Scoil Mhuire Secondary School

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)

Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.

Special classes

6 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 3 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
• 1 × Multiple Disabilities
• 1 × Moderate General Learning Disability
• 1 × Severe/Profound General Learning Disability

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Buncrana. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.

Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district F93 (Lifford) was €173,750 in 2025. That is up 44.8% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Buncrana Urban at -8.44 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 32% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Buncrana

• Coláiste Eoghain Secondary school, Donegal
• Crana College Secondary school, Donegal
• Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha Primary school, Donegal
• S N Naomh Aonghus Primary school, Donegal
• S N Naomh Eighneach Primary school, Donegal
• S N Naomh Padraig Primary school, Donegal
• Scoil Iosagain Primary school, Donegal
• Scoil Naomh Brid Primary school, Donegal
• Scoil Naomh Iósaf Primary school, Donegal
• St Muras N S Primary school, Donegal
• St Orans N S Primary school, Donegal
• St. Mura's National School Primary school, Donegal