By area · Release notes. Enrolment by planning area, local authority, school patron, county.
BISHOP MURPHY MEMORIAL BOYS SENIOR NATIONAL SCHOOL
Roll number: 16683U
McCurtain Street, Fermoy, Co. Cork
School details
- Address
- McCurtain Street, Fermoy, Co. Cork (P61XN80)
- Principal
- James O'Donoghue
- Ethos
- Catholic
- DEIS
- N
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- N
- Island
- N
- Local authority
- Cork County Council
- School patron
- Bishop of Cloyne
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- Planning area
- Fermoy
Preliminary data
The latest year shown (2025/26) is preliminary and subject to revision when the official enrolment figures are released by the Department of Education.
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
- Biggest gain in a single year: 2021/22: 131 in 2020/21 → 136, +5 pupils.
- Biggest loss in a single year: 2025/26 (preliminary): 129 in 2024/25 → 112, -17 pupils.
- Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2023/24 (17 → 33, +16).
- Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2025/26 (preliminary) (33 → 0, -33).
- Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2023/24 (17 → 21, +4).
- Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (22 → 19, -3).
- Overall: 131 (2020/21) → 112 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -19.
Summary statistics (class-level data)
Min / max / mean enrolment per class across the available years (2020/21–2024/25; preliminary year excluded from class stats).
| Class |
Min |
Max |
Mean |
Years |
| 2nd Class |
18 |
33 |
23.8 |
5 |
| 3rd Class |
17 |
31 |
24.0 |
5 |
| 4th Class |
17 |
31 |
23.4 |
5 |
| 5th Class |
17 |
33 |
24.4 |
5 |
| 6th Class |
21 |
33 |
26.2 |
5 |
| Total |
112 |
136 |
128.5 |
6 |
Total enrolment over time
Enrolment by gender over time
Enrolment by class over time
Raw data by year
Years marked (preliminary) are subject to revision when official data are published.
| Year |
Female |
Male |
JI |
SI |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
Total |
| 2020/21 |
– |
131 |
– |
– |
– |
33 |
17 |
25 |
24 |
21 |
131 |
| 2021/22 |
– |
136 |
– |
– |
– |
21 |
31 |
17 |
29 |
27 |
136 |
| 2022/23 |
– |
129 |
– |
– |
– |
21 |
22 |
31 |
17 |
29 |
129 |
| 2023/24 |
– |
134 |
– |
– |
– |
26 |
21 |
22 |
33 |
21 |
134 |
| 2024/25 |
– |
129 |
– |
– |
– |
18 |
29 |
22 |
19 |
33 |
129 |
| 2025/26 (preliminary) |
– |
112 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
112 |