S N Cnoc an Mharcaigh
Longford · Roll number 07518E
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 289
- +3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +8%
- Up 21 from 268 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 129 / 160
- 45% 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
289 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 | 39 | 42 | 47 | 29 | 31 | 36 | 37.3 |
| Senior Infants | 33 | 38 | 42 | 44 | 29 | 29 | 35.8 |
| 1st Class | 34 | 33 | 38 | 41 | 47 | 30 | 37.2 |
| 2nd Class | 32 | 34 | 32 | 39 | 42 | 44 | 37.2 |
| 3rd Class | 33 | 30 | 34 | 33 | 38 | 44 | 35.3 |
| 4th Class | 32 | 33 | 30 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 33.3 |
| 5th Class | 34 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 32.5 |
| 6th Class | 34 | 35 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 35 | 32.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
31 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 29 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 31Junior Infants2024/25
- 29Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
29 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 30 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 29Junior Infants2023/24
- 29Senior Infants2024/25
- 301st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
47 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 44 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 47Junior Infants2022/23
- 44Senior Infants2023/24
- 471st Class2024/25
- 442nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
42 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 44 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2021/22
- 42Senior Infants2022/23
- 411st Class2023/24
- 422nd Class2024/25
- 443rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
39 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 36 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 39Junior Infants2020/21
- 38Senior Infants2021/22
- 381st Class2022/23
- 392nd Class2023/24
- 383rd Class2024/25
- 364th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
33 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 35 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 33Senior Infants2020/21
- 331st Class2021/22
- 322nd Class2022/23
- 333rd Class2023/24
- 344th Class2024/25
- 355th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
34 in 1st Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 341st Class2020/21
- 342nd Class2021/22
- 343rd Class2022/23
- 354th Class2023/24
- 345th Class2024/25
- 356th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
32 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 322nd Class2020/21
- 303rd Class2021/22
- 304th Class2022/23
- 315th Class2023/24
- 316th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
33 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 333rd Class2020/21
- 334th Class2021/22
- 315th Class2022/23
- 316th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
32 in 4th Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 324th Class2020/21
- 305th Class2021/22
- 296th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
34 in 5th Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 345th Class2020/21
- 356th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +72nd Class in 2023/24 (32 to 39)
- −18Junior Infants in 2023/24 (47 to 29)
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 Cnoc an Mharcaigh, 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
17.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 12 mainstream classes 12
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers115 hours of support teaching a week 4.6
3 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 4.6 special education teachers and 3 SNAs for next year.
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. 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 Cnoc an Mharcaigh, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Cnoc an MharcaighThis school | – | 289 |
+7.8%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Mhuire N S3.2 km · Newtownforbes · DEIS | 3.2 km | 317 |
−8.6%
|
| 2 | St. Johns National School3.4 km · Longford · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 3.4 km | 67 |
+15.5%
|
| 3 | St Emer's National School3.5 km · Templemichael · DEIS | 3.5 km | 215 |
0.0%
|
| 4 | Scoil Naomh Micheal3.7 km · Longford · Boys · DEIS | 3.7 km | 224 |
+28.7%
|
| 5 | St Josephs Convent4.1 km · Longford Town · DEIS | 4.1 km | 527 |
+19.0%
|
| 6 | S N Naomh Treasa5.2 km · Ballinalee · DEIS | 5.2 km | 306 |
+7.0%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Bryan Kennedy
- Phone
- 0433346197
- [email protected]
- Address
- Melview, Longford, N39 XW13
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Longford County Council
- Planning area
- Longford–Newtownforbes
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
43 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 | 289 | 129 | 160 | 36 | 29 | 30 | 44 | 44 | 36 | 35 | 35 |
| 2024/25 | 286 | 133 | 153 | 31 | 29 | 47 | 42 | 38 | 34 | 34 | 31 |
| 2023/24 | 283 | 133 | 150 | 29 | 44 | 41 | 39 | 33 | 35 | 31 | 31 |
| 2022/23 | 283 | 129 | 154 | 47 | 42 | 38 | 32 | 34 | 30 | 31 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | 275 | 129 | 146 | 42 | 38 | 33 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 30 | 35 |
| 2020/21 | 271 | 129 | 142 | 39 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 34 |
| 2019/20 | 282 | 141 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 276 | 135 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 267 | 135 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 273 | 138 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 268 | 137 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 260 | 129 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 262 | 122 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 259 | 119 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 229 | 109 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 220 | 98 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 216 | 101 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 219 | 101 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 225 | 95 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 226 | 93 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 214 | 88 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 220 | 88 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 221 | 88 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 218 | 83 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 220 | 79 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 216 | 82 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 220 | 99 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 231 | 99 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 239 | 100 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 233 | 105 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 238 | 108 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 233 | 114 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 234 | 113 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 192 | 76 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 192 | 72 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 175 | 71 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 175 | 73 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 158 | 57 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 160 | 54 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 135 | 47 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 105 | 40 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 68 | 22 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |