Muire gan Smal
Castleisland · Roll number 14952L
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 123
- +6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −13%
- Down 18 from 141 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 83 / 40
- 67% 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
123 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 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 18.2 |
| Senior Infants | 15 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 18.3 |
| 1st Class | 11 | 12 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 18.2 |
| 2nd Class | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 8.7 |
| 3rd Class | 8 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 8.7 |
| 4th Class | 11 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 9.2 |
| 5th Class | 17 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11.0 |
| 6th Class | 8 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 10.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
20 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 20 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 20Junior Infants2024/25
- 20Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
13 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 21 in 1st Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 13Junior Infants2023/24
- 15Senior Infants2024/25
- 211st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
15 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 13 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2022/23
- 16Senior Infants2023/24
- 201st Class2024/25
- 132nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
17 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 12 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 17Junior Infants2021/22
- 20Senior Infants2022/23
- 201st Class2023/24
- 92nd Class2024/25
- 123rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
23 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 11 in 4th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils fewer.
- 23Junior Infants2020/21
- 24Senior Infants2021/22
- 251st Class2022/23
- 92nd Class2023/24
- 93rd Class2024/25
- 114th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 14 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 15Senior Infants2020/21
- 121st Class2021/22
- 102nd Class2022/23
- 113rd Class2023/24
- 144th Class2024/25
- 145th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
11 in 1st Class (2020/21), 11 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 111st Class2020/21
- 72nd Class2021/22
- 83rd Class2022/23
- 74th Class2023/24
- 115th Class2024/25
- 116th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
4 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 42nd Class2020/21
- 43rd Class2021/22
- 34th Class2022/23
- 45th Class2023/24
- 46th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
8 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 83rd Class2020/21
- 94th Class2021/22
- 115th Class2022/23
- 126th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
11 in 4th Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 114th Class2020/21
- 95th Class2021/22
- 96th 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
- +131st Class in 2022/23 (12 to 25)
- −85th Class in 2021/22 (17 to 9)
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 Muire gan Smal, 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
13.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers92.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.7
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes 3
10.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 3.9 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 10.83 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 Muire gan Smal, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muire gan SmalThis school | – | 123 |
−12.8%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain0.5 km · Oileán Ciarraí · Gaelscoil | 0.5 km | 179 |
−15.2%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh0.7 km · Castleisland · Boys · DEIS | 0.7 km | 53 |
+6.0%
|
| 3 | Curranes N S4.3 km · Co.Kerry | 4.3 km | 86 |
+16.2%
|
| 4 | Scoil Mhuire B&C5.1 km · Castleisland | 5.1 km | 107 |
+33.8%
|
| 5 | Scoil Mhuire agus N.treasa5.4 km · Killarney | 5.4 km | 120 |
−13.7%
|
| 6 | Scoil Nuachabhail6.5 km · Tralee | 6.5 km | 98 |
−30.0%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Seamus Moynihan
- Phone
- 0667141147
- [email protected]
- Address
- Old Chapel Lane, Castleisland, Co. Kerry, V92 P803
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kerry
- 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
- Kerry County Council
- Planning area
- Castleisland
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 | 123 | 83 | 40 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | 117 | 73 | 44 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 110 | 69 | 41 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 2022/23 | 117 | 67 | 50 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 9 |
| 2021/22 | 116 | 72 | 44 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 17 |
| 2020/21 | 114 | 73 | 41 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 8 |
| 2019/20 | 113 | 81 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 120 | 83 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 130 | 84 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 143 | 93 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 141 | 95 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 134 | 100 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 132 | 100 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 132 | 105 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 155 | 128 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 150 | 116 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 147 | 106 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 162 | 117 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 136 | 104 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 124 | 96 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 120 | 94 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 136 | 96 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 150 | 114 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 152 | 116 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 150 | 121 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 177 | 132 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 184 | 138 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 190 | 142 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 216 | 159 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 231 | 175 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 246 | 188 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 273 | 210 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 293 | 235 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 390 | 279 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 390 | 286 | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 387 | 288 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 392 | 287 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 405 | 295 | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 421 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 439 | 314 | 125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 450 | 321 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 439 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 440 | 316 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |