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S.N. Colmcille

PrimaryCatholicDEISSpecial classes

School Road, Castlegar, Co. Galway · H91 F9K6 · Roll number 17221K

S.N. Colmcille is one of 20 primary schools in or within 3 km of Castlegar. Every school in and around Castlegar →

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Pupils
70
September, 2025/26
38 girls, 32 boys
Since 2019/20
−19%
from 86 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
Language
English
in the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about S.N. Colmcille

  • 70 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Smaller than it was: 70 pupils, 19% fewer than the 86 of 2019/20.
  • 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.
  • The smallest of the 20 primary schools around Castlegar.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

S.N. Colmcille had 70 pupils in 2025/26, down from 106 in 2015/16 (−34%). Girls are 54% 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 S.N. Colmcille

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. Colmcille 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. Colmcille

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. Colmcille

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

Families apply to S.N. Colmcille 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
70
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−19%
from 86 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: S.N. Colmcille has shrunk by 19% since 2019/20. All the schools around Castlegar together changed by +2%.

Pupils since 2019/20

S.N. Colmcille−19%
The primary schools around Castlegar−9%
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.

Each of the 6 nearest primary schools has more pupils than S.N. Colmcille. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −19%; 5 of the 5 grew faster.

S.N. Colmcille70
Tirellan Heights330
Radharc na Mara353
Scoil Mhuire223
S.N. Caitriona Sois350
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365
Gaelscoil Dara419
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
S.N. Colmcille70−19%CatholicEnglish✓
Tirellan Heights N.S.330−15%CatholicEnglish✓2.1 km
Radharc na Mara National School353–CatholicEnglish✓2.2 km
Scoil Mhuire223−11%CatholicEnglish2.8 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois350−11%CatholicEnglish✓2.8 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear365−3%CatholicEnglish✓2.8 km
Gaelscoil Dara419−9%CatholicAll in Irish2.9 km
The other 210 primary schools in Co. Galway
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Merlin Woods Primary School383−15%CatholicEnglish3.1 km
S.N. Brighde130−24%CatholicAll in Irish3.3 km
Parochial N.S.75−13%Church of IrelandEnglish3.7 km
Scoil an Linbh Iosa236+15%CatholicEnglish✓3.7 km
Galway Educate Together NS373−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish4 km
S.N. Padraic Naofa214+4%CatholicEnglish4.1 km
Scoil Croi Iosa122−5%CatholicEnglish✓4.2 km
Bushy Park N.S.366+0%CatholicEnglish4.5 km
S.N. Iognaid480−11%CatholicAll in Irish4.5 km
Niochlas N.S.262−9%CatholicEnglish✓4.6 km
S.N. Bride Naofa187−2%CatholicEnglish✓4.7 km
S.N. Fhursa216−17%CatholicAll in Irish4.8 km
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis297−20%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
Scoil Naomh Einde119−7%CatholicEnglish5.9 km
Scoil Ide244−13%CatholicEnglish6 km
Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh643+8%CatholicAll in Irish6 km
S N Chlair na Gaillimhe311−1%CatholicEnglish6.4 km
Claregalway Educate Together NS220+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓6.6 km
St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra NS400−7%CatholicEnglish6.8 km
Gaelscoil de hIde399−12%CatholicAll in Irish6.9 km
Scoil Íosa770–CatholicEnglish6.9 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef183−27%CatholicSome subjects in Irish7.7 km
S.N. Cearn Mor174+1%CatholicAll in Irish8 km
Knocknacarra Educate Together NS207+30%Multi-denominationalEnglish8.2 km
Cuan na Gaillimhe Community National School112+104%Multi-denominationalEnglish8.2 km
SN Tuairini84−1%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire233−4%CatholicEnglish9 km
S.N. an Bhain Mhoir108−33%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
S.N. N Breandain129−12%CatholicAll in Irish10 km
S N Seamus Naofa221−17%CatholicAll in Irish10 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig221−3%CatholicEnglish10 km
Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa281−4%CatholicEnglish11 km
Scoil Mhuire396−2%CatholicSome subjects in Irish11 km
S.N. Bhride229−8%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. Mhuire229−1%CatholicEnglish12 km
SN Tullach Ui Chadhain65−6%CatholicSome subjects in Irish12 km
Scoil Mhuire256−3%CatholicEnglish13 km
Kilcolgan Educate Together NS195−11%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
S N na bhForbacha229+27%CatholicAll in Irish14 km
S.N. Cor an Droma73−16%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Naomh Uinseann67−29%CatholicEnglish14 km
S.N. Baile Nua62−26%CatholicAll in Irish14 km
Ballinderreen Mxd N.S.182−9%CatholicEnglish15 km
S N na Fuar Coilleadh100+4%CatholicEnglish15 km
S.N. Ciarain Naofa67−32%CatholicEnglish15 km
Carnain N.S.89−18%CatholicEnglish16 km
Bunscoil Naomh Chuana208+9%CatholicEnglish16 km
S N Caladh na Muc18−66%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef51−14%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Cillinin195−15%CatholicEnglish17 km
Cloughanower N.S.66−24%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa18–CatholicEnglish18 km
Gaelscoil Riada158−42%CatholicAll in Irish18 km
Annagh Hill NS105+4%CatholicEnglish18 km
Athenry Primary School501–CatholicEnglish18 km
Ainbhthin Naofa261+15%CatholicEnglish18 km
S.N. Cronain59−6%CatholicEnglish18 km
Crumlin N.S.95−23%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef324−9%CatholicEnglish19 km
St Colmans Mxd N.S.202−20%CatholicEnglish19 km
S.N. Creachmhaoil318−5%CatholicEnglish19 km
Headford Primary School137–CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Einne171−18%CatholicAll in Irish20 km
S.N. Naomh Fhursa100−26%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Brighdhe Naofa64−6%CatholicEnglish21 km
Ballinderry N.S.191−8%CatholicEnglish21 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig60−3%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Domhnach Padraig92−29%CatholicEnglish22 km
S N an Croi Ro Naofa208−12%CatholicEnglish22 km
S.N. Muine Mhea251+31%CatholicEnglish22 km
Esker N.S.65−37%CatholicEnglish23 km
St Oliver Plunketts N.S.199+3%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Ard Raithin176+56%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Mhuire58−26%CatholicEnglish23 km
Ballymana N.S.108−25%CatholicEnglish23 km
Newtown NS172+5%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Scoil Chuimín & Caitríona265+11%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Cathair Geal124+43%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Sailearna212+6%CatholicAll in Irish25 km
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha223+2%CatholicAll in Irish25 km
S.N. an Tsaileain90+0%CatholicEnglish25 km
Togala Mhuire198+32%CatholicEnglish26 km
Tuam Educate Together National School195+55%Multi-denominationalEnglish26 km
Trinity Primary School781−3%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
S.N. Cill Tartain117+4%CatholicEnglish26 km
S.N. Seosamh Naofa203−0%CatholicEnglish27 km
Kilchreest Central Sch110+15%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Naomh Thomais55−21%CatholicEnglish28 km
Barnaderg Central Sch77−23%CatholicEnglish28 km
Naomh Colman Mac Duaigh109+10%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Iarlatha Naofa53−21%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Bheanain31+0%CatholicEnglish29 km
S.N. Iomair Naofa38+73%CatholicEnglish29 km
Ceathru na nGarrdhanta203−1%CatholicEnglish29 km
Gort National School197−2%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Brierfield N School80−2%CatholicEnglish30 km
Gaelscoil na bhFili41−5%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish30 km
S.N. Cill Fheicin69+6%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil Mhuire16−41%CatholicEnglish30 km
Kilconly N.S.90−30%CatholicEnglish30 km
Gurteen Central N.S.49−31%CatholicEnglish31 km
Gaelscoil Riabhach170−16%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish31 km
Scoil Naomh Eanna208+0%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Naomh Iosef94+2%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Choilm Chille83−20%CatholicAll in Irish✓32 km
S.N. Ide Naofa328−5%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. an Leath Bhaile69+5%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Mhuire Naofa106+4%CatholicEnglish33 km
St Brendans N.S.216−1%CatholicEnglish33 km
Scoil Bride20−13%CatholicEnglish33 km
St Columba's National School44+52%CatholicEnglish33 km
SN Ceathru na Laithigh54+2%CatholicEnglish33 km
Lurga N.S.91+3%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Cillini Dioma147+71%CatholicEnglish34 km
St Brendans N.S.39−11%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Baile an Mhuilinn99−3%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Coilm Cille59+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓35 km
S.N. Aine Naofa92−7%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Bhride106+4%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. an Fhairche62+27%CatholicAll in Irish35 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal19−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓36 km
Scoil Naomh Padraig146−4%CatholicEnglish37 km
Ballymacward Central Sc81−4%CatholicEnglish37 km
Scoil Mhuire36−41%CatholicAll in Irish37 km
Clonberne Central Sch107−12%CatholicEnglish✓38 km
Scoil Mhuire81–CatholicAll in Irish✓38 km
S.N. Cill Richill69+23%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Mhic Dara202−13%CatholicAll in Irish✓39 km
S.N. Aindreis Naofa94−11%CatholicEnglish39 km
Castleblakeney N.S.52−4%CatholicEnglish39 km
Garrafrauns Central Sch95−7%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Cill Cuile109+7%CatholicEnglish39 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire180+13%CatholicEnglish39 km
S.N. Baile an Leasa17−35%CatholicEnglish40 km
Nioclas Naofa221+2%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig13−38%CatholicAll in Irish40 km
S.N. Mhuire31+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
S.N. Briocain19−49%CatholicAll in Irish✓40 km
Cappatagle Central Sch105−6%CatholicEnglish41 km
S N na Cealltraighe93+27%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Cill Conaill65+5%CatholicEnglish41 km
St Oliver Plunkett National School114+1%CatholicEnglish41 km
S.N. an Droma15−61%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Caomhain33+3%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
S.N. Colmcille17−39%CatholicAll in Irish✓42 km
Scoil Ronain15−50%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
S N Tir an Fhiaidh83+5%CatholicAll in Irish✓43 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa22−35%CatholicEnglish43 km
S N Tir na Cille22−35%CatholicAll in Irish43 km
S.N. Breandain Naofa87+123%CatholicEnglish43 km
S N Gort na Leime23−12%CatholicEnglish44 km
S N Gort na Gaoithe64+36%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa32−53%CatholicEnglish44 km
S N Baile na Cille32+3%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa12−66%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Inis Meadhoin13–CatholicAll in Irish✓45 km
S N Pairc na Slinne13–CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Glenamaddy N.S.142+17%CatholicEnglish45 km
S.N. na Coille Glaise135+38%CatholicEnglish✓46 km
S.N. Baile A Mhoinin11−56%CatholicEnglish46 km
S.N. Caitriona Naofa117+26%CatholicEnglish46 km
The Glebe N.S.17–Church of IrelandEnglish47 km
S.N. Lorcain Naofa45−15%CatholicEnglish47 km
St Feichins N School32−26%CatholicEnglish47 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa45+73%CatholicEnglish48 km
S.N. Ronain36−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
S.N. Naomh Ciarain22−15%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
S N Leitir Meallain25−22%CatholicAll in Irish✓48 km
S.N. Padraig Naofa106−15%CatholicEnglish48 km
Scoil Mhuire48+45%CatholicEnglish49 km
S N na hEaglaise37−3%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Kiltormer N.S.89+256%CatholicEnglish50 km
S.N. an Ard Mhoir20−9%CatholicAll in Irish✓50 km
St. Josephs N.S.53−24%CatholicEnglish✓50 km
Iomair N.S.136+20%CatholicEnglish50 km
Croi Ronaofa Meascaithe110+36%CatholicEnglish✓51 km
Aibhistin Naofa80+86%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. an Cillin42−42%CatholicEnglish52 km
S.N. Ui Cheithearnaigh193−10%CatholicAll in Irish✓52 km
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal81−5%CatholicEnglish✓52 km
Scoil an Chroi Naofa293+2%CatholicEnglish✓53 km
S.N. Mhuire58+23%CatholicAll in Irish✓53 km
Gortanumera N.S.50−4%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Cill Cruain52−19%CatholicEnglish53 km
S.N. Eoin Pol II14−42%CatholicAll in Irish✓54 km
S.N. Naomh Treasa39+5%CatholicSome subjects in Irish✓54 km
Creggs Central N.S.87+30%CatholicEnglish✓54 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal445+7%CatholicEnglish54 km
S.N. Breandan Naofa34+55%CatholicEnglish✓55 km
Glinsk N.S.74+14%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. Naomh Colmain10−55%CatholicAll in Irish✓55 km
S.N. M an Croi Gan Smal27–CatholicEnglish56 km
Baile Mor Siol Anmcadha117+72%CatholicEnglish57 km
S.N. Ard13−61%CatholicAll in Irish✓57 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal53+51%CatholicEnglish58 km
St Brendans N.S.235+4%CatholicEnglish✓58 km
St Brendan's N.S.45−20%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
S.N. Eanna25+9%CatholicEnglish✓60 km
Scoil Bhreandain Naofa53+6%CatholicEnglish64 km
S.N. Leitirgeis39+34%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
S.N. Muire85+1%CatholicEnglish✓68 km
Scoil Mhuire241+7%CatholicEnglish✓70 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig28+8%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
Ballyconeely N.S.15−35%CatholicEnglish✓71 km
S.N. Naomh Brid25−43%CatholicEnglish74 km
S.N. an Aill Bhreach25−38%CatholicEnglish✓74 km
S.N. Naomh Antoine2−92%CatholicEnglish✓75 km
S N na Naomh Uile15–CatholicEnglish✓78 km
S.N. Muire Gan Smal43+115%CatholicEnglish✓79 km
Inishbofin N.S.15–CatholicEnglish✓87 km
Living nearby

Living in Castlegar

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

Median sale price
€331,000
30 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,850
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the H91 Eircode area

Housing in Castlegar →

The median sale price rose from €338,600 in 2023 to €408,300 in 2025 (+21%).

2023€338,600
2024€375,000
2025€408,300

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€442,800
Second-hand homes€350,200

Property Price Register sales in the H91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Castlegar

Cost of living in Castlegar →

New tenancies in Castlegar averaged €1,850 a month in 2025, against €1,702 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,702
2025€1,850

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

Castlegar, H91 F9K6

Nearby

Primary schools near S.N. Colmcille

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

Tirellan Heights N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
330 pupils−15% since 2019/202.1 km
Radharc na Mara National School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
353 pupils2.2 km
Scoil Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
223 pupils−11% since 2019/202.8 km
S.N. Caitriona Sois
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
350 pupils−11% since 2019/202.8 km
S.N. Caitriona Sinsear
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
365 pupils−3% since 2019/202.8 km
Gaelscoil Dara
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
419 pupils−9% since 2019/202.9 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 17221K

Questions about S.N. Colmcille

Is S.N. Colmcille 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. Colmcille have?

70 pupils in 2025/26. That is −19% since 2019/20.

Does S.N. Colmcille teach through Irish?

No: S.N. Colmcille teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs S.N. Colmcille?

S.N. Colmcille has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora.

How do pupils get a place at S.N. Colmcille?

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. Colmcille?

The nearest are Tirellan Heights N.S. (2.1 km), Radharc na Mara National School (2.2 km) and Scoil Mhuire (2.8 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 Castlegar; 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).