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S.N. Naomh Colmchille

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

Drumoghill, Manorcunningham, Co. Donegal · F92 PC52 · Roll number 16995Q

S.N. Naomh Colmchille is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Manorcunningham. Every school in and around Manorcunningham →

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Pupils
81
September, 2025/26
39 girls, 42 boys
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 84 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 S.N. Naomh Colmchille

  • 81 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−4%).
  • 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.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Manorcunningham’s outline, 1.7 km away; listed with Manorcunningham, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Naomh Colmchille had 81 pupils in 2025/26, against 73 in 2015/16 (+11%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 87, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

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

No letter

No letter for S.N. Naomh Colmchille

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. Naomh Colmchille 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. Naomh Colmchille

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. Naomh Colmchille

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

Families apply to S.N. Naomh Colmchille 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
81
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−4%
from 84 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Naomh Colmchille is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−4%). All the schools around Manorcunningham together changed by −9%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Naomh Colmchille−4%
The primary schools around Manorcunningham−9%
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, 4 have more pupils than S.N. Naomh Colmchille. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −4%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.

S.N. Naomh Colmchille81
Ray51
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119
Glenmaquin21
St Patricks426
S N Talamh na Coille467
Raphoe Central185
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓1.3 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓3.7 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓5.7 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish6.8 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓6.9 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓7.2 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓7.5 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish7.5 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish8.1 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish8.1 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓8.5 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓8.6 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓9.2 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓9.6 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish9.6 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish10 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish11 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish11 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish14 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish15 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓15 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish15 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish16 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish16 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish17 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish18 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish18 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓20 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓21 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish22 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish24 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish24 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish24 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish26 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓27 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish35 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓36 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓40 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish44 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish45 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish45 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish46 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish46 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish46 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish47 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish49 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish50 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓52 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish53 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish54 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish54 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓56 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓60 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓61 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish61 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓61 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish66 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓70 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✓77 km
Living nearby

Living in Manorcunningham

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

Median sale price
€203,300
routing key F92, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F92 Eircode area

Housing in Manorcunningham →

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 Co. Donegal

Cost of living in Manorcunningham →

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 Manorcunningham, F92 PC52

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Naomh Colmchille

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

Ray N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
51 pupils−20% since 2019/201.3 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
119 pupils−6% since 2019/203.7 km
Glenmaquin N.S.
Primary · Presbyterian
DEIS
21 pupils−9% since 2019/205.7 km
St Patricks N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
426 pupils−6% since 2019/206.2 km
S N Talamh na Coille
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
467 pupils−2% since 2019/206.8 km
Raphoe Central N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
185 pupils−6% since 2019/206.9 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 16995Q

Questions about S.N. Naomh Colmchille

Is S.N. Naomh Colmchille 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. Naomh Colmchille have?

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

Does S.N. Naomh Colmchille teach through Irish?

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

Who runs S.N. Naomh Colmchille?

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

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Naomh Colmchille?

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. Naomh Colmchille?

The nearest are Ray N.S. (1.3 km), Scoil Naomh Proinnseas (3.7 km) and Glenmaquin N.S. (5.7 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 Manorcunningham; 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).