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Main Street, Convoy, Co. Donegal · F93 NR7V · Roll number 05230S
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Convoy. Every school in and around Convoy →
What stands out about Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.
- 100 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.
- The smallest of the 3 primary schools around Convoy.
- Its patron is Joint patronage between Bishop of Derry & Raphoe COI and the Presbytery of Derry & Donegal; its ethos is Church of Ireland.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. had 100 pupils in 2025/26, against 78 in 2015/16 (+28%). Girls are 54% of them. Its largest roll was 101, in 2021/22. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.
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 Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. 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 Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.
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 Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. has grown by 11% since 2019/20. All the schools around Convoy together changed by +24%.
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, 4 have more pupils than Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +11%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. | 100 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | ||
| Scoil Bhride | 192 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.3 km |
| Scoil Adhamhnain | 158 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Raphoe Central N.S. | 185 | −6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Glenmaquin N.S. | 21 | −9% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| Scoil Phádraig | 118 | −6% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Scoil Cuilm Cille | 38 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Domhnach Mor | 22 | −51% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Killygordan N.S. | 22 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| S.N. an Droim Mor | 229 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| St Mary's National School | 155 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 426 | −6% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Robertson N.S. | 89 | +35% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B & C | 489 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Ray N.S. | 51 | −20% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille Naofa | 17 | −62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Gleneely N.S. | 45 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| S.N. Gleann Coimhead | 57 | −34% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Baile Raighin | 215 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 162 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| SN Naomh Samhthann | 40 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill | 167 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Choilmcille | 659 | +82% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 480 | +11% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Letterkenny Educate Together NS | 420 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál | 124 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Gaelscoil Adhamhnain | 410 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Proinnseas | 119 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Dooish N.S. | 191 | −12% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Caislean | 66 | +38% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S N Talamh na Coille | 467 | −2% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Baile an Bhailsig | 47 | +68% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Glenswilly N.S. | 262 | −4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Baoithin | 113 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Cashelshanaghan N.S. | 28 | +4% | Presbyterian | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Fiachra | 519 | −6% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Monreagh N.S. | 48 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| S.N. Taodhbhog | 55 | +49% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 24 | −23% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. an Leinbh Iosa | 84 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Moyle N.S. | 81 | −7% | Presbyterian | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 199 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Trianta | 33 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 206 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton | 32 | – | Presbyterian | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. an Choimin | 54 | −30% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 231 | +19% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 68 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Gartan N.S. | 19 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Portlean N.S. | 20 | −17% | Presbyterian | English | 22 km | |
| Browneknowe N.S. | 48 | −28% | Presbyterian | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil an tStratha Mhóir | 64 | −25% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 127 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Mhuire | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Naomh Aonghus | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Muras N.S. | 189 | −12% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Rathmullen N.S. | 119 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 28 | −22% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 29 km |
| St Francis N.S. | 159 | +2% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Ceathru Caol | 53 | −47% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Cranford N.S. | 48 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Garvans N.S. | 33 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Glasain | 28 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 32 km |
| Creeslough N.S. | 31 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich | 10 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil Iosagain | 779 | +0% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St. Mura's National School | 26 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 166 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha | 67 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 37 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 196 | −1% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Duchoraidh | 4 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil an Linbh Íosa | 274 | +30% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St Orans N.S. | 228 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Drumfad N.S. | 35 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 136 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala | 219 | −8% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 54 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri | 55 | −38% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 37 km | |
| Glebe N.S. | 121 | +20% | Church of Ireland | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Baile Mor | 7 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Scoil Choluim | 30 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eighneach | 75 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Fothar | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| St Davadogs N.S. | 27 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Naomh Adhamhnain | 123 | +62% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iósaf | 45 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 66 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| S N Caiseal na gCorr | 44 | +2% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| Murroe National School | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 155 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird | 16 | −48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S N na Croise Naofa | 33 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Dunfanaghy N.S. | 24 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 64 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 41 km |
| Scoil Fhionáin | 204 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 64 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| S.N. Gort an Choirce | 40 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 42 km |
| Scoil Naomh Peadar | 135 | +75% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Min A Ghabhann N.S. | 39 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Scoil Naomh Earnan | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 103 | +27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 43 km |
| Frosses N.S. | 77 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Robertson N.S. | 67 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Loch an Iubhair | 25 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 43 km |
| St Riaghans N.S. | 26 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Chill Coinnigh | 5 | −75% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Scoil Naomh Fionan | 199 | −12% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S N Cnoc na Naomh | 87 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Dhubhthaigh | 91 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Naomh Naille | 113 | +14% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Chróine | 265 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Inver N.S. | 20 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Dubhthach | 27 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid | 61 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 46 km |
| Gortnacart N.S. | 16 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. Chonaill | 107 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 46 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 97 | −16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 46 km |
| S.N. Mhin Teineadh de | 21 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Treasa C | 52 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| S N na gCluainte | 96 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| S.N. Adhamhnain | 131 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 47 km |
| St Francis' National School | 132 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Scoil Bhrighde | 28 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 48 km |
| Glentogher Con N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 94 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Scoil Roisin | 51 | −14% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 49 km |
| Ardara Mixed N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| S.N. Donaigh | 33 | +6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 42 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach | 124 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| St Conals | 68 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 163 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S N na hAcrai | 70 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil Naomh Colmchille | 186 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai | 14 | −52% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. an Bhreacaigh | 24 | −31% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 51 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 121 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Naomh Bridhid | 92 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Rockfield N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Killaghtee N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Gaelscoil Eirne | 29 | −40% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 52 km |
| Scoil Naomh Chaitriona | 77 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Kilbarron N.S. | 44 | +16% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh | 211 | −2% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Holy Family National School | 193 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Bruckless N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe | 54 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 118 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Killybegs Common N.S. | 75 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Scoil Eoghan | 212 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Moville N.S. | 32 | −41% | Church of Ireland | English | 54 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill | 75 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 55 km | |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor I | 13 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 55 km |
| Scoil Treasa Naofa | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| S.N. Neill Mor | 240 | +22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor II | 21 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 56 km |
| Naomh Bodain | 108 | +44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 57 km |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 18 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 57 km |
| S.N. Fhionntra | 5 | −88% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 133 | +8% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh | 40 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| St Macartans Central | 276 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire | 57 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Scoil Cholmchille | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| S.N. Min an Aoire | 14 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 63 km |
| Scoil Chartha Naofa | 111 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 64 km |
| S N na Carraige | 59 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 66 km |
| S.N. an Chaiseal | 58 | −17% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 70 km |
Living in Convoy
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F93 Eircode area
Housing in Convoy →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 Co. Donegal
Cost of living in Convoy →New tenancies in Co. Donegal averaged €977 a month in 2025, against €893 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Convoy, F93 NR7V
Primary schools near Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.
Is Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. 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 Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. have?
100 pupils in 2025/26. That is +11% since 2019/20.
Does Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. teach through Irish?
No: Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.?
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Joint patronage between Bishop of Derry & Raphoe COI and the Presbytery of Derry & Donegal.
How do pupils get a place at Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.?
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 Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.?
The nearest are Scoil Bhride (0.3 km), Scoil Adhamhnain (4.1 km) and Raphoe Central N.S. (4.6 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 Convoy; 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).