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St. Marys NS Touraneena

PrimaryCatholic

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 →

Pupils
55
September, 2025/26
22 girls, 33 boys
Since 2019/20
−21%
from 70 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Waterford & Lismore
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

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 2025/26

St. 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.

0204060802015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for 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.

Inspections

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 in

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.

Pupils
55
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−21%
from 70 pupils

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

St. Marys NS Touraneena−21%
The primary schools around Ballymacarbry−23%
All Irish primary schools−5%

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.

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.

St. Marys NS Touraneena55
S.N. Cill Bhriain15
S.N. Muire Magh Deilge51
Scoil Naomh Gobnait107
Ballymacarberry155
Scoil Mhuire111
Bunscoil Gleann Sidheain189
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St. Marys NS Touraneena55−21%CatholicEnglish
S.N. Cill Bhriain15−56%CatholicEnglish4.2 km
S.N. Muire Magh Deilge51+0%CatholicEnglish6.6 km
Scoil Naomh Gobnait107−25%CatholicEnglish8.5 km
Ballymacarberry N.S.155−23%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
Scoil Mhuire111−20%CatholicEnglish9.9 km
Bunscoil Gleann Sidheain189−10%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
The other 67 primary schools in Co. Waterford
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. an Carraig Liath98+7%CatholicEnglish12 km
Whitechurch N.S. Ceapach104+17%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Cill Rosanta102−20%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Scoil Gearbhain310+4%CatholicAll in Irish14 km
St Marys N.S.237−15%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. an Garrain Bhain225+22%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh151+14%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S N Dun na Mainistreach455−4%CatholicEnglish14 km
Glenbeg N.S.143−3%CatholicEnglish15 km
Villierstown N.S.17−48%CatholicEnglish16 km
Bunscoil Bhothar na Naomh284−8%CatholicEnglish16 km
Aglish N.S.82−15%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Lios Mor Mochuda23+0%Church of IrelandEnglish16 km
S N na bhFiodh58−22%CatholicEnglish18 km
Our Lady of Mercy N.S.110+15%CatholicEnglish18 km
Rathgormack B N.S.118−24%CatholicEnglish19 km
Stradbally C. of Ire. N.S.24−29%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
S N na Leanai42−42%CatholicAll in Irish19 km
S N na Rinne131−14%CatholicAll in Irish19 km
Scoil Choill Mhic Thomaisin133−2%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Knockanore N.S.105+15%CatholicEnglish21 km
Clonea N.S.66+6%CatholicEnglish21 km
Ballycurrane N.S.44−2%CatholicEnglish22 km
S N an Baile Nua99−12%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Baile Mhic Airt58−3%CatholicAll in Irish22 km
S.N. an Chlais Mhor76−16%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Aine Nfa Seafield75−9%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Mhuire150+2%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Ballyduff B 2 N.S.108−13%CatholicEnglish24 km
St Marys N.S. Grange60−14%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Cnoc Machan6−71%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Carrickbeg N.S.106−6%CatholicEnglish26 km
S N na Cille105−29%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Naomh Parthalan53−28%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Naomh Deaglan94−20%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Portlaw N.S.214−22%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Ballyduff N.S.214−7%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Dun Aill87−26%CatholicEnglish31 km
Fionnabhair N.S.172+3%CatholicEnglish33 km
S N Baile an Bhuitléirigh242−3%CatholicEnglish37 km
Holy Cross School567−12%CatholicEnglish38 km
Glor na Mara NS381−9%CatholicEnglish39 km
Tramore Educate Together National School180+51%Multi-denominationalEnglish39 km
Gaelscoil Philib Barún194−11%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
St Saviours N.S.330+5%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Gaelscoil na nDeise225−5%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
Waterford Educate Together NS386+16%Multi-denominationalEnglish39 km
St Pauls B N.S.269+19%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Presentation Primary School446+7%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
An Teaghlaigh Naofa Girls Junior National School234−18%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Our Lady of Mercy Senior P.s.292−5%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Mount Sion CBS N.S.360+10%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Ursula Naofa620−12%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
St Stephens N.S.363−11%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Lorcain BNS345−1%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Deaglan396−7%CatholicEnglish42 km
Christ Church N.S.114−13%Church of IrelandEnglish42 km
Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia237−11%CatholicEnglish42 km
Newtown Junior School112−7%QuakerEnglish42 km
Waterpark N.S.235+0%CatholicEnglish42 km
Our Lady of Good Counsel GNS187−11%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Muire an Port Mor212+0%CatholicEnglish43 km
S.N. Naomh Mhuire641−5%CatholicEnglish44 km
Gaelscoil Phort Lairge207+1%CatholicAll in Irish45 km
S.N. Faiche Liag196−4%CatholicEnglish49 km
Réalt na Mara National School196–CatholicSome subjects in Irish49 km
Passage East N.S.101+33%CatholicEnglish51 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballymacarbry

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

Median sale price
€249,700
routing key E91, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,247
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Waterford

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%).

2023€222,000
2024€243,500
2025€285,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€319,300
Second-hand homes€238,600

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%).

2024€1,133
2025€1,247

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

near Ballymacarbry, E91 K6W7

Nearby

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).