Our Ladys Abbey
Adare · Roll number 09296W
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 125
- −9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- 0%
- No change from 125 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 125 / 0
- 100% 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
125 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 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14.5 |
| Senior Infants | 13 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15.0 |
| 1st Class | 21 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16.3 |
| 2nd Class | 20 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 17.8 |
| 3rd Class | 25 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 19.5 |
| 4th Class | 20 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 20.7 |
| 5th Class | 17 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 20.0 |
| 6th Class | 10 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 19.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
12 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 13 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 12Junior Infants2024/25
- 13Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
14 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 14 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 14Junior Infants2023/24
- 14Senior Infants2024/25
- 141st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
14 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 16 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 14Junior Infants2022/23
- 15Senior Infants2023/24
- 151st Class2024/25
- 162nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
16 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 15 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 16Junior Infants2021/22
- 16Senior Infants2022/23
- 161st Class2023/24
- 152nd Class2024/25
- 153rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 21 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 19Junior Infants2020/21
- 19Senior Infants2021/22
- 201st Class2022/23
- 212nd Class2023/24
- 213rd Class2024/25
- 214th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 13Senior Infants2020/21
- 121st Class2021/22
- 142nd Class2022/23
- 133rd Class2023/24
- 134th Class2024/25
- 135th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
21 in 1st Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 211st Class2020/21
- 212nd Class2021/22
- 233rd Class2022/23
- 244th Class2023/24
- 225th Class2024/25
- 216th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
20 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 202nd Class2020/21
- 203rd Class2021/22
- 204th Class2022/23
- 225th Class2023/24
- 226th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
25 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 253rd Class2020/21
- 264th Class2021/22
- 265th Class2022/23
- 266th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
20 in 4th Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 204th Class2020/21
- 205th Class2021/22
- 206th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
17 in 5th Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 175th Class2020/21
- 176th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +81st Class in 2022/23 (12 to 20)
- −114th Class in 2024/25 (24 to 13)
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 Our Ladys Abbey, 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
8.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 8 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers35 hours of support teaching a week 1.4
1.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.3 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 2.33 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. 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 Our Ladys Abbey, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Ladys AbbeyThis school | – | 125 |
0.0%
|
|
| 1 | St. Nicholas Church of Ireland School0.4 km · Adare · Church of Ireland | 0.4 km | 54 |
−22.9%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Iosaf0.6 km · Adare · Boys | 0.6 km | 140 |
−1.4%
|
| 3 | Scoil Sean Tsraide3.3 km · Adare | 3.3 km | 127 |
−14.8%
|
| 4 | S N Ciarain5.9 km · Adare | 5.9 km | 66 |
+88.6%
|
| 5 | Scoil Tobar Padraig6.4 km · Patrickswell · DEIS | 6.4 km | 143 |
−4.7%
|
| 6 | Kildimo National School6.4 km · Kildimo | 6.4 km | 138 |
−25.0%
|
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
- Mary Lavin
- Phone
- 061396753
- [email protected]
- Address
- Blackabbey, Adare, Co. Limerick, V94 C437
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Limerick
- 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
- Limerick County Council
- Planning area
- Limerick City
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 | 125 | 125 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 21 |
| 2024/25 | 134 | 134 | – | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | 151 | 151 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 22 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | 153 | 153 | – | 14 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 26 | 20 |
| 2021/22 | 151 | 151 | – | 16 | 19 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 17 |
| 2020/21 | 145 | 145 | – | 19 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 10 |
| 2019/20 | 147 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 152 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 141 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 132 | 132 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 125 | 125 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 128 | 128 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 126 | 126 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 139 | 139 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 129 | 129 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 123 | 123 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 122 | 122 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 118 | 118 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 114 | 114 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 114 | 114 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 105 | 105 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 112 | 112 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 112 | 112 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 104 | 104 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 95 | 95 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 103 | 103 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 104 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 102 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 119 | 119 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 115 | 115 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 114 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 111 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 122 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 148 | 148 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 141 | 141 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 130 | 130 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 117 | 117 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 121 | 121 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 134 | 134 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 135 | 135 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 122 | 122 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 117 | 117 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |