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S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

Leitir Mhic a' Bhaird, Lettermacaward, Co. Dhún na nGall · F94 R962 · Roll number 15847T

S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Glenties. Every school in and around Glenties →

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Pupils
16
September, 2025/26
7 girls, 9 boys
Since 2019/20
−48%
from 31 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Raphoe
Language
English
in the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird

  • A small primary school: 16 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Smaller than it was: 16 pupils, 48% fewer than the 31 of 2019/20.
  • 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.
  • Outside Glenties’s outline, 5.6 km away; listed with Glenties, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird had 16 pupils in 2025/26, down from 32 in 2015/16 (−50%). Girls are 44% of them. Its largest roll was 33, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

091827362015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird

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. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird 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. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird

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. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird

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

Families apply to S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird 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
16
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−48%
from 31 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird has shrunk by 48% since 2019/20. All the schools around Glenties together changed by +11%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird−48%
The primary schools around Glenties+30%
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, 4 have more pupils than S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −48%; 4 of the 5 grew faster.

S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16
Min A Ghabhann39
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5
Scoil Mhuire155
S.N. Duchoraidh4
St Conals68
St Riaghans26
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓1.6 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓4 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓7.1 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓8.3 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓9.6 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓9.8 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓11 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓11 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓11 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓12 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish13 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓15 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓16 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓18 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓20 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓20 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓22 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish23 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish24 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish25 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish26 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish26 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish27 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish27 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish28 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish30 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish30 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish30 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓33 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish33 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish35 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish36 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish37 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish38 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish38 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish39 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish40 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish40 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓40 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓40 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓41 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish41 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓42 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish42 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish42 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓43 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish43 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish44 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓45 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish46 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish49 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish52 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓53 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓55 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓55 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish60 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish62 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish62 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish62 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish62 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish70 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓77 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓78 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓78 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓78 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish78 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓80 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓83 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓83 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓84 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓85 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓87 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓88 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓89 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish89 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish89 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish93 km
Living nearby

Living in Glenties

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

Median sale price
€145,000
51 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F94 Eircode area

Housing in Glenties →

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 Glenties →

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 ↗

near Glenties, F94 R962

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird

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

Min A Ghabhann N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
39 pupils+30% since 2019/201.6 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
5 pupils−75% since 2019/204 km
Scoil Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
155 pupils+32% since 2019/207.1 km
S.N. Duchoraidh
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
4 pupils8.3 km
St Conals
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
68 pupils−14% since 2019/209.6 km
St Riaghans N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
26 pupils+18% since 2019/209.8 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 15847T

Questions about S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird

Is S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird 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. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird have?

16 pupils in 2025/26. That is −48% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird?

S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Raphoe.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird?

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. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird?

The nearest are Min A Ghabhann N.S. (1.6 km), S.N. Chill Coinnigh (4 km) and Scoil Mhuire (7.1 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 Glenties; 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).