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Scoil Rois

PrimaryCatholicGaelscoil

Cloch Bhaile, Carraig Mhachaire Rois, Co. Mhuineacháin · A81 H663 · Roll number 19857T

Scoil Rois is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Carrickmacross. Every school in and around Carrickmacross →

Pupils
260
September, 2025/26
131 girls, 129 boys
Since 2019/20
+6%
from 245 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Clogher
Language
All in Irish
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Rois

  • One of the larger primary schools: 260 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+6%).
  • Every subject is taught through Irish.
  • The largest of the 3 primary schools around Carrickmacross.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Clogher; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Rois had 260 pupils in 2025/26, against 223 in 2015/16 (+17%). Girls are 50% of them. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

0701402102802015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Scoil Rois

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 Rois 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Scoil Rois

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 in

Getting a place at Scoil Rois

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Scoil Rois 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.

Pupils
260
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+6%
from 245 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Rois has grown by 6% since 2019/20. All the schools around Carrickmacross together changed by +8%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Rois+6%
The primary schools around Carrickmacross−6%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Scoil Rois has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +6%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Rois260
Bunscoil Louis Naofa258
St Joseph's234
Naomh Micheal108
Scoil Naoimh Eanna203
Drumgossatt75
Lisdoonan150
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Rois260+6%CatholicAll in Irish
Bunscoil Louis Naofa258−7%CatholicEnglish0.1 km
St Joseph's National School234−17%CatholicEnglish0.4 km
Naomh Micheal108+42%CatholicEnglish4.2 km
Scoil Naoimh Eanna203−6%CatholicEnglish4.8 km
Drumgossatt N.S.75−18%CatholicEnglish5 km
Lisdoonan N.S.150+3%CatholicEnglish6.1 km
The other 55 primary schools in Co. Monaghan
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Bride106−29%CatholicEnglish6.4 km
S.N. Blaithin Iosa27−34%CatholicEnglish7.5 km
Scoil Phadraig142−5%CatholicEnglish7.8 km
S.N. Cholmcille103+29%CatholicEnglish✓8.4 km
St Patricks N.S.140+8%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
Scoil Naomh Deagha286+22%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
Corcreagh N.S.34−11%CatholicEnglish9.4 km
St. Brigid's National School Aughnafarcon37−24%CatholicEnglish9.9 km
Annalitten N.S.37+54%CatholicEnglish12 km
Naomh Oliver Plunkett255+4%CatholicSome subjects in Irish14 km
Scoil Mhuire BNS183+8%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Castleblayney Convent National School155+11%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Castleblayney Convent Infants National School197+9%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Gaelscoil Lorgan159+9%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish16 km
Castleblayney Cent N.S.10−50%PresbyterianEnglish17 km
Doohamlet N.S.134+5%CatholicEnglish18 km
Latton161−11%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig87+7%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Ballybay Central N.S.66+27%PresbyterianEnglish✓21 km
Annyalla National School195−5%CatholicEnglish21 km
Scoil Éanna228+2%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Mhuire76−5%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Rockcorry N.S.34+21%Church of IrelandEnglish25 km
Clontibret N.S.23−41%Church of IrelandEnglish26 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire202+17%CatholicEnglish28 km
Drumacruttin N.S.15−52%Church of IrelandEnglish28 km
Scoil Mhichil60+94%CatholicEnglish29 km
Corcaghan N.S.92+42%CatholicEnglish30 km
Drumcorrin N.S.20+0%PresbyterianEnglish31 km
Latnamard N.S.85−9%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Phadraig23−12%CatholicEnglish33 km
Threemilehouse N.S.141+5%CatholicEnglish34 km
St. Louis Girls National School202−12%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
St Louis Infant School208−12%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
St Marys BNS229−17%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Monaghan Model School199+26%Church of IrelandEnglish35 km
Killeevan Central N.S.101+11%CatholicEnglish35 km
Gaelscoil Ultain373−5%CatholicAll in Irish35 km
Scoil Bhrighde75+7%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Mhuire99−8%CatholicEnglish37 km
The Billis National School16−57%Church of IrelandEnglish38 km
Scoil Enda69+35%CatholicEnglish38 km
Mhuire Gransla77+17%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Scoil Mhuire86+1%CatholicEnglish38 km
Urbleshanny N.S.296+2%CatholicEnglish41 km
St Tiarnach's Primary School217−17%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
St Dympnas N.S.124+46%CatholicEnglish41 km
Gaelscoil Éois126+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Corr A Chrainn National School202−4%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Comhghall17−45%CatholicEnglish43 km
Edenmore N.S.159+2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish43 km
St Josephs N.S.60+62%CatholicEnglish45 km
Knockconnon N.S.118−1%CatholicEnglish46 km
Deravoy National School71+8%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
St Patricks N.S.33+10%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Living nearby

Living in Carrickmacross

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€250,000
303 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,121
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the A81 Eircode area

Housing in Carrickmacross →

The median sale price rose from €235,000 in 2023 to €280,000 in 2025 (+19%).

2023€235,000
2024€255,000
2025€280,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€329,400
Second-hand homes€232,200

Property Price Register sales in the A81 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Carrickmacross

Cost of living in Carrickmacross →

New tenancies in Carrickmacross averaged €1,121 a month in 2025, against €1,020 in 2024 (+10%).

2024€1,020
2025€1,121

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Carrickmacross, A81 H663

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Rois

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Scoil Rois

Is Scoil Rois 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 Rois have?

260 pupils in 2025/26. That is +6% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Rois teach through Irish?

Yes: every subject at Scoil Rois is taught through Irish.

Who runs Scoil Rois?

Scoil Rois has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Clogher.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Rois?

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 Rois?

The nearest are Bunscoil Louis Naofa (0.1 km), St Joseph's National School (0.4 km) and Naomh Micheal (4.2 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 Carrickmacross; 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).