Loch an Ghair N.S.
Loughegar, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath · N91 TD95 · Roll number 18812P
Loch an Ghair N.S. is one of 12 primary schools in or within 3 km of Mullingar. Every school in and around Mullingar →
What stands out about Loch an Ghair N.S.
- 208 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−1%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Mullingar’s outline, 4.7 km away; listed with Mullingar, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Loch an Ghair N.S. had 208 pupils in 2025/26, against 192 in 2015/16 (+8%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 213, in 2021/22. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Loch an Ghair N.S.
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 Loch an Ghair N.S. 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 Loch an Ghair N.S.
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 Loch an Ghair N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Loch an Ghair N.S. 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: Loch an Ghair N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). All the schools around Mullingar together changed by +3%.
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 Loch an Ghair N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loch an Ghair N.S. | 208 | −1% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Mhuire | 83 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Scoil Cholmain Naofa | 445 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Holy Family Primary School | 439 | +32% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Presentation Convent (Jnr) | 277 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 307 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| S N na Naomh Uile | 86 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.8 km |
The other 66 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil na mBraithre | 409 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn | 179 | −26% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.3 km | |
| S N na nDun | 159 | +7% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Gaelscoil An Choillín | 154 | +111% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 7.5 km | |
| Mullingar Educate Together NS | 381 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| S.N. Phadraig | 74 | −20% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Diarmada N.S. | 90 | +11% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Naomh Tola N.S. | 219 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Baile na gCailleach N S | 166 | +19% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| S.N. Chruimin Naofa | 222 | +10% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St. Colmcille's N.S. | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Kilpatrick N.S. | 224 | −4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Baile Coireil N.S. | 82 | −20% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Naomh Iosef N.S. | 285 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Castlepollard Paroc.n.s. | 25 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| St Feighans Mxd N.S. | 100 | −7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Castlepollard Mixed N.S. | 169 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Mhuire N.S. | 61 | −48% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Earnain Mxd N.S. | 105 | −8% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Odhran Naofa N.S. | 95 | +10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Milltownpass N.S. | 73 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. an Chuil | 14 | −71% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Crowenstown N.S. | 12 | −50% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Dysart N.S. | 24 | −35% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Dalystown N.S. | 81 | −16% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Etchens National School | 413 | −23% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Scoil Chroi Naofa | 214 | −12% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballynacargy Mixed N.S. | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Rath Eoghan N.S. | 62 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. | 57 | −11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Naomh Tomas N.S. | 16 | −36% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fiontan | 29 | −44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Mhichil Naofa N.S. | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Naomh Micheal N.S. | 17 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 8 | −74% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St. Anne's National School | 176 | +18% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ballinagore Mixed N.S. | 97 | −5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Magh Mora N.S. | 29 | −19% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Naomh Muire N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Boher N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Aodha Naofa | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Eoin Naofa N.S. | 100 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Drumraney Mixed N.S. | 23 | −15% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Tang N.S. | 117 | −6% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St Brigid's Primary School | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Ard na gCraith NS | 110 | −15% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 80 | −20% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| An Ghrianan N.S. | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Naomh Clar N.S. | 293 | +7% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Sc Ciarain | 227 | +21% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Cill Cleithe N.S. | 99 | −3% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Corr na Madadh N S | 306 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Cluain Buinne N.S. | 164 | +34% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Ballinahown N.S. | 96 | +8% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil na gCeithre Maistri | 235 | −20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. an Cusan | 413 | −2% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 573 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Athlone N.S. | 56 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 47 km | |
| St Peters N.S. Snr | 112 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| S.N. Phoil Naofa | 125 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| S.N. Deaghan O Ceallaigh | 77 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
Living in Mullingar
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the N91 Eircode area
Housing in Mullingar →The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €327,800 in 2025 (+31%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the N91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Mullingar
Cost of living in Mullingar →New tenancies in Mullingar averaged €1,216 a month in 2025, against €1,115 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Mullingar, N91 TD95
Primary schools near Loch an Ghair N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Loch an Ghair N.S.
Is Loch an Ghair N.S. 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 Loch an Ghair N.S. have?
208 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.
Does Loch an Ghair N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Loch an Ghair N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Loch an Ghair N.S.?
Loch an Ghair N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Loch an Ghair N.S.?
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 Loch an Ghair N.S.?
The nearest are Scoil Mhuire (2.8 km), Scoil Cholmain Naofa (5.9 km) and Holy Family Primary School (6.4 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 Mullingar; 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).