S N Tulach Ruain
Tullaroan · Roll number 18670V
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 91
- +3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +1%
- Up 1 from 90 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 49 / 42
- 54% 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
91 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 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 10.7 |
| Senior Infants | 10 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9.8 |
| 1st Class | 14 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 10.8 |
| 2nd Class | 14 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 11.7 |
| 3rd Class | 12 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 11.8 |
| 4th Class | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 13.7 |
| 5th Class | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 13.5 |
| 6th Class | 11 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
8 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 8 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 8Junior Infants2024/25
- 8Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
11 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 11 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 11Junior Infants2023/24
- 11Senior 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
- 111st Class2024/25
- 112nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
6 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 7 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 6Junior Infants2021/22
- 6Senior Infants2022/23
- 61st Class2023/24
- 72nd Class2024/25
- 73rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 15 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 13Junior Infants2020/21
- 13Senior Infants2021/22
- 141st Class2022/23
- 142nd Class2023/24
- 133rd Class2024/25
- 154th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
10 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 9 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 10Senior Infants2020/21
- 91st Class2021/22
- 92nd Class2022/23
- 93rd Class2023/24
- 94th Class2024/25
- 95th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
14 in 1st Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 141st Class2020/21
- 152nd Class2021/22
- 153rd Class2022/23
- 154th Class2023/24
- 155th Class2024/25
- 156th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
14 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 142nd Class2020/21
- 153rd Class2021/22
- 154th Class2022/23
- 145th Class2023/24
- 146th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
12 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 123rd Class2020/21
- 134th Class2021/22
- 145th Class2022/23
- 136th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
15 in 4th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 154th Class2020/21
- 155th Class2021/22
- 156th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
14 in 5th Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 145th Class2020/21
- 146th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +7Junior Infants in 2025/26 (8 to 15)
- −81st Class in 2023/24 (14 to 6)
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 Tulach Ruain, 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
5.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 5 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 teachers27.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.1
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.1 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 Tulach Ruain, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Tulach RuainThis school | – | 91 |
+1.1%
|
|
| 1 | St Aidans N S5.1 km · Kilmanagh | 5.1 km | 175 |
−5.9%
|
| 2 | Scoil Lachtain8.0 km · Freshford · DEIS | 8.0 km | 201 |
+6.3%
|
| 3 | Slieveardagh N S8.3 km · Thurles · DEIS | 8.3 km | 24 |
−53.8%
|
| 4 | Clontubrid Mixed N S10.6 km · Freshford | 10.6 km | 43 |
−31.7%
|
| 5 | Our Lady's National School10.8 km · Thurles · DEIS | 10.8 km | 71 |
−26.0%
|
| 6 | S N Gort na hUaighe11.1 km · Thurles · DEIS | 11.1 km | 132 |
+11.9%
|
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
- Jimmy Coogan
- Phone
- 0567769469
- [email protected]
- Address
- Tullaroan, Co. Kilkenny, R95 YA46
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Ossory
- 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
- 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 | 91 | 49 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 15 |
| 2024/25 | 88 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | 93 | 47 | 46 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
| 2022/23 | 99 | 48 | 51 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | 100 | 53 | 47 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
| 2020/21 | 103 | 55 | 48 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 11 |
| 2019/20 | 98 | 54 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 94 | 54 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 92 | 47 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 91 | 44 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 90 | 44 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 86 | 48 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 78 | 42 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 75 | 41 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 84 | 47 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 90 | 48 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 85 | 44 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 97 | 49 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 92 | 47 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 101 | 48 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 107 | 50 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 111 | 53 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 107 | 47 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 105 | 49 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 112 | 54 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 108 | 52 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 102 | 50 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 109 | 51 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 113 | 53 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 119 | 57 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 128 | 64 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 137 | 63 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 133 | 60 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 135 | 68 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 136 | 71 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 134 | 70 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 132 | 70 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 125 | 62 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 121 | 55 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 121 | 56 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 129 | 62 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 133 | 72 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |