S.N. Mhuire
Cloneygowan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly · R35 NP58 · Roll number 18115Q
S.N. Mhuire is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Clonygowan. Every school in and around Clonygowan →
What stands out about S.N. Mhuire
- 124 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.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Clonygowan or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Mhuire had 124 pupils in 2025/26, against 124 in 2015/16 (+0%). Girls are 44% of them. Its largest roll was 145, in 2020/21. Its roll rose in 4 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. 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 S.N. 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 S.N. 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 S.N. Mhuire
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. 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.
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: S.N. Mhuire has shrunk by 8% since 2019/20. All the schools around Clonygowan together changed by −8%.
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, 2 have more pupils than S.N. Mhuire. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −8%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Mhuire | 124 | −8% | Catholic | English | ||
| Cloneyhurke N.S. | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Geashill 1 N.S. | 126 | −2% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Clonaghadoo N.S. | 81 | −24% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Naomh Mhuire N.S. | 83 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Cúil an tSúdaire 2 | 84 | −16% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.9 km | |
| Presentation Primary School | 496 | −30% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km |
The other 62 primary schools in Co. Offaly
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Sheosaimh Naofa | 193 | +7% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Shinchill N.S. | 286 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Daingean N.S. | 261 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brogain | 72 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Clonbullogue N.S. | 84 | −9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Eiscir Riada | 185 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Charleville N.S. | 173 | +92% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| St Colmans N.S. | 97 | −14% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 70 | −23% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Philomena | 164 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 249 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brighde Buach | 116 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St. Joseph's N.S. | 360 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Arden Boys N.S. | 215 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Naofa | 91 | −40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Colmain Naofa | 322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Tullamore Educate Together NS | 236 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 124 | −2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ballykilmurry N.S. | 199 | −6% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde Primary School | 480 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Gaelscoil Éadan Doire | 69 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 22 km |
| S.N. Naomh Cholumchille | 197 | −8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Edenderry 2 N.S. | 48 | −27% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| St Patrick's National School | 192 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Edenderry Convent N.S. | 429 | +12% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Mount Bolus N.S. | 25 | −29% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 72 | +6% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S N Chartaigh Naofa | 147 | −21% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Castlejordan Central N.S. | 79 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Clara Convent N.S. | 180 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 111 | +14% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Phroinsiais Naofa | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Agus Chormaic | 109 | +5% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Muire Naofa | 64 | −27% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Peadar agus Pol | 15 | −52% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Ceann Eitigh N.S. | 132 | +15% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 29 | – | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Mhanachain | 176 | +5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St Ciarans Mixed N.S. | 110 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Lomchluana | 33 | −23% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 148 | +23% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Seir Kierans N.S. | 71 | +20% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Ros Com Rua | 21 | −28% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Callin | 69 | −9% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| St. Cynoc's National School | 189 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| St Marys National School | 93 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Coolderry Central N.S. | 82 | −10% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Croinchoill N.S. | 243 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Gaelscoil na Laochra | 45 | +29% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 43 km | |
| High St Mixed N.S. | 73 | +14% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Mercy Primary School | 141 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Osmann | 86 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| St Brendans Monastery | 178 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Cronain Naofa | 171 | −21% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| St Rynaghs N.S. | 249 | +1% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Shinrone Mixed N.S. | 121 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| St Cronans Mixed N.S. | 72 | +13% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Chiarain Naofa | 83 | +17% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| S.N. Caoimhin Naofa | 67 | −17% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Bainrioghan | 76 | +23% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| S.N. Seosamh | 108 | +29% | Catholic | English | 56 km |
Living in Clonygowan
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R35 Eircode area
Housing in Clonygowan →The median sale price rose from €254,200 in 2023 to €287,500 in 2025 (+13%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R35 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Offaly
Cost of living in Clonygowan →New tenancies in Co. Offaly averaged €1,198 a month in 2025, against €1,089 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Clonygowan, R35 NP58
Primary schools near S.N. Mhuire
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. Mhuire
Is S.N. 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 S.N. Mhuire have?
124 pupils in 2025/26. That is −8% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Mhuire teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Mhuire teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Mhuire?
S.N. Mhuire has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. 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 S.N. Mhuire?
The nearest are Cloneyhurke N.S. (3.4 km), Geashill 1 N.S. (5.9 km) and Clonaghadoo N.S. (6.1 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 Clonygowan; 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).