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S.N. an Droim Mor

PrimaryCatholicDEISSpecial classes

An Droim Mór, Killygordon, Lifford, Co. Donegal · F93 A275 · Roll number 16349I

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

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Pupils
229
September, 2025/26
107 girls, 122 boys
Since 2019/20
−1%
from 231 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 S.N. an Droim Mor

  • 229 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−1%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • 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 Killygordon.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Derry; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. an Droim Mor had 229 pupils in 2025/26, against 210 in 2015/16 (+9%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 231, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

0601201802402015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. an Droim 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. an Droim 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. an Droim 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. an Droim Mor

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

Families apply to S.N. an Droim 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
229
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−1%
from 231 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. an Droim Mor is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). All the schools around Killygordon together changed by −13%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. an Droim Mor−1%
The primary schools around Killygordon−13%
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, 1 have more pupils than S.N. an Droim Mor. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. an Droim Mor229
Killygordan22
Gleneely45
S.N. Domhnach Mor22
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57
Scoil Mhuire B & C489
Robertson89
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓0.6 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓2.7 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓3 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish5 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓5.2 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓5.3 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓5.9 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓6.7 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish7.7 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓7.8 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓9.5 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓9.6 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish9.6 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish10 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓11 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓13 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish18 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓18 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓19 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish19 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓19 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish19 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish23 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish23 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓23 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish24 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish25 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish25 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish27 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish30 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish30 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish30 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish31 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish31 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish33 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish34 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish37 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish41 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish41 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish41 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish41 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish41 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish41 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓43 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish44 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓44 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish44 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓46 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓47 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓48 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓50 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish54 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓55 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish61 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish61 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish64 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
Living nearby

Living in Killygordon

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

Median sale price
€165,200
routing key F93, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F93 Eircode area

Housing in Killygordon →

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 Killygordon →

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 ↗

Killygordon, F93 A275

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. an Droim Mor

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

Killygordan N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
22 pupils+5% since 2019/200.6 km
Gleneely N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
45 pupils−33% since 2019/202.7 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor
Primary · Presbyterian
DEIS
22 pupils−51% since 2019/203 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead
Primary · Catholic
57 pupils−34% since 2019/205 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
489 pupils+8% since 2019/205.2 km
Robertson N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
89 pupils+35% since 2019/205.3 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 16349I

Questions about S.N. an Droim Mor

Is S.N. an Droim 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. an Droim Mor have?

229 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. an Droim Mor teach through Irish?

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

Who runs S.N. an Droim Mor?

S.N. an Droim Mor has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Derry.

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

The nearest are Killygordan N.S. (0.6 km), Gleneely N.S. (2.7 km) and S.N. Domhnach Mor (3 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 Killygordon; 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).