S N Neill Mor
Killybegs · Roll number 11843O
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 240
- +15 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +29%
- Up 54 from 186 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 122 / 118
- 51% 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
240 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 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 36 | 37 | 27 | 27.0 |
| Senior Infants | 21 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 35 | 36 | 26.7 |
| 1st Class | 33 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 38 | 25.8 |
| 2nd Class | 15 | 32 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 22.7 |
| 3rd Class | 26 | 13 | 34 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 24.8 |
| 4th Class | 24 | 24 | 16 | 34 | 26 | 26 | 25.0 |
| 5th Class | 20 | 25 | 27 | 18 | 34 | 28 | 25.3 |
| 6th Class | 24 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 39 | 26.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
37 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 36 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 37Junior Infants2024/25
- 36Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
36 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 38 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 36Junior Infants2023/24
- 35Senior Infants2024/25
- 381st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
24 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 20 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 24Junior Infants2022/23
- 26Senior Infants2023/24
- 191st Class2024/25
- 202nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
18 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 26 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 18Junior Infants2021/22
- 21Senior Infants2022/23
- 241st Class2023/24
- 232nd Class2024/25
- 263rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
20 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2020/21
- 21Senior Infants2021/22
- 211st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
- 243rd Class2024/25
- 264th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 5th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 21Senior Infants2020/21
- 201st Class2021/22
- 222nd Class2022/23
- 263rd Class2023/24
- 264th Class2024/25
- 285th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
33 in 1st Class (2020/21), 39 in 6th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 331st Class2020/21
- 322nd Class2021/22
- 343rd Class2022/23
- 344th Class2023/24
- 345th Class2024/25
- 396th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
15 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2024/25): 5 pupils more.
- 152nd Class2020/21
- 133rd Class2021/22
- 164th Class2022/23
- 185th Class2023/24
- 206th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
26 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 263rd Class2020/21
- 244th Class2021/22
- 275th Class2022/23
- 296th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
24 in 4th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 244th Class2020/21
- 255th Class2021/22
- 266th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
20 in 5th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2021/22): 2 pupils more.
- 205th Class2020/21
- 226th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +213rd Class in 2022/23 (13 to 34)
- −131st Class in 2021/22 (33 to 20)
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 Neill Mor, 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
17.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 17 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers82.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 speech and language classes, an autism class and a multiple disabilities class 4
11.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 22 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.5 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 11.49 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 Neill Mor, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Neill MorThis school | – | 240 |
+29.0%
|
|
| 1 | Killybegs Common N S2.1 km · Killybegs · DEIS | 2.1 km | 75 |
−24.2%
|
| 2 | S N Fhionntra2.8 km · Killybegs | 2.8 km | 5 |
−92.1%
|
| 3 | Bruckless N S3.2 km · Bruckless · DEIS | 3.2 km | 18 |
−33.3%
|
| 4 | Killaghtee N S4.5 km · Dunkineely · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 4.5 km | 12 |
−57.1%
|
| 5 | SN Dun Ceannfhaolaidh5.6 km · Dunkineely · DEIS | 5.6 km | 82 |
−23.4%
|
| 6 | Scoil Chartha Naofa9.6 km · Chill Chartha · Gaelscoil · DEIS · Gaeltacht | 9.6 km | 111 |
−5.9%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Eugene Mulligan
- Phone
- 0749731794
- [email protected]
- Address
- Killybegs, Co. Donegal, F94 FX76
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Raphoe
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Donegal County Council
- Planning area
- Killybegs
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 | 240 | 122 | 118 | 27 | 36 | 38 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 39 |
| 2024/25 | 225 | 111 | 114 | 37 | 35 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 20 |
| 2023/24 | 224 | 114 | 110 | 36 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 18 | 29 |
| 2022/23 | 205 | 97 | 108 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 34 | 16 | 27 | 26 |
| 2021/22 | 197 | 94 | 103 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 32 | 13 | 24 | 25 | 22 |
| 2020/21 | 202 | 93 | 109 | 20 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 24 |
| 2019/20 | 196 | 90 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 206 | 94 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 187 | 85 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 194 | 90 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 186 | 76 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 190 | 75 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 183 | 71 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 183 | 74 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 178 | 77 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 174 | 74 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 176 | 75 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 163 | 71 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 166 | 78 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 169 | 79 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 146 | 70 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 138 | 65 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 156 | 72 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 160 | 76 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 175 | 85 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 175 | 88 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 183 | 91 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 187 | 92 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 189 | 99 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 209 | 108 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 232 | 117 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 237 | 122 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 248 | 129 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 279 | 134 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 274 | 125 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 264 | 115 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 251 | 117 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 220 | 102 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 173 | 88 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 164 | 75 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |