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S.N. Chonaill

PrimaryCatholicGaeltacht schoolDEISSpecial classes

Machaire Chlochair, Bun Beag, Co. Dhún na nGall · F92 DD30 · Roll number 18219F

S.N. Chonaill is one of 5 primary schools in or within 3 km of An Bun Beag. Every school in and around An Bun Beag →

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Pupils
107
September, 2025/26
49 girls, 58 boys
Since 2019/20
+23%
from 87 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Raphoe
Language
All in Irish
in the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Chonaill

  • 107 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • Growing: 107 pupils, 23% more than the 87 of 2019/20.
  • 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.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Chonaill had 107 pupils in 2025/26, against 70 in 2015/16 (+53%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 111, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

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Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

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No letter for S.N. Chonaill

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. Chonaill 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on S.N. Chonaill

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 in

Getting a place at S.N. Chonaill

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to S.N. Chonaill 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. Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.

Pupils
107
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+23%
from 87 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Chonaill has grown by 23% since 2019/20. All the schools around An Bun Beag together changed by −5%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Chonaill+23%
The primary schools around An Bun Beag−3%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The 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, 1 have more pupils than S.N. Chonaill. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +23%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Chonaill107
Scoil Mhuire B&C97
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61
Scoil Phadraig103
S.N. Adhamhnain131
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓2 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓2.7 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓3.7 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓4.3 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓4.4 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓6.4 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓7.9 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓10 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓10 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓11 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓11 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓15 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓16 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓16 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓18 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓25 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓26 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish27 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish30 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish32 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish33 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓33 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish36 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish36 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish37 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish37 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish38 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish39 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish39 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓39 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish41 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish41 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish41 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish41 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish42 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish43 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓44 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish45 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish45 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish45 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish45 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓46 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish46 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish47 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish47 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓48 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish48 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish48 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓49 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish49 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓51 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓54 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish54 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish54 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish54 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓55 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓55 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish58 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish60 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓62 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓63 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish66 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓68 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish72 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓76 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓76 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓77 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓81 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish82 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish82 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish85 km
Living nearby

Living in An Bun Beag

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€156,200
50 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F92 Eircode area

Housing in An Bun Beag →

The median sale price rose from €188,000 in 2023 to €214,000 in 2025 (+14%).

2023€188,000
2024€208,000
2025€214,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€327,700
Second-hand homes€182,800

Property Price Register sales in the F92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Donegal

Cost of living in An Bun Beag →

New tenancies in Co. Donegal averaged €977 a month in 2025, against €893 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€893
2025€977

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

An Bun Beag, F92 DD30

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Chonaill

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Scoil Mhuire B&C
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
97 pupils−16% since 2019/202 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
61 pupils−29% since 2019/202.7 km
Scoil Phadraig
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
103 pupils+27% since 2019/203.7 km
S.N. Adhamhnain
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
131 pupils−8% since 2019/204.3 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
91 pupils−11% since 2019/204.4 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEISSpecial classes
25 pupils−32% since 2019/206.4 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 18219F

Questions about S.N. Chonaill

Is S.N. Chonaill 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. Chonaill have?

107 pupils in 2025/26. That is +23% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Chonaill teach through Irish?

Yes: every subject at S.N. Chonaill is taught through Irish.

Who runs S.N. Chonaill?

S.N. Chonaill has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Raphoe.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Chonaill?

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. Chonaill?

The nearest are Scoil Mhuire B&C (2 km), S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid (2.7 km) and Scoil Phadraig (3.7 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 An Bun Beag; 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).