Mercy Convent Killaloe
Killaloe · Roll number 18624O
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 97
- +7 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −2%
- Down 2 from 99 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 95 / 2
- 98% girls
Pupils since 1975
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
97 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 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 11.3 |
| Senior Infants | 10 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11.5 |
| 1st Class | 11 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 12.0 |
| 2nd Class | 13 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 12.5 |
| 3rd Class | 20 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 14.2 |
| 4th Class | 18 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 14.8 |
| 5th Class | 15 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 14.8 |
| 6th Class | 18 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 16.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
6 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 7 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 6Junior Infants2024/25
- 7Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
10 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 11 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 10Junior Infants2023/24
- 10Senior Infants2024/25
- 111st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
11 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 11 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 11Junior Infants2022/23
- 11Senior Infants2023/24
- 101st Class2024/25
- 112nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
15 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 14 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2021/22
- 13Senior Infants2022/23
- 141st Class2023/24
- 142nd Class2024/25
- 143rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
19 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 18 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 19Junior Infants2020/21
- 18Senior Infants2021/22
- 161st Class2022/23
- 172nd Class2023/24
- 163rd Class2024/25
- 184th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
10 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 15 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 10Senior Infants2020/21
- 101st Class2021/22
- 102nd Class2022/23
- 113rd Class2023/24
- 124th Class2024/25
- 155th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
11 in 1st Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 111st Class2020/21
- 102nd Class2021/22
- 123rd Class2022/23
- 124th Class2023/24
- 115th Class2024/25
- 146th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
13 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 10 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils fewer.
- 132nd Class2020/21
- 123rd Class2021/22
- 104th Class2022/23
- 105th Class2023/24
- 106th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
20 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 203rd Class2020/21
- 194th Class2021/22
- 195th Class2022/23
- 196th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
18 in 4th Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 184th Class2020/21
- 195th Class2021/22
- 206th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
15 in 5th Class (2020/21), 16 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 155th Class2020/21
- 166th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +8Senior Infants in 2021/22 (10 to 18)
- −94th Class in 2022/23 (19 to 10)
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 Mercy Convent Killaloe, 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
6.5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 6 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers37.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.5
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
3.25 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
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 Mercy Convent Killaloe, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Convent KillaloeThis school | – | 97 |
−2.0%
|
|
| 1 | Killaloe Boys N S0.3 km · Killaloe · Boys · DEIS | 0.3 km | 104 |
−10.3%
|
| 2 | S N Baile an Atha0.6 km · Ballina | 0.6 km | 404 |
−6.0%
|
| 3 | Boher N S5.0 km · Killaloe PO | 5.0 km | 113 |
+7.6%
|
| 4 | S N Baile na hInse5.9 km · Birdhill | 5.9 km | 95 |
−22.1%
|
| 5 | Birdhill N S6.6 km · Killaloe | 6.6 km | 104 |
−36.2%
|
| 6 | Ogonnelloe National School7.5 km · Scariff | 7.5 km | 101 |
−9.8%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Fiona Fitzgerald
- Phone
- 061376861
- [email protected]
- Address
- Killaloe, Co Clare, V94 D328
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Killaloe
- 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
- Clare County Council
- Planning area
- Killaloe
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
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 97 | 95 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 14 |
| 2024/25 | 90 | 90 | – | 6 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
| 2023/24 | 104 | 104 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 19 |
| 2022/23 | 111 | 111 | – | 11 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 20 |
| 2021/22 | 119 | 119 | – | 15 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 16 |
| 2020/21 | 124 | 124 | – | 19 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 115 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 114 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 115 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 114 | 114 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 99 | 99 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 94 | 94 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 93 | 93 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 85 | 85 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 89 | 89 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 96 | 96 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 108 | 108 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 111 | 111 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 114 | 114 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 106 | 106 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 102 | 102 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 105 | 105 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 101 | 101 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 96 | 96 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 88 | 88 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 89 | 89 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 82 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 79 | 79 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 77 | 77 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 85 | 85 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 93 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 92 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 107 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 115 | 115 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 113 | 113 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 109 | 109 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 107 | 107 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 110 | 110 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 112 | 112 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 117 | 117 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |