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S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

Dunkineely, Co. Donegal · F94 W744 · Roll number 18421A

S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Dunkineely. Every school in and around Dunkineely →

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Pupils
82
September, 2025/26
40 girls, 42 boys
Since 2019/20
−12%
from 93 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. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh

  • 82 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.
  • The largest of the 3 primary schools around Dunkineely.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh had 82 pupils in 2025/26, down from 107 in 2015/16 (−23%). Girls are 49% of them. Its roll rose in 2 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. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh

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. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh 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. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh

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. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh

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

Families apply to S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh 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
82
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−12%
from 93 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh has shrunk by 12% since 2019/20. All the schools around Dunkineely together changed by −11%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh−12%
The primary schools around Dunkineely−12%
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. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −12%; 3 of the 4 grew faster.

S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82
Killaghtee12
Bruckless18
Killybegs Common75
S.N. Neill Mor240
S.N. Naomh Naille113
Inver20
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓1 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓2.5 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓5.3 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓5.6 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish5.7 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish5.7 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓8.2 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish8.3 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish10 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish12 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓14 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓15 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish16 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish17 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish17 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish17 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓18 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓18 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓18 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓19 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓34 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish38 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish38 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish42 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓47 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish51 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish52 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish53 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish53 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish53 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓54 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish54 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish54 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓55 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish57 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish57 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish58 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓58 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish60 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓62 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish62 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish64 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓64 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓65 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish65 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓66 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish67 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish67 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓68 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓72 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓74 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓76 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓76 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish76 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓76 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish77 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓78 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish80 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish80 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish80 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓82 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓82 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish85 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓87 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓88 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓89 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓92 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓92 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish94 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓96 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓96 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓97 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓97 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓97 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓98 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓98 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓102 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓102 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓104 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓104 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓105 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish105 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish105 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓105 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓107 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish108 km
Living nearby

Living in Dunkineely

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

Median sale price
€191,400
routing key F94, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F94 Eircode area

Housing in Dunkineely →

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 Dunkineely →

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 ↗

Dunkineely, F94 W744

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh

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

Killaghtee N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
12 pupils1 km
Bruckless N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
18 pupils2.5 km
Killybegs Common N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
75 pupils+7% since 2019/205.3 km
S.N. Neill Mor
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
240 pupils+22% since 2019/205.6 km
S.N. Naomh Naille
Primary · Catholic
113 pupils+14% since 2019/205.7 km
Inver N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
20 pupils−23% since 2019/205.7 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 18421A

Questions about S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh

Is S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh 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. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh have?

82 pupils in 2025/26. That is −12% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh?

S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Raphoe.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh?

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. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh?

The nearest are Killaghtee N.S. (1 km), Bruckless N.S. (2.5 km) and Killybegs Common N.S. (5.3 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 Dunkineely; 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).