Scoil Mhuire
Magherarney, Smithborough, Co. Monaghan · H18 RX50 · Roll number 09186P
Scoil Mhuire is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Smithborough. Every school in and around Smithborough →
What stands out about Scoil Mhuire
- 99 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−8%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Clogher; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Smithborough’s outline, 0.6 km away; listed with Smithborough, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Mhuire had 99 pupils in 2025/26, against 98 in 2015/16 (+1%). Girls are 53% of them. Its largest roll was 117, in 2020/21. 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 Scoil Mhuire
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 Mhuire 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 Mhuire
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 Mhuire
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Mhuire 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: Scoil Mhuire has shrunk by 8% since 2019/20. All the schools around Smithborough together changed by −1%.
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 Scoil Mhuire. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −8%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire | 99 | −8% | Catholic | English | ||
| Mhuire Gransla | 77 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| Threemilehouse N.S. | 141 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Latnamard N.S. | 85 | −9% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Killeevan Central N.S. | 101 | +11% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Urbleshanny N.S. | 296 | +2% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Corcaghan N.S. | 92 | +42% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km |
The other 55 primary schools in Co. Monaghan
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Tiarnach's Primary School | 217 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| Gaelscoil Éois | 126 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 60 | +62% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| St. Louis Girls National School | 202 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| St Louis Infant School | 208 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| St Marys BNS | 229 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Monaghan Model School | 199 | +26% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Dympnas N.S. | 124 | +46% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Drumacruttin N.S. | 15 | −52% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Gaelscoil Ultain | 373 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Drumcorrin N.S. | 20 | +0% | Presbyterian | English | 13 km | |
| Rockcorry N.S. | 34 | +21% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 76 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil Enda | 69 | +35% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Mhichil | 60 | +94% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| The Billis National School | 16 | −57% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Corr A Chrainn National School | 202 | −4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Edenmore N.S. | 159 | +2% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 15 km | |
| Scoil Bhrighde | 75 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Comhghall | 17 | −45% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 23 | −12% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Deravoy National School | 71 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Éanna | 228 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Ballybay Central N.S. | 66 | +27% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire | 202 | +17% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 86 | +1% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Clontibret N.S. | 23 | −41% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Latton | 161 | −11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Knockconnon N.S. | 118 | −1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Doohamlet N.S. | 134 | +5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 33 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Annyalla National School | 195 | −5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Naomh Oliver Plunkett | 255 | +4% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 23 km | |
| Gaelscoil Lorgan | 159 | +9% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Castleblayney Cent N.S. | 10 | −50% | Presbyterian | English | 26 km | |
| Castleblayney Convent National School | 155 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Castleblayney Convent Infants National School | 197 | +9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Mhuire BNS | 183 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 87 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| St. Brigid's National School Aughnafarcon | 37 | −24% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 142 | −5% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Corcreagh N.S. | 34 | −11% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Annalitten N.S. | 37 | +54% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Lisdoonan N.S. | 150 | +3% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 140 | +8% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Blaithin Iosa | 27 | −34% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Naomh Micheal | 108 | +42% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Drumgossatt N.S. | 75 | −18% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Rois | 260 | +6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 37 km | |
| Bunscoil Louis Naofa | 258 | −7% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St Joseph's National School | 234 | −17% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 103 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Scoil Naoimh Eanna | 203 | −6% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Bride | 106 | −29% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Deagha | 286 | +22% | Catholic | English | 42 km |
Living in Smithborough
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the H18 Eircode area
Housing in Smithborough →The median sale price rose from €210,000 in 2023 to €260,000 in 2025 (+24%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the H18 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Monaghan
Cost of living in Smithborough →New tenancies in Co. Monaghan averaged €1,028 a month in 2025, against €921 in 2024 (+12%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Smithborough, H18 RX50
Primary schools near Scoil Mhuire
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Mhuire
Is Scoil Mhuire 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 Mhuire have?
99 pupils in 2025/26. That is −8% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Mhuire teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Mhuire teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Mhuire?
Scoil Mhuire has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Clogher.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Mhuire?
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 Mhuire?
The nearest are Mhuire Gransla (3.8 km), Threemilehouse N.S. (4.6 km) and Latnamard N.S. (6 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 Smithborough; 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).