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RATHMORE, ATHBOY, CO MEATH · C15 X525 · Roll number 17494W
S.N. an Rath Mhor is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Athboy. Every school in and around Athboy →
What stands out about S.N. an Rath Mhor
- A small primary school: 45 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 45 pupils, 46% fewer than the 84 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Athboy’s outline, 3.6 km away; listed with Athboy, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. an Rath Mhor had 45 pupils in 2025/26, down from 104 in 2015/16 (−57%). Girls are 53% of them. 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 S.N. an Rath Mhor
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. an Rath Mhor 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. an Rath Mhor
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. an Rath Mhor
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. an Rath Mhor 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. an Rath Mhor has shrunk by 46% 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.
Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than S.N. an Rath Mhor. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −46%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. an Rath Mhor | 45 | −46% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh | 169 | −18% | Catholic | All in Irish | 3.5 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 111 | +9% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Bohermeen N.S. | 237 | −5% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| O'Growney National School | 382 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| S.N. Cill Bhrighde | 200 | +45% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh Naomtha | 100 | −15% | Catholic | English | 7.2 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 | 7.4 km | |
| St. Dympna's National School | 210 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 352 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Kells Parochial N.S. | 52 | −30% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.7 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 313 | −3% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| S.N. Caitriona Naofa | 149 | +7% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| S.N. Ultain Naofa | 80 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| Drumbarragh N.S. | 83 | −13% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Kilskyre Mixed N.S. | 87 | −1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Navan Educate Together NS | 213 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 194 | +5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 48 | −19% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin | 375 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 205 | +16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Mercy Convent N.S. | 385 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Marys Convent N.S. | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil na Buachailli | 294 | −7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Flowerfield N.S. | 40 | −11% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Aine Naofa N.S. | 312 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Pauls N.S. | 761 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Trim Educate Together National School | 174 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Gaelscoil Eanna | 138 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Boinne | 206 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 399 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 15 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Ard Rí Community National School | 384 | +48% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 165 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Carnaross N.S. | 178 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 392 | −2% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Barra | 238 | +14% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Stephens N.S. | 805 | −13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Columbain | 233 | −37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 58 | −25% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Bride | 181 | −9% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Kilmessan Mxd N.S. | 242 | +3% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 122 | −11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Kilbeg N.S. | 85 | −1% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Stackallen N.S. | 170 | −11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Castletown N.S. | 102 | −6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S N na Trionoide Naofa | 233 | −25% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Mhichil Naofa | 73 | −15% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Nais Mhuire Naofa | 113 | +2% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Dangan Mixed N.S. | 228 | +12% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Nais Aitinn Bhui | 211 | −7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 95 | +12% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Ughtyneill N.S. | 31 | +7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Killyon N.S. | 60 | −34% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Eoin Báiste | 123 | +21% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Colmcille | 211 | +2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St. Nicholas Primary School | 299 | −24% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 84 | +6% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire N.S. | 94 | +19% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Baile Cheant | 214 | −15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 139 | +6% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 254 | −9% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Kilmainham Wood N.S. | 118 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 148 | −10% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Nais Naomh Aine | 12 | −52% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Coole N.s, | 164 | +8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Gilson National School | 222 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Scoil Naomh Pio | 59 | −13% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Nais Finin Naofa | 63 | −2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Cul an Mhuilinn | 119 | +16% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 81 | −19% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Dunshaughlin Community National School | 168 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 60 | −28% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil na Rithe | 222 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| St. Mary's Primary School | 543 | −10% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Seachnaill Naofa | 622 | +13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Carrickleck N.S. | 26 | −26% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Pheadair agus Phoil | 125 | −7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Fiach | 102 | +34% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St. Joseph's National School | 89 | +3% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Bhrighde | 91 | +3% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Cianain | 73 | −13% | 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. Rath Riagain | 92 | −10% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Dun Uabhair | 166 | −22% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Aindreis Naofa | 107 | −5% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Rath Beagain | 219 | +16% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Ratoath Junior N.S. | 213 | −44% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Ratoath Senior N.S. | 319 | −36% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 225 | +1% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Pauls N.S. | 565 | −15% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 137 | +6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmcille | 109 | +5% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Mí | 242 | −26% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| Ashbourne Educate Together National School | 410 | −14% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Ashbourne Community National School | 342 | +280% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 105 | +7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 479 | −3% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Nais Deaglain | 621 | −8% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Gaelscoil na Cille | 227 | −2% | Catholic | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| Dunboyne Junior N.S. | 397 | −18% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Dunboyne Senior N.S. | 470 | −17% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St Peters National School | 97 | +29% | Church of Ireland | English | 36 km | |
| Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg | 360 | +7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 36 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Bhradáin Feasa | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 38 km | |
| Kilbride National School | 310 | −7% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| S.N. Cros Ban | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (C) | 373 | −19% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S N Realt na Mara (B) | 373 | −18% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 524 | −19% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Oilibheir Naofa | 397 | −5% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh | 438 | −8% | Catholic | English | 41 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 X525
Primary schools near S.N. an Rath Mhor
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. an Rath Mhor
Is S.N. an Rath Mhor 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. an Rath Mhor have?
45 pupils in 2025/26. That is −46% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. an Rath Mhor teach through Irish?
No: S.N. an Rath Mhor teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. an Rath Mhor?
S.N. an Rath Mhor has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. an Rath Mhor?
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. an Rath Mhor?
The nearest are Scoil Uí Ghramhnaigh (3.5 km), S.N. Bhrighde (4.3 km) and Bohermeen N.S. (4.9 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).