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Scoil Cholmcille

PrimaryCatholicGaeltacht schoolDEISSpecial classes

An Tearmann, Co. Dhún na nGall · F92 YC85 · Roll number 14194S

Scoil Cholmcille is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Kilmacrennan. Every school in and around Kilmacrennan →

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Pupils
127
September, 2025/26
56 girls, 71 boys
Since 2019/20
+1%
from 126 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 Scoil Cholmcille

  • 127 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+1%).
  • 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.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Kilmacrennan’s outline, 3.6 km away; listed with Kilmacrennan, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Cholmcille had 127 pupils in 2025/26, down from 140 in 2015/16 (−9%). Girls are 44% of them. Its largest roll was 142, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 4 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.

It teaches every subject through Irish. 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
127
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+1%
from 126 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Cholmcille is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+1%). All the schools around Kilmacrennan together changed by +19%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Cholmcille+1%
The primary schools around Kilmacrennan+19%
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 Scoil Cholmcille. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +1%; 2 of the 5 grew faster.

Scoil Cholmcille127
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231
S.N. Trianta33
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24
Gartan19
Portlean20
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish4.1 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish5.7 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish6.4 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓6.5 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish6.7 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓8.2 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish8.8 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓9.3 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓9.5 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓9.7 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish12 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish12 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish12 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓13 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish13 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish13 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish13 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish14 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓15 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish16 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓16 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓19 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓19 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓19 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish20 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish21 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish24 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓24 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish25 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish26 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish26 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish26 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish26 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓26 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish36 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓40 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓41 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish43 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish43 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish47 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish48 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish48 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish48 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓49 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish51 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish52 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish52 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish53 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish53 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish57 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓58 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish62 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish64 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓65 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓65 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Living nearby

Living in Kilmacrennan

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

Median sale price
€203,300
routing key F92, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F92 Eircode area

Housing in Kilmacrennan →

The median sale price rose from €188,000 in 2023 to €214,000 in 2025 (+14%).

2023€188,000
2024€208,000
2025€214,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€327,700
Second-hand homes€182,800

Property Price Register sales in the F92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Donegal

Cost of living in Kilmacrennan →

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 Kilmacrennan, F92 YC85

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.

S.N. Naomh Colmchille
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
231 pupils+19% since 2019/204.1 km
S.N. Trianta
Primary · Presbyterian
33 pupils+3% since 2019/205.7 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh
Primary · Catholic
24 pupils−23% since 2019/206.4 km
Gartan N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
19 pupils6.5 km
Portlean N.S.
Primary · Presbyterian
20 pupils−17% since 2019/206.7 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
68 pupils−12% since 2019/208.2 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 14194S

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?

127 pupils in 2025/26. That is +1% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Cholmcille teach through Irish?

Yes: every subject at Scoil Cholmcille is taught through Irish.

Who runs Scoil Cholmcille?

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

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 S.N. Naomh Colmchille (4.1 km), S.N. Trianta (5.7 km) and Scoil Naomh Seosamh (6.4 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 Kilmacrennan; 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).