S N Gleann Guail
Thurles · Roll number 17665A
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 16
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −63%
- Down 27 from 43 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 6 / 10
- 38% 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
16 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 | 4 | 4 | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | 3.6 |
| Senior Infants | – | 4 | 4 | 3 | – | 3 | 3.5 |
| 1st Class | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2.8 |
| 2nd Class | – | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 3rd Class | 5 | – | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 4th Class | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 2.8 |
| 5th Class | 3 | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | 0 | 2.2 |
| 6th Class | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | 2.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
4 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 3 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 4Junior Infants2024/25
- 3Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
3 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 3 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 3Junior Infants2022/23
- 3Senior Infants2023/24
- 41st Class2024/25
- 32nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
4 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 2 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 4Junior Infants2021/22
- 4Senior Infants2022/23
- 31st Class2023/24
- 22nd Class2024/25
- 23rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
4 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 3 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 4Junior Infants2020/21
- 4Senior Infants2021/22
- 51st Class2022/23
- 52nd Class2023/24
- 53rd Class2024/25
- 34th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
1 in 1st Class (2020/21), 1 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 11st Class2020/21
- 12nd Class2021/22
- 23rd Class2022/23
- 24th Class2023/24
- 25th Class2024/25
- 16th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
5 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 5 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 53rd Class2020/21
- 54th Class2021/22
- 55th Class2022/23
- 56th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
1 in 4th Class (2020/21), 1 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 14th Class2020/21
- 15th Class2021/22
- 16th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
3 in 5th Class (2020/21), 3 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 35th Class2020/21
- 36th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +44th Class in 2021/22 (1 to 5)
- −32nd Class in 2024/25 (5 to 2)
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 Gleann Guail, 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
3.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 3 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 2 mainstream classes 2
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers32.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.3
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.3 special education teachers and 1 SNA 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 S N Gleann Guail, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Gleann GuailThis school | – | 16 |
−62.8%
|
|
| 1 | S N Baile Sluagh2.9 km · Thurles | 2.9 km | 26 |
−3.7%
|
| 2 | Lisnamrock N S3.6 km · Thurles · DEIS | 3.6 km | 65 |
−1.5%
|
| 3 | Killenaule N S5.9 km · Thurles · DEIS | 5.9 km | 135 |
−19.6%
|
| 4 | Slieveardagh N S6.4 km · Thurles · DEIS | 6.4 km | 24 |
−53.8%
|
| 5 | S N Gort na hUaighe6.7 km · Thurles · DEIS | 6.7 km | 132 |
+11.9%
|
| 6 | S N Chaoimhghin6.9 km · Thurles · DEIS | 6.9 km | 83 |
+18.6%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Nora Claire Ryan
- Phone
- 0529156644
- [email protected]
- Address
- Glengoole North, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 X921
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
- School type
- Ordinary
- 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
- Tipperary (Sr) County Council
- Planning area
- Killenaule
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 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 4 | – | 4 | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | – |
| 2023/24 | 18 | 7 | 11 | – | 3 | 3 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 5 |
| 2022/23 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 5 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019/20 | 22 | 13 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 28 | 14 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 35 | 18 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 41 | 22 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 43 | 22 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 45 | 25 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 43 | 21 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 41 | 16 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 41 | 18 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 50 | 25 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 55 | 28 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 50 | 24 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 48 | 24 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 49 | 23 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 50 | 24 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 53 | 30 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 53 | 29 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 56 | 28 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 57 | 30 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 53 | 26 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 54 | 25 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 56 | 24 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 60 | 23 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 83 | 35 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 82 | 34 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 80 | 34 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 70 | 31 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 63 | 34 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 57 | 26 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 60 | 28 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 63 | 31 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 59 | 28 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 60 | – | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 55 | 24 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 53 | 23 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 54 | 27 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |