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Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill

PrimaryCatholicGaelscoil

Lána Baile an Ealaigh,, Bun an Phobail, Co. Dhún na nGall · F93 XA36 · Roll number 20144M

Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Moville. Every school in and around Moville →

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Pupils
75
September, 2025/26
47 girls, 28 boys
Since 2019/20
−7%
from 81 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: An Foras Pátrúnachta
Language
All in Irish
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill

  • 75 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−7%).
  • Every subject is taught through Irish.
  • 47 girls and 28 boys: more of one than the other.
  • Its patron is An Foras Pátrúnachta; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill had 75 pupils in 2025/26, down from 76 in 2015/16 (−1%). Girls are 63% of them. Its largest roll was 87, in 2021/22. Its roll rose in 5 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.

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No letter for Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill

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 Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill 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 Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill

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 Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill

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

Families apply to Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill 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.

Pupils
75
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−7%
from 81 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill has shrunk by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Moville together changed by +7%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill−7%
The primary schools around Moville−11%
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, 5 have more pupils than Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −7%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75
Moville32
Scoil Eoghan212
Scoil Cholmcille133
Scoil Mhuire118
Scoil Naomh Fionan199
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish0.1 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓0.3 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish3.6 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish11 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish28 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish28 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish28 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish28 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓37 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish38 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓39 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish40 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓42 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish43 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish45 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓47 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish47 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish47 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish49 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓50 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓50 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish51 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish51 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish51 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓51 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish52 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish52 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish54 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish55 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish56 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish56 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓57 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓58 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish58 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓59 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish59 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓60 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓60 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓61 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓63 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓64 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish65 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓66 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish67 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish67 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓68 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓70 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓71 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓72 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓76 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓76 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓78 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓80 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓80 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓81 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓81 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓82 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓83 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓83 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓83 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓85 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish85 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓88 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓88 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓89 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓89 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish90 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish91 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓91 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓91 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓91 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish91 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish91 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓91 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish93 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓93 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓93 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓95 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓96 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish96 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓97 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓97 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓97 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓97 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓98 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish98 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓99 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish99 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish99 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓100 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓100 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓102 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓103 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓105 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓105 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓106 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓106 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓106 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓106 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓106 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish107 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓107 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓107 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓109 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish111 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓113 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓114 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓117 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓118 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓121 km
Living nearby

Living in Moville

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

Median sale price
€171,500
58 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F93 Eircode area

Housing in Moville →

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 Moville →

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 ↗

Moville, F93 XA36

Nearby

Primary schools near Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill

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

Moville N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
32 pupils−41% since 2019/200.1 km
Scoil Eoghan
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
212 pupils−15% since 2019/200.3 km
Scoil Cholmcille
Primary · Catholic
133 pupils+8% since 2019/203.6 km
Scoil Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
118 pupils−4% since 2019/209.4 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan
Primary · Catholic
199 pupils−12% since 2019/2011 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
186 pupils+11% since 2019/2013 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 20144M

Questions about Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill

Is Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill 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 Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill have?

75 pupils in 2025/26. That is −7% since 2019/20.

Does Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill teach through Irish?

Yes: every subject at Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill is taught through Irish.

Who runs Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill?

Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is An Foras Pátrúnachta.

How do pupils get a place at Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill?

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 Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill?

The nearest are Moville N.S. (0.1 km), Scoil Eoghan (0.3 km) and Scoil Cholmcille (3.6 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 Moville; 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).