St Bridgets Monastery Boys Senior School
Muinebheag · Roll number 13105L
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 134
- +7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +2%
- Up 2 from 132 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 2 / 132
- 1% girls
Pupils since 1975
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
134 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 12.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | 23 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 23.7 |
| 3rd Class | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 22.7 |
| 4th Class | 26 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 22.7 |
| 5th Class | 24 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 23.2 |
| 6th Class | 31 | 24 | 27 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 25.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
24 in 2nd Class (2024/25), 25 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 242nd Class2024/25
- 253rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
22 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 21 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 222nd Class2023/24
- 223rd Class2024/25
- 214th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
20 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 20 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 202nd Class2022/23
- 213rd Class2023/24
- 204th Class2024/25
- 205th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2021/22
23 in 2nd Class (2021/22), 26 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 233rd Class2022/23
- 234th Class2023/24
- 245th Class2024/25
- 266th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
23 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 25 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 232nd Class2020/21
- 233rd Class2021/22
- 234th Class2022/23
- 245th Class2023/24
- 256th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
22 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 223rd Class2020/21
- 234th Class2021/22
- 215th Class2022/23
- 206th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
26 in 4th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 264th Class2020/21
- 265th Class2021/22
- 276th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
24 in 5th Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 245th Class2020/21
- 246th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +62nd Class in 2025/26 (24 to 30)
- −76th Class in 2021/22 (31 to 24)
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 St Bridgets Monastery Boys Senior School, 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
11teaching posts
Our estimate: about 11 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 5 mainstream classes 5
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers75 hours of support teaching a week 3
- Special class teachersFor 2 early intervention classes 2
6.82 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6.82 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 St Bridgets Monastery Boys Senior School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Bridgets Monastery Boys Senior SchoolThis school | – | 134 |
+1.5%
|
|
| 1 | St Marys N S0.3 km · Muine Bheag · Church of Ireland | 0.3 km | 90 |
−5.3%
|
| 2 | Queen of Universe N S0.6 km · Muinebeagh · DEIS | 0.6 km | 253 |
−11.2%
|
| 3 | St Laserians MXD NS4.0 km · Leighlinbridge | 4.0 km | 182 |
+2.8%
|
| 4 | Scoil Bhride B7C5.0 km · Kilkenny | 5.0 km | 217 |
−7.7%
|
| 5 | Newtown Dunleckney MXD5.8 km · Muinebheag | 5.8 km | 144 |
+5.1%
|
| 6 | Baile an Chuilinn N S6.0 km · Muinebeag | 6.0 km | 126 |
+15.6%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Oonagh Tuffy
- Phone
- 0599721984
- [email protected]
- Address
- Muinebheag, Co. Carlow, R21 PR62
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Carlow County Council
- Planning area
- Bagenalstown
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
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 134 | 2 | 132 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | 127 | 2 | 125 | – | – | – | 24 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | 122 | 3 | 119 | – | – | – | 22 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 20 |
| 2022/23 | 126 | 3 | 123 | – | – | – | 20 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 27 |
| 2021/22 | 131 | 2 | 129 | – | – | – | 23 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 24 |
| 2020/21 | 137 | 4 | 133 | – | – | – | 23 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 31 |
| 2019/20 | 147 | 3 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 151 | 1 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 138 | 1 | 137 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 132 | 0 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 132 | 2 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 112 | 1 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 117 | 1 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 113 | 0 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 122 | 0 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 128 | 0 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 126 | 0 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 127 | 0 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 122 | 0 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 116 | 0 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 105 | 0 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 116 | 0 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 119 | 0 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 147 | 0 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 150 | 0 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 149 | 0 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 158 | 0 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 168 | – | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 163 | 0 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 176 | 0 | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 182 | – | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 185 | – | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 184 | – | 184 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 175 | 0 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 178 | 0 | 178 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 192 | 0 | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 194 | 0 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 194 | 0 | 194 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 199 | 0 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 210 | 0 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |