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Cashelshanaghan N.S.

PrimaryPresbyterian

Ballymaleel, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal · F92 RF67 · Roll number 15170J

Cashelshanaghan N.S. is one of 9 primary schools in or within 3 km of Letterkenny. Every school in and around Letterkenny →

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Pupils
28
September, 2025/26
13 girls, 15 boys
Since 2019/20
+4%
from 27 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Presbyterian
Patron: Presbytery of Derry & Donegal
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Cashelshanaghan N.S.

  • A small primary school: 28 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+4%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • The smallest of the 9 primary schools around Letterkenny.
  • Its patron is Presbytery of Derry & Donegal; its ethos is Presbyterian.
  • Outside Letterkenny’s outline, 1.1 km away; listed with Letterkenny, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Cashelshanaghan N.S. had 28 pupils in 2025/26, down from 34 in 2015/16 (−18%). Girls are 46% of them. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

091827362015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Cashelshanaghan N.S.

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 Cashelshanaghan N.S. 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 Cashelshanaghan N.S.

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 Cashelshanaghan N.S.

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

Families apply to Cashelshanaghan N.S. 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
28
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+4%
from 27 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Cashelshanaghan N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+4%). All the schools around Letterkenny together changed by +18%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Cashelshanaghan+4%
The primary schools around Letterkenny+10%
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.

Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than Cashelshanaghan N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +4%; 2 of the 5 grew faster.

Cashelshanaghan28
S N Talamh na Coille467
Scoil Mhuire206
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish2.6 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓3.7 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish4 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish4.6 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓4.7 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓5.3 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓5.4 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish6.4 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish7.1 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish7.4 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish7.5 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓7.5 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓7.7 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish7.8 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓8.1 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish8.2 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish8.3 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓9.2 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish9.5 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓11 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish12 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓14 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓14 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish16 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish16 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish16 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish20 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓20 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish20 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓20 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓22 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓22 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish24 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓24 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish25 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓28 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish34 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓35 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish45 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish45 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish48 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish49 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish49 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓49 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish51 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish52 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish53 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓55 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish55 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish55 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓55 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓61 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish65 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓65 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
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish66 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓72 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓76 km
Living nearby

Living in Letterkenny

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

Median sale price
€188,000
1,019 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,138
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the F92 Eircode area

Housing in Letterkenny →

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 Letterkenny

Cost of living in Letterkenny →

New tenancies in Letterkenny averaged €1,138 a month in 2025, against €1,043 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,043
2025€1,138

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

near Letterkenny, F92 RF67

Nearby

Primary schools near Cashelshanaghan N.S.

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

S N Talamh na Coille
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
467 pupils−2% since 2019/202.6 km
Scoil Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
206 pupils+14% since 2019/203.7 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton
Primary · Presbyterian
32 pupils4 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra
Primary · Catholic
519 pupils−6% since 2019/204.6 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
119 pupils−6% since 2019/204.7 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS
Primary · Multi-denominational
DEISSpecial classes
420 pupils+43% since 2019/205.3 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 15170J

Questions about Cashelshanaghan N.S.

Is Cashelshanaghan N.S. 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 Cashelshanaghan N.S. have?

28 pupils in 2025/26. That is +4% since 2019/20.

Does Cashelshanaghan N.S. teach through Irish?

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

Who runs Cashelshanaghan N.S.?

Cashelshanaghan N.S. has a Presbyterian ethos. Its patron is Presbytery of Derry & Donegal.

How do pupils get a place at Cashelshanaghan N.S.?

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 Cashelshanaghan N.S.?

The nearest are S N Talamh na Coille (2.6 km), Scoil Mhuire (3.7 km) and Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton (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 Letterkenny; 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).