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Collon, Carndonagh, Co. Donegal · F93 KN23 · Roll number 16836T
Naomh Bridhid is one of 6 primary schools in or within 3 km of Carndonagh. Every school in and around Carndonagh →
What stands out about Naomh Bridhid
- 92 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−12%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- 57 girls and 35 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Derry; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Carndonagh’s outline, 2 km away; listed with Carndonagh, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Naomh Bridhid had 92 pupils in 2025/26, down from 102 in 2015/16 (−10%). Girls are 62% of them. Its largest roll was 104, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Naomh Bridhid
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 Naomh Bridhid 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 Naomh Bridhid
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 Naomh Bridhid
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Naomh Bridhid 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Naomh Bridhid has shrunk by 12% since 2019/20. All the schools around Carndonagh together changed by +4%.
Pupils since 2019/20
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 Naomh Bridhid. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −12%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh Bridhid | 92 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 121 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 163 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| S.N. Donaigh | 33 | +6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach | 124 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Scoil Treasa Naofa | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| S N na gCluainte | 96 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glentogher Con N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Scoil Naomh Colmchille | 186 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| St Francis' National School | 132 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh | 40 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Naomh Bodain | 108 | +44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 64 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Scoil Cholmchille | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire | 57 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 118 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Naomh Treasa C | 52 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Naomh Iósaf | 45 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Orans N.S. | 228 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eighneach | 75 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Scoil Naomh Fionan | 199 | −12% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha | 67 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| St. Mura's National School | 26 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Iosagain | 779 | +0% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Eoghan | 212 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Moville N.S. | 32 | −41% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill | 75 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| St Garvans N.S. | 33 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 133 | +8% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 196 | −1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Drumfad N.S. | 35 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Muras N.S. | 189 | −12% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Rathmullen N.S. | 119 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Davadogs N.S. | 27 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| S.N. Naomh Aonghus | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 64 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Ceathru Caol | 53 | −47% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Choluim | 30 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Cranford N.S. | 48 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 37 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 29 km |
| Browneknowe N.S. | 48 | −28% | Presbyterian | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 199 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 136 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Moyle N.S. | 81 | −7% | Presbyterian | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 66 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 34 km |
| Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton | 32 | – | Presbyterian | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 206 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Portlean N.S. | 20 | −17% | Presbyterian | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 68 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Monreagh N.S. | 48 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. an Leinbh Iosa | 84 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Cashelshanaghan N.S. | 28 | +4% | Presbyterian | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Proinnseas | 119 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Naomh Baoithin | 113 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S N Talamh na Coille | 467 | −2% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 231 | +19% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Fothar | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Fiachra | 519 | −6% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Caislean | 66 | +38% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Baile Mor | 7 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 127 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Creeslough N.S. | 31 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 166 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Ray N.S. | 51 | −20% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Letterkenny Educate Together NS | 420 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Dunfanaghy N.S. | 24 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S N na Croise Naofa | 33 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Baile Raighin | 215 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 24 | −23% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Glasain | 28 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 45 km |
| Gaelscoil Adhamhnain | 410 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 480 | +11% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 426 | −6% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Choilmcille | 659 | +82% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Trianta | 33 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | 45 km | |
| Murroe National School | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Glenmaquin N.S. | 21 | −9% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Raphoe Central N.S. | 185 | −6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Gartan N.S. | 19 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Scoil Adhamhnain | 158 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 162 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Scoil Cuilm Cille | 38 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál | 124 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Glenswilly N.S. | 262 | −4% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 192 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. | 100 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 51 km | |
| Scoil Fhionáin | 204 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 52 km |
| Scoil Phádraig | 118 | −6% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Scoil an tStratha Mhóir | 64 | −25% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 54 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille Naofa | 17 | −62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| S.N. Gort an Choirce | 40 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| St Mary's National School | 155 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| S N Caiseal na gCorr | 44 | +2% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 56 km |
| S.N. Domhnach Mor | 22 | −51% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Scoil Naomh Dubhthach | 27 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 57 km |
| SN Naomh Samhthann | 40 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| S N Cnoc na Naomh | 87 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 57 km |
| Killygordan N.S. | 22 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 18 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 58 km |
| S.N. an Droim Mor | 229 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Robertson N.S. | 89 | +35% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B & C | 489 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Scoil Bhrighde | 28 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 60 km |
| Gleneely N.S. | 45 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 61 km |
| S.N. Gleann Coimhead | 57 | −34% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Dooish N.S. | 191 | −12% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Bhailsig | 47 | +68% | Church of Ireland | English | 62 km | |
| S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill | 167 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Taodhbhog | 55 | +49% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 62 km |
| S.N. Adhamhnain | 131 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 64 km |
| S.N. an Choimin | 54 | −30% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 65 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 103 | +27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 65 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 97 | −16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 66 km |
| S.N. Chonaill | 107 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 67 km |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 28 | −22% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 68 km |
| S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid | 61 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 69 km |
| S.N. Dhubhthaigh | 91 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 69 km |
| S.N. Loch an Iubhair | 25 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 69 km |
| S.N. Duchoraidh | 4 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 70 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 42 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 75 km |
| Scoil Chróine | 265 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 76 km |
| S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich | 10 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 76 km |
| Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai | 14 | −52% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 77 km |
| S N na hAcrai | 70 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 78 km |
| S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird | 16 | −48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 78 km |
| Min A Ghabhann N.S. | 39 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 80 km |
| St Francis N.S. | 159 | +2% | Catholic | English | 80 km | |
| Scoil Roisin | 51 | −14% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 80 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 155 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 81 km |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor I | 13 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 82 km |
| S.N. Chill Coinnigh | 5 | −75% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 82 km |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor II | 21 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 84 km |
| Scoil an Linbh Íosa | 274 | +30% | Catholic | English | 84 km | |
| Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala | 219 | −8% | Catholic | English | 85 km | |
| St Riaghans N.S. | 26 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 85 km |
| Glebe N.S. | 121 | +20% | Church of Ireland | English | 86 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri | 55 | −38% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 86 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 54 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 87 km |
| St Conals | 68 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 87 km |
| Gortnacart N.S. | 16 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 88 km |
| Naomh Adhamhnain | 123 | +62% | Catholic | English | 88 km | |
| S.N. Mhin Teineadh de | 21 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 89 km | |
| Frosses N.S. | 77 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 90 km |
| Scoil Naomh Peadar | 135 | +75% | Catholic | English | 90 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 94 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 90 km |
| Ardara Mixed N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 90 km |
| S.N. Naomh Naille | 113 | +14% | Catholic | English | 92 km | |
| Inver N.S. | 20 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 92 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Earnan | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 92 km |
| S.N. an Bhreacaigh | 24 | −31% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 92 km |
| Robertson N.S. | 67 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 93 km |
| S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe | 54 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 93 km |
| S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 97 km |
| Killaghtee N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 98 km |
| Bruckless N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 98 km |
| Killybegs Common N.S. | 75 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 99 km |
| S.N. Neill Mor | 240 | +22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 101 km |
| Rockfield N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 102 km |
| S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh | 211 | −2% | Catholic | English | 102 km | |
| Gaelscoil Eirne | 29 | −40% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 102 km |
| Scoil Naomh Chaitriona | 77 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 102 km |
| Kilbarron N.S. | 44 | +16% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 102 km |
| Holy Family National School | 193 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 103 km |
| S.N. Fhionntra | 5 | −88% | Catholic | English | 103 km | |
| S.N. Min an Aoire | 14 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 104 km |
| Scoil Chartha Naofa | 111 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 108 km |
| St Macartans Central | 276 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 108 km |
| S N na Carraige | 59 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 108 km |
| S.N. an Chaiseal | 58 | −17% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 110 km |
Living in Carndonagh
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Homes in the F93 Eircode area
Housing in Carndonagh →The median sale price rose from €161,000 in 2023 to €175,000 in 2025 (+9%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Carndonagh
Cost of living in Carndonagh →New tenancies in Carndonagh averaged €740 a month in 2025, against €680 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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near Carndonagh, F93 KN23
Primary schools near Naomh Bridhid
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Naomh Bridhid
Is Naomh Bridhid 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 Naomh Bridhid have?
92 pupils in 2025/26. That is −12% since 2019/20.
Does Naomh Bridhid teach through Irish?
No: Naomh Bridhid teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Naomh Bridhid?
Naomh Bridhid has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Derry.
How do pupils get a place at Naomh Bridhid?
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 Naomh Bridhid?
The nearest are Scoil Phadraig (2.7 km), Scoil Naomh Padraig (3.6 km) and S.N. Donaigh (3.8 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 Carndonagh; 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).