Scoil Mhuire
Greenhill, Carrick-On-Suir, Co Tipperary · E32 WN66 · Roll number 65280A
Scoil Mhuire is one of 3 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Carrick-on-Suir. Every school in and around Carrick-on-Suir →
What stands out about Scoil Mhuire
- 470 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+8%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- A girls’ school.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is CEIST; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Mhuire had 470 pupils in 2025/26, against 467 in 2015/16 (+1%). Its largest roll was 486, in 2024/25. 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 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, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; 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 takes girls only. 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: Scoil Mhuire has grown by 8% since 2019/20. All the schools around Carrick-on-Suir together changed by +7%.
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 post-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 post-primary schools, 2 have more pupils than Scoil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire | 470 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Edmund Rice Secondary School | 305 | +4% | Catholic | English | 0.3 km | |
| Comeragh College | 613 | +38% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.9 km |
| Coláiste Cois Siúire | 167 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Declan's Community College | 783 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Aireagail | 204 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 465 | −5% | Catholic | English | 20 km |
The other 26 post-primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Technical Institute, Clonmel | 366 | +43% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 20 km |
| Ardscoil na mBráithre | 706 | +1% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 448 | +1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Patrician Presentation | 289 | +88% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 365 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Ruain | 360 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Colaiste Dun Iascaigh | 889 | +23% | Inter-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Rockwell College | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Cashel Community School | 885 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| Ursuline Secondary School | 895 | +10% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 559 | −10% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| C.B.S. Thurles | 571 | −1% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed | 601 | +72% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 47 km |
| St. Ailbe's School | 704 | +101% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| The Abbey School | 354 | −11% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| St. Anne's Secondary School | 267 | −19% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Our Ladys Secondary School | 646 | +15% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| St Josephs College | 373 | +36% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré | 594 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 72 km |
| Cistercian College | 255 | +16% | Catholic | English | 75 km | |
| St. Joseph's CBS Nenagh | 715 | +33% | Catholic | English | 78 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 577 | +28% | Catholic | English | 79 km | |
| Nenagh College | 345 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 79 km | |
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 79 km |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 79 km | |
| Borrisokane Community College | 723 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | 87 km |
Living in Carrick-on-Suir
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E32 Eircode area
Housing in Carrick-on-Suir →The median sale price rose from €207,500 in 2023 to €250,000 in 2025 (+20%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E32 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Carrick-on-Suir
Cost of living in Carrick-on-Suir →New tenancies in Carrick-on-Suir averaged €1,063 a month in 2025, against €935 in 2024 (+14%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Carrick-on-Suir, E32 WN66
Post-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?
470 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 CEIST.
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 Edmund Rice Secondary School (0.3 km), Comeragh College (0.9 km) and Coláiste Cois Siúire (12 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 Carrick-on-Suir; 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).