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NA GLEANNTA, CO DHUN NA NGALL · F94 D267 · Roll number 17122I
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Glenties. Every school in and around Glenties →
What stands out about S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich
- A small primary school: 10 pupils, against a typical 131.
- In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
- 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, 6.6 km away; listed with Glenties, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich had 10 pupils in 2025/26, down from 17 in 2015/16 (−41%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 20, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich
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. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich 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 S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich
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 S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich 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 teaches every subject through Irish. It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
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, 5 have more pupils than S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich | 10 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 155 | +32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| S.N. Cholmcille | 28 | −22% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| St Riaghans N.S. | 26 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird | 16 | −48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Min A Ghabhann N.S. | 39 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| S.N. Chill Coinnigh | 5 | −75% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Duchoraidh | 4 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| Gortnacart N.S. | 16 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. an Choimin | 54 | −30% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| S.N. Mhin Teineadh de | 21 | −9% | Catholic | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Scoil an Linbh Íosa | 274 | +30% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Frosses N.S. | 77 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Francis N.S. | 159 | +2% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 94 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Ardara Mixed N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala | 219 | −8% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Taodhbhog | 55 | +49% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 16 km |
| Glebe N.S. | 121 | +20% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Peadar | 135 | +75% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Naille | 113 | +14% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Inver N.S. | 20 | −23% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri | 55 | −38% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| S.N. an Bhreacaigh | 24 | −31% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 18 km |
| St Conals | 68 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. Baile an Bhailsig | 47 | +68% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe | 54 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Naomh Adhamhnain | 123 | +62% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Dooish N.S. | 191 | −12% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Chróine | 265 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh | 82 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Killaghtee N.S. | 12 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Bruckless N.S. | 18 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Scoil Roisin | 51 | −14% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 22 km |
| Killybegs Common N.S. | 75 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil an tStratha Mhóir | 64 | −25% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 23 km |
| Scoil Naomh Earnan | 94 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Robertson N.S. | 67 | +24% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill | 167 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Neill Mor | 240 | +22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Loch an Iubhair | 25 | −32% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 25 km |
| Glenswilly N.S. | 262 | −4% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire B & C | 489 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Robertson N.S. | 89 | +35% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Gleann Coimhead | 57 | −34% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S N na hAcrai | 70 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| S.N. Fhionntra | 5 | −88% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| S.N. Dhubhthaigh | 91 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Phádraig | 118 | −6% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig | 103 | +27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai | 14 | −52% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid | 61 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 42 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Gartan N.S. | 19 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| S.N. Min an Aoire | 14 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor I | 13 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Arainn Mhor II | 21 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh | 211 | −2% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Chonaill | 107 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. Trianta | 33 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | 31 km | |
| Killygordan N.S. | 22 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. an Droim Mor | 229 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Gleneely N.S. | 45 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Scoil Naomh Seosamh | 24 | −23% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Chartha Naofa | 111 | +3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 32 km |
| Gaelscoil Eirne | 29 | −40% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Mhuire B&C | 97 | −16% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Choilmcille | 659 | +82% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Gaelscoil Adhamhnain | 410 | −12% | Catholic | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Chaitriona | 77 | +26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 480 | +11% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Kilbarron N.S. | 44 | +16% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Holy Family National School | 193 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil Bhride | 192 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S N Caiseal na gCorr | 44 | +2% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 33 km |
| Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. | 100 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 33 km | |
| S N na Carraige | 59 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Domhnach Mor | 22 | −51% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| St Patricks N.S. | 426 | −6% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Baile Raighin | 215 | −9% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Adhamhnain | 131 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 34 km |
| Glenmaquin N.S. | 21 | −9% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Rockfield N.S. | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 54 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Letterkenny Educate Together NS | 420 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 127 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Naomh Fiachra | 519 | −6% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 231 | +19% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St Macartans Central | 276 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| S.N. Gort an Choirce | 40 | +0% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 36 km |
| St Mary's National School | 155 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. an Chaiseal | 58 | −17% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Glasain | 28 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 37 km |
| Scoil Adhamhnain | 158 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S N Cnoc na Naomh | 87 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 37 km |
| S N Talamh na Coille | 467 | −2% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Raphoe Central N.S. | 185 | −6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| SN Naomh Samhthann | 40 | −32% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Scoil Fhionáin | 204 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| Scoil Bhrighde | 28 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| Ray N.S. | 51 | −20% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Scoil Naomh Dubhthach | 27 | −29% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| Scoil Cuilm Cille | 38 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Cashelshanaghan N.S. | 28 | +4% | Presbyterian | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Colmchille | 81 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Creeslough N.S. | 31 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 166 | +30% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille Naofa | 17 | −62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 68 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Scoil Naomh Proinnseas | 119 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Portlean N.S. | 20 | −17% | Presbyterian | English | 41 km | |
| Murroe National School | 50 | +85% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 206 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton | 32 | – | Presbyterian | English | 43 km | |
| St Patricks N.S. | 162 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| S.N. Baile Mor | 7 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál | 124 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S.N. Fothar | 32 | −18% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 218 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| S N na Croise Naofa | 33 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Dunfanaghy N.S. | 24 | −14% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Baile an Caislean | 66 | +38% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Browneknowe N.S. | 48 | −28% | Presbyterian | English | 46 km | |
| Moyle N.S. | 81 | −7% | Presbyterian | English | 47 km | |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 199 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| S.N. Naomh Baoithin | 113 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste | 136 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Cranford N.S. | 48 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Monreagh N.S. | 48 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| S.N. an Leinbh Iosa | 84 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Naomh Brid | 66 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 50 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 37 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 50 km |
| S.N. Ceathru Caol | 53 | −47% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| Rathmullen N.S. | 119 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Scoil Naomh Cholmcille | 18 | – | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 53 km |
| Scoil Choluim | 30 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Drumfad N.S. | 35 | +3% | Presbyterian | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| St Garvans N.S. | 33 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| St Davadogs N.S. | 27 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| St Muras N.S. | 189 | −12% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 64 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 56 km |
| S.N. Naomh Aonghus | 218 | +6% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Scoil Iosagain | 779 | +0% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| St. Mura's National School | 26 | +0% | Church of Ireland | English | 59 km | |
| Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha | 67 | −48% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 59 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Eighneach | 75 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| St Orans N.S. | 228 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 61 km |
| Scoil Naomh Brid | 196 | −1% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iósaf | 45 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 64 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
| Scoil Naomh Treasa C | 52 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 68 km |
| St Francis' National School | 132 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 71 km |
| S N na gCluainte | 96 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 71 km |
| Scoil Naomh Fionan | 199 | −12% | Catholic | English | 74 km | |
| Glentogher Con N.S. | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 75 km |
| Scoil Phadraig | 121 | −16% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 75 km |
| S.N. Donaigh | 33 | +6% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 76 km |
| Naomh Bridhid | 92 | −12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 76 km |
| Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach | 124 | −7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| Scoil Naomh Padraig | 163 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 77 km |
| Scoil Naomh Colmchille | 186 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 78 km |
| Scoil Treasa Naofa | 137 | +40% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 81 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 118 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 82 km |
| S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh | 40 | −17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 82 km |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire | 57 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 83 km |
| Naomh Bodain | 108 | +44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 84 km |
| Scoil Eoghan | 212 | −15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 85 km |
| Moville N.S. | 32 | −41% | Church of Ireland | English | 85 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill | 75 | −7% | Catholic | All in Irish | 85 km | |
| Scoil Cholmchille | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 86 km |
| Scoil Cholmcille | 133 | +8% | Catholic | English | 88 km |
Living in Glenties
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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%).
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Renting in Co. Donegal
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Location
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near Glenties, F94 D267
Primary schools near S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich
Is S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich 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. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich have?
10 pupils in 2025/26.
Does S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich is taught through Irish.
Who runs S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich?
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Raphoe.
How do pupils get a place at S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich?
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. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich?
The nearest are Scoil Mhuire (7 km), S.N. Cholmcille (9.2 km) and St Riaghans N.S. (10 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).