Scoil Mhuire gan Smál
Dundalk · Roll number 16749B
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 189
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −9%
- Down 19 from 208 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 87 / 102
- 46% 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
189 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 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 25.3 |
| Senior Infants | 25 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 24.3 |
| 1st Class | 18 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 20 | 24.8 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 16 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 26.3 |
| 3rd Class | 25 | 28 | 18 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 25.7 |
| 4th Class | 27 | 28 | 29 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 25.3 |
| 5th Class | 29 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 27 | 25.8 |
| 6th Class | 29 | 28 | 24 | 29 | 27 | 17 | 25.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
22 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 18 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 22Junior Infants2024/25
- 18Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
21 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 20 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 21Junior Infants2023/24
- 19Senior Infants2024/25
- 201st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
27 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 27 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 27Junior Infants2022/23
- 27Senior Infants2023/24
- 271st Class2024/25
- 272nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
28 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 29 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 28Junior Infants2021/22
- 28Senior Infants2022/23
- 291st Class2023/24
- 292nd Class2024/25
- 293rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
28 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 28Junior Infants2020/21
- 29Senior Infants2021/22
- 301st Class2022/23
- 302nd Class2023/24
- 273rd Class2024/25
- 254th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
25 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 27 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 25Senior Infants2020/21
- 251st Class2021/22
- 272nd Class2022/23
- 273rd Class2023/24
- 254th Class2024/25
- 275th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
18 in 1st Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 181st Class2020/21
- 162nd Class2021/22
- 183rd Class2022/23
- 184th Class2023/24
- 175th Class2024/25
- 176th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils fewer.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 283rd Class2021/22
- 294th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 276th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
25 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 29 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 253rd Class2020/21
- 284th Class2021/22
- 285th Class2022/23
- 296th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
27 in 4th Class (2020/21), 24 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 274th Class2020/21
- 265th Class2021/22
- 246th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
29 in 5th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 295th Class2020/21
- 286th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +112nd Class in 2022/23 (16 to 27)
- −132nd Class in 2021/22 (29 to 16)
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 Scoil Mhuire gan Smál, 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
12.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers80 hours of support teaching a week 3.2
2.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.2 special education teachers and 2.83 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 Scoil Mhuire gan Smál, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire gan SmálThis school | – | 189 |
−9.1%
|
|
| 1 | S.N Eoin Baiste3.1 km · Dundalk · DEIS | 3.1 km | 164 |
−5.7%
|
| 2 | S N an Tslanaitheora B3.5 km · Dundalk · Boys · DEIS | 3.5 km | 169 |
+101.2%
|
| 3 | S N an Tslanaitheora C3.5 km · Dundalk · DEIS | 3.5 km | 160 |
+60.0%
|
| 4 | Knockbridge Mixed N S4.0 km · Dundalk | 4.0 km | 285 |
+0.7%
|
| 5 | S N N Maolmhaodhagh B4.1 km · Dundalk · Boys | 4.1 km | 246 |
+22.4%
|
| 6 | S N N Maolmhaodhagh C4.1 km · Dundalk · Girls | 4.1 km | 233 |
+9.9%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Donna Kirby
- Phone
- 0429337187
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kilkerley, Dundalk, Co. Louth, A91 A596
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Armagh
- 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
- Louth County Council
- Planning area
- Dundalk
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 | 189 | 87 | 102 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 27 | 17 |
| 2024/25 | 193 | 101 | 92 | 22 | 19 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 17 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 209 | 110 | 99 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 18 | 28 | 29 |
| 2022/23 | 211 | 112 | 99 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 28 | 24 |
| 2021/22 | 208 | 105 | 103 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 28 |
| 2020/21 | 210 | 105 | 105 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 29 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 29 |
| 2019/20 | 209 | 107 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 205 | 106 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 211 | 110 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 207 | 104 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 208 | 105 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 216 | 108 | 108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 212 | 107 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 200 | 104 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 194 | 98 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 189 | 97 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 171 | 87 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 155 | 78 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 164 | 83 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 149 | 73 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 132 | 61 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 120 | 59 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 110 | 52 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 100 | 44 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 89 | 36 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 87 | 36 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 80 | 29 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 78 | 26 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 83 | 31 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 77 | 27 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 83 | 28 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 94 | 33 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 89 | 32 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 124 | 59 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 123 | 59 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 114 | 55 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 107 | 51 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 113 | 55 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 118 | 59 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 122 | 59 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 125 | 64 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 123 | 62 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |