Gaelscoil na Mí
Campas Oideachais Chill Dhéagláin, Cill Dhéagláin, Co. na Mí · A84 R667 · Roll number 20382F
Gaelscoil na Mí is one of 10 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ashbourne. Every school in and around Ashbourne →
What stands out about Gaelscoil na Mí
- One of the larger primary schools: 242 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Smaller than it was: 242 pupils, 26% fewer than the 325 of 2019/20.
- Every subject is taught through Irish.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is An Foras Pátrúnachta; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Gaelscoil na Mí had 242 pupils in 2025/26, against 151 in 2015/16 (+60%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 344, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Gaelscoil na Mí
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 Gaelscoil na Mí 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 Gaelscoil na Mí
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 Gaelscoil na Mí
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Gaelscoil na Mí 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 teaches every subject through Irish. 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: Gaelscoil na Mí has shrunk by 26% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ashbourne together changed by +2%.
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, 5 have more pupils than Gaelscoil na Mí. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −26%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil na Mí | 242 | −26% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ||
| Ashbourne Educate Together National School | 410 | −14% | Multi-denominational | English | 0.1 km | |
| Ashbourne Community National School | 342 | +280% | Multi-denominational | English | 0.4 km | |
| Scoil Nais Deaglain | 621 | −8% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 479 | −3% | Catholic | English | 1.1 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cille | 227 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 1.9 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 565 | −15% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km |
The other 106 primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratoath Senior N.S. | 319 | −36% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| S.N. Aindreis Naofa | 107 | −5% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Ratoath Junior N.S. | 213 | −44% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Kilbride National School | 310 | −7% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| S.N. Rath Beagain | 219 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cianain | 73 | −13% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| S.N. Seachnaill Naofa | 622 | +13% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Scoil na Rithe | 222 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.6 km | |
| Dunshaughlin Community National School | 168 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| S.N. Rath Riagain | 92 | −10% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 81 | −19% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Dunboyne Junior N.S. | 397 | −18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Dunboyne Senior N.S. | 470 | −17% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Peters National School | 97 | +29% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg | 360 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| S.N. Colmcille | 211 | +2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Cul an Mhuilinn | 119 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 225 | +1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Bheinn Naofa B | 339 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Bheinin Naofa C | 343 | −0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 105 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cheant | 214 | −15% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. Joseph's National School | 89 | +3% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S N na Trionoide Naofa | 233 | −25% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 524 | −19% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Nais Mhuire Naofa | 113 | +2% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Kilmessan Mxd N.S. | 242 | +3% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 139 | +6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Pio | 59 | −13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 109 | +5% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Cros Ban | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Dun Uabhair | 166 | −22% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Nais Aitinn Bhui | 211 | −7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 392 | −2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Stephens N.S. | 805 | −13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Coole N.s, | 164 | +8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Dangan Mixed N.S. | 228 | +12% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Ard Rí Community National School | 384 | +48% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 194 | +5% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh | 438 | −8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 397 | −5% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil Eanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Flowerfield N.S. | 40 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Bhradáin Feasa | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (C) | 373 | −19% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (B) | 373 | −18% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Aine Naofa N.S. | 312 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Mercy Convent N.S. | 385 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 254 | −9% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Boinne | 206 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| Navan Educate Together NS | 213 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 399 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Pauls N.S. | 761 | +4% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Trim Educate Together National School | 174 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil na Buachailli | 294 | −7% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Marys Convent N.S. | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 48 | −19% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin | 375 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Stackallen N.S. | 170 | −11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Naomtha | 100 | −15% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Nmh Sheosamh | 136 | −7% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −10% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Cill Bhrighde | 200 | +45% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Bohermeen N.S. | 237 | −5% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St. Mary's Primary School | 543 | −10% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Bride | 181 | −9% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Ultain Naofa | 80 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Barra | 238 | +14% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh | 169 | −18% | Catholic | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| St. Dympna's National School | 210 | −5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 84 | +6% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. an Rath Mhor | 45 | −46% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Caitriona Naofa | 149 | +7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St. Nicholas Primary School | 299 | −24% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 111 | +9% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 102 | −6% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| O'Growney National School | 382 | +7% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 60 | −28% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Columbain | 233 | −37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Kells Parochial N.S. | 52 | −30% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 352 | −5% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 313 | −3% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Killyon N.S. | 60 | −34% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 165 | +16% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Kilbeg N.S. | 85 | −1% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Nais Finin Naofa | 63 | −2% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Báiste | 123 | +21% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Pheadair agus Phoil | 125 | −7% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Drumbarragh N.S. | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Kilskyre Mixed N.S. | 87 | −1% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Carnaross N.S. | 178 | +0% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 122 | −11% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Kilmainham Wood N.S. | 118 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 91 | +3% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Ughtyneill N.S. | 31 | +7% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Carrickleck N.S. | 26 | −26% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 58 | −25% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Scoil Nais Naomh Aine | 12 | −52% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire N.S. | 94 | +19% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Gilson National School | 222 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| S.N. Fiach | 102 | +34% | Catholic | English | 61 km |
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Location
Directions ↗Ashbourne, A84 R667
Primary schools near Gaelscoil na Mí
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Gaelscoil na Mí
Is Gaelscoil na Mí 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 Gaelscoil na Mí have?
242 pupils in 2025/26. That is −26% since 2019/20.
Does Gaelscoil na Mí teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Gaelscoil na Mí is taught through Irish.
Who runs Gaelscoil na Mí?
Gaelscoil na Mí has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is An Foras Pátrúnachta.
How do pupils get a place at Gaelscoil na Mí?
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 Gaelscoil na Mí?
The nearest are Ashbourne Educate Together National School (0.1 km), Ashbourne Community National School (0.4 km) and Scoil Nais Deaglain (1 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 Ashbourne; 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).