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Welcome to our school website. This website has been prepared in the hope that it will become a valuable source of school news and timely information for parents, pupils, and visitors to the site.
St. Mary’s National School, Drumlea is a co-educational Roman Catholic school under the patronage of the Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore. We have two mainstream class teachers, one special education teacher and two Special Needs Assistants. There are 36 children on our roll.
We are very proud of the school with its rich tradition of teaching and learning, together with sport and music. Along with the Board of Management, we take great pride in providing a safe and secure learning environment for all children of varying abilities and needs.
Our staff is committed to establishing and maintaining a school environment that allows our pupils to grow spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, and socially.
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Child Safeguarding
The Board of Management’s annual review of the school’s Child Safeguarding Statement took place on October 10th 2024. Our Child Safeguarding Statement can be found here.
The Designated Liaison Person (DLP) is Niamh Dunney and Deputy Designated Liaison Person (DDLP) is Aaron Elbel.
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Enrolment 2025/26
The 2025/26 enrolment form, admissions policy and admissions notice can be found in the policies and documents section on the website or by clicking Enrolment-Form-2025-26 St. Mary’s NS
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Latest News
Congratulations to Conor McGirl, our 3rd class pupil, who won an All Ireland Community Games Gold medal over the weekend. Conor represented the Drumreilly team. We here in St. Mary’s National school are very proud of him and his team mates on their success.
Congratulations 6th class!
Congratulations to our wonderful 6th class pupils as they graduate today from St. Mary’s National school. We wish them every success in all their endeavours.
Good Luck!
Wishing both our boys and girls football teams the very best of luck in their Cumann na mBunscoil finals. We are extremely proud of all our players.
Congratulations Liam!
Congratulations to Liam McGirl who represented St. Mary’s National school at the Leitrim v Galway football match in Salthill on the 8th May 2022. Well done Liam.
Celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge
All our pupils thoroughly enjoyed a visit to Glenview Folk Museum.
We welcomed Christina Connolly on Wednesday 9th March, who played traditional Irish music with her son Daithí. We are lucky to have such talented musicians who are willing to share their talents with the school.
