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BALLINAMULT, CLONMEL, CO WATERFORD · E91 K6W7 · Roll number 18779U
St. Marys NS Touraneena is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballymacarbry. Every school in and around Ballymacarbry →
What stands out about St. Marys NS Touraneena
- A small primary school: 55 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 55 pupils, 21% fewer than the 70 of 2019/20.
- 22 girls and 33 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Waterford & Lismore; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballymacarbry’s outline, 7.1 km away; listed with Ballymacarbry, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St. Marys NS Touraneena had 55 pupils in 2025/26, down from 58 in 2015/16 (−5%). Girls are 40% of them. Its largest roll was 70, in 2018/19. Its roll rose in 3 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. Marys NS Touraneena
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. Marys NS Touraneena 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. Marys NS Touraneena
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. Marys NS Touraneena
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St. Marys NS Touraneena 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St. Marys NS Touraneena has shrunk by 21% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballymacarbry together changed by −23%.
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, 4 have more pupils than St. Marys NS Touraneena. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −21%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Marys NS Touraneena | 55 | −21% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Cill Bhriain | 15 | −56% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| S.N. Muire Magh Deilge | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Gobnait | 107 | −25% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Ballymacarberry N.S. | 155 | −23% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 111 | −20% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Bunscoil Gleann Sidheain | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
The other 67 primary schools in Co. Waterford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. an Carraig Liath | 98 | +7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Whitechurch N.S. Ceapach | 104 | +17% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Cill Rosanta | 102 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Gearbhain | 310 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 237 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. an Garrain Bhain | 225 | +22% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 151 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S N Dun na Mainistreach | 455 | −4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Glenbeg N.S. | 143 | −3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Villierstown N.S. | 17 | −48% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Bunscoil Bhothar na Naomh | 284 | −8% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Aglish N.S. | 82 | −15% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Lios Mor Mochuda | 23 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| S N na bhFiodh | 58 | −22% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S. | 110 | +15% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Rathgormack B N.S. | 118 | −24% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Stradbally C. of Ire. N.S. | 24 | −29% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| S N na Leanai | 42 | −42% | Catholic | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| S N na Rinne | 131 | −14% | Catholic | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| Scoil Choill Mhic Thomaisin | 133 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Knockanore N.S. | 105 | +15% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Clonea N.S. | 66 | +6% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ballycurrane N.S. | 44 | −2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S N an Baile Nua | 99 | −12% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mhic Airt | 58 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| S.N. an Chlais Mhor | 76 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| S.N. Aine Nfa Seafield | 75 | −9% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 150 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Ballyduff B 2 N.S. | 108 | −13% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Marys N.S. Grange | 60 | −14% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc Machan | 6 | −71% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Carrickbeg N.S. | 106 | −6% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S N na Cille | 105 | −29% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Parthalan | 53 | −28% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Deaglan | 94 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Portlaw N.S. | 214 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Ballyduff N.S. | 214 | −7% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Dun Aill | 87 | −26% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Fionnabhair N.S. | 172 | +3% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh | 242 | −3% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Holy Cross School | 567 | −12% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Glor na Mara NS | 381 | −9% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Tramore Educate Together National School | 180 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Gaelscoil Philib Barún | 194 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| St Saviours N.S. | 330 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Gaelscoil na nDeise | 225 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Waterford Educate Together NS | 386 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| St Pauls B N.S. | 269 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Presentation Primary School | 446 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| An Teaghlaigh Naofa Girls Junior National School | 234 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Our Lady of Mercy Senior P.s. | 292 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Mount Sion CBS N.S. | 360 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Ursula Naofa | 620 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| St Stephens N.S. | 363 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Scoil Lorcain BNS | 345 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Deaglan | 396 | −7% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Christ Church N.S. | 114 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia | 237 | −11% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Newtown Junior School | 112 | −7% | Quaker | English | 42 km | |
| Waterpark N.S. | 235 | +0% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel GNS | 187 | −11% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Muire an Port Mor | 212 | +0% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 641 | −5% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Gaelscoil Phort Lairge | 207 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| S.N. Faiche Liag | 196 | −4% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Réalt na Mara National School | 196 | – | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 49 km | |
| Passage East N.S. | 101 | +33% | Catholic | English | 51 km |
Living in Ballymacarbry
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E91 Eircode area
Housing in Ballymacarbry →The median sale price rose from €222,000 in 2023 to €285,000 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Waterford
Cost of living in Ballymacarbry →New tenancies in Co. Waterford averaged €1,247 a month in 2025, against €1,133 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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near Ballymacarbry, E91 K6W7
Primary schools near St. Marys NS Touraneena
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St. Marys NS Touraneena
Is St. Marys NS Touraneena 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. Marys NS Touraneena have?
55 pupils in 2025/26. That is −21% since 2019/20.
Does St. Marys NS Touraneena teach through Irish?
No: St. Marys NS Touraneena teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St. Marys NS Touraneena?
St. Marys NS Touraneena has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Waterford & Lismore.
How do pupils get a place at St. Marys NS Touraneena?
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. Marys NS Touraneena?
The nearest are S.N. Cill Bhriain (4.2 km), S.N. Muire Magh Deilge (6.6 km) and Scoil Naomh Gobnait (8.5 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 Ballymacarbry; 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).