Welcome to Dooish NS

Welcome and thank you for taking the time to visit our school website.

Dooish National School is a vertical primary school located in Ballybofey, Co. Donegal with over 192 pupils from Junior Infants to Sixth Class.

Dooish National School re opens on Wednesday 26th August 2026.

Admission forms for September 2026 can be found in the "Our School Section" under "Policies".

We are lucky to have such a wonderful school community made up of fantastic children, enthusiastic and dedicated staff and very supportive parents.

Our school motto is “Tús Maith Leath na hOibre” which translates to "A Good Start is Half the Work" and this guides us in all we do in school.

The first term was exceptionally busy with many additional activities to extend teaching and learning for our pupils. We are looking forward to continuing this in Terms 2 and 3.

We hope that you will continue to visit our website to see and read about our rich, exciting curriculum and the further development of our school. Keep an eye out for regular updates which will give you an insight into our school life and keep you up to date with all our activities.

Frank McGlynn

Principal

St. Brigid's Day -Cross Making February 2026

The school community participated in a very enjoyable day of cross making this year for St. Brigid's Day. Many Parents and Grandparents visited our school to help their children and Grandchildren to make a traditional St. Brigid's cross out of rushes and enjoy a chat and a cup of tea! It was a relaxing, social event and it is lovely to see this important tradition and skill passed down through the generations. Fr. Sharkey and Fr. Vincent were both kind enough to visit our school and bless our crosses on the day. Each child went home with a cross and they were all delighted with their efforts!!

Christmas Performances 2025

Congratulations on all of the Christmas performances in December.