S N Duchoraidh
Duchoraidh · Roll number 16837V
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 4
- −6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −79%
- Down 15 from 19 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 3 / 1
- 75% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
4 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 0 | 1.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 2nd Class | 4 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 1.2 |
| 3rd Class | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 4th Class | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.7 |
| 5th Class | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2.2 |
| 6th Class | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
2 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 2 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 2Junior Infants2023/24
- 2Senior Infants2024/25
- 21st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
1 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 0 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 1Junior Infants2022/23
- 11st Class2024/25
- 02nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
3 in Senior Infants (2022/23), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 3Senior Infants2022/23
- 31st Class2023/24
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
0 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 02nd Class2023/24
- 13rd Class2024/25
- 04th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
1 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 1 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 12nd Class2022/23
- 13rd Class2023/24
- 14th Class2024/25
- 15th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
1 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 13rd Class2022/23
- 14th Class2023/24
- 15th Class2024/25
- 06th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
4 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 42nd Class2020/21
- 43rd Class2021/22
- 54th Class2022/23
- 45th Class2023/24
- 46th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
1 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 2 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 13rd Class2020/21
- 14th Class2021/22
- 45th Class2022/23
- 26th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
2 in 4th Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 24th Class2020/21
- 25th Class2021/22
- 36th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
1 in 5th Class (2020/21), 1 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 15th Class2020/21
- 16th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +44th Class in 2022/23 (1 to 5)
- −44th Class in 2023/24 (5 to 1)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at S N Duchoraidh, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
1.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 2 teachers.
- Class teachersOne mainstream class, with every standard together 1
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers12.5 hours of support teaching a week 0.5
2 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to S N Duchoraidh, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N DuchoraidhThis school | – | 4 |
−78.9%
|
|
| 1 | S N Cholmcille7.2 km · Baile Na Finne · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 7.2 km | 28 |
−50.9%
|
| 2 | S N Leitir Mhic an Bhaird8.3 km · Lettermacaward · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 8.3 km | 16 |
−50.0%
|
| 3 | Min A Ghabhann N S9.9 km · Donegal · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 9.9 km | 39 |
+62.5%
|
| 4 | Scoil Chróine10.6 km · An Clochán Liath · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 10.6 km | 265 |
−3.3%
|
| 5 | S N Loch an Iubhair11.9 km · Leitir Ceanainn · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 11.9 km | 25 |
−43.2%
|
| 6 | S N Chill Coinnigh12.3 km · Glenties · Girls · DEIS | 12.3 km | 5 |
−82.8%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Hilary Bn Mac Fhionnghaile
- Phone
- 0749546315
- [email protected]
- Address
- Duchoraidh, Co Dhun Na Ngall, F94 YP28
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Raphoe
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Donegal County Council
- Planning area
- Dungloe
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
42 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 10 | 7 | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | – | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 2021/22 | 8 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019/20 | 15 | 9 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 16 | 9 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 20 | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 16 | 7 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 19 | 7 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 20 | 7 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 22 | 7 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 23 | 8 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 23 | 8 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 23 | 8 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 23 | 9 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 24 | 11 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 21 | 11 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 17 | 9 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 18 | 9 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 18 | 9 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 14 | 8 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 14 | 8 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 13 | 6 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 13 | 8 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 11 | 6 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 18 | 8 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 18 | 8 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 15 | 6 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 17 | 7 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 25 | 11 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 27 | 12 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 30 | 14 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 33 | 15 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 36 | 16 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 40 | 16 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 37 | 15 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 46 | 19 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 45 | 18 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |