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Scoil Fhionáin

PrimaryCatholicGaeltacht schoolDEISSpecial classes

Baile Chonaill, An Fál Carrach, Co. Dhún na nGall · F92 FW44 · Roll number 17704H

Scoil Fhionáin is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of An Fál Carrach. Every school in and around An Fál Carrach →

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Pupils
204
September, 2025/26
97 girls, 107 boys
Since 2019/20
+20%
from 170 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 Scoil Fhionáin

  • 204 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • Growing: 204 pupils, 20% more than the 170 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

Scoil Fhionáin had 204 pupils in 2025/26, against 176 in 2015/16 (+16%). Girls are 48% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.

0601201802402015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Scoil Fhionáin

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 Scoil Fhionáin 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 Scoil Fhionáin

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 Scoil Fhionáin

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

Families apply to Scoil Fhionáin 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
204
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+20%
from 170 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Fhionáin has grown by 20% since 2019/20. All the schools around An Fál Carrach together changed by +7%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Fhionáin+20%
The primary schools around An Fál Carrach+16%
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.

Scoil Fhionáin has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +20%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Fhionáin204
S.N. Gort an Choirce40
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27
S N Cnoc na Naomh87
Murroe50
S N Caiseal na gCorr44
Scoil Bhrighde28
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓3.1 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓5.2 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓5.5 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓5.6 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓5.9 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓8.4 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓9 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓9.1 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓10 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓11 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓12 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓14 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓15 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓16 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓16 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓18 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓18 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓20 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish22 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish24 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish24 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish25 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish28 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish30 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓31 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish31 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish31 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish32 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓32 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish32 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓38 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish39 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish39 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish40 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish41 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish41 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish41 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish43 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish45 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓45 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓46 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓46 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish47 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish47 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish51 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish52 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓53 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish54 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish54 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish55 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish55 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish55 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish58 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish58 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓58 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓59 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish61 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓62 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓64 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish68 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish68 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish69 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓71 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish71 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓71 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓75 km
Living nearby

Living in An Fál Carrach

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

Median sale price
€127,500
48 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 Fál Carrach →

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 Fál Carrach →

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 Fál Carrach, F92 FW44

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Fhionáin

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

S.N. Gort an Choirce
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEISSpecial classes
40 pupils+0% since 2019/203.1 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
27 pupils−29% since 2019/205.2 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
87 pupils−3% since 2019/205.5 km
Murroe National School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
50 pupils+85% since 2019/205.6 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
44 pupils+2% since 2019/205.9 km
Scoil Bhrighde
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
28 pupils−7% since 2019/208.4 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 17704H

Questions about Scoil Fhionáin

Is Scoil Fhionáin 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 Scoil Fhionáin have?

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

Does Scoil Fhionáin teach through Irish?

Yes: every subject at Scoil Fhionáin is taught through Irish.

Who runs Scoil Fhionáin?

Scoil Fhionáin has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Raphoe.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Fhionáin?

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 Scoil Fhionáin?

The nearest are S.N. Gort an Choirce (3.1 km), Scoil Naomh Dubhthach (5.2 km) and S N Cnoc na Naomh (5.5 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 Fál Carrach; 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).