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Glenswilly N.S.

PrimaryCatholicSpecial classes

Rashedoge,, Newmills,, Letterkenny, · F92 RH94 · Roll number 19313C

Glenswilly 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
262
September, 2025/26
130 girls, 132 boys
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 274 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 Glenswilly N.S.

  • One of the larger primary schools: 262 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−4%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Letterkenny’s outline, 5.2 km away; listed with Letterkenny, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Glenswilly N.S. had 262 pupils in 2025/26, down from 277 in 2015/16 (−5%). Girls are 50% of them. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

0701402102803502015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Glenswilly 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 Glenswilly 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 Glenswilly 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 Glenswilly N.S.

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

Families apply to Glenswilly 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.

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

Pupils
262
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 274 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Glenswilly 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

Glenswilly−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.

Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 3 have more pupils than Glenswilly N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −4%; 3 of the 5 grew faster.

Glenswilly262
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24
Scoil Choilmcille659
S.N. Trianta33
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480
Gartan19
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish6.8 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish6.9 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓6.9 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish7 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish7.1 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓8.3 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓8.3 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish8.9 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.5 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish9.6 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish9.9 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish10 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish11 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓12 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓13 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish13 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish14 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish14 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓15 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓15 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish16 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish17 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓19 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish20 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓20 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish21 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish26 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓30 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish30 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish33 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish33 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish33 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish35 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish36 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish36 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓36 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish38 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish39 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish42 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓48 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish48 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓50 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish52 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓53 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓53 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓55 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish59 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish59 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓62 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish63 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 RH94

Nearby

Primary schools near Glenswilly N.S.

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

Gaelscoil Adhamhnain
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
410 pupils−12% since 2019/206.8 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh
Primary · Catholic
24 pupils−23% since 2019/206.9 km
Scoil Choilmcille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
659 pupils+82% since 2019/206.9 km
S.N. Trianta
Primary · Presbyterian
33 pupils+3% since 2019/207 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal
Primary · Catholic
480 pupils+11% since 2019/207.1 km
Gartan N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
19 pupils8.3 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 19313C

Questions about Glenswilly N.S.

Is Glenswilly 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 Glenswilly N.S. have?

262 pupils in 2025/26. That is −4% since 2019/20.

Does Glenswilly N.S. teach through Irish?

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

Who runs Glenswilly N.S.?

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

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

The nearest are Gaelscoil Adhamhnain (6.8 km), Scoil Naomh Seosamh (6.9 km) and Scoil Choilmcille (6.9 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).