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St Patricks N.S.

PrimaryCatholicDEISSpecial classes

MURLOG, LIFFORD, CO DONEGAL · F93 AP93 · Roll number 16054M

St Patricks N.S. is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Lifford. Every school in and around Lifford →

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Pupils
162
September, 2025/26
71 girls, 91 boys
Since 2019/20
−6%
from 172 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Derry
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about St Patricks N.S.

  • 162 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−6%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • 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.
  • The largest of the 3 primary schools around Lifford.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Derry; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Lifford’s outline, 0.1 km away; listed with Lifford, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

St Patricks N.S. had 162 pupils in 2025/26, down from 182 in 2015/16 (−11%). Girls are 44% of them. Its largest roll was 203, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

0601201802402015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for St Patricks 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 St Patricks 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 St Patricks 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 St Patricks N.S.

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

Families apply to St Patricks 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.

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
162
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−6%
from 172 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Patricks N.S. has shrunk by 6% since 2019/20. All the schools around Lifford together changed by −6%.

Pupils since 2019/20

St Patricks−6%
The primary schools around Lifford−6%
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 St Patricks N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −6%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.

St Patricks162
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124
Scoil Cuilm Cille38
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17
Raphoe Central185
Scoil Adhamhnain158
St Mary's155
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓1.8 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓4.1 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓4.8 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓7.2 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓7.3 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓8.4 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓8.6 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓10 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓13 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓13 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓13 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓13 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish17 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish17 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish18 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓19 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish20 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish20 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish20 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish23 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish23 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish25 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish25 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish25 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish28 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish28 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish32 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish33 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish33 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓38 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish39 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish43 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish44 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish44 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓44 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish44 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish45 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish45 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓47 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓48 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish49 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish49 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish50 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish52 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish54 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish54 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓55 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓55 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish56 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓58 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓58 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish59 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓59 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓60 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓64 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓65 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓66 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish67 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓74 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓75 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓80 km
Living nearby

Living in Lifford

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

Median sale price
€143,000
191 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€901
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the F93 Eircode area

Housing in Lifford →

The median sale price rose from €161,000 in 2023 to €175,000 in 2025 (+9%).

2023€161,000
2024€159,100
2025€175,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€297,500
Second-hand homes€163,000

Property Price Register sales in the F93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Lifford

Cost of living in Lifford →

New tenancies in Lifford averaged €901 a month in 2025, against €779 in 2024 (+16%).

2024€779
2025€901

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

Location

Directions ↗

near Lifford, F93 AP93

Nearby

Primary schools near St Patricks N.S.

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

Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
124 pupils+19% since 2019/201.8 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
38 pupils+6% since 2019/204.1 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
17 pupils−62% since 2019/204.8 km
Raphoe Central N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
185 pupils−6% since 2019/207.2 km
Scoil Adhamhnain
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
158 pupils+3% since 2019/207.3 km
St Mary's National School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
155 pupils+25% since 2019/207.4 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 16054M

Questions about St Patricks N.S.

Is St Patricks 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 St Patricks N.S. have?

162 pupils in 2025/26. That is −6% since 2019/20.

Does St Patricks N.S. teach through Irish?

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

Who runs St Patricks N.S.?

St Patricks N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Derry.

How do pupils get a place at St Patricks 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 St Patricks N.S.?

The nearest are Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál (1.8 km), Scoil Cuilm Cille (4.1 km) and Scoil Cholmcille Naofa (4.8 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 Lifford; 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).