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Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal

PrimaryCatholic

Feevagh, Dysart, Co. Roscommon · H53 NX71 · Roll number 18005J

Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyforan. Every school in and around Ballyforan →

Pupils
13
September, 2025/26
7 girls, 6 boys
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Elphin
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal

  • A small primary school: 13 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Ballyforan’s outline, 4.8 km away; listed with Ballyforan, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal had 13 pupils in 2025/26, down from 17 in 2015/16 (−24%). Girls are 54% of them. Its largest roll was 19, in 2020/21. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

051015202015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal

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 Gan Smal 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 Mhuire Gan Smal

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 Mhuire Gan Smal

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

Families apply to Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal 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.

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.

Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal.

Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal13
Ballyforan Mixed59
Ballintleva46
S N na hEaglaise37
Taughmaconnell105
Scoil Mhuire,115
Tisrara54
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal13–CatholicEnglish
Ballyforan Mixed N.S.59−2%CatholicEnglish✓5.3 km
Ballintleva N.S.46−19%CatholicEnglish5.4 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓6.1 km
Taughmaconnell N.S.105+2%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
Scoil Mhuire,115+25%CatholicEnglish8.3 km
Tisrara National School54+29%CatholicEnglish✓8.5 km
The other 80 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Lismoil N.S.12–CatholicEnglish8.6 km
S.N. Ronain34−8%CatholicEnglish8.7 km
Brideswell N.S.68+17%CatholicEnglish9.2 km
Carrick N.S.41−40%CatholicEnglish9.5 km
Mount Talbot N.S.24–CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Rath Aradh17–CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Ard Cianain77−25%CatholicEnglish12 km
S N Cluain na Cille399−7%CatholicEnglish13 km
Camcloon N.S.55−15%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Naomh Ciaran107+0%CatholicEnglish14 km
Ballybay National School224+7%CatholicEnglish15 km
Athleague N.S.105+40%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. an Gleann Duibh147+10%CatholicEnglish16 km
S N Cor na Fola B223−8%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh223−16%CatholicEnglish16 km
Lecarrow Community National School28–Multi-denominationalEnglish17 km
S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire136−14%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Naomh Seosamh121+7%CatholicEnglish19 km
Ciaran Naofa60−19%CatholicEnglish21 km
Clonown N.S.28−3%CatholicEnglish21 km
Gaelscoil de hIde149−5%CatholicAll in Irish21 km
St Cóman's Wood Primary School605−5%CatholicEnglish22 km
Kilteevan N.S.32+0%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Clover Hill N.S.51−22%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Roxboro N.S.226+10%CatholicEnglish26 km
Lisaniskey N.S.108+11%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Naomh Ceitheach13−55%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. O Dubhlain15−55%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil Bhríde126+18%CatholicEnglish30 km
Clooncagh N.S.20−26%CatholicEnglish32 km
Cloontuskert National School82+28%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
St. Bride's N.S.89+2%CatholicEnglish34 km
Castleplunkett N.S.44−19%CatholicEnglish36 km
Tulsk N.S.77−10%CatholicEnglish38 km
St Mary's Primary136+9%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig44−10%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Threen N.S.35−8%CatholicEnglish40 km
Tarmon N.S.276+54%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Pol Naofa66−6%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Whitehall N.S.93−23%CatholicEnglish41 km
St Annes Con N.S.141+17%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne96−2%CatholicEnglish41 km
Clooniquin N.S.44+26%CatholicEnglish41 km
Granlahan G N.S.46+18%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Cill Trostain45–CatholicEnglish43 km
Slatta N.S.8−69%CatholicEnglish44 km
Ballinlough N.S.35–Church of IrelandEnglish✓44 km
Cloonfour N.S.42+75%CatholicEnglish44 km
Cloonfad N.S.125−22%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Carrick Mixed N.S.80−2%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Cloonbonnif N.S.24−8%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Ballanagare N.S.57−5%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Abbeycarton N.S.138−13%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Mhuire Lourdes57+36%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Rooskey N.S.160+33%CatholicEnglish49 km
Fairymount N.S.39+34%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Aughrim N.S.31−24%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa104−1%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig18−40%CatholicEnglish50 km
Gorthaganny N.S.45−45%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Don N.S.38−33%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Naomh Eoin47+57%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. Cruachain173−2%CatholicEnglish53 km
Dangan NS92+12%CatholicEnglish53 km
Tibohine N.S.56+10%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Lios A Cuill M94−1%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Naomh Atrachta36−8%CatholicEnglish55 km
Grange N.S.32+10%CatholicEnglish56 km
S.N. Michil Naofa24−4%CatholicEnglish57 km
St Attractas N.S.281+19%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Abbey Primary School427–CatholicEnglish60 km
S.N. Paroisteach24+4%Church of IrelandEnglish60 km
S.N. Brusna66+14%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
N Micheal agus Padraig156+27%CatholicEnglish62 km
S.N. Naomh Mhuire9–CatholicEnglish65 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa89−2%CatholicEnglish66 km
S.N. Cill Ronain37+68%CatholicEnglish69 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig22−39%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
Strabaggan N.S.25+4%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
S.N. Lasair Naofa13–CatholicEnglish✓74 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballyforan

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

Median sale price
€208,500
routing key H53, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,092
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Roscommon

Homes in the H53 Eircode area

Housing in Ballyforan →

The median sale price fell from €210,000 in 2023 to €200,000 in 2025 (−5%).

2023€210,000
2024€215,000
2025€200,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€331,600
Second-hand homes€199,200

Property Price Register sales in the H53 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Roscommon

Cost of living in Ballyforan →

New tenancies in Co. Roscommon averaged €1,092 a month in 2025, against €1,000 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,000
2025€1,092

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

near Ballyforan, H53 NX71

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal

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 Gan Smal

Is Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal 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 Gan Smal have?

13 pupils in 2025/26.

Does Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal teach through Irish?

No: Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal?

Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal?

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 Gan Smal?

The nearest are Ballyforan Mixed N.S. (5.3 km), Ballintleva N.S. (5.4 km) and S N na hEaglaise (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 Ballyforan; 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).