Our Lady of Lourdes N S
Limerick · Roll number 19667O
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 161
- −4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +12%
- Up 17 from 144 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 78 / 83
- 48% girls
Pupils since 1979
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
161 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 | 15 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 18.7 |
| Senior Infants | 14 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 18.7 |
| 1st Class | 17 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19.7 |
| 2nd Class | 13 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19.5 |
| 3rd Class | 20 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 21.5 |
| 4th Class | 19 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 21.2 |
| 5th Class | 17 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 20.2 |
| 6th Class | 24 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 21.5 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
19 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 17 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 19Junior Infants2024/25
- 17Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
19 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 20 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 19Junior Infants2023/24
- 20Senior Infants2024/25
- 201st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
19 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 20 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 19Junior Infants2022/23
- 21Senior Infants2023/24
- 211st Class2024/25
- 202nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
27 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 24 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 27Junior Infants2021/22
- 21Senior Infants2022/23
- 201st Class2023/24
- 222nd Class2024/25
- 243rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 4th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 15Junior Infants2020/21
- 19Senior Infants2021/22
- 211st Class2022/23
- 242nd Class2023/24
- 243rd Class2024/25
- 244th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
14 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 22 in 5th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 14Senior Infants2020/21
- 191st Class2021/22
- 162nd Class2022/23
- 203rd Class2023/24
- 214th Class2024/25
- 225th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
17 in 1st Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 171st Class2020/21
- 222nd Class2021/22
- 243rd Class2022/23
- 224th Class2023/24
- 185th Class2024/25
- 216th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
13 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils more.
- 132nd Class2020/21
- 173rd Class2021/22
- 194th Class2022/23
- 205th Class2023/24
- 206th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
20 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils more.
- 203rd Class2020/21
- 224th Class2021/22
- 245th Class2022/23
- 226th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
19 in 4th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 194th Class2020/21
- 205th Class2021/22
- 226th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
17 in 5th Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils more.
- 175th Class2020/21
- 206th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +12Junior Infants in 2021/22 (15 to 27)
- −8Junior Infants in 2022/23 (27 to 19)
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 Our Lady of Lourdes N S, 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
19.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 19 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers207.5 hours of support teaching a week 8.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
6.75 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6.75 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 Our Lady of Lourdes N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Lourdes N SThis school | – | 161 |
+11.8%
|
|
| 1 | Our Lady Queen of Peace School0.6 km · Limerick · DEIS | 0.6 km | 326 |
+5.2%
|
| 2 | Scoil Mathair de0.8 km · Limerick City | 0.8 km | 362 |
+24.4%
|
| 3 | An Mhodh Scoil0.9 km · Luimneach · Gaelscoil | 0.9 km | 578 |
−11.9%
|
| 4 | Limerick School Project1.1 km · Limerick · Multi-denominational | 1.1 km | 203 |
−6.9%
|
| 5 | St Michaels1.2 km · Limerick · Church of Ireland | 1.2 km | 116 |
−9.4%
|
| 6 | Le Chéile National School1.2 km · Limerick · DEIS | 1.2 km | 174 |
−7.4%
|
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
- Peter Jennings
- Phone
- 061227991
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rosbrien, Limerick, V94 Y6N9
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Limerick
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Limerick City Council
- Planning area
- Limerick City
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
38 school years from 1979/80 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 161 | 78 | 83 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 21 |
| 2024/25 | 165 | 76 | 89 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 20 |
| 2023/24 | 168 | 77 | 91 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | 166 | 78 | 88 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 166 | 82 | 84 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 20 |
| 2020/21 | 139 | 69 | 70 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 24 |
| 2019/20 | 146 | 67 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 149 | 63 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 148 | 69 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 146 | 64 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 144 | 63 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 142 | 62 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 148 | 63 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 144 | 73 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 165 | 77 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 188 | 86 | 102 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 202 | 89 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 214 | 97 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 221 | 103 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 224 | 103 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 217 | 101 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 229 | 96 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 229 | 95 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 229 | 98 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 229 | 103 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 227 | 99 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 222 | 96 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 219 | 91 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 226 | 84 | 142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 223 | 89 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 223 | 78 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 230 | 86 | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 221 | 88 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 266 | 114 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 267 | 121 | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 305 | 155 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 341 | 181 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 365 | 203 | 162 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |