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Meenaneary, Carrick, Co. Donegal · F94 DD80 · Roll number 18295V
S.N. Min an Aoire is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of An Charraig. Every school in and around An Charraig →
What stands out about S.N. Min an Aoire
- A small primary school: 14 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.
- 9 girls and 5 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside An Charraig’s outline, 4.7 km away; listed with An Charraig, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Min an Aoire had 14 pupils in 2025/26, down from 21 in 2015/16 (−33%). Girls are 64% of them. Its largest roll was 23, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 3 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. Min an Aoire
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. Min an Aoire 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. Min an Aoire
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. Min an Aoire
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Min an Aoire 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, 5 have more pupils than S.N. Min an Aoire.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Min an Aoire | 14 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | |
| S N na Carraige | 59 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Scoil Chartha Naofa | 111 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| S.N. an Chaiseal | 58 | −17% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| S.N. Fhionntra | 5 | −88% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe | 54 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. an Bhreacaigh | 24 | −31% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 12 km |
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killybegs Common N.S. | 75 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Neill Mor | 240 | +22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Ardara Mixed N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 94 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Bruckless N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Mhin Teineadh de | 21 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Gortnacart N.S. | 16 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Killaghtee N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Conals | 68 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St Riaghans N.S. | 26 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Naomh Naille | 113 | +14% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Chill Coinnigh | 5 | −75% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Inver N.S. | 20 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 155 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Frosses N.S. | 77 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Min A Ghabhann N.S. | 39 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird | 16 | −48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Scoil Naomh Peadar | 135 | +75% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Roisin | 51 | −14% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich | 10 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor II | 21 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 31 km |
| Scoil Chróine | 265 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh | 211 | −2% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor I | 13 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 32 km |
| Glebe N.S. | 121 | +20% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil an Linbh Íosa | 274 | +30% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St Macartans Central | 276 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala | 219 | −8% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S N na hAcrai | 70 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri | 55 | −38% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| Robertson N.S. | 67 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Scoil Naomh Earnan | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| S.N. Duchoraidh | 4 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 34 km |
| Naomh Adhamhnain | 123 | +62% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Gaelscoil Eirne | 29 | −40% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai | 14 | −52% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 35 km |
| Holy Family National School | 193 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil Naomh Chaitriona | 77 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Kilbarron N.S. | 44 | +16% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 28 | −22% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 36 km |
| St Francis N.S. | 159 | +2% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 42 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Loch an Iubhair | 25 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| Rockfield N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Dhubhthaigh | 91 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid | 61 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. an Choimin | 54 | −30% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 43 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 103 | +27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Chonaill | 107 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Taodhbhog | 55 | +49% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 46 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 97 | −16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. Adhamhnain | 131 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 49 km |
| S.N. Baile an Bhailsig | 47 | +68% | Church of Ireland | English | 49 km | |
| Dooish N.S. | 191 | −12% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil an tStratha Mhóir | 64 | −25% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 54 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| S N Caiseal na gCorr | 44 | +2% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 53 km |
| S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill | 167 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Scoil Bhrighde | 28 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 54 km |
| S N Cnoc na Naomh | 87 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| Glenswilly N.S. | 262 | −4% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| S.N. Gleann Coimhead | 57 | −34% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B & C | 489 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Robertson N.S. | 89 | +35% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| S.N. Gort an Choirce | 40 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| Scoil Naomh Dubhthach | 27 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 56 km |
| Gartan N.S. | 19 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Scoil Phádraig | 118 | −6% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Scoil Fhionáin | 204 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 58 km |
| S.N. Trianta | 33 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | 59 km | |
| Gleneely N.S. | 45 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| S.N. an Droim Mor | 229 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Killygordan N.S. | 22 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 24 | −23% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| S.N. Glasain | 28 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 61 km |
| Gaelscoil Adhamhnain | 410 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 62 km | |
| Scoil Choilmcille | 659 | +82% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 480 | +11% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 192 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 127 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 63 km |
| Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. | 100 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 63 km | |
| Murroe National School | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| S.N. Domhnach Mor | 22 | −51% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| S.N. Baile Raighin | 215 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 64 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 426 | −6% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 231 | +19% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| Glenmaquin N.S. | 21 | −9% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| Letterkenny Educate Together NS | 420 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 64 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 166 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Creeslough N.S. | 31 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Scoil Naomh Fiachra | 519 | −6% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| St Mary's National School | 155 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| S N na Croise Naofa | 33 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| Dunfanaghy N.S. | 24 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| Scoil Adhamhnain | 158 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| SN Naomh Samhthann | 40 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| S N Talamh na Coille | 467 | −2% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mor | 7 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 18 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 67 km |
| Raphoe Central N.S. | 185 | −6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| S.N. Fothar | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 68 km | |
| Ray N.S. | 51 | −20% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| Scoil Cuilm Cille | 38 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| Portlean N.S. | 20 | −17% | Presbyterian | English | 69 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 68 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 69 km |
| Cashelshanaghan N.S. | 28 | +4% | Presbyterian | English | 69 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille Naofa | 17 | −62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| Scoil Naomh Proinnseas | 119 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 70 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 206 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 71 km |
| Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton | 32 | – | Presbyterian | English | 72 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 72 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 162 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 136 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál | 124 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 66 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 74 km |
| Browneknowe N.S. | 48 | −28% | Presbyterian | English | 74 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Caislean | 66 | +38% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 76 km |
| Cranford N.S. | 48 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 76 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 37 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 76 km |
| Moyle N.S. | 81 | −7% | Presbyterian | English | 76 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 199 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| S.N. Ceathru Caol | 53 | −47% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| S.N. Naomh Baoithin | 113 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 78 km |
| Scoil Choluim | 30 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 78 km |
| Monreagh N.S. | 48 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 79 km |
| S.N. an Leinbh Iosa | 84 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 79 km |
| St Davadogs N.S. | 27 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 81 km |
| Rathmullen N.S. | 119 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 81 km |
| Drumfad N.S. | 35 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 81 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 64 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 81 km |
| St Garvans N.S. | 33 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 83 km |
| St Muras N.S. | 189 | −12% | Catholic | English | 85 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Aonghus | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 87 km | |
| Scoil Iosagain | 779 | +0% | Catholic | English | 88 km | |
| St. Mura's National School | 26 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 88 km | |
| Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha | 67 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 88 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eighneach | 75 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 88 km |
| St Orans N.S. | 228 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 90 km |
| Scoil Naomh Iósaf | 45 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 95 km |
| Scoil Naomh Treasa C | 52 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 95 km |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 196 | −1% | Catholic | English | 95 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 64 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 95 km |
| St Francis' National School | 132 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 98 km |
| S N na gCluainte | 96 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 99 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 121 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 103 km |
| Glentogher Con N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 103 km |
| Scoil Naomh Fionan | 199 | −12% | Catholic | English | 103 km | |
| S.N. Donaigh | 33 | +6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 104 km |
| Naomh Bridhid | 92 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 104 km |
| Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach | 124 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 105 km |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 163 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 105 km |
| Scoil Naomh Colmchille | 186 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 106 km |
| Scoil Treasa Naofa | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 109 km |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire | 57 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 109 km |
| S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh | 40 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 110 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 118 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 111 km |
| Naomh Bodain | 108 | +44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 112 km |
| Scoil Eoghan | 212 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 114 km |
| Scoil Cholmchille | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 114 km |
| Moville N.S. | 32 | −41% | Church of Ireland | English | 114 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill | 75 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 114 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 133 | +8% | Catholic | English | 118 km |
Living in An Charraig
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F94 Eircode area
Housing in An Charraig →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 An Charraig →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 An Charraig, F94 DD80
Primary schools near S.N. Min an Aoire
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. Min an Aoire
Is S.N. Min an Aoire 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. Min an Aoire have?
14 pupils in 2025/26.
Does S.N. Min an Aoire teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at S.N. Min an Aoire is taught through Irish.
Who runs S.N. Min an Aoire?
S.N. Min an Aoire has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Raphoe.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Min an Aoire?
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. Min an Aoire?
The nearest are S N na Carraige (5.2 km), Scoil Chartha Naofa (7.5 km) and S.N. an Chaiseal (7.6 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 Charraig; 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).