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S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

Crannóg Buí, Ardara, Co. Donegal · F94 H422 · Roll number 17447N

S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe is one of 5 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ardara. Every school in and around Ardara →

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Pupils
54
September, 2025/26
17 girls, 37 boys
Since 2019/20
+54%
from 35 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Raphoe
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe

  • A small primary school: 54 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 54 pupils, 54% more than the 35 of 2019/20.
  • 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.
  • 17 girls and 37 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Ardara’s outline, 3.7 km away; listed with Ardara, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe had 54 pupils in 2025/26, against 30 in 2015/16 (+80%). Girls are 31% of them. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.

02040602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe

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. Crannaighe Buidhe 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. Crannaighe Buidhe

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. Crannaighe Buidhe

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

Families apply to S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.

Pupils
54
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+54%
from 35 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe has grown by 54% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ardara together changed by +5%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe+54%
The primary schools around Ardara+9%
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, 2 have more pupils than S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +54%; 0 of the 4 grew faster.

S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24
Ardara Mixed12
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94
St Conals68
Gortnacart16
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓4 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓4.4 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓4.7 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓6.7 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓7.3 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish8.3 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓11 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓16 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓16 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓17 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓18 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓20 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish27 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish27 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish28 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish30 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓31 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓35 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish40 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish41 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish47 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish48 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓51 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish51 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish51 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish53 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish53 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish53 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓53 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish54 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓54 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓56 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish56 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish57 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish58 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓58 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓58 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish58 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish61 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish64 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓65 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓65 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish66 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓67 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓69 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓70 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓70 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish74 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish76 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish77 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish77 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish77 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓77 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓83 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓84 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓84 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish84 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓87 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓88 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓92 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓92 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish93 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓93 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓93 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓94 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓94 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓95 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓98 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓98 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓98 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓100 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓101 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓103 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓103 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish103 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish103 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish107 km
Living nearby

Living in Ardara

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

Median sale price
€165,000
60 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F94 Eircode area

Housing in Ardara →

The median sale price rose from €185,000 in 2023 to €195,000 in 2025 (+5%).

2023€185,000
2024€195,000
2025€195,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€301,700
Second-hand homes€179,500

Property Price Register sales in the F94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Donegal

Cost of living in Ardara →

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 ↗

near Ardara, F94 H422

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe

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

S.N. an Bhreacaigh
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEISSpecial classes
24 pupils−31% since 2019/204 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
12 pupils4.4 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
94 pupils+36% since 2019/204.7 km
St Conals
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
68 pupils−14% since 2019/206.7 km
Gortnacart N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
16 pupils7.3 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht school
21 pupils−9% since 2019/208.3 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 17447N

Questions about S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe

Is S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe 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. Crannaighe Buidhe have?

54 pupils in 2025/26. That is +54% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe?

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

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe?

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. Crannaighe Buidhe?

The nearest are S.N. an Bhreacaigh (4 km), Ardara Mixed N.S. (4.4 km) and S.N. Muire Gan Smal (4.7 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 Ardara; 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).