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Scoil Choilmcille

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

Convent Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal · F92 A386 · Roll number 18625Q

Scoil Choilmcille is one of 9 primary schools in or within 3 km of Letterkenny. Every school in and around Letterkenny →

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Pupils
659
September, 2025/26
262 girls, 397 boys
Since 2019/20
+82%
from 363 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 Scoil Choilmcille

  • One of the larger primary schools: 659 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 659 pupils, 82% more than the 363 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.
  • The largest of the 9 primary schools around Letterkenny.
  • 262 girls and 397 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Choilmcille had 659 pupils in 2025/26, against 355 in 2015/16 (+86%). Girls are 40% of them. Its largest roll was 661, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

02004006008002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Scoil Choilmcille

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 Choilmcille 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 Choilmcille

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 Choilmcille

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

Families apply to Scoil Choilmcille 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.

Pupils
659
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+82%
from 363 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Choilmcille has grown by 82% since 2019/20. All the schools around Letterkenny together changed by +18%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Choilmcille+82%
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.

Scoil Choilmcille has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +82%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Choilmcille659
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410
S.N. Baile Raighin215
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420
St Patricks426
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish0.3 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish0.9 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish2 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓2.6 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish3.7 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish6.4 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish6.9 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓7.1 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish7.7 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓8.2 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish8.3 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓8.7 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish9 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish11 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓12 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish12 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓12 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓14 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish15 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish15 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish17 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish19 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓20 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓22 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish24 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓26 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓27 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish27 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish28 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish39 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish40 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish41 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish41 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish42 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish43 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓43 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish45 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish46 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish47 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish47 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓47 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish52 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish52 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓54 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish56 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish57 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓57 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓58 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish59 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓62 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓65 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓66 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓68 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 ↗

Letterkenny, F92 A386

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Choilmcille

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

S.N. Muire Gan Smal
Primary · Catholic
480 pupils+11% since 2019/200.3 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
410 pupils−12% since 2019/200.9 km
S.N. Baile Raighin
Primary · Church of Ireland
Special classes
215 pupils−9% since 2019/202 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS
Primary · Multi-denominational
DEISSpecial classes
420 pupils+43% since 2019/202.6 km
St Patricks N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
426 pupils−6% since 2019/203.7 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra
Primary · Catholic
519 pupils−6% since 2019/205.1 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 18625Q

Questions about Scoil Choilmcille

Is Scoil Choilmcille 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 Choilmcille have?

659 pupils in 2025/26. That is +82% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Choilmcille teach through Irish?

No: Scoil Choilmcille teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Scoil Choilmcille?

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

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Choilmcille?

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 Choilmcille?

The nearest are S.N. Muire Gan Smal (0.3 km), Gaelscoil Adhamhnain (0.9 km) and S.N. Baile Raighin (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 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).