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S.N. Naomh Colmchille

PrimaryCatholicSpecial classes

Kilmacrennan, Co. Donegal · F92 P934 · Roll number 17036P

S.N. Naomh Colmchille 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
231
September, 2025/26
115 girls, 116 boys
Since 2019/20
+19%
from 194 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. Naomh Colmchille

  • 231 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 231 pupils, 19% more than the 194 of 2019/20.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.
  • The only primary school in Kilmacrennan or within 3 km of it.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Naomh Colmchille had 231 pupils in 2025/26, against 227 in 2015/16 (+2%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 239, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 4 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. Naomh Colmchille

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. Naomh Colmchille 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. Naomh Colmchille

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. Naomh Colmchille

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

Families apply to S.N. Naomh Colmchille 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.

Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.

Pupils
231
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+19%
from 194 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Naomh Colmchille has grown by 19% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kilmacrennan together changed by +19%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Naomh Colmchille+19%
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 S.N. Naomh Colmchille. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +19%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Naomh Colmchille231
Scoil Cholmcille127
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24
Portlean20
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519
S.N. Trianta33
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓4.1 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish4.2 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish4.7 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish4.8 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish5.1 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓5.1 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓7.9 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish8.1 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish8.2 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓8.4 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓8.5 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish8.6 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish8.6 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish8.8 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓8.8 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓9 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish9.5 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish11 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓13 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓13 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓14 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓16 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish16 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish18 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓19 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓21 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓22 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓22 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish24 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish24 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish24 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish24 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish25 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓27 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish27 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish33 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓40 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish41 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓42 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish45 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish47 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish47 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish49 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish50 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish51 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish51 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish52 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish52 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish54 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓54 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✓59 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish62 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish63 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓64 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓64 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓64 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓68 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓68 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓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 ↗

Kilmacrennan, F92 P934

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Naomh Colmchille

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

Scoil Cholmcille
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEISSpecial classes
127 pupils+1% since 2019/204.1 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh
Primary · Catholic
24 pupils−23% since 2019/204.2 km
Portlean N.S.
Primary · Presbyterian
20 pupils−17% since 2019/204.7 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra
Primary · Catholic
519 pupils−6% since 2019/204.8 km
S.N. Trianta
Primary · Presbyterian
33 pupils+3% since 2019/205.1 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
68 pupils−12% since 2019/205.1 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 17036P

Questions about S.N. Naomh Colmchille

Is S.N. Naomh Colmchille 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. Naomh Colmchille have?

231 pupils in 2025/26. That is +19% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Naomh Colmchille teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Naomh Colmchille teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Naomh Colmchille?

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

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Naomh Colmchille?

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. Naomh Colmchille?

The nearest are Scoil Cholmcille (4.1 km), Scoil Naomh Seosamh (4.2 km) and Portlean N.S. (4.7 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).