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Lehanagh, Mayo Abbey, Claremorris, Co. Mayo · F12 T256 · Roll number 14205U
S.N. Mainistir Muigheo is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Balla. Every school in and around Balla →
What stands out about S.N. Mainistir Muigheo
- 84 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−3%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Tuam; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Balla’s outline, 4 km away; listed with Balla, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Mainistir Muigheo had 84 pupils in 2025/26, against 65 in 2015/16 (+29%). Girls are 40% of them. Its largest roll was 87, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 5 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. Mainistir 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 S.N. Mainistir 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.
Inspection reports on S.N. Mainistir 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 a place at S.N. Mainistir Muigheo
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Mainistir 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Mainistir Muigheo is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−3%). All the schools around Balla together changed by +30%.
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, 2 have more pupils than S.N. Mainistir Muigheo. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −3%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Mainistir Muigheo | 84 | −3% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Naisiunta Balla Aluinn | 202 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Mount Pleasant N.S. | 87 | +1% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| S.N. Gort an Eadain | 28 | +27% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Craggagh N.S. | 19 | −49% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Clogher N.S. | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| S.N. Teach Caoin | 33 | −42% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km |
The other 144 primary schools in Co. Mayo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burriscarra N.S. | 23 | – | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| S.N. Beal Caradh | 109 | −16% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Claremorris National School | 314 | – | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| S.N. Fiondalbha | 37 | +28% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Robeen Central N.S. | 127 | +51% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Barnacarroll Central N.S. | 208 | +21% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid C | 21 | −63% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Lehinch N.S. | 8 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Uileog de Burca | 105 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Kiltimagh Central | 262 | +9% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Ballintubber N.S. | 113 | +23% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Breaffy N.S. | 377 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Mary's National School | 51 | +19% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Ceathru an Chlochar | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Meelickmore N.S. | 81 | +25% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Knock N.S. | 152 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| SN Beal Atha na hEin | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Chomain Naofa | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Ballyvary Central N.S. | 223 | +8% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Ballindine B N.S. | 138 | +20% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelscoil Raifteirí | 229 | −1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| S.N. Gort Sceiche | 75 | −6% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 111 | +10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Thola | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Castlebar Educate Together National School | 113 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Castlebar Primary School | 864 | – | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Bhaile | 41 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St. Josephs N.S. | 451 | −1% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S N an Teaghlaigh | 45 | −32% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Beacan Mixed N.S. | 177 | +18% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Kinaffe N.S. | 48 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St Peters N.S. | 271 | −10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Irishtown N.S. | 70 | +15% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 45 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. B Curnanool | 66 | +22% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Paul's National School | 89 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Thuar Mhic Éadaigh | 94 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| S.N. Chluain Luifin | 75 | +17% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. an Trian Lair | 66 | −7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil na gCoillini | 97 | +11% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Crimlin N.S. | 15 | −35% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Patricks Central N.S. | 117 | +4% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Nmh Treasa | 57 | +78% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Cnoc Ruscaighe | 206 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| SN na hAille | 140 | +9% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Johns N.S. | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Swinford N.S. | 200 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| SN Baile Cuisin | 13 | −35% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Iosa | 385 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Colm Naofa | 27 | −18% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gortjordan N.S. | 11 | −48% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Sheamais | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Foxford Central N.S. | 271 | +10% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 103 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Naomh Feichin | 47 | −33% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Tavrane Central N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Culmore N.S. | 33 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Lainn Cille | 66 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Cloonlyon N.S. | 28 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Faitche | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Naomh Sheosamh | 99 | −13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Killasser N.S. | 31 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Holy Trinity National School | 41 | −33% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 338 | +0% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cuaiche | 208 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| St Johns N.S. | 27 | −53% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Westport Educate Together National School | 48 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Rathbane N.S. | 57 | −2% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Tamhnighan Fheadha | 15 | −32% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Glencorrib N.S. | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. an Coill Mhor | 17 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colm Cille | 206 | +10% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Cloondaff N.S. | 11 | −52% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Brackloon N.S. | 145 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Bunscoil Naomh Bríd agus Pádraíg | 46 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Carrakennedy N.S. | 32 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Athracht Nfa | 268 | +41% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Newport Central | 243 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Myna N.S. | 102 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| SN Naomh Proinnsias | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Carraholly N.S. | 42 | −49% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Naomh Feichin | 26 | −43% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Leath Ardan | 76 | +17% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Kilmovee N.S. | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Cloghans N.S. | 9 | −68% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Coill Mor | 6 | – | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Muirisc N.S. | 49 | +104% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Carracastle Central N.S. | 88 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 231 | −5% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St Joseph's NS | 217 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Garracloon N.S. | 25 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Lecanvey N.S. | 31 | +0% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Saint Michaels N.S. | 17 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 39 km | |
| Kilmurry NS | 65 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Scoil Néifinn | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Muine Chonallain | 133 | +56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| St Colmans N.S. | 34 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Beheymore N.S. | 228 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maol | 141 | +16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| Scoil Íosa | 242 | +31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| Crossmolina N.S. | 235 | +5% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Ardagh National School | 73 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 41 km | |
| Quignamanger N.S. | 364 | +13% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Knockanillo N.S. | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Cullens N.S. | 273 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 133 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Cooneal N.S. | 58 | −41% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara | 77 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Cormaic Nfa | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Newtownwhite Educate Together NS | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Teaghlaigh Naofa | 67 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Mount Palmer National School | 37 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Killala N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Drumgallagh N.S. | 33 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| S N Toin na Gaoithe | 61 | +7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 53 km |
| Templemary N.S. | 47 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| S.N. Druim Slaod | 8 | −60% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Lacken National School | 25 | −11% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 56 km |
| Achill Sound Convent N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Saile | 65 | +38% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 58 km |
| Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais | 61 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 67 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Valley N.S. | 17 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| S N Dhumha Thuama | 26 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 63 km |
| Geesala Central School | 29 | −31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 65 km |
| St Columbas N.S. | 3 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Dookinella N.S. | 26 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| S.N. Dumhach | 28 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| S.N. an Tsraith | 15 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| Barnatra N.S. | 24 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| S.N. Gleann A Chaisil | 64 | +10% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 71 km |
| S.N. Pol A Tsomais | 27 | +13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 71 km |
| S.N. Ros Dumhach | 27 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 73 km |
| S.N. Inbhear | 67 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| S.N. Eachleime | 64 | +45% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 76 km |
| SN Cholmcille, Ceathrú Thaidhg | 26 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 76 km |
| S.N. Achaidh an Ghlaisin | 48 | +0% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 77 km |
| S.N. Croi Muire | 127 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| S.N. Beal an Mhuirthead | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| Cill Mhor Iorrais | 20 | −57% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 78 km |
| Corclough N.S. | 79 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 81 km |
Living in Balla
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F23 Eircode area
Housing in Balla →The median sale price rose from €210,000 in 2023 to €280,000 in 2025 (+33%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F23 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Mayo
Cost of living in Balla →New tenancies in Co. Mayo averaged €1,117 a month in 2025, against €1,002 in 2024 (+12%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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near Balla, F12 T256
Primary schools near S.N. Mainistir Muigheo
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. Mainistir Muigheo
Is S.N. Mainistir 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 S.N. Mainistir Muigheo have?
84 pupils in 2025/26. That is −3% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Mainistir Muigheo teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Mainistir Muigheo teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Mainistir Muigheo?
S.N. Mainistir Muigheo has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Tuam.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Mainistir 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 S.N. Mainistir Muigheo?
The nearest are Scoil Naisiunta Balla Aluinn (4.2 km), Mount Pleasant N.S. (4.3 km) and S.N. Gort an Eadain (4.4 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 Balla; 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).