Scoil Mhuire na nGael
Dundalk · Roll number 19598V
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 624
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −10%
- Down 66 from 690 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 293 / 331
- 47% girls
Pupils since 1980
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
624 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 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 65 | 64 | 72 | 70.2 |
| Senior Infants | 75 | 75 | 73 | 69 | 64 | 67 | 70.5 |
| 1st Class | 74 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 68 | 78 | 75.7 |
| 2nd Class | 75 | 79 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 70 | 76.8 |
| 3rd Class | 82 | 79 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 82 | 81.3 |
| 4th Class | 85 | 84 | 81 | 80 | 85 | 82 | 82.8 |
| 5th Class | 90 | 90 | 85 | 82 | 81 | 89 | 86.2 |
| 6th Class | 90 | 90 | 87 | 85 | 83 | 84 | 86.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
64 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 67 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 64Junior Infants2024/25
- 67Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
65 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 78 in 1st Class (2025/26): 13 pupils more.
- 65Junior Infants2023/24
- 64Senior Infants2024/25
- 781st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
70 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 70 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 70Junior Infants2022/23
- 69Senior Infants2023/24
- 681st Class2024/25
- 702nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
75 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 82 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 75Junior Infants2021/22
- 73Senior Infants2022/23
- 741st Class2023/24
- 762nd Class2024/25
- 823rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
75 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 82 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 75Junior Infants2020/21
- 75Senior Infants2021/22
- 791st Class2022/23
- 802nd Class2023/24
- 813rd Class2024/25
- 824th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
75 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 89 in 5th Class (2025/26): 14 pupils more.
- 75Senior Infants2020/21
- 811st Class2021/22
- 812nd Class2022/23
- 833rd Class2023/24
- 854th Class2024/25
- 895th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
74 in 1st Class (2020/21), 84 in 6th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 741st Class2020/21
- 792nd Class2021/22
- 813rd Class2022/23
- 804th Class2023/24
- 815th Class2024/25
- 846th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
75 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 83 in 6th Class (2024/25): 8 pupils more.
- 752nd Class2020/21
- 793rd Class2021/22
- 814th Class2022/23
- 825th Class2023/24
- 836th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
82 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 85 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 823rd Class2020/21
- 844th Class2021/22
- 855th Class2022/23
- 856th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
85 in 4th Class (2020/21), 87 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils more.
- 854th Class2020/21
- 905th Class2021/22
- 876th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
90 in 5th Class (2020/21), 90 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 905th Class2020/21
- 906th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +101st Class in 2025/26 (68 to 78)
- −61st Class in 2024/25 (74 to 68)
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 na nGael, 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
39.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 40 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 26 mainstream classes 26
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers197.5 hours of support teaching a week 7.9
- Special class teachersFor 4 autism classes 4
17.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 24 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8.5 special education teachers, 4 special class teachers and 17.66 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 na nGael, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire na nGaelThis school | – | 624 |
−9.6%
|
|
| 1 | St Josephs N S0.9 km · Dundalk · DEIS | 0.9 km | 574 |
+10.4%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan0.9 km · Dún Dealgan · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 0.9 km | 214 |
0.0%
|
| 3 | Réalt na Mara School1.7 km · Dundalk | 1.7 km | 467 |
+6.1%
|
| 4 | Dun Dealgan N S1.7 km · Dundalk · Presbyterian | 1.7 km | 84 |
0.0%
|
| 5 | C.B.S. Primary2.1 km · Dundalk · DEIS | 2.1 km | 524 |
+18.8%
|
| 6 | S N N Maolmhaodhagh B2.3 km · Dundalk · Boys | 2.3 km | 246 |
+22.4%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Lisa Jones
- Phone
- 0429336158
- [email protected]
- Address
- Willowdale, Bay Estate, Dundalk, A91 C953
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Armagh
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Louth County Council
- Planning area
- Dundalk
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
37 school years from 1980/81 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 624 | 293 | 331 | 72 | 67 | 78 | 70 | 82 | 82 | 89 | 84 |
| 2024/25 | 626 | 305 | 321 | 64 | 64 | 68 | 76 | 81 | 85 | 81 | 83 |
| 2023/24 | 636 | 315 | 321 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 80 | 82 | 85 |
| 2022/23 | 637 | 327 | 310 | 70 | 73 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 85 | 87 |
| 2021/22 | 653 | 337 | 316 | 75 | 75 | 81 | 79 | 79 | 84 | 90 | 90 |
| 2020/21 | 646 | 332 | 314 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 82 | 85 | 90 | 90 |
| 2019/20 | 675 | 346 | 329 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 675 | 343 | 332 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 690 | 339 | 351 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 697 | 341 | 356 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 690 | 347 | 343 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 697 | 341 | 356 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 691 | 328 | 363 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 700 | 335 | 365 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 657 | 319 | 338 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 654 | 313 | 341 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 643 | 305 | 338 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 658 | 319 | 339 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 682 | 323 | 359 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 695 | 329 | 366 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 687 | 338 | 349 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 710 | 362 | 348 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 737 | 363 | 374 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 738 | 364 | 374 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 741 | 362 | 379 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 730 | 358 | 372 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 756 | 381 | 375 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 799 | 402 | 397 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 818 | 406 | 412 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 799 | 390 | 409 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 823 | 395 | 428 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 854 | 403 | 451 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 868 | 408 | 460 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 538 | 262 | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 466 | 232 | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 355 | 173 | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 229 | 117 | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |