Drumgallagh N.S.
Ballycroy, Westport, Co. Mayo · F28 PP27 · Roll number 18002D
Drumgallagh N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Mulranny. Every school in and around Mulranny →
What stands out about Drumgallagh N.S.
- A small primary school: 33 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+10%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Killala; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Mulranny’s outline, 8.8 km away; listed with Mulranny, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Drumgallagh N.S. had 33 pupils in 2025/26, against 32 in 2015/16 (+3%). Girls are 58% of them. 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 Drumgallagh N.S.
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 Drumgallagh N.S. 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 Drumgallagh N.S.
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 Drumgallagh N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Drumgallagh N.S. 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.
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: Drumgallagh N.S. has grown by 10% since 2019/20.
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, 3 have more pupils than Drumgallagh N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +10%; 2 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumgallagh N.S. | 33 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| S N Toin na Gaoithe | 61 | +7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| S.N. Druim Slaod | 8 | −60% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig Saile | 65 | +38% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| S N Realt na Mara | 77 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Achill Sound Convent N.S. | 20 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| Valley N.S. | 17 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
The other 144 primary schools in Co. Mayo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Dhumha Thuama | 26 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 12 km |
| Dookinella N.S. | 26 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Geesala Central School | 29 | −31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 15 km |
| Scoil Chroí Ró Naofa Beannchor Iorrais | 61 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Dumhach | 28 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Newport Central | 243 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. an Tsraith | 15 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Myna N.S. | 102 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Eachleime | 64 | +45% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 24 km |
| Scoil Néifinn | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. an Coill Mhor | 17 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Carraholly N.S. | 42 | −49% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Gleann A Chaisil | 64 | +10% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 24 km |
| Lecanvey N.S. | 31 | +0% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 133 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Cloondaff N.S. | 11 | −52% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Muirisc N.S. | 49 | +104% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Faitche | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Barnatra N.S. | 24 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colm Cille | 206 | +10% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cuaiche | 208 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| Westport Educate Together National School | 48 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 338 | +0% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Holy Trinity National School | 41 | −33% | Church of Ireland | English | 28 km | |
| Cill Mhor Iorrais | 20 | −57% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Croi Muire | 127 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Beal an Mhuirthead | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Inbhear | 67 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Colm Naofa | 27 | −18% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Teaghlaigh Naofa | 67 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Achaidh an Ghlaisin | 48 | +0% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| Brackloon N.S. | 145 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Kilmurry NS | 65 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Pol A Tsomais | 27 | +13% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Lainn Cille | 66 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Rathbane N.S. | 57 | −2% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Leath Ardan | 76 | +17% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Corclough N.S. | 79 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Cnoc Ruscaighe | 206 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Ros Dumhach | 27 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. B Curnanool | 66 | +22% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Paul's National School | 89 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| St Peters N.S. | 271 | −10% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Crossmolina N.S. | 235 | +5% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Carrakennedy N.S. | 32 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Coill Mor | 6 | – | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| SN Cholmcille, Ceathrú Thaidhg | 26 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 36 km |
| St Columbas N.S. | 3 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 111 | +10% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Castlebar Primary School | 864 | – | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Castlebar Educate Together National School | 113 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Cormaic Nfa | 38 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Gaelscoil Raifteirí | 229 | −1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 37 km | |
| Crimlin N.S. | 15 | −35% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Coill an Bhaile | 41 | +86% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| SN Beal Atha na hEin | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Garracloon N.S. | 25 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Cloghans N.S. | 9 | −68% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Breaffy N.S. | 377 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Ardagh National School | 73 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 41 km | |
| Mount Palmer National School | 37 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S N an Teaghlaigh | 45 | −32% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid C | 21 | −63% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Ballintubber N.S. | 113 | +23% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Bunscoil Naomh Bríd agus Pádraíg | 46 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 67 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Knockanillo N.S. | 28 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Beal Caradh | 109 | −16% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| St Joseph's NS | 217 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Cooneal N.S. | 58 | −41% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Ballyvary Central N.S. | 223 | +8% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Fiondalbha | 37 | +28% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Íosa | 242 | +31% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 45 km |
| Saint Michaels N.S. | 17 | – | Church of Ireland | English | 46 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maol | 141 | +16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 45 | −25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Templemary N.S. | 47 | +21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Clogher N.S. | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Cullens N.S. | 273 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Killala N.S. | 85 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Foxford Central N.S. | 271 | +10% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Thuar Mhic Éadaigh | 94 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 47 km | |
| Newtownwhite Educate Together NS | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 48 km | |
| Quignamanger N.S. | 364 | +13% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Mary's National School | 51 | +19% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 231 | −5% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Burriscarra N.S. | 23 | – | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Feichin | 26 | −43% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Beheymore N.S. | 228 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Lacken National School | 25 | −11% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil Naisiunta Balla Aluinn | 202 | +7% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Mount Pleasant N.S. | 87 | +1% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Naisiunta Thola | 84 | −13% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Craggagh N.S. | 19 | −49% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Mainistir Muigheo | 84 | −3% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Scoil na gCoillini | 97 | +11% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S.N. Ceathru an Chlochar | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S.N. Muine Chonallain | 133 | +56% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| S.N. Gort an Eadain | 28 | +27% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Chluain Luifin | 75 | +17% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| St Johns N.S. | 27 | −53% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Robeen Central N.S. | 127 | +51% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Kinaffe N.S. | 48 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Kiltimagh Central | 262 | +9% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Killasser N.S. | 31 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| St. Josephs N.S. | 451 | −1% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Swinford N.S. | 200 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| S.N. Teach Caoin | 33 | −42% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. an Trian Lair | 66 | −7% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| SN na hAille | 140 | +9% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| Claremorris National School | 314 | – | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Barnacarroll Central N.S. | 208 | +21% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Scoil Chomain Naofa | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Lehinch N.S. | 8 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 61 km |
| Culmore N.S. | 33 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 61 km |
| Knock N.S. | 152 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Sheamais | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| S.N. Naomh Feichin | 47 | −33% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| S.N. Uileog de Burca | 105 | −15% | Catholic | All in Irish | 64 km | |
| St Patricks Central N.S. | 117 | +4% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Treasa | 57 | +78% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| Cloonlyon N.S. | 28 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| S.N. Gort Sceiche | 75 | −6% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Gortjordan N.S. | 11 | −48% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Meelickmore N.S. | 81 | +25% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Ballindine B N.S. | 138 | +20% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| S.N. Athracht Nfa | 268 | +41% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| Glencorrib N.S. | 52 | +86% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| SN Baile Cuisin | 13 | −35% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| Beacan Mixed N.S. | 177 | +18% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| S.N. Tamhnighan Fheadha | 15 | −32% | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| Tavrane Central N.S. | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| SN Naomh Proinnsias | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Sheosamh | 99 | −13% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| Irishtown N.S. | 70 | +15% | Catholic | English | 71 km | |
| S.N. Brighde | 103 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 71 km |
| Carracastle Central N.S. | 88 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| Scoil Iosa | 385 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 74 km |
| St Johns N.S. | 32 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 74 km |
| Kilmovee N.S. | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| St Colmans N.S. | 34 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 78 km |
Living in Mulranny
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F28 Eircode area
Housing in Mulranny →The median sale price rose from €295,000 in 2023 to €312,500 in 2025 (+6%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F28 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Mayo
Cost of living in Mulranny →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
Directions ↗near Mulranny, F28 PP27
Primary schools near Drumgallagh N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Drumgallagh N.S.
Is Drumgallagh N.S. 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 Drumgallagh N.S. have?
33 pupils in 2025/26. That is +10% since 2019/20.
Does Drumgallagh N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Drumgallagh N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Drumgallagh N.S.?
Drumgallagh N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Killala.
How do pupils get a place at Drumgallagh N.S.?
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 Drumgallagh N.S.?
The nearest are S N Toin na Gaoithe (4.1 km), S.N. Druim Slaod (5.1 km) and S.N. Naomh Padraig Saile (8.8 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 Mulranny; 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).