Photo: MaxPride · Public domainAround Anagaire, 100% of schools get DEIS support, more than around Co. Donegal’s towns or Irish towns
100% of the schools around Anagaire are DEIS schools, above both Co. Donegal’s towns (38%) and Irish towns (35%). No secondary school is in or within 3 km of Anagaire; the nearest, Rosses Community School, is 8.1 km away. With no school results published in Ireland, and the Education Act 1998 restricting comparisons of them, these schools are described, not graded or ranked.
Counted from the Department of Education’s 2025/26 lists: every school in the town or within 3 km of it, against every school in Ireland.
What stands out about Anagaire’s schools
Taught through Irish
Every school here is in the Gaeltacht and teaches through Irish; across Ireland, 8% of schools teach only through it. They are S.N. Dhubhthaigh (91), S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid (61) and S.N. Loch an Iubhair (25). Language ↓
Extra support for many schools
Many schools here are in DEIS, which gives schools in disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and help; across Ireland, 30% of schools are. In DEIS: S.N. Dhubhthaigh (91), S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid (61) and S.N. Loch an Iubhair (25). Who runs them ↓
Fewer pupils than before
Pupil numbers at the schools here have fallen since 2019/20, against +5% across Ireland. Pupils over time ↓
From the Department of Education’s school lists: facts, not judgements of how well a school teaches.
Teaching through Irish in and around Anagaire
Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.
3 of Anagaire’s 3 schools teach every subject through Irish, 3 of them in the Gaeltacht: S.N. Dhubhthaigh, S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid and S.N. Loch an Iubhair.
Where the 3 schools in and around Anagaire are
Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Anagaire’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who runs Anagaire’s schools
Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.
3 of Anagaire’s 3 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. Their patron: Bishop of Raphoe (3). 3 of the 3 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
Who Anagaire’s schools serve
How the area’s pupils divide, against Co. Donegal’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
| Share of pupils | Around Anagaire | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 100% | 62% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 100% | 10% | 6% |
| Girls | 44% | 49% | 49% |
Around Anagaire, 100% of pupils attend a school in DEIS; across Ireland it is 27%, and 62% in Co. Donegal. Set beside Ireland, pupils at all-Irish schools stand out most: 100% against 6%. The largest DEIS school here is S.N. Dhubhthaigh, with 91 pupils.
Each of the 3 schools
| School | Pupils | Girls | DEIS | All-Irish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. DhubhthaighPrimary | 91 | 47% | ✓ | ✓ |
| S.N. Olibhear PluinceidPrimary | 61 | 38% | ✓ | ✓ |
| S.N. Loch an IubhairPrimary | 25 | 44% | ✓ | ✓ |
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary): enrolments by sex and the DEIS list. Shares are of pupils, not of schools; a county’s are the schools listed with its towns.
One patron for Anagaire’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
Every school around Anagaire has the same patron: Bishop of Raphoe.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop of RaphoeS.N. Dhubhthaigh, S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid, S.N. Loch an Iubhair | Catholic | 3 | 177 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Anagaire
Starting primary school
Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.
Moving to secondary school
Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
Of these 3 schools, 0 have grown by at least 5% since 2019/20 and 3 have lost as much; Ireland’s pupils changed by +5%.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September, 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary). No capacity is published, so how full a school is can’t be shown.
The 3 schools in and around Anagaire
Here are the schools in Anagaire or within 3 km of it, every one with its own page. Letters and results are missing here for a reason: Ireland publishes neither school by school.
Inspection reports for Anagaire’s schools
Reports from the Department of Education’s Inspectorate, every school’s linked and none rated
Reports come from whole-school evaluations (teaching, learning, leadership and management), subject inspections and follow-through visits that check earlier advice; gov.ie publishes each one with the school’s response.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 3 schools below links its own.
| School | Reports on gov.ie |
|---|---|
| S.N. DhubhthaighPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| S.N. Olibhear PluinceidPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| S.N. Loch an IubhairPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Anagaire
Every post-primary school within 10 km of the town; families choose and apply to each, at about twelve
Within 10 km of Anagaire there are 2 post-primary schools: 2 community schools. Every one of them takes girls and boys. Just one teaches every subject through Irish.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosses Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 509 | 8.1 km |
| Pobalscoil Ghaoth DobhairCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaeltacht school, DEIS | 414 | 8.9 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Anagaire
No special school is in or near Anagaire. 1 of the 3 primary schools have special classes for children who need more support. Their cards ↑
Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.
Anagaire beside the 224 other Irish towns of 200 to 400 people
Towns of a similar size, with the schools in or within 3 km of each; ordered by population, never ranked
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossbarry | 399 | 2 | 184 | 0 | 0% | 8.4 km |
| … | ||||||
| Mulranny | 315 | 1 | 77 | 0 | 100% | 11 km |
| Dromina | 312 | 1 | 69 | 0 | 100% | 7.7 km |
| Ailt An Chorráin | 311 | 2 | 84 | 1 | 100% | 4.4 km |
| Ballinaclash | 309 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3.5 km |
| Anagaire | 309 | 3 | 177 | 3 | 100% | 8.1 km |
| Clonygowan | 308 | 1 | 124 | 0 | 0% | 5.8 km |
| Piercetown | 308 | 2 | 468 | 0 | 0% | 4 km |
| An Charraig | 308 | 2 | 269 | 1 | 100% | 0.7 km |
| Aglish | 306 | 2 | 99 | 0 | 0% | 11 km |
| … | ||||||
| Lahardane | 200 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 0% | 7.1 km |
More pupils attend the schools around 82 of the other 224 towns than around Anagaire. An all-Irish school is within 3 km of 17 of the 225.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Anagaire
Pupils every September at the schools in or within 3 km of the town, each counted at today’s site.
The schools in and around Anagaire had 218 pupils in 2015/16 and 177 in 2025/26, fewer than before.
Pupils at schools in and around Anagaire
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.
Schools in the towns around Anagaire
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anagaire | 3 | 177 | 3 | 100% | 8.1 km |
| An Clochán Liath 8.3 km | 3 | 825 | 0 | 100% | 0.6 km |
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Anagaire or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
- The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
- Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
- No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
- What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
- Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
- The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.
Questions about schools in Anagaire
How many schools are there in Anagaire?
In Anagaire or within 3 km of it: 3 primary schools, with 177 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Anagaire that teach through Irish?
Yes, 3: S.N. Dhubhthaigh, S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid and S.N. Loch an Iubhair teach every subject through Irish.
Is there a secondary school in Anagaire?
Not in Anagaire or within 3 km of it; the nearest is Rosses Community School, 8.1 km away.
What is the best school in Anagaire?
We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.
How do I get a place at a school in Anagaire?
Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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).