S N Ciarain
Adare · Roll number 18717V
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 66
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +89%
- Up 31 from 35 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 34 / 32
- 52% 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
66 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 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Senior Infants | 9 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 9.0 |
| 1st Class | 10 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 8.3 |
| 2nd Class | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6.8 |
| 3rd Class | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 4th Class | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5.7 |
| 5th Class | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 6th Class | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
11 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 11 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 11Junior Infants2024/25
- 11Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
15 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 15 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 15Junior Infants2023/24
- 15Senior Infants2024/25
- 151st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
8 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 8 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 8Junior Infants2022/23
- 8Senior Infants2023/24
- 81st Class2024/25
- 82nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
9 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 7 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 9Junior Infants2021/22
- 9Senior Infants2022/23
- 81st Class2023/24
- 72nd Class2024/25
- 73rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
2 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 1 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 2Junior Infants2020/21
- 2Senior Infants2021/22
- 21st Class2022/23
- 22nd Class2023/24
- 23rd Class2024/25
- 14th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
9 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 6 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 9Senior Infants2020/21
- 71st Class2021/22
- 72nd Class2022/23
- 63rd Class2023/24
- 64th Class2024/25
- 65th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
10 in 1st Class (2020/21), 9 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 101st Class2020/21
- 102nd Class2021/22
- 103rd Class2022/23
- 104th Class2023/24
- 105th Class2024/25
- 96th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
7 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 7 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 72nd Class2020/21
- 73rd Class2021/22
- 74th Class2022/23
- 75th Class2023/24
- 76th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
7 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 6 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 73rd Class2020/21
- 64th Class2021/22
- 65th Class2022/23
- 66th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
4 in 4th Class (2020/21), 4 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 44th Class2020/21
- 45th Class2021/22
- 46th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
1 in 5th Class (2020/21), 1 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 15th Class2020/21
- 16th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +7Junior Infants in 2021/22 (2 to 9)
- −7Senior Infants in 2021/22 (9 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 Ciarain, 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
3.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 4 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 3 mainstream classes 3
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers20 hours of support teaching a week 0.8
2 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 0.8 special education teachers and 2 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 Ciarain, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N CiarainThis school | – | 66 |
+88.6%
|
|
| 1 | Croagh National School5.2 km · Rathkeale | 5.2 km | 78 |
−3.7%
|
| 2 | Scoil Naomh Iosaf5.3 km · Adare · Boys | 5.3 km | 140 |
−1.4%
|
| 3 | Our Ladys Abbey5.9 km · Adare · Girls | 5.9 km | 125 |
0.0%
|
| 4 | Scoil Chriost an Slanaitheoir6.0 km · Ballingarry | 6.0 km | 204 |
+21.4%
|
| 5 | St. Nicholas Church of Ireland School6.2 km · Adare · Church of Ireland | 6.2 km | 54 |
−22.9%
|
| 6 | Croom National School6.3 km · Croom · DEIS | 6.3 km | 169 |
+27.1%
|
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
- Elaine McHale
- Phone
- 061396518
- [email protected]
- Address
- Kilfinny, Adare, Co. Limerick, V94 A8P6
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Limerick
- 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
- Limerick County Council
- Planning area
- Croom
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 | 66 | 34 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | 66 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | 62 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | 53 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021/22 | 46 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 46 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019/20 | 47 | 22 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 41 | 18 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 34 | 15 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 30 | 12 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 35 | 13 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 36 | 14 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 46 | 22 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 54 | 29 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 56 | 29 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 59 | 31 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 61 | 33 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 62 | 34 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 64 | 34 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 61 | 32 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 65 | 35 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 51 | 27 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 51 | 27 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 50 | 24 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 45 | 20 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 43 | 19 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 50 | 25 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 57 | 30 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 66 | 28 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 77 | 36 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 76 | 38 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 74 | 35 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 81 | 41 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 65 | 28 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 67 | 30 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 66 | 26 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 66 | 27 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 65 | 32 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 63 | 30 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 71 | 37 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 70 | 38 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 75 | 37 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |