S.N. Mhuire Lourdes
Loughglynn, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon · F45 K751 · Roll number 18536R
S.N. Mhuire Lourdes is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Loughglinn. Every school in and around Loughglinn →
What stands out about S.N. Mhuire Lourdes
- A small primary school: 57 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 57 pupils, 36% more than the 42 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only primary school in Loughglinn or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Mhuire Lourdes had 57 pupils in 2025/26, against 49 in 2015/16 (+16%). Girls are 54% of them. 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 Lourdes
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 Lourdes 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 Lourdes
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 Lourdes
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Mhuire Lourdes 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Mhuire Lourdes has grown by 36% since 2019/20.
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 S.N. Mhuire Lourdes. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +36%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Mhuire Lourdes | 57 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Don N.S. | 38 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Cloonbonnif N.S. | 24 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Fairymount N.S. | 39 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| S.N. Lios A Cuill M | 94 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| St Annes Con N.S. | 141 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| S.N. Pol Naofa | 66 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
The other 79 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tibohine N.S. | 56 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Gorthaganny N.S. | 45 | −45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| St Attractas N.S. | 281 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Tarmon N.S. | 276 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Threen N.S. | 35 | −8% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Carrick Mixed N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 35 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 104 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Ballanagare N.S. | 57 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Brusna | 66 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Granlahan G N.S. | 46 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St. Bride's N.S. | 89 | +2% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Naomh Atrachta | 36 | −8% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Castleplunkett N.S. | 44 | −19% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 47 | +57% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Cloonfad N.S. | 125 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Grange N.S. | 32 | +10% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Tulsk N.S. | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Clooniquin N.S. | 44 | +26% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ceitheach | 13 | −55% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Lisaniskey N.S. | 108 | +11% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Paroisteach | 24 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| Abbey Primary School | 427 | – | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Cruachain | 173 | −2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Abbeycarton N.S. | 138 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Scoil Bhríde | 126 | +18% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Clover Hill N.S. | 51 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 24 | −4% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Aughrim N.S. | 31 | −24% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Ciaran Naofa | 60 | −19% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Mary's Primary | 136 | +9% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Cill Trostain | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 44 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| N Micheal agus Padraig | 156 | +27% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Roxboro N.S. | 226 | +10% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Cóman's Wood Primary School | 605 | −5% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Clooncagh N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 149 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne | 96 | −2% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. O Dubhlain | 15 | −55% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Athleague N.S. | 105 | +40% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Dangan NS | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Kilteevan N.S. | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 22 | −39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Mount Talbot N.S. | 24 | – | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ronain | 37 | +68% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Slatta N.S. | 8 | −69% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Cloontuskert National School | 82 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 121 | +7% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Tisrara National School | 54 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire | 136 | −14% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Rooskey N.S. | 160 | +33% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Whitehall N.S. | 93 | −23% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Lasair Naofa | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Cloonfour N.S. | 42 | +75% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Strabaggan N.S. | 25 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Rath Aradh | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Ballyforan Mixed N.S. | 59 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Lismoil N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Lecarrow Community National School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| Ballintleva N.S. | 46 | −19% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Carrick N.S. | 41 | −40% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. an Gleann Duibh | 147 | +10% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 13 | – | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Brideswell N.S. | 68 | +17% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Ballybay National School | 224 | +7% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Taughmaconnell N.S. | 105 | +2% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S.N. Ronain | 34 | −8% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire, | 115 | +25% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| S N Cluain na Cille | 399 | −7% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| S.N. Ard Cianain | 77 | −25% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh | 223 | −16% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| S N Cor na Fola B | 223 | −8% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Camcloon N.S. | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ciaran | 107 | +0% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| Clonown N.S. | 28 | −3% | Catholic | English | 65 km |
Living in Loughglinn
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F45 Eircode area
Housing in Loughglinn →The median sale price rose from €135,000 in 2023 to €155,000 in 2025 (+15%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Roscommon
Cost of living in Loughglinn →New tenancies in Co. Roscommon averaged €1,092 a month in 2025, against €1,000 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Loughglinn, F45 K751
Primary schools near S.N. Mhuire Lourdes
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 Lourdes
Is S.N. Mhuire Lourdes 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 Lourdes have?
57 pupils in 2025/26. That is +36% since 2019/20.
Does S.N. Mhuire Lourdes teach through Irish?
No: S.N. Mhuire Lourdes teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs S.N. Mhuire Lourdes?
S.N. Mhuire Lourdes has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Mhuire Lourdes?
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 Lourdes?
The nearest are Don N.S. (4.6 km), Cloonbonnif N.S. (4.8 km) and Fairymount N.S. (5.5 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 Loughglinn; 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).