Coláiste Mhuire
Coláiste Muire, Tuar Mhic Éadaigh, Clar Cloinne Mhuiris, Co. Mhaigh Eo · F12 H766 · Roll number 64691Q
Coláiste Mhuire is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballinrobe. Every school in and around Ballinrobe →
What stands out about Coláiste Mhuire
- A small post-primary school: 95 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Smaller than it was: 95 pupils, 41% fewer than the 162 of 2019/20.
- In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
- 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 Coláiste Thuar Mhic Éadaigh Teoranta; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballinrobe’s outline, 8.1 km away; listed with Ballinrobe, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste Mhuire had 95 pupils in 2025/26, down from 164 in 2015/16 (−42%). Girls are 54% of them. Its largest roll was 190, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Coláiste Mhuire
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 Coláiste Mhuire 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 Coláiste Mhuire
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 Coláiste Mhuire
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Mhuire 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 teaches every subject through Irish.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Coláiste Mhuire has shrunk by 41% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballinrobe together changed by +17%.
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 Coláiste Mhuire. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −41%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Mhuire | 95 | −41% | Catholic | All in Irish | ||
| Ballinrobe Community School | 865 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Feichín | 63 | −19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| Rice College | 615 | +34% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Sacred Heart School | 530 | −3% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Balla Secondary School | 476 | +42% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 542 | −9% | Catholic | English | 22 km |
The other 20 post-primary schools in Co. Mayo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Geralds College | 688 | +11% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Davitt College | 902 | +27% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Mount St Michael | 404 | −4% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 402 | +6% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Louis Community School | 701 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 571 | +19% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 482 | +3% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Ballyhaunis Community School | 717 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Scoil Muire Agus Padraig | 394 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Coláiste Pobail Acla | 232 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| St. Tiernan's College | 253 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 541 | −6% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Joseph's Community College | 223 | +44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Moyne College | 221 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 551 | +16% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| St Muredachs College | 403 | +14% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| St. Patrick's College | 181 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| St. Brendan's College | 357 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 74 km |
| Our Lady's Secondary School | 265 | +37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 74 km |
| Colaiste Chomain | 29 | −40% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 75 km |
Living in Ballinrobe
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F31 Eircode area
Housing in Ballinrobe →The median sale price rose from €193,000 in 2023 to €207,500 in 2025 (+8%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F31 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ballinrobe
Cost of living in Ballinrobe →New tenancies in Ballinrobe averaged €1,030 a month in 2025, against €872 in 2024 (+18%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballinrobe, F12 H766
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Mhuire
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Mhuire
Is Coláiste Mhuire 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 Coláiste Mhuire have?
95 pupils in 2025/26. That is −41% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Mhuire teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Coláiste Mhuire is taught through Irish.
Who runs Coláiste Mhuire?
Coláiste Mhuire has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Coláiste Thuar Mhic Éadaigh Teoranta.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Mhuire?
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 Coláiste Mhuire?
The nearest are Ballinrobe Community School (10 km), Coláiste Naomh Feichín (18 km) and Rice College (18 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 Ballinrobe; 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).