St Mary's Primary
Lisroyne, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon · F42 XD34 · Roll number 17808T
St Mary's Primary is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Strokestown. Every school in and around Strokestown →
What stands out about St Mary's Primary
- 136 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+9%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- 91 girls and 45 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Mary's Primary had 136 pupils in 2025/26, against 97 in 2015/16 (+40%). Girls are 67% of them. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Mary's Primary
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 St Mary's Primary 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 St Mary's Primary
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 St Mary's Primary
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Mary's Primary 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: St Mary's Primary has grown by 9% since 2019/20. All the schools around Strokestown together changed by +13%.
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.
St Mary's Primary has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +9%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Primary | 136 | +9% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 44 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.7 km |
| S.N. Cill Trostain | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne | 96 | −2% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Clooncagh N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Clooniquin N.S. | 44 | +26% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Tulsk N.S. | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km |
The other 79 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slatta N.S. | 8 | −69% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Abbeycarton N.S. | 138 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| Scoil Bhríde | 126 | +18% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. O Dubhlain | 15 | −55% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Aughrim N.S. | 31 | −24% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Cloontuskert National School | 82 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Whitehall N.S. | 93 | −23% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Cloonfour N.S. | 42 | +75% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Roxboro N.S. | 226 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Rooskey N.S. | 160 | +33% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Dangan NS | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Castleplunkett N.S. | 44 | −19% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Kilteevan N.S. | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Naomh Ceitheach | 13 | −55% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Cruachain | 173 | −2% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Clover Hill N.S. | 51 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Cóman's Wood Primary School | 605 | −5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 149 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| Ballanagare N.S. | 57 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 24 | −4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 47 | +57% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Lisaniskey N.S. | 108 | +11% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St. Bride's N.S. | 89 | +2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 121 | +7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Tarmon N.S. | 276 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Ciaran Naofa | 60 | −19% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 104 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Grange N.S. | 32 | +10% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire | 136 | −14% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Naomh Atrachta | 36 | −8% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| N Micheal agus Padraig | 156 | +27% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S.N. Pol Naofa | 66 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Annes Con N.S. | 141 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Abbey Primary School | 427 | – | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Athleague N.S. | 105 | +40% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Paroisteach | 24 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| Fairymount N.S. | 39 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Lecarrow Community National School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Rath Aradh | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Tibohine N.S. | 56 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. an Gleann Duibh | 147 | +10% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Threen N.S. | 35 | −8% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire Lourdes | 57 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Mount Talbot N.S. | 24 | – | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Don N.S. | 38 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ronain | 37 | +68% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Tisrara National School | 54 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Cloonbonnif N.S. | 24 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Lismoil N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Carrick N.S. | 41 | −40% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 22 | −39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Strabaggan N.S. | 25 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| St Attractas N.S. | 281 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Ballintleva N.S. | 46 | −19% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 35 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Lios A Cuill M | 94 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| S.N. Lasair Naofa | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Ballybay National School | 224 | +7% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Carrick Mixed N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Ballyforan Mixed N.S. | 59 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Brideswell N.S. | 68 | +17% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Gorthaganny N.S. | 45 | −45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Granlahan G N.S. | 46 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Brusna | 66 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 13 | – | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S N Cluain na Cille | 399 | −7% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Ronain | 34 | −8% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh | 223 | −16% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Taughmaconnell N.S. | 105 | +2% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Cloonfad N.S. | 125 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Ard Cianain | 77 | −25% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S N Cor na Fola B | 223 | −8% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire, | 115 | +25% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Clonown N.S. | 28 | −3% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Camcloon N.S. | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ciaran | 107 | +0% | Catholic | English | 50 km |
Living in Strokestown
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F42 Eircode area
Housing in Strokestown →The median sale price rose from €220,000 in 2023 to €259,800 in 2025 (+18%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F42 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Roscommon
Cost of living in Strokestown →New tenancies in Co. Roscommon averaged €1,092 a month in 2025, against €968 in 2024 (+0%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Strokestown, F42 XD34
Primary schools near St Mary's Primary
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Mary's Primary
Is St Mary's Primary 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 St Mary's Primary have?
136 pupils in 2025/26. That is +9% since 2019/20.
Does St Mary's Primary teach through Irish?
No: St Mary's Primary teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Mary's Primary?
St Mary's Primary has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at St Mary's Primary?
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 St Mary's Primary?
The nearest are S.N. Naomh Padraig (0.7 km), S.N. Cill Trostain (4.4 km) and S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne (4.8 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 Strokestown; 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).