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Scoil Adhamhnain

PrimaryCatholicDEISSpecial classes

Meetinghouse Street, Raphoe, Co. Donegal · F93 K851 · Roll number 17828C

Scoil Adhamhnain is one of 2 primary schools in or within 3 km of Raphoe. Every school in and around Raphoe →

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Pupils
158
September, 2025/26
75 girls, 83 boys
Since 2019/20
+3%
from 153 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 Adhamhnain

  • 158 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+3%).
  • 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.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Raphoe; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Adhamhnain had 158 pupils in 2025/26, down from 160 in 2015/16 (−1%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 164, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

0501001502002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Scoil Adhamhnain

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 Adhamhnain 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 Adhamhnain

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 Adhamhnain

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

Families apply to Scoil Adhamhnain 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. Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.

Pupils
158
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+3%
from 153 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Adhamhnain is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+3%). All the schools around Raphoe together changed by +20%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Adhamhnain+3%
The primary schools around Raphoe−2%
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 Adhamhnain. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +3%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Adhamhnain158
Raphoe Central185
Scoil Cuilm Cille38
Comhscoil Chonmha100
Scoil Bhride192
Glenmaquin21
St Patricks162
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Adhamhnain158+3%CatholicEnglish✓
Raphoe Central N.S.185−6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓0.6 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille38+6%CatholicEnglish✓4 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.100+11%Church of IrelandEnglish4.1 km
Scoil Bhride192−3%CatholicEnglish✓4.3 km
Glenmaquin N.S.21−9%PresbyterianEnglish✓5.4 km
St Patricks N.S.162−6%CatholicEnglish✓7.3 km
The other 164 primary schools in Co. Donegal
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Naomh Colmchille81−4%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
Ray N.S.51−20%Church of IrelandEnglish✓7.5 km
St Mary's National School155+25%CatholicEnglish✓7.6 km
S.N. Domhnach Mor22−51%PresbyterianEnglish✓8.1 km
Scoil Cholmcille Naofa17−62%CatholicEnglish✓8.6 km
St Patricks N.S.426−6%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál124+19%CatholicEnglish✓9 km
S.N. Baile an Caislean66+38%PresbyterianEnglish✓9.2 km
Killygordan N.S.22+5%Church of IrelandEnglish✓9.7 km
Scoil Phádraig118−6%CatholicEnglish9.7 km
S.N. an Droim Mor229−1%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
SN Naomh Samhthann40−32%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Scoil Naomh Proinnseas119−6%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
S.N. Baile Raighin215−9%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
S.N. Naomh Baoithin113+3%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Letterkenny Educate Together NS420+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Robertson N.S.89+35%Church of IrelandEnglish✓12 km
Scoil Choilmcille659+82%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal480+11%CatholicEnglish13 km
Gleneely N.S.45−33%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Scoil Mhuire B & C489+8%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
S N Talamh na Coille467−2%CatholicEnglish13 km
Gaelscoil Adhamhnain410−12%CatholicAll in Irish13 km
Monreagh N.S.48+2%PresbyterianEnglish✓13 km
S.N. an Leinbh Iosa84+12%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
S.N. Gleann Coimhead57−34%CatholicEnglish14 km
Cashelshanaghan N.S.28+4%PresbyterianEnglish15 km
S.N. Seiseadh Ui Neill167−6%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Moyle N.S.81−7%PresbyterianEnglish15 km
Scoil Cholmcille199−13%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Naomh Fiachra519−6%CatholicEnglish16 km
Dooish N.S.191−12%CatholicEnglish17 km
Glenswilly N.S.262−4%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Baile an Bhailsig47+68%Church of IrelandEnglish18 km
Scoil Mhuire206+14%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Ayr Hill N.S. Ramelton32–PresbyterianEnglish19 km
Scoil Naomh Seosamh24−23%CatholicEnglish19 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille68−12%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
S.N. Naomh Colmchille231+19%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Trianta33+3%PresbyterianEnglish21 km
Browneknowe N.S.48−28%PresbyterianEnglish21 km
S.N. Taodhbhog55+49%CatholicAll in Irish✓21 km
Portlean N.S.20−17%PresbyterianEnglish22 km
S.N. Naomh Aonghus218+6%CatholicEnglish23 km
Gartan N.S.19–Church of IrelandEnglish✓24 km
S.N. an Choimin54−30%CatholicAll in Irish✓24 km
St Muras N.S.189−12%CatholicEnglish24 km
Scoil Cholmcille127+1%CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
S.N. Mhuire218+25%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Rathmullen N.S.119+24%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Scoil an tStratha Mhóir64−25%CatholicAll in Irish✓25 km
St Garvans N.S.33+3%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Ceathru Caol53−47%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Cranford N.S.48+0%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Iosagain779+0%CatholicEnglish31 km
St. Mura's National School26+0%Church of IrelandEnglish31 km
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha67−48%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish31 km
Scoil Naomh Brid196−1%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Cholmcille28−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓33 km
St Orans N.S.228+8%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
S.N. Glasain28+4%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
Scoil Cholmcille37−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓34 km
Creeslough N.S.31+11%Church of IrelandEnglish✓34 km
Scoil Mhuire166+30%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Drumfad N.S.35+3%PresbyterianEnglish✓34 km
St Francis N.S.159+2%CatholicEnglish34 km
Scoil Eoin Baiste136−4%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Scoil Naomh Iósaf45−10%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
S.N. Naomh Eighneach75−26%CatholicEnglish✓36 km
Scoil Choluim30–CatholicEnglish✓37 km
St Davadogs N.S.27−16%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
S.N. Eadan Fhionnfhaoich10–CatholicAll in Irish✓37 km
S.N. Baile Mor7–Church of IrelandEnglish✓38 km
S.N. Fothar32−18%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Naomh Brid66−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S.N. Duchoraidh4–CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig64+0%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Scoil an Linbh Íosa274+30%CatholicEnglish39 km
Scoil Mhuire54+20%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Scoil Aodh Rua&Nuala219−8%CatholicEnglish40 km
Gaelscoil na gCeithre Maistri55−38%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish40 km
Scoil Naomh Fionan199−12%CatholicEnglish41 km
Scoil Mhuire64+8%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
Glebe N.S.121+20%Church of IrelandEnglish41 km
Murroe National School50+85%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S N Caiseal na gCorr44+2%CatholicAll in Irish✓41 km
S N na Croise Naofa33−21%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
Naomh Adhamhnain123+62%CatholicEnglish42 km
Dunfanaghy N.S.24−14%Church of IrelandEnglish✓42 km
Scoil Fhionáin204+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
S.N. Gort an Choirce40+0%CatholicAll in Irish✓44 km
Scoil Mhuire155+32%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
S N na gCluainte96−8%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Glentogher Con N.S.13–CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Naomh Treasa C52−9%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird16−48%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
St Francis' National School132+11%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Scoil Phadraig103+27%CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
Scoil Naomh Peadar135+75%CatholicEnglish46 km
Scoil Naomh Earnan94+0%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
Min A Ghabhann N.S.39+30%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Donaigh33+6%Church of IrelandEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Loch an Iubhair25−32%CatholicAll in Irish✓46 km
Robertson N.S.67+24%Church of IrelandEnglish✓46 km
S N Cnoc na Naomh87−3%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
Frosses N.S.77−11%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach124−7%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Naomh Colmchille186+11%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig163+14%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
St Riaghans N.S.26+18%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Scoil Naomh Dubhthach27−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓47 km
S.N. Chill Coinnigh5−75%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
S.N. Dhubhthaigh91−11%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
Scoil Phadraig121−16%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Naomh Bridhid92−12%CatholicEnglish✓48 km
Scoil Chróine265−5%CatholicEnglish✓49 km
S.N. Chonaill107+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
Scoil Mhuire B&C97−16%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
S.N. Olibhear Pluinceid61−29%CatholicAll in Irish✓49 km
S.N. Naomh Naille113+14%CatholicEnglish49 km
Inver N.S.20−23%Church of IrelandEnglish49 km
Scoil Bhrighde28−7%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
S.N. Adhamhnain131−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
Gortnacart N.S.16–CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Scoil Mhuire118−4%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
S.N. Mhin Teineadh de21−9%CatholicAll in Irish50 km
Scoil Eoghan212−15%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Moville N.S.32−41%Church of IrelandEnglish51 km
Gaelscoil Chois Feabhaill75−7%CatholicAll in Irish51 km
Scoil Roisin51−14%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓52 km
Scoil Treasa Naofa137+40%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal94+36%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
Ardara Mixed N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓53 km
Scoil Mhuire42+8%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S N na hAcrai70+1%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Naomh Bodain108+44%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai14−52%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
St Conals68−14%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Scoil Cholmcille133+8%CatholicEnglish54 km
Rockfield N.S.49+14%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. an Bhreacaigh24−31%CatholicAll in Irish✓55 km
S.N. Dun Ceannfhaolaidh82−12%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Gaelscoil Eirne29−40%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish✓55 km
S.N. an Iorball Riabaigh40−17%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Kilbarron N.S.44+16%Church of IrelandEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona77+26%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
S.N. an Br M O Cleirigh211−2%CatholicEnglish56 km
Killaghtee N.S.12–Church of IrelandEnglish✓56 km
Holy Family National School193+35%CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Bruckless N.S.18–CatholicEnglish✓56 km
Scoil Cholmchille77−10%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
S.N. Crannaighe Buidhe54+54%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire57−22%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Killybegs Common N.S.75+7%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor I13–CatholicAll in Irish✓58 km
Scoil Naomh Cholmcille18–CatholicAll in Irish✓59 km
S.N. Neill Mor240+22%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S.N. Arainn Mhor II21–CatholicAll in Irish✓60 km
St Macartans Central276−1%CatholicEnglish✓62 km
S.N. Fhionntra5−88%CatholicEnglish62 km
S.N. Min an Aoire14–CatholicAll in Irish✓67 km
Scoil Chartha Naofa111+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓68 km
S N na Carraige59−27%CatholicAll in Irish✓70 km
S.N. an Chaiseal58−17%CatholicAll in Irish✓74 km
Living nearby

Living in Raphoe

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

Median sale price
€133,000
36 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 Raphoe →

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 Raphoe →

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 ↗

Raphoe, F93 K851

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Adhamhnain

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

Raphoe Central N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
DEIS
185 pupils−6% since 2019/200.6 km
Scoil Cuilm Cille
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
38 pupils+6% since 2019/204 km
Comhscoil Chonmha S.N.
Primary · Church of Ireland
100 pupils+11% since 2019/204.1 km
Scoil Bhride
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
192 pupils−3% since 2019/204.3 km
Glenmaquin N.S.
Primary · Presbyterian
DEIS
21 pupils−9% since 2019/205.4 km
St Patricks N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
162 pupils−6% since 2019/207.3 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 17828C

Questions about Scoil Adhamhnain

Is Scoil Adhamhnain 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 Adhamhnain have?

158 pupils in 2025/26. That is +3% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Adhamhnain teach through Irish?

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

Who runs Scoil Adhamhnain?

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

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Adhamhnain?

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 Adhamhnain?

The nearest are Raphoe Central N.S. (0.6 km), Scoil Cuilm Cille (4 km) and Comhscoil Chonmha S.N. (4.1 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 Raphoe; 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).