 Gan Smal
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 Gan Smal
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Muire Gan Smal 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.
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 Gan Smal has shrunk by 18% since 2019/20. All the schools around Termonfeckin together changed by −5%.
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 Gan Smal. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −18%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 201 | −18% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Náisíunta Naomh Feichín | 307 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 172 | −13% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| Walshestown N.S. | 95 | −19% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Aston Village Educate Together National School | 375 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.5 km | |
| Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa | 353 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Callystown Mixed N.S. | 261 | −18% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km |
The other 62 primary schools in Co. Louth
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Convent | 385 | +37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| Le Cheile Educate Together NS | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.8 km | |
| St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School | 575 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| S.N. Aonghusa | 147 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 6.3 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre Sn | 359 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| S.N. Naomh Peadar | 92 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.6 km | |
| Naomh Seosamh | 293 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| St Marys Parish Primary School | 967 | −13% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| S.N. Ard Mhuire C | 315 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| S N Tigh an Lubhair | 192 | −9% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| S.N. Columcille | 151 | −13% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Rathmullan N.S. | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| St Pauls Senior N.S. | 466 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| S.N. Tulach Aluinn | 411 | −17% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. | 202 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fhionain | 100 | +1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Fainche | 190 | −14% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Chaoimhin Naofa | 148 | +16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Dromin N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. San Nioclas | 49 | −49% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Chill Sarain | 161 | −15% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Ballapousta NS | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S N Mhuire na Trocaire | 339 | +15% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ardee Monastery | 244 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Dromiskin Mixed N.S. | 234 | −1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Ardee Educate Together NS | 177 | +17% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Dairbhre Mixed | 71 | −26% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha | 503 | +13% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St. Francis National School | 441 | +53% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Fhursa | 229 | −8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Tallonstown N.S. | 276 | −15% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan | 214 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 25 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 574 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| St. Mochta's National School | 181 | +20% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Rath Corr | 56 | −16% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Knockbridge Mixed N.S. | 285 | −5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na nGael | 624 | −8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 187 | +10% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh C | 233 | −16% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh N | 220 | −15% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh B | 246 | +7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Dun Dealgan N.S. | 84 | −2% | Presbyterian | English | 27 km | |
| Réalt na Mara School | 467 | +0% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| C.b.s. Primary | 524 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora B | 169 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora C | 160 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. San Nioclas | 148 | −3% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S N Talamh na Manach | 139 | +7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Bellurgan N.S. | 112 | −13% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Nicholas Monastery NS | 164 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Castletown Rd Convent | 191 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Mullach Bui | 62 | −2% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 164 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 89 | −28% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Dulargy Mixed N.S. | 150 | −23% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Olivers N.S. | 120 | −28% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Faughart Community National School | 102 | +122% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 206 | +2% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 82 | +173% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 67 | −25% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcan | 69 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
Living in Termonfeckin
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A92 Eircode area
Housing in Termonfeckin →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 Termonfeckin →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 ↗near Termonfeckin, A92 A567
Primary schools near S.N. Muire Gan Smal
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 Gan Smal
Is S.N. Muire Gan Smal 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 Gan Smal have?
201 pupils in 2025/26. That is −18% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Muire Gan Smal teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Muire Gan Smal teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Muire Gan Smal?
S.N. Muire Gan Smal has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Armagh.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Muire Gan Smal?
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 Gan Smal?
The nearest are Scoil Náisíunta Naomh Feichín (2.9 km), S.N. Padraig (3 km) and Walshestown N.S. (4.2 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 Termonfeckin; 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).