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S.N. Neill Mor

PrimaryCatholicDEISSpecial classes

Killybegs, Co. Donegal · F94 FX76 · Roll number 11843O

S.N. Neill Mor is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Killybegs. Every school in and around Killybegs →

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Pupils
240
September, 2025/26
122 girls, 118 boys
Since 2019/20
+22%
from 196 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. Neill Mor

  • One of the larger primary schools: 240 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 240 pupils, 22% more than the 196 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.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • The largest of the 4 primary schools around Killybegs.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Neill Mor had 240 pupils in 2025/26, against 186 in 2015/16 (+29%). Girls are 51% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.

0601201802403002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Neill Mor

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. Neill Mor 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. Neill Mor

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. Neill Mor

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

Families apply to S.N. Neill Mor 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. Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.

Pupils
240
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+22%
from 196 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Neill Mor has grown by 22% since 2019/20. All the schools around Killybegs together changed by +1%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Neill Mor+22%
The primary schools around Killybegs+4%
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.

S.N. Neill Mor has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +22%; 0 of the 4 grew faster.

S.N. Neill Mor240
Killybegs Common75
S.N. Fhionntra5
Bruckless18
Killaghtee12
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82
Scoil Chartha Naofa111
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓2.1 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish2.8 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓3.2 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓4.5 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓5.6 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓9.6 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish11 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓13 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish13 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓13 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish16 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓20 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish21 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish22 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓22 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish22 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish23 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish27 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓33 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish42 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish43 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish47 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓47 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish50 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓54 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish55 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish55 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish57 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish57 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish57 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓58 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish58 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish58 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓60 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish60 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish60 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish62 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓62 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓64 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish64 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish65 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓67 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish67 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓67 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish67 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓69 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish70 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish71 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓72 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓74 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓75 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓77 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓77 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓79 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish80 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓80 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish81 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish84 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish84 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish84 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓85 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓86 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish89 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓90 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓91 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓92 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓95 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓96 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish98 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓99 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓100 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓100 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓101 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓101 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓101 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓102 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓105 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓106 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓107 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓107 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓109 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓109 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish109 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish109 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓110 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish112 km
Living nearby

Living in Killybegs

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

Median sale price
€153,500
62 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 Killybegs →

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 Killybegs →

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 ↗

Killybegs, F94 FX76

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Neill Mor

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

Killybegs Common N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
75 pupils+7% since 2019/202.1 km
S.N. Fhionntra
Primary · Catholic
5 pupils−88% since 2019/202.8 km
Bruckless N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
18 pupils3.2 km
Killaghtee N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
12 pupils4.5 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
82 pupils−12% since 2019/205.6 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEISSpecial classes
111 pupils+3% since 2019/209.6 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 11843O

Questions about S.N. Neill Mor

Is S.N. Neill Mor 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. Neill Mor have?

240 pupils in 2025/26. That is +22% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Neill Mor teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Neill Mor teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Neill Mor?

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

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Neill Mor?

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. Neill Mor?

The nearest are Killybegs Common N.S. (2.1 km), S.N. Fhionntra (2.8 km) and Bruckless N.S. (3.2 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 Killybegs; 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).