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Ráth Chairn, Áth Buí, Co.na Mí · C15 WT18 · Roll number 17088L
Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Athboy. Every school in and around Athboy →
What stands out about Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh
- 169 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- Smaller than it was: 169 pupils, 18% fewer than the 207 of 2019/20.
- In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Athboy’s outline, 3 km away; listed with Athboy, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh had 169 pupils in 2025/26, down from 212 in 2015/16 (−20%). Girls are 43% of them. Its largest roll was 213, in 2018/19. 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 Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh
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 Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh 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 Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh
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 Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh has shrunk by 18% since 2019/20. All the schools around Athboy together changed by +7%.
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 Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −18%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh | 169 | −18% | Catholic | All in Irish | ||
| S.N. an Rath Mhor | 45 | −46% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| S.N. Cill Bhrighde | 200 | +45% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| O'Growney National School | 382 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| St. Dympna's National School | 210 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Naomtha | 100 | −15% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Bohermeen N.S. | 237 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km |
The other 106 primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Nmh Sheosamh | 136 | −7% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 48 | −19% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.7 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 111 | +9% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St Marys Convent N.S. | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil na Buachailli | 294 | −7% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Trim Educate Together National School | 174 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.7 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 194 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Boinne | 206 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.1 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Navan Educate Together NS | 213 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Naomh Bride | 181 | −9% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Columbain | 233 | −37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Flowerfield N.S. | 40 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Mercy Convent N.S. | 385 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 352 | −5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Aine Naofa N.S. | 312 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Gaelscoil Eanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Kells Parochial N.S. | 52 | −30% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 313 | −3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin | 375 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Kilskyre Mixed N.S. | 87 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 761 | +4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Caitriona Naofa | 149 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Ultain Naofa | 80 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Ard Rí Community National School | 384 | +48% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 392 | −2% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 399 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Drumbarragh N.S. | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Kilmessan Mxd N.S. | 242 | +3% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Stephens N.S. | 805 | −13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Dangan Mixed N.S. | 228 | +12% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Nais Mhuire Naofa | 113 | +2% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Carnaross N.S. | 178 | +0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 165 | +16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Barra | 238 | +14% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Killyon N.S. | 60 | −34% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 58 | −25% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S N na Trionoide Naofa | 233 | −25% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St. Nicholas Primary School | 299 | −24% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Stackallen N.S. | 170 | −11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 139 | +6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Kilbeg N.S. | 85 | −1% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 122 | −11% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Coole N.s, | 164 | +8% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Nais Aitinn Bhui | 211 | −7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 102 | −6% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Colmcille | 211 | +2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Nais Finin Naofa | 63 | −2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Cul an Mhuilinn | 119 | +16% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cheant | 214 | −15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St. Mary's Primary School | 543 | −10% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Dunshaughlin Community National School | 168 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Ughtyneill N.S. | 31 | +7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire N.S. | 94 | +19% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil na Rithe | 222 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 81 | −19% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 254 | −9% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Seachnaill Naofa | 622 | +13% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Báiste | 123 | +21% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 84 | +6% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Pio | 59 | −13% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St. Joseph's National School | 89 | +3% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Gilson National School | 222 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Kilmainham Wood N.S. | 118 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Nais Naomh Aine | 12 | −52% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Rath Riagain | 92 | −10% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cianain | 73 | −13% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 225 | +1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Rath Beagain | 219 | +16% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 60 | −28% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Ratoath Junior N.S. | 213 | −44% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Aindreis Naofa | 107 | −5% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ratoath Senior N.S. | 319 | −36% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Bheinn Naofa B | 339 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Bheinin Naofa C | 343 | −0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Fiach | 102 | +34% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Carrickleck N.S. | 26 | −26% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Pheadair agus Phoil | 125 | −7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 565 | −15% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Dun Uabhair | 166 | −22% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 91 | +3% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Mí | 242 | −26% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Ashbourne Educate Together National School | 410 | −14% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Ashbourne Community National School | 342 | +280% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 479 | −3% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Nais Deaglain | 621 | −8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 109 | +5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cille | 227 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 105 | +7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Dunboyne Junior N.S. | 397 | −18% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Dunboyne Senior N.S. | 470 | −17% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Peters National School | 97 | +29% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg | 360 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| Kilbride National School | 310 | −7% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Bhradáin Feasa | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| S.N. Cros Ban | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 524 | −19% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (C) | 373 | −19% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (B) | 373 | −18% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 397 | −5% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh | 438 | −8% | Catholic | English | 42 km |
Living in Athboy
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Homes in the C15 Eircode area
Housing in Athboy →The median sale price rose from €340,000 in 2023 to €375,000 in 2025 (+10%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the C15 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Athboy
Cost of living in Athboy →New tenancies in Athboy averaged €1,249 a month in 2025, against €1,178 in 2024 (+6%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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near Athboy, C15 WT18
Primary schools near Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh
Is Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh 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 Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh have?
169 pupils in 2025/26. That is −18% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh is taught through Irish.
Who runs Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh?
Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh?
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 Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh?
The nearest are S.N. an Rath Mhor (3.5 km), S.N. Cill Bhrighde (3.6 km) and O'Growney National School (4.3 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 Athboy; 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).