Don N.S.
Cortoonmore, Ballaghaderreen · F45 XV82 · Roll number 15255R
Don N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballaghaderreen. Every school in and around Ballaghaderreen →
What stands out about Don N.S.
- A small primary school: 38 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 38 pupils, 33% fewer than the 57 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.
- 23 girls and 15 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ballaghaderreen’s outline, 4.2 km away; listed with Ballaghaderreen, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Don N.S. had 38 pupils in 2025/26, down from 65 in 2015/16 (−42%). Girls are 61% of them. Its roll rose in 0 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Don N.S.
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 Don N.S. 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 Don N.S.
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 Don N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Don N.S. 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Don N.S. has shrunk by 33% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballaghaderreen together changed by +10%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest primary schools
2025/26The 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 Don N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −33%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don N.S. | 38 | −33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Tibohine N.S. | 56 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Fairymount N.S. | 39 | +34% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| S.N. Mhuire Lourdes | 57 | +36% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| St Attractas N.S. | 281 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| S.N. Lios A Cuill M | 94 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Kilmovee N.S. | 51 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
The other 80 primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Padraig Naofa | 104 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| S.N. Brusna | 66 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Cloonbonnif N.S. | 24 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Gorthaganny N.S. | 45 | −45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Annes Con N.S. | 141 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Ballanagare N.S. | 57 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| S.N. Pol Naofa | 66 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Naomh Atrachta | 36 | −8% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Tarmon N.S. | 276 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Threen N.S. | 35 | −8% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Carrick Mixed N.S. | 80 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Ballinlough N.S. | 35 | – | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Naomh Eoin | 47 | +57% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Grange N.S. | 32 | +10% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Castleplunkett N.S. | 44 | −19% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St. Bride's N.S. | 89 | +2% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Granlahan G N.S. | 46 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Paroisteach | 24 | +4% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Abbey Primary School | 427 | – | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Clooniquin N.S. | 44 | +26% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Cruachain | 173 | −2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Tulsk N.S. | 77 | −10% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Abbeycarton N.S. | 138 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Cloonfad N.S. | 125 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| S.N. Naomh Ceitheach | 13 | −55% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Treasa | 89 | −2% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Michil Naofa | 24 | −4% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Lisaniskey N.S. | 108 | +11% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Aughrim N.S. | 31 | −24% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Bhríde | 126 | +18% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| N Micheal agus Padraig | 156 | +27% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Cill Trostain | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Mary's Primary | 136 | +9% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Clover Hill N.S. | 51 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 44 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 22 | −39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Ciaran Naofa | 60 | −19% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Clooncagh N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire | 9 | – | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 18 | −40% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Cill Ronain | 37 | +68% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Dangan NS | 92 | +12% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Roxboro N.S. | 226 | +10% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| S.N. Baile Ui Fhidhne | 96 | −2% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Cóman's Wood Primary School | 605 | −5% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Gaelscoil de hIde | 149 | −5% | Catholic | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| S.N. O Dubhlain | 15 | −55% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Slatta N.S. | 8 | −69% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Kilteevan N.S. | 32 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| S.N. Lasair Naofa | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Athleague N.S. | 105 | +40% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Strabaggan N.S. | 25 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Cloontuskert National School | 82 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Rooskey N.S. | 160 | +33% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Mount Talbot N.S. | 24 | – | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Seosamh | 121 | +7% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Whitehall N.S. | 93 | −23% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Cloonfour N.S. | 42 | +75% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Chrocaire | 136 | −14% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Tisrara National School | 54 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| S.N. Rath Aradh | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Ballyforan Mixed N.S. | 59 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Lismoil N.S. | 12 | – | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| Lecarrow Community National School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 49 km | |
| Ballintleva N.S. | 46 | −19% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| S.N. an Gleann Duibh | 147 | +10% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Carrick N.S. | 41 | −40% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal | 13 | – | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Brideswell N.S. | 68 | +17% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Ballybay National School | 224 | +7% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Taughmaconnell N.S. | 105 | +2% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S.N. Ronain | 34 | −8% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| S N Cluain na Cille | 399 | −7% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire, | 115 | +25% | Catholic | English | 60 km | |
| S.N. Ard Cianain | 77 | −25% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S.N. Cnoc an Samhraidh | 223 | −16% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| S N Cor na Fola B | 223 | −8% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| Camcloon N.S. | 55 | −15% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Ciaran | 107 | +0% | Catholic | English | 66 km | |
| Clonown N.S. | 28 | −3% | Catholic | English | 68 km |
Living in Ballaghaderreen
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Homes in the F45 Eircode area
Housing in Ballaghaderreen →The median sale price rose from €135,000 in 2023 to €155,000 in 2025 (+15%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ballaghaderreen
Cost of living in Ballaghaderreen →New tenancies in Ballaghaderreen averaged €777 a month in 2025, against €765 in 2024 (+2%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballaghaderreen, F45 XV82
Primary schools near Don N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Don N.S.
Is Don N.S. 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 Don N.S. have?
38 pupils in 2025/26. That is −33% since 2019/20.
Does Don N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Don N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Don N.S.?
Don N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at Don N.S.?
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 Don N.S.?
The nearest are Tibohine N.S. (3.7 km), Fairymount N.S. (4.3 km) and S.N. Mhuire Lourdes (4.6 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 Ballaghaderreen; 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).