Guest, Sign inJoin
–Not graded

S.N. Cholmcille

PrimaryCatholicGaeltacht schoolDEIS

BAILE NA FINNE, CO DHUN NA NGALL · F94 VR04 · Roll number 19260H

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

Directions
Pupils
28
September, 2025/26
13 girls, 15 boys
Since 2019/20
−22%
from 36 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Raphoe
Language
All in Irish
in the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Cholmcille

  • A small primary school: 28 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Smaller than it was: 28 pupils, 22% fewer than the 36 of 2019/20.
  • 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, 12 km away; listed with Glenties, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Cholmcille had 28 pupils in 2025/26, down from 57 in 2015/16 (−51%). Girls are 46% of them. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.

02040602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Cholmcille

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. Cholmcille 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. Cholmcille

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. Cholmcille

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

Families apply to S.N. Cholmcille 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.

Pupils
28
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−22%
from 36 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Cholmcille has shrunk by 22% since 2019/20. All the schools around Glenties together changed by +11%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Cholmcille−22%
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, 3 have more pupils than S.N. Cholmcille. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −22%; 2 of the 4 grew faster.

S.N. Cholmcille28
S.N. Duchoraidh4
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10
S.N. an Choimin54
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16
S.N. Taodhbhog55
Scoil Mhuire155
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓7.1 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓9.2 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓11 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓14 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish17 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish19 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish19 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓20 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓20 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish21 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish21 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓22 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish23 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish23 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓24 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish24 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish24 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish25 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish25 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish25 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish26 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish26 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish27 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish28 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish28 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓28 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓29 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish29 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓29 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓31 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓32 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish32 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish33 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓33 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓33 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish35 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish35 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish38 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish40 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓41 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓41 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓41 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓46 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish50 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish51 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish51 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish51 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish59 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish67 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓68 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓74 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓74 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓74 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓76 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓77 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish78 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish78 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓78 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish81 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 VR04

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Cholmcille

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

S.N. Duchoraidh
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
4 pupils7.1 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
10 pupils9.2 km
S.N. an Choimin
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
54 pupils−30% since 2019/2011 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
16 pupils−48% since 2019/2012 km
S.N. Taodhbhog
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
55 pupils+49% since 2019/2012 km
Scoil Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
155 pupils+32% since 2019/2013 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 19260H

Questions about S.N. Cholmcille

Is S.N. Cholmcille 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. Cholmcille have?

28 pupils in 2025/26. That is −22% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Cholmcille teach through Irish?

Yes: every subject at S.N. Cholmcille is taught through Irish.

Who runs S.N. Cholmcille?

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

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Cholmcille?

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. Cholmcille?

The nearest are S.N. Duchoraidh (7.1 km), S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich (9.2 km) and S.N. an Choimin (11 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).