Scoil Mhuire
Maigh Cuilinn · Roll number 19529C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Some subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 396
- −6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +4%
- Up 16 from 380 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 200 / 196
- 51% girls
Pupils since 1978
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
396 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 | 46 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 47 | 36 | 45.7 |
| Senior Infants | 53 | 46 | 52 | 47 | 47 | 43 | 48.0 |
| 1st Class | 49 | 55 | 45 | 52 | 51 | 47 | 49.8 |
| 2nd Class | 48 | 48 | 57 | 48 | 52 | 54 | 51.2 |
| 3rd Class | 55 | 50 | 49 | 54 | 50 | 54 | 52.0 |
| 4th Class | 49 | 59 | 50 | 49 | 55 | 54 | 52.7 |
| 5th Class | 54 | 48 | 60 | 51 | 49 | 56 | 53.0 |
| 6th Class | 49 | 53 | 46 | 59 | 51 | 52 | 51.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
47 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 43 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 47Junior Infants2024/25
- 43Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
46 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 47 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 46Junior Infants2023/24
- 47Senior Infants2024/25
- 471st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
48 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 54 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 48Junior Infants2022/23
- 47Senior Infants2023/24
- 511st Class2024/25
- 542nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
51 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 54 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 51Junior Infants2021/22
- 52Senior Infants2022/23
- 521st Class2023/24
- 522nd Class2024/25
- 543rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
46 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 46Junior Infants2020/21
- 46Senior Infants2021/22
- 451st Class2022/23
- 482nd Class2023/24
- 503rd Class2024/25
- 544th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
53 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 56 in 5th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 53Senior Infants2020/21
- 551st Class2021/22
- 572nd Class2022/23
- 543rd Class2023/24
- 554th Class2024/25
- 565th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
49 in 1st Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 491st Class2020/21
- 482nd Class2021/22
- 493rd Class2022/23
- 494th Class2023/24
- 495th Class2024/25
- 526th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
48 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils more.
- 482nd Class2020/21
- 503rd Class2021/22
- 504th Class2022/23
- 515th Class2023/24
- 516th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
55 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 553rd Class2020/21
- 594th Class2021/22
- 605th Class2022/23
- 596th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
49 in 4th Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils fewer.
- 494th Class2020/21
- 485th Class2021/22
- 466th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
54 in 5th Class (2020/21), 53 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 545th Class2020/21
- 536th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +136th Class in 2023/24 (46 to 59)
- −11Junior Infants in 2025/26 (47 to 36)
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 Scoil Mhuire, 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
23.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 24 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers172.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.9
6.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 6.8 special education teachers and 6.5 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 Scoil Mhuire, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil MhuireThis school | – | 396 |
+4.2%
|
|
| 1 | S N Baile Nua3.2 km · Maigh Cuilinn · Gaelscoil · Gaeltacht | 3.2 km | 62 |
−31.9%
|
| 2 | SN Tuairini3.9 km · Maigh Cuilinn · Gaeltacht | 3.9 km | 84 |
−22.2%
|
| 3 | SN Tullach Ui Chadhain4.7 km · Maigh Cuilinn · Some subjects through Irish · Gaeltacht | 4.7 km | 65 |
−11.0%
|
| 4 | Scoil Naomh Iosef7.2 km · Bearna · Some subjects through Irish · Gaeltacht | 7.2 km | 183 |
−4.7%
|
| 5 | Ainbhthin Naofa7.4 km · Rosscahill | 7.4 km | 261 |
+10.1%
|
| 6 | S N Caladh na Muc8.2 km · Rosscahill · DEIS | 8.2 km | 18 |
−69.0%
|
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
- Terry Kavanagh
- Phone
- 091555454
- [email protected]
- Address
- Maigh Cuilinn, Co. na Gaillimhe, H91 HF10
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- Some subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Galway County Council
- Planning area
- Spiddal–Inverin
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
39 school years from 1978/79 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 396 | 200 | 196 | 36 | 43 | 47 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 52 |
| 2024/25 | 402 | 198 | 204 | 47 | 47 | 51 | 52 | 50 | 55 | 49 | 51 |
| 2023/24 | 406 | 192 | 214 | 46 | 47 | 52 | 48 | 54 | 49 | 51 | 59 |
| 2022/23 | 407 | 195 | 212 | 48 | 52 | 45 | 57 | 49 | 50 | 60 | 46 |
| 2021/22 | 410 | 201 | 209 | 51 | 46 | 55 | 48 | 50 | 59 | 48 | 53 |
| 2020/21 | 403 | 196 | 207 | 46 | 53 | 49 | 48 | 55 | 49 | 54 | 49 |
| 2019/20 | 404 | 188 | 216 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 389 | 181 | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 388 | 179 | 209 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 396 | 182 | 214 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 380 | 170 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 373 | 174 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 375 | 178 | 197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 381 | 182 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 385 | 186 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 384 | 193 | 191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 372 | 191 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 360 | 186 | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 366 | 194 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 356 | 186 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 348 | 180 | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 324 | 169 | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 326 | 178 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 308 | 159 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 307 | 157 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 285 | 145 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 279 | 138 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 287 | 144 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 287 | 147 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 280 | 142 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 268 | 134 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 252 | 120 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 240 | 118 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 231 | 105 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 228 | 110 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 232 | 118 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 290 | 149 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 286 | 141 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 210 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |