Mhuire N.S.
RATH AIRNE, MULLINGAR, CO WESTMEATH · N91 AV61 · Roll number 18484B
Mhuire N.S. is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Raharney. Every school in and around Raharney →
What stands out about Mhuire N.S.
- A small primary school: 61 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 61 pupils, 48% fewer than the 117 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Meath; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Mhuire N.S. had 61 pupils in 2025/26, down from 178 in 2015/16 (−66%). Girls are 51% of them. Its roll rose in 0 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Mhuire 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 Mhuire 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 Mhuire 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 Mhuire N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Mhuire 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: Mhuire N.S. has shrunk by 48% since 2019/20. All the schools around Raharney 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, 5 have more pupils than Mhuire N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −48%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mhuire N.S. | 61 | −48% | Catholic | English | ||
| Naomh Iosef N.S. | 285 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| S.N. Phadraig | 74 | −20% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Naomh Tola N.S. | 219 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| St Etchens National School | 413 | −23% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Baile Coireil N.S. | 82 | −20% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Killyon N.S. | 60 | −34% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km |
The other 67 primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N na nDun | 159 | +7% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Crowenstown N.S. | 12 | −50% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Earnain Mxd N.S. | 105 | −8% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Loch an Ghair N.S. | 208 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Milltownpass N.S. | 73 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Family Primary School | 439 | +32% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Cholmain Naofa | 445 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 83 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. Colmcille's N.S. | 239 | −0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S N na Naomh Uile | 86 | −7% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Baile na gCailleach N S | 166 | +19% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Gaelscoil An Choillín | 154 | +111% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Presentation Convent (Jnr) | 277 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire | 307 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 409 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Cluain Maolain N.S. | 178 | −21% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Mhuilinn | 179 | −26% | Catholic | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| Mullingar Educate Together NS | 381 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Chroi Naofa | 214 | −12% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Diarmada N.S. | 90 | +11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Feighans Mxd N.S. | 100 | −7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Kilpatrick N.S. | 224 | −4% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Dalystown N.S. | 81 | −16% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Castlepollard Mixed N.S. | 169 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Castlepollard Paroc.n.s. | 25 | +19% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Chruimin Naofa | 222 | +10% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St. Anne's National School | 176 | +18% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Dysart N.S. | 24 | −35% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Odhran Naofa N.S. | 95 | +10% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. an Chuil | 14 | −71% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ballinagore Mixed N.S. | 97 | −5% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Mhichil Naofa N.S. | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Lochan an Bhealaigh N.S. | 57 | −11% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S.N. Aodha Naofa | 27 | −41% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 88 | +1% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Ballynacargy Mixed N.S. | 55 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Naomh Micheal N.S. | 17 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Rath Eoghan N.S. | 62 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Scoil an Chlochair Cill Bheagan | 226 | −8% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fiontan | 29 | −44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Streamstown Mixed N.S. | 107 | −4% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Naomh Tomas N.S. | 16 | −36% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 8 | −74% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Naomh Muire N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Boher N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Magh Mora N.S. | 29 | −19% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Kilcrumreragh N.S. | 104 | +28% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Eoin Naofa N.S. | 100 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Drumraney Mixed N.S. | 23 | −15% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| St Brigid's Primary School | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Bl Oliver Plunkett N.S. | 80 | −20% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| An Ghrianan N.S. | 167 | −11% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Tang N.S. | 117 | −6% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Ard na gCraith NS | 110 | −15% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Cill Cleithe N.S. | 99 | −3% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Sc Ciarain | 227 | +21% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Naomh Clar N.S. | 293 | +7% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Ballinahown N.S. | 96 | +8% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Cluain Buinne N.S. | 164 | +34% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Corr na Madadh N S | 306 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Scoil na gCeithre Maistri | 235 | −20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| S.N. an Cusan | 413 | −2% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| St Marys N.S. | 573 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Athlone N.S. | 56 | −13% | Church of Ireland | English | 57 km | |
| St Peters N.S. Snr | 112 | −24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| S.N. Phoil Naofa | 125 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| S.N. Deaghan O Ceallaigh | 77 | −28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
Living in Raharney
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the N91 Eircode area
Housing in Raharney →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 Co. Westmeath
Cost of living in Raharney →New tenancies in Co. Westmeath averaged €1,257 a month in 2025, against €1,156 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Raharney, N91 AV61
Primary schools near Mhuire 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 Mhuire N.S.
Is Mhuire 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 Mhuire N.S. have?
61 pupils in 2025/26. That is −48% since 2019/20.
Does Mhuire N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Mhuire N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Mhuire N.S.?
Mhuire N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Meath.
How do pupils get a place at Mhuire 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 Mhuire N.S.?
The nearest are Naomh Iosef N.S. (3.1 km), S.N. Phadraig (4.8 km) and Naomh Tola N.S. (7.1 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 Raharney; 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).