S N Naomh Feargal Boys Senior
Dublin 11 · Roll number 18137D
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 180
- +13 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +24%
- Up 35 from 145 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 1 / 179
- 1% 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
180 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 6.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2.0 |
| 2nd Class | 29 | 37 | 39 | 28 | 23 | 43 | 33.2 |
| 3rd Class | 34 | 27 | 35 | 40 | 29 | 22 | 31.2 |
| 4th Class | 23 | 36 | 29 | 36 | 40 | 31 | 32.5 |
| 5th Class | 26 | 23 | 38 | 26 | 35 | 42 | 31.7 |
| 6th Class | 36 | 26 | 23 | 35 | 28 | 34 | 30.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
23 in 2nd Class (2024/25), 22 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 232nd Class2024/25
- 223rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
28 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 31 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 282nd Class2023/24
- 293rd Class2024/25
- 314th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2022/23
39 in 2nd Class (2022/23), 42 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 392nd Class2022/23
- 403rd Class2023/24
- 404th Class2024/25
- 425th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2021/22
37 in 2nd Class (2021/22), 34 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 372nd Class2021/22
- 353rd Class2022/23
- 364th Class2023/24
- 355th Class2024/25
- 346th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
29 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 292nd Class2020/21
- 273rd Class2021/22
- 294th Class2022/23
- 265th Class2023/24
- 286th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
34 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 343rd Class2020/21
- 364th Class2021/22
- 385th Class2022/23
- 356th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
23 in 4th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 234th Class2020/21
- 235th Class2021/22
- 236th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
26 in 5th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 265th Class2020/21
- 266th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +202nd Class in 2025/26 (23 to 43)
- −125th Class in 2023/24 (38 to 26)
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 Naomh Feargal Boys Senior, 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
16.4teaching posts
Our estimate: about 16 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers110 hours of support teaching a week 4.4
- Special class teachersFor an early intervention class and an autism class 2
9.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.8 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 9.16 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 S N Naomh Feargal Boys Senior, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Naomh Feargal Boys SeniorThis school | – | 180 |
+24.1%
|
|
| 1 | St Brigids Infant N S0.2 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.2 km | 140 |
−37.2%
|
| 2 | Finglas Parochial National School0.2 km · Dublin 11 · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 0.2 km | 94 |
+44.6%
|
| 3 | St Brigids Senior Girls0.3 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.3 km | 137 |
−25.1%
|
| 4 | St Canices G N S0.7 km · Dublin 11 · Girls · DEIS | 0.7 km | 473 |
+4.2%
|
| 5 | St Malachys NS0.7 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.7 km | 131 |
−5.1%
|
| 6 | St Oliver Plunkett N S0.8 km · Dublin 11 · DEIS | 0.8 km | 110 |
−30.8%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- MARY FLYNN
- Phone
- 018347609
- [email protected]
- Address
- Finglas West, Dublin 11, D11 E925
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- Dublin City Council
- Planning area
- Scribblestown–FinglasWest
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 | 180 | 1 | 179 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 34 |
| 2024/25 | 167 | 4 | 163 | – | – | – | 23 | 29 | 40 | 35 | 28 |
| 2023/24 | 177 | 2 | 175 | – | – | – | 28 | 40 | 36 | 26 | 35 |
| 2022/23 | 176 | 2 | 174 | – | – | – | 39 | 35 | 29 | 38 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | 161 | – | 161 | – | – | – | 37 | 27 | 36 | 23 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | 160 | – | 160 | – | – | – | 29 | 34 | 23 | 26 | 36 |
| 2019/20 | 153 | – | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 151 | – | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 150 | – | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 157 | 0 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 145 | 0 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 127 | 0 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 105 | 0 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 120 | 0 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 118 | 0 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 122 | 0 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 135 | 0 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 142 | 0 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 132 | 0 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 136 | 0 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 132 | 0 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 132 | 0 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 158 | 0 | 158 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 169 | 0 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 173 | 0 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 173 | 0 | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 181 | 0 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 163 | 0 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 160 | 0 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 153 | – | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 152 | – | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 127 | – | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 150 | – | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 384 | 0 | 384 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 475 | 0 | 475 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 518 | 0 | 518 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 563 | 0 | 563 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 596 | 0 | 596 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 632 | 0 | 632 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 650 | 0 | 650 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 672 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 702 | 0 | 702 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |