Scoil Naomh Mhuire

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.

check the notice — it lists more than one intake.

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

3 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 3 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

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: Monaghan. 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 H18 (Monaghan) was €260,000 in 2025. That is up 73.3% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Castleshane at -0.5 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 35% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Monaghan

• Beech Hill College Secondary school, Monaghan
• Coláiste Oiriall Secondary school, Monaghan
• Corcaghan N S Primary school, Monaghan
• Corr A Chrainn National School Primary school, Monaghan
• Deravoy National School Primary school, Monaghan
• Drumacruttin N S Primary school, Monaghan
• Edenmore N.S. Primary school, Monaghan
• Gaelscoil Ultain Primary school, Monaghan
• Knockconnon N S Primary school, Monaghan
• Monaghan Collegiate School Secondary school, Monaghan
• Monaghan Model School Primary school, Monaghan
• Scoil Bhrighde Primary school, Monaghan