Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn
Trá Lí · Roll number 19631Q
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 415
- +1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +48%
- Up 135 from 280 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 207 / 208
- 50% 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
415 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 | 44 | 54 | 56 | 52 | 55 | 49 | 51.7 |
| Senior Infants | 53 | 45 | 54 | 57 | 52 | 56 | 52.8 |
| 1st Class | 48 | 52 | 45 | 55 | 56 | 52 | 51.3 |
| 2nd Class | 50 | 49 | 52 | 46 | 55 | 57 | 51.5 |
| 3rd Class | 44 | 51 | 49 | 51 | 47 | 54 | 49.3 |
| 4th Class | 25 | 45 | 51 | 48 | 50 | 48 | 44.5 |
| 5th Class | 50 | 24 | 45 | 50 | 49 | 49 | 44.5 |
| 6th Class | 38 | 50 | 23 | 44 | 50 | 50 | 42.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
55 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 56 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 55Junior Infants2024/25
- 56Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
52 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 52 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 52Junior Infants2023/24
- 52Senior Infants2024/25
- 521st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
56 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 57 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 56Junior Infants2022/23
- 57Senior Infants2023/24
- 561st Class2024/25
- 572nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
54 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 54 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 54Junior Infants2021/22
- 54Senior Infants2022/23
- 551st Class2023/24
- 552nd Class2024/25
- 543rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
44 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 48 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 44Junior Infants2020/21
- 45Senior Infants2021/22
- 451st Class2022/23
- 462nd Class2023/24
- 473rd Class2024/25
- 484th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
53 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 49 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 53Senior Infants2020/21
- 521st Class2021/22
- 522nd Class2022/23
- 513rd Class2023/24
- 504th Class2024/25
- 495th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
48 in 1st Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 481st Class2020/21
- 492nd Class2021/22
- 493rd Class2022/23
- 484th Class2023/24
- 495th Class2024/25
- 506th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
50 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 502nd Class2020/21
- 513rd Class2021/22
- 514th Class2022/23
- 505th Class2023/24
- 506th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
44 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 44 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 443rd Class2020/21
- 454th Class2021/22
- 455th Class2022/23
- 446th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
25 in 4th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 254th Class2020/21
- 245th Class2021/22
- 236th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
50 in 5th Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 505th Class2020/21
- 506th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +215th Class in 2022/23 (24 to 45)
- −276th Class in 2022/23 (50 to 23)
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 Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn, 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
22.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 22 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers127.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.1
6.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 5.2 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 Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil Mhic EasmainnThis school | – | 415 |
+48.2%
|
|
| 1 | Tralee Educate Together NS0.4 km · Tralee · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 0.4 km | 88 |
+6.0%
|
| 2 | S N Mhuire na mBraithre1.3 km · Tralee · DEIS | 1.3 km | 414 |
−10.8%
|
| 3 | St Johns Parochial School1.6 km · Tralee · Church of Ireland · DEIS | 1.6 km | 61 |
+69.4%
|
| 4 | Scoil Eoin1.7 km · Tralee | 1.7 km | 589 |
−13.9%
|
| 5 | S N Lios Teilic1.7 km · Tralee | 1.7 km | 211 |
−3.7%
|
| 6 | Scoil Mhuire1.8 km · Tralee · DEIS | 1.8 km | 378 |
+2.4%
|
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
- Liam Ó Conchubhair
- Phone
- 0667121394
- [email protected]
- Address
- Ráth Rónáin, Trá Lí, Co. Chiarraí, V92 Y973
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kerry
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Kerry County Council
- Planning area
- Tralee
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 | 415 | 207 | 208 | 49 | 56 | 52 | 57 | 54 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
| 2024/25 | 414 | 198 | 216 | 55 | 52 | 56 | 55 | 47 | 50 | 49 | 50 |
| 2023/24 | 403 | 191 | 212 | 52 | 57 | 55 | 46 | 51 | 48 | 50 | 44 |
| 2022/23 | 375 | 173 | 202 | 56 | 54 | 45 | 52 | 49 | 51 | 45 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | 370 | 177 | 193 | 54 | 45 | 52 | 49 | 51 | 45 | 24 | 50 |
| 2020/21 | 352 | 176 | 176 | 44 | 53 | 48 | 50 | 44 | 25 | 50 | 38 |
| 2019/20 | 345 | 177 | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 332 | 175 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 315 | 166 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 289 | 148 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 280 | 145 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 297 | 152 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 290 | 148 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 280 | 142 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 265 | 142 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 264 | 145 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 274 | 142 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 298 | 154 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 287 | 148 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 296 | 158 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 283 | 140 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 291 | 149 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 300 | 152 | 148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 322 | 163 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 323 | 169 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 332 | 165 | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 341 | 177 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 309 | 156 | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 307 | 162 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 281 | 147 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 296 | 153 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 272 | 141 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 262 | 136 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 161 | 81 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 139 | 67 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 105 | 55 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 76 | 39 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 53 | 31 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |