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S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

Urblereagh, Malin Head, Co. Donegal · F93 PN44 · Roll number 07626H

S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Malin. Every school in and around Malin →

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Pupils
40
September, 2025/26
25 girls, 15 boys
Since 2019/20
−17%
from 48 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 S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh

  • A small primary school: 40 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Smaller than it was: 40 pupils, 17% fewer than the 48 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.
  • 25 girls and 15 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Derry; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Malin’s outline, 3.9 km away; listed with Malin, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh had 40 pupils in 2025/26, down from 49 in 2015/16 (−18%). Girls are 63% of them. Its largest roll was 50, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

02040602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh

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. an Iorball Riabaigh 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. an Iorball Riabaigh

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. an Iorball Riabaigh

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

Families apply to S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh 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
40
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−17%
from 48 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh has shrunk by 17% since 2019/20.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh−17%
The primary schools around Malin+40%
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 S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −17%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57
Scoil Treasa Naofa137
Scoil Cholmchille77
Naomh Bridhid92
Scoil Phadraig121
Naomh Bodain108
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓4.1 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓4.7 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓6.9 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓9.5 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓9.7 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓10 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish23 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish23 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish24 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish25 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish25 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish25 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓28 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish29 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish34 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish37 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish40 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish41 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish42 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓44 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish44 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish46 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish47 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓47 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓49 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓50 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish51 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish51 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish51 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish51 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish52 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓54 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓54 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓56 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish57 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish58 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish60 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓63 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓64 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓65 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓66 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓68 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish68 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish68 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish68 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓69 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓70 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓70 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓72 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓74 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓74 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓74 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓75 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓80 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓81 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓82 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓82 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓84 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓85 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓85 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓86 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish87 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓87 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓88 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓88 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish91 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓91 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish92 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish93 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish93 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓93 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓94 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓95 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish95 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish95 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓95 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓96 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓96 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish96 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓98 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish98 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓98 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish99 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓99 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓100 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓104 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓104 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓105 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓105 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓107 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓109 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish109 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish109 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓109 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓109 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓109 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓110 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓110 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓114 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓114 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓115 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓115 km
Living nearby

Living in Malin

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

Median sale price
€165,200
routing key F93, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F93 Eircode area

Housing in Malin →

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 Co. Donegal

Cost of living in Malin →

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 ↗

near Malin, F93 PN44

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh

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

Scoil Naomh Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
57 pupils−22% since 2019/204.1 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
137 pupils+40% since 2019/204.7 km
Scoil Cholmchille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
77 pupils−10% since 2019/206.9 km
Naomh Bridhid
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
92 pupils−12% since 2019/207.4 km
Scoil Phadraig
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
121 pupils−16% since 2019/207.4 km
Naomh Bodain
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
108 pupils+44% since 2019/209.5 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 07626H

Questions about S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh

Is S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh 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. an Iorball Riabaigh have?

40 pupils in 2025/26. That is −17% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh teach through Irish?

No: S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh?

S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Derry.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh?

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. an Iorball Riabaigh?

The nearest are Scoil Naomh Mhuire (4.1 km), Scoil Treasa Naofa (4.7 km) and Scoil Cholmchille (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 Malin; 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).