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Scoil Naomh Cholmcille

PrimaryCatholicDEIS

DRUMMAN, RAMELTON, CO DONEGAL · F92 NY91 · Roll number 18241V

Scoil Naomh Cholmcille is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ramelton. Every school in and around Ramelton →

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Pupils
68
September, 2025/26
34 girls, 34 boys
Since 2019/20
−12%
from 77 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 Scoil Naomh Cholmcille

  • 68 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−12%).
  • 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 Ramelton’s outline, 2.7 km away; listed with Ramelton, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Naomh Cholmcille had 68 pupils in 2025/26, down from 100 in 2015/16 (−32%). Girls are 50% of them. Its roll rose in 2 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 Scoil Naomh 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 Scoil Naomh 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Scoil Naomh 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 in

Getting a place at Scoil Naomh Cholmcille

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

Families apply to Scoil Naomh Cholmcille 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
68
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−12%
from 77 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Naomh Cholmcille has shrunk by 12% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ramelton together changed by +3%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Naomh Cholmcille−12%
The primary schools around Ramelton−1%
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, 3 have more pupils than Scoil Naomh Cholmcille. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −12%; 4 of the 5 grew faster.

Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68
Portlean20
Scoil Mhuire206
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231
S.N. Mhuire218
Cashelshanaghan28
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish2.4 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓3.6 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish3.8 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓5.4 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish5.4 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish5.4 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish5.7 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish7.2 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓8.2 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish8.6 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish9.9 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish10 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish10 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish10 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish12 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish12 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓13 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓13 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓14 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish15 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓16 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓17 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish17 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓18 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓19 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish19 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish19 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓19 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish20 km
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓20 km
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish21 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish27 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓27 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish27 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓29 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓30 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓43 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish45 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish46 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish46 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓47 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish49 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish49 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish50 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish51 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓51 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish51 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓52 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish54 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish54 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓55 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish56 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish57 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓58 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓62 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓63 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓63 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓65 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish67 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish67 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓67 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓68 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓69 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓72 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓73 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓73 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓75 km
Living nearby

Living in Ramelton

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

Median sale price
€260,000
49 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€977
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Donegal

Homes in the F92 Eircode area

Housing in Ramelton →

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 Ramelton →

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 Ramelton, F92 NY91

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Naomh Cholmcille

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

Portlean N.S.
Primary · Presbyterian
20 pupils−17% since 2019/202.4 km
Scoil Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
206 pupils+14% since 2019/203.6 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton
Primary · Presbyterian
32 pupils3.8 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
231 pupils+19% since 2019/205.1 km
S.N. Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
218 pupils+25% since 2019/205.4 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.
Primary · Presbyterian
28 pupils+4% since 2019/205.4 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 18241V

Questions about Scoil Naomh Cholmcille

Is Scoil Naomh 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 Scoil Naomh Cholmcille have?

68 pupils in 2025/26. That is −12% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Naomh Cholmcille teach through Irish?

No: Scoil Naomh Cholmcille teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Scoil Naomh Cholmcille?

Scoil Naomh Cholmcille has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Raphoe.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Naomh 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 Scoil Naomh Cholmcille?

The nearest are Portlean N.S. (2.4 km), Scoil Mhuire (3.6 km) and Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton (3.8 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 Ramelton; 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).