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S.N. an Leinbh Iosa

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

Carrigans, Lifford, Co. Donegal · F93 K662 · Roll number 17598L

S.N. an Leinbh Iosa is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Carrigans. Every school in and around Carrigans →

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Pupils
84
September, 2025/26
49 girls, 35 boys
Since 2019/20
+12%
from 75 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. an Leinbh Iosa

  • 84 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.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. an Leinbh Iosa had 84 pupils in 2025/26, against 67 in 2015/16 (+25%). Girls are 58% of them. Its largest roll was 87, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. an Leinbh Iosa

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. an Leinbh Iosa 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. an Leinbh Iosa

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. an Leinbh Iosa

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

Families apply to S.N. an Leinbh Iosa 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
84
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+12%
from 75 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. an Leinbh Iosa has grown by 12% since 2019/20. All the schools around Carrigans together changed by +6%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. an Leinbh Iosa+12%
The primary schools around Carrigans+6%
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. an Leinbh Iosa. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +12%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84
Monreagh48
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113
S.N. Baile an Caislean66
Scoil Cholmcille199
Moyle81
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓0.9 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓2.5 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓4.7 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓6.8 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish7.6 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish10 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓11 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish12 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓13 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish15 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish15 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish16 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish16 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish16 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish17 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish18 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish19 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish20 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish20 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish21 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓21 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish22 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish23 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish26 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish26 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish28 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓28 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish31 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish37 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish37 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish38 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish41 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓42 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish53 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish54 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish54 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish54 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓55 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish56 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish59 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓62 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓62 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓63 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish63 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish63 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish63 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓65 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓69 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓69 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓69 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish70 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish75 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓76 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓79 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓81 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓83 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓86 km
Living nearby

Living in Carrigans

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

Median sale price
€165,200
routing key F93, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F93 Eircode area

Housing in Carrigans →

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 Co. Donegal

Cost of living in Carrigans →

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 ↗

Carrigans, F93 K662

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. an Leinbh Iosa

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

Monreagh N.S.
Primary · Presbyterian
DEIS
48 pupils+2% since 2019/200.9 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
113 pupils+3% since 2019/202.5 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean
Primary · Presbyterian
DEIS
66 pupils+38% since 2019/204.7 km
Scoil Cholmcille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
199 pupils−13% since 2019/206.8 km
Moyle N.S.
Primary · Presbyterian
81 pupils−7% since 2019/207.6 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
81 pupils−4% since 2019/2010 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 17598L

Questions about S.N. an Leinbh Iosa

Is S.N. an Leinbh Iosa 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. an Leinbh Iosa have?

84 pupils in 2025/26. That is +12% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. an Leinbh Iosa teach through Irish?

No: S.N. an Leinbh Iosa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. an Leinbh Iosa?

S.N. an Leinbh Iosa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Raphoe.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. an Leinbh Iosa?

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. an Leinbh Iosa?

The nearest are Monreagh N.S. (0.9 km), S.N. Naomh Baoithin (2.5 km) and S.N. Baile an Caislean (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 Carrigans; 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).