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Scoil Cholmcille

PrimaryCatholic

DROIM AN MHAOIR, MOVILLE, CO DONEGAL · F93 E890 · Roll number 18791K

Scoil Cholmcille is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Greencastle. Every school in and around Greencastle →

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Pupils
133
September, 2025/26
61 girls, 72 boys
Since 2019/20
+8%
from 123 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Derry
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Cholmcille

  • 133 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+8%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Derry; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Cholmcille had 133 pupils in 2025/26, against 108 in 2015/16 (+23%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 142, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

040801201602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Scoil 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 Scoil 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 Scoil 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 Scoil Cholmcille

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

Families apply to Scoil 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.

Pupils
133
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+8%
from 123 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Cholmcille has grown by 8% since 2019/20. All the schools around Greencastle together changed by +7%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Cholmcille+8%
The primary schools around Greencastle−11%
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 Scoil Cholmcille. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +8%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Cholmcille133
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75
Moville32
Scoil Eoghan212
Scoil Mhuire118
Scoil Naomh Fionan199
Naomh Bodain108
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish3.6 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish3.8 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓3.9 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish14 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓19 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish31 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish31 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish31 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish32 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish42 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish44 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓45 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish46 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish49 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓50 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish50 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish51 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓54 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish54 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish54 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish55 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓55 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish56 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish56 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish58 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish58 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish59 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish60 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓60 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish62 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓62 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓62 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish63 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓63 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓64 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓67 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓68 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish68 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish70 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish71 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓74 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓74 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓76 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓76 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓77 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓79 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓79 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓81 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓83 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓83 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓84 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓85 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓85 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓86 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓87 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓87 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓88 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish89 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓91 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓92 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓92 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓93 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish93 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish94 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓94 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓94 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓94 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish95 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish95 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓95 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish96 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓96 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓96 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓98 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓99 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish99 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓100 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓100 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓101 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓101 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓101 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish102 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓102 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish103 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish103 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓103 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓103 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓106 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓107 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓108 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓108 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓109 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓110 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓110 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓110 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓110 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish110 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓110 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓111 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓112 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish115 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓116 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓118 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓121 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓122 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓124 km
Living nearby

Living in Greencastle

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

Median sale price
€232,500
40 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F93 Eircode area

Housing in Greencastle →

The median sale price rose from €161,000 in 2023 to €175,000 in 2025 (+9%).

2023€161,000
2024€159,100
2025€175,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€297,500
Second-hand homes€163,000

Property Price Register sales in the F93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Donegal

Cost of living in Greencastle →

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 ↗

Greencastle, F93 E890

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Cholmcille

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

Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
75 pupils−7% since 2019/203.6 km
Moville N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
32 pupils−41% since 2019/203.8 km
Scoil Eoghan
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
212 pupils−15% since 2019/203.9 km
Scoil Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
118 pupils−4% since 2019/2012 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan
Primary · Catholic
199 pupils−12% since 2019/2014 km
Naomh Bodain
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
108 pupils+44% since 2019/2015 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 18791K

Questions about Scoil Cholmcille

Is Scoil 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 Scoil Cholmcille have?

133 pupils in 2025/26. That is +8% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Cholmcille teach through Irish?

No: Scoil Cholmcille teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Scoil Cholmcille?

Scoil Cholmcille has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Derry.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil 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 Scoil Cholmcille?

The nearest are Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill (3.6 km), Moville N.S. (3.8 km) and Scoil Eoghan (3.9 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 Greencastle; 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).