Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille
Baile Úr, Oileán Thoraí, Doirí Beaga, Co. Dhún Na nGall · F92 X023 · Roll number 76079S
Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Mín Lárach. Every school in and around Mín Lárach →
What stands out about Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille
- A small post-primary school: 11 pupils, against a typical 585.
- 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.
- An island school.
- 7 girls and 4 boys: more of one than the other.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Donegal ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- Outside Mín Lárach’s outline, 7.6 km away; listed with Mín Lárach, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille had 11 pupils in 2025/26, against 4 in 2015/16 (+175%). Girls are 64% of them. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille
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 Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille 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.
Inspection reports on Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille
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 a place at Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; 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.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest post-primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Each of the 2 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille | 11 | – | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | |
| Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola | 455 | +2% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 16 km |
| Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair | 414 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 19 km |
The other 24 post-primary schools in Co. Donegal
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada | 61 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 36 km |
| Rosses Community School | 509 | +26% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Loreto Community School | 810 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| Mulroy College | 617 | +17% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Errigal College | 662 | +153% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh | 87 | −49% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 46 km |
| Coláiste Ailigh | 324 | +23% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| St Eunan's College | 1,003 | +15% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 938 | +2% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Crana College | 585 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Coláiste Eoghain | 13 | −59% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 51 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Secondary School | 885 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| St Columba's Comprehensive School | 400 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Finn Valley College | 424 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| St Columbas College | 983 | +17% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Deele College | 840 | +39% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| The Royal and Prior School | 609 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Carndonagh Community School | 1,118 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Abbey Vocational School | 999 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 69 km | |
| St. Catherine's Vocational School | 359 | −2% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 71 km |
| Coláiste na Carraige | 210 | −2% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| Moville Community College | 648 | +25% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 75 km |
| Coláiste Cholmcille | 682 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 85 km |
| Magh Ene College | 333 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 88 km |
Living in Mín Lárach
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
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%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
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%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Mín Lárach, F92 X023
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille
Is Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille 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 Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille have?
11 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille is taught through Irish.
Who runs Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille?
Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Donegal ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille?
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 Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille?
The nearest are Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola (16 km) and Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair (19 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).