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Arainn Mhór, Co. Dhún na nGall · F92 AE75 · Roll number 16384K
S.N. Arainn Mhor II is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ailt An Chorráin. Every school in and around Ailt An Chorráin →
What stands out about S.N. Arainn Mhor II
- A small primary school: 21 pupils, against a typical 131.
- In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- An island school.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ailt An Chorráin’s outline, 5.1 km away; listed with Ailt An Chorráin, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Arainn Mhor II had 21 pupils in 2025/26, against 15 in 2015/16 (+40%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 22, in 2020/21. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for S.N. Arainn Mhor II
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 S.N. Arainn Mhor II 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 S.N. Arainn Mhor II
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 S.N. Arainn Mhor II
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Arainn Mhor II 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.
It teaches every subject through Irish. It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
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 S.N. Arainn Mhor II.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Arainn Mhor II | 21 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor I | 13 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| S N na hAcrai | 70 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai | 14 | −52% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Scoil Roisin | 51 | −14% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 8 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 42 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| Scoil Chróine | 265 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Dhubhthaigh | 91 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid | 61 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Loch an Iubhair | 25 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Conals | 68 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Chonaill | 107 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 103 | +27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 18 km |
| Min A Ghabhann N.S. | 39 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 97 | −16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird | 16 | −48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Chill Coinnigh | 5 | −75% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Adhamhnain | 131 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Duchoraidh | 4 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe | 54 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Ardara Mixed N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 94 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 155 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Gortnacart N.S. | 16 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. an Bhreacaigh | 24 | −31% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 26 km |
| St Riaghans N.S. | 26 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Bhrighde | 28 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 26 km |
| S N Cnoc na Naomh | 87 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Mhin Teineadh de | 21 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| S N Caiseal na gCorr | 44 | +2% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 28 | −22% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Naomh Dubhthach | 27 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Gort an Choirce | 40 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich | 10 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Min an Aoire | 14 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. an Chaiseal | 58 | −17% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Fhionáin | 204 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil an tStratha Mhóir | 64 | −25% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 35 km |
| S N na Carraige | 59 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 36 km |
| Killybegs Common N.S. | 75 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Fhionntra | 5 | −88% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 18 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Neill Mor | 240 | +22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Scoil Chartha Naofa | 111 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 38 km |
| Bruckless N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Murroe National School | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Frosses N.S. | 77 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Naomh Naille | 113 | +14% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Inver N.S. | 20 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Glasain | 28 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| Killaghtee N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. an Choimin | 54 | −30% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Gartan N.S. | 19 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Taodhbhog | 55 | +49% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 41 km |
| S N na Croise Naofa | 33 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Dunfanaghy N.S. | 24 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Scoil Naomh Peadar | 135 | +75% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 166 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Creeslough N.S. | 31 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Scoil an Linbh Íosa | 274 | +30% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Glenswilly N.S. | 262 | −4% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mor | 7 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Trianta | 33 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | 43 km | |
| S.N. Fothar | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Glebe N.S. | 121 | +20% | Church of Ireland | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala | 219 | −8% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 127 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 45 km |
| St Francis N.S. | 159 | +2% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 24 | −23% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Bhailsig | 47 | +68% | Church of Ireland | English | 45 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri | 55 | −38% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| Dooish N.S. | 191 | −12% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 231 | +19% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Naomh Adhamhnain | 123 | +62% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Gaelscoil Adhamhnain | 410 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 49 km | |
| Scoil Choilmcille | 659 | +82% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 480 | +11% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Phádraig | 118 | −6% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Earnan | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil Naomh Fiachra | 519 | −6% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Robertson N.S. | 67 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 136 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 66 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 51 km |
| S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill | 167 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Portlean N.S. | 20 | −17% | Presbyterian | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Baile Raighin | 215 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 52 km | |
| Robertson N.S. | 89 | +35% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Letterkenny Educate Together NS | 420 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B & C | 489 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 68 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 426 | −6% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S.N. Gleann Coimhead | 57 | −34% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh | 211 | −2% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| S N Talamh na Coille | 467 | −2% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 37 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| Cashelshanaghan N.S. | 28 | +4% | Presbyterian | English | 55 km | |
| Glenmaquin N.S. | 21 | −9% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Cranford N.S. | 48 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Scoil Bhride | 192 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 206 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. | 100 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 56 km | |
| Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton | 32 | – | Presbyterian | English | 56 km | |
| Scoil Choluim | 30 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Gaelscoil Eirne | 29 | −40% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 56 km |
| Scoil Naomh Chaitriona | 77 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| Holy Family National School | 193 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| Killygordan N.S. | 22 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| Kilbarron N.S. | 44 | +16% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| S.N. an Droim Mor | 229 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| St Macartans Central | 276 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| S.N. Ceathru Caol | 53 | −47% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Ray N.S. | 51 | −20% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Scoil Naomh Proinnseas | 119 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Browneknowe N.S. | 48 | −28% | Presbyterian | English | 58 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 64 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 58 km |
| Gleneely N.S. | 45 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| St Davadogs N.S. | 27 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| S.N. Domhnach Mor | 22 | −51% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Scoil Adhamhnain | 158 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Raphoe Central N.S. | 185 | −6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Rockfield N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Drumfad N.S. | 35 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 61 km |
| St Mary's National School | 155 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| Scoil Cuilm Cille | 38 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| Moyle N.S. | 81 | −7% | Presbyterian | English | 63 km | |
| Rathmullen N.S. | 119 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| St Garvans N.S. | 33 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 199 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| SN Naomh Samhthann | 40 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 54 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille Naofa | 17 | −62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| S.N. Baile an Caislean | 66 | +38% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 162 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| S.N. Naomh Baoithin | 113 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| Monreagh N.S. | 48 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál | 124 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eighneach | 75 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| S.N. an Leinbh Iosa | 84 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha | 67 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 70 km | |
| St Muras N.S. | 189 | −12% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| Scoil Iosagain | 779 | +0% | Catholic | English | 70 km | |
| St. Mura's National School | 26 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 70 km | |
| St Orans N.S. | 228 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 72 km |
| Scoil Naomh Treasa C | 52 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| S.N. Naomh Aonghus | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 73 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 64 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 76 km |
| Scoil Naomh Iósaf | 45 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| St Francis' National School | 132 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| S N na gCluainte | 96 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 79 km |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 196 | −1% | Catholic | English | 81 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 121 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 82 km |
| Naomh Bridhid | 92 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 84 km |
| Glentogher Con N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 85 km |
| S.N. Donaigh | 33 | +6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 85 km |
| Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach | 124 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 85 km |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 163 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 85 km |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire | 57 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 87 km |
| Scoil Naomh Colmchille | 186 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 87 km |
| Scoil Naomh Fionan | 199 | −12% | Catholic | English | 88 km | |
| S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh | 40 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 88 km |
| Scoil Treasa Naofa | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 88 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 118 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 92 km |
| Naomh Bodain | 108 | +44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 93 km |
| Scoil Cholmchille | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 93 km |
| Scoil Eoghan | 212 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 97 km |
| Moville N.S. | 32 | −41% | Church of Ireland | English | 98 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill | 75 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 98 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 133 | +8% | Catholic | English | 101 km |
Living in Ailt An Chorráin
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Homes in the F94 Eircode area
Housing in Ailt An Chorráin →The median sale price rose from €185,000 in 2023 to €195,000 in 2025 (+5%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Donegal
Cost of living in Ailt An Chorráin →New tenancies in Co. Donegal averaged €977 a month in 2025, against €893 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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near Ailt An Chorráin, F92 AE75
Primary schools near S.N. Arainn Mhor II
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S.N. Arainn Mhor II
Is S.N. Arainn Mhor II 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 S.N. Arainn Mhor II have?
21 pupils in 2025/26.
Does S.N. Arainn Mhor II teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at S.N. Arainn Mhor II is taught through Irish.
Who runs S.N. Arainn Mhor II?
S.N. Arainn Mhor II has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Raphoe.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Arainn Mhor II?
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 S.N. Arainn Mhor II?
The nearest are S.N. Arainn Mhor I (2.1 km), S N na hAcrai (6.3 km) and Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai (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 Ailt An Chorráin; 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).