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Scoil Naomh Colmchille

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

CRAIGTOWN, CARNDONAGH, CO DONEGAL · F93 RY20 · Roll number 16880W

Scoil Naomh Colmchille is one of 6 primary schools in or within 3 km of Carndonagh. Every school in and around Carndonagh →

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Pupils
186
September, 2025/26
83 girls, 103 boys
Since 2019/20
+11%
from 167 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Derry
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Naomh Colmchille

  • 186 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+11%).
  • 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.
  • The largest of the 6 primary schools around Carndonagh.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Derry; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Carndonagh’s outline, 1.2 km away; listed with Carndonagh, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Naomh Colmchille had 186 pupils in 2025/26, against 149 in 2015/16 (+25%). Girls are 45% of them. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

0501001502002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Scoil Naomh Colmchille

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 Naomh Colmchille 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 Naomh Colmchille

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 Naomh Colmchille

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

Families apply to Scoil Naomh Colmchille 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
186
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+11%
from 167 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Naomh Colmchille has grown by 11% since 2019/20. All the schools around Carndonagh together changed by +4%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Naomh Colmchille+11%
The primary schools around Carndonagh+3%
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 Naomh Colmchille has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +11%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.

Scoil Naomh Colmchille186
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124
Scoil Naomh Padraig163
Glentogher Con13
S.N. Donaigh33
Scoil Mhuire118
Naomh Bridhid92
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓2.6 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓2.9 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓2.9 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓3.2 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓4.9 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓6.5 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓6.6 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓7.1 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓9.1 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓9.9 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish13 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish13 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish16 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish18 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish18 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish18 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish23 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish24 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓27 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish32 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish33 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓34 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish35 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish38 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish38 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓39 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish42 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish44 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish45 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓45 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓45 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish45 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish45 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish45 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish46 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓46 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓47 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish47 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓48 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓50 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish50 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish52 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish53 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓55 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓57 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓59 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish61 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish62 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓62 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish62 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓64 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓66 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓70 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓72 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓78 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓78 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish80 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓80 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓80 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓81 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓82 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓83 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓83 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish84 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓84 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓85 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish85 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓86 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish86 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish86 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓87 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓87 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish88 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓90 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓90 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish90 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓90 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish91 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓92 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓92 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓92 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓93 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish93 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish93 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓94 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓95 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓98 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓99 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓100 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓100 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓101 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓102 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓102 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish102 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓102 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓102 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓103 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish104 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓106 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓108 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓110 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓110 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓112 km
Living nearby

Living in Carndonagh

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

Median sale price
€140,000
74 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€740
a month, new tenancies in 2025

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%).

2023€161,000
2024€159,100
2025€175,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€297,500
Second-hand homes€163,000

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%).

2024€680
2025€740

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

near Carndonagh, F93 RY20

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Naomh Colmchille

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

Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
124 pupils−7% since 2019/202.6 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
163 pupils+14% since 2019/202.9 km
Glentogher Con N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
13 pupils2.9 km
S.N. Donaigh
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
33 pupils+6% since 2019/203.2 km
Scoil Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
118 pupils−4% since 2019/204.9 km
Naomh Bridhid
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
92 pupils−12% since 2019/206.5 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 16880W

Questions about Scoil Naomh Colmchille

Is Scoil Naomh Colmchille 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 Naomh Colmchille have?

186 pupils in 2025/26. That is +11% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Naomh Colmchille teach through Irish?

No: Scoil Naomh Colmchille teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Scoil Naomh Colmchille?

Scoil Naomh Colmchille has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Derry.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Naomh Colmchille?

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 Naomh Colmchille?

The nearest are Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach (2.6 km), Scoil Naomh Padraig (2.9 km) and Glentogher Con N.S. (2.9 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).