S N Muire
Gowran · Roll number 18064C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 197
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −25%
- Down 67 from 264 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 98 / 99
- 50% 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
197 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 | 29 | 21 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 24.0 |
| Senior Infants | 26 | 27 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 27 | 24.0 |
| 1st Class | 26 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 19 | 18 | 23.8 |
| 2nd Class | 31 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 26.7 |
| 3rd Class | 39 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 28.5 |
| 4th Class | 46 | 39 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 31.7 |
| 5th Class | 33 | 45 | 40 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 32.7 |
| 6th Class | 36 | 32 | 44 | 40 | 30 | 26 | 34.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
25 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 27 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2024/25
- 27Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
18 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 18 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 18Junior Infants2023/24
- 16Senior Infants2024/25
- 181st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
21 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 23 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2022/23
- 20Senior Infants2023/24
- 191st Class2024/25
- 232nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
29 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 28 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2021/22
- 28Senior Infants2022/23
- 281st Class2023/24
- 282nd Class2024/25
- 283rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
28 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 28Junior Infants2020/21
- 27Senior Infants2021/22
- 271st Class2022/23
- 262nd Class2023/24
- 243rd Class2024/25
- 264th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
26 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 26 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 26Senior Infants2020/21
- 251st Class2021/22
- 262nd Class2022/23
- 253rd Class2023/24
- 254th Class2024/25
- 265th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
26 in 1st Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 261st Class2020/21
- 262nd Class2021/22
- 253rd Class2022/23
- 254th Class2023/24
- 245th Class2024/25
- 266th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
31 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 312nd Class2020/21
- 303rd Class2021/22
- 294th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 306th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
39 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 40 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 393rd Class2020/21
- 394th Class2021/22
- 405th Class2022/23
- 406th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
46 in 4th Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 464th Class2020/21
- 455th Class2021/22
- 446th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
33 in 5th Class (2020/21), 32 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 335th Class2020/21
- 326th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +125th Class in 2021/22 (33 to 45)
- −125th Class in 2023/24 (40 to 28)
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 Muire, 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
13.2teaching posts
Our estimate: about 13 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers55 hours of support teaching a week 2.2
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
4.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 5 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 Muire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N MuireThis school | – | 197 |
−25.4%
|
|
| 1 | Goresbridge N.S.5.5 km · Goresbridge | 5.5 km | 68 |
−22.7%
|
| 2 | S N Naomh Colmain6.1 km · Clara | 6.1 km | 204 |
−6.0%
|
| 3 | Skeaghvastheen N S7.0 km · Skeaghvasteen | 7.0 km | 85 |
−20.6%
|
| 4 | Scoil Bhride B7C7.0 km · Kilkenny | 7.0 km | 217 |
−7.7%
|
| 5 | Bennettsbridge National School8.1 km · Kilkenny | 8.1 km | 206 |
+6.7%
|
| 6 | Baile an Chuilinn N S10.2 km · Muinebeag | 10.2 km | 126 |
+15.6%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Damien Alyward
- Phone
- 0567726221
- [email protected]
- Address
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny, R95 ND27
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Kilkenny County Council
- Planning area
- Kilkenny
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 | 197 | 98 | 99 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | 199 | 99 | 100 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 28 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 210 | 107 | 103 | 18 | 20 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 40 |
| 2022/23 | 240 | 118 | 122 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 40 | 44 |
| 2021/22 | 253 | 126 | 127 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 39 | 45 | 32 |
| 2020/21 | 265 | 126 | 139 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 31 | 39 | 46 | 33 | 36 |
| 2019/20 | 260 | 127 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 281 | 130 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 284 | 135 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 275 | 133 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 264 | 122 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 250 | 117 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 253 | 123 | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 251 | 123 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 259 | 133 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 232 | 127 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 224 | 119 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 228 | 121 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 210 | 111 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 207 | 105 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 187 | 98 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 175 | 93 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 187 | 101 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 189 | 99 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 185 | 97 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 171 | 91 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 180 | 93 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 172 | 86 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 176 | 82 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 186 | 90 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 186 | 92 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 183 | 95 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 198 | 107 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 273 | 117 | 156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 270 | 120 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 265 | 119 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 279 | 134 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 272 | 134 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 276 | 137 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 261 | 127 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 261 | 127 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 255 | 126 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |