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S N Cnoc na Naomh

PrimaryCatholicGaeltacht schoolDEIS

Doire Chonaire, Gort a Choirce, Leitir Ceanainn, Co. Dhún na nGall · F92 H213 · Roll number 16671N

S N Cnoc na Naomh is one of 5 primary schools in or within 3 km of Mín Lárach. Every school in and around Mín Lárach →

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Pupils
87
September, 2025/26
42 girls, 45 boys
Since 2019/20
−3%
from 90 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Raphoe
Language
All in Irish
in the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S N Cnoc na Naomh

  • 87 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−3%).
  • In the Gaeltacht: every subject is taught through Irish.
  • 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 Mín Lárach’s outline, 0.5 km away; listed with Mín Lárach, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S N Cnoc na Naomh had 87 pupils in 2025/26, down from 109 in 2015/16 (−20%). Girls are 48% of them. Its roll rose in 3 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 Cnoc na Naomh

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 Cnoc na Naomh 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 Cnoc na Naomh

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 Cnoc na Naomh

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

Families apply to S N Cnoc na Naomh 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 teaches every subject through Irish. It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.

Pupils
87
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−3%
from 90 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S N Cnoc na Naomh is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−3%). All the schools around Mín Lárach together changed by +3%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S N Cnoc na Naomh−3%
The primary schools around Mín Lárach+5%
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, 2 have more pupils than S N Cnoc na Naomh. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −3%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

S N Cnoc na Naomh87
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27
S.N. Gort an Choirce40
Scoil Bhrighde28
Scoil Fhionáin204
S N Caiseal na gCorr44
S.N. Adhamhnain131
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓1.6 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓3.1 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓3.2 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓5.5 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓5.7 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓7.2 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓8.9 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓11 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓11 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓13 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓14 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓15 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓15 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓16 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓17 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓23 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓26 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish26 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish30 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish30 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓31 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish32 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish34 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish34 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓35 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓36 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish36 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish36 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish36 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish36 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish36 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish38 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish40 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓41 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish42 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓42 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓43 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish44 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish45 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish45 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish46 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish46 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish46 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓47 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish47 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish48 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓49 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓50 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓50 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓50 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish50 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish51 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish52 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish53 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish53 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish53 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish53 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish54 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish54 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓55 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish57 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish58 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish58 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓59 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓61 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓61 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish64 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓67 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish68 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓70 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓70 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓72 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish73 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish73 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish77 km
Living nearby

Living in Mín Lárach

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 Mín Lárach →

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 Mín Lárach →

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 Mín Lárach, F92 H213

Nearby

Primary schools near S N Cnoc na Naomh

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

Scoil Naomh Dubhthach
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
27 pupils−29% since 2019/201.6 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEISSpecial classes
40 pupils+0% since 2019/203.1 km
Scoil Bhrighde
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
28 pupils−7% since 2019/203.2 km
Scoil Fhionáin
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEISSpecial classes
204 pupils+20% since 2019/205.5 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
44 pupils+2% since 2019/205.7 km
S.N. Adhamhnain
Primary · Catholic
Gaeltacht schoolDEIS
131 pupils−8% since 2019/207.2 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 16671N

Questions about S N Cnoc na Naomh

Is S N Cnoc na Naomh 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 Cnoc na Naomh have?

87 pupils in 2025/26. That is −3% since 2019/20.

Does S N Cnoc na Naomh teach through Irish?

Yes: every subject at S N Cnoc na Naomh is taught through Irish.

Who runs S N Cnoc na Naomh?

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

How do pupils get a place at S N Cnoc na Naomh?

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 Cnoc na Naomh?

The nearest are Scoil Naomh Dubhthach (1.6 km), S.N. Gort an Choirce (3.1 km) and Scoil Bhrighde (3.2 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 Mín Lárach; 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).