Gaelscoil de hIde
Mainistir Fheatmaí · Roll number 19851H
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 328
- +4 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −20%
- Down 83 from 411 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 153 / 175
- 47% girls
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
328 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 | 35 | 47 | 35 | 43 | 34 | 41 | 39.2 |
| Senior Infants | 52 | 38 | 47 | 34 | 42 | 35 | 41.3 |
| 1st Class | 36 | 55 | 38 | 44 | 34 | 45 | 42.0 |
| 2nd Class | 41 | 38 | 57 | 39 | 43 | 37 | 42.5 |
| 3rd Class | 41 | 40 | 37 | 56 | 40 | 44 | 43.0 |
| 4th Class | 48 | 41 | 39 | 35 | 54 | 39 | 42.7 |
| 5th Class | 47 | 49 | 38 | 38 | 34 | 53 | 43.2 |
| 6th Class | 40 | 46 | 49 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 40.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
34 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 35 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 34Junior Infants2024/25
- 35Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
43 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 45 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 43Junior Infants2023/24
- 42Senior Infants2024/25
- 451st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
35 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 37 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2022/23
- 34Senior Infants2023/24
- 341st Class2024/25
- 372nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
47 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 44 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 47Junior Infants2021/22
- 47Senior Infants2022/23
- 441st Class2023/24
- 432nd Class2024/25
- 443rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
35 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 39 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 35Junior Infants2020/21
- 38Senior Infants2021/22
- 381st Class2022/23
- 392nd Class2023/24
- 403rd Class2024/25
- 394th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
52 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 53 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 52Senior Infants2020/21
- 551st Class2021/22
- 572nd Class2022/23
- 563rd Class2023/24
- 544th Class2024/25
- 535th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
36 in 1st Class (2020/21), 34 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 361st Class2020/21
- 382nd Class2021/22
- 373rd Class2022/23
- 354th Class2023/24
- 345th Class2024/25
- 346th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
41 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 37 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils fewer.
- 412nd Class2020/21
- 403rd Class2021/22
- 394th Class2022/23
- 385th Class2023/24
- 376th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
41 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 39 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 413rd Class2020/21
- 414th Class2021/22
- 385th Class2022/23
- 396th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
48 in 4th Class (2020/21), 49 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 484th Class2020/21
- 495th Class2021/22
- 496th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
47 in 5th Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 475th Class2020/21
- 466th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +191st Class in 2021/22 (36 to 55)
- −182nd Class in 2023/24 (57 to 39)
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 de hIde, 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 14 mainstream classes 14
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers152.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
6.75 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 6.2 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 8.58 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 de hIde, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil de hIdeThis school | – | 328 |
−20.2%
|
|
| 1 | Bishop Murphy Memorial Boys Senior National School0.9 km · Fermoy · Boys | 0.9 km | 112 |
+14.3%
|
| 2 | Fermoy Educate Together NS0.9 km · Fermoy · Multi-denominational | 0.9 km | 78 | – |
| 3 | Scoil Freastogail Muire0.9 km · Fermoy | 0.9 km | 236 |
−21.9%
|
| 4 | Fermoy Adair N S1.5 km · Fermoy · Church of Ireland | 1.5 km | 21 |
−32.3%
|
| 5 | Iosef Naofa1.6 km · Fermoy · DEIS | 1.6 km | 90 |
−4.3%
|
| 6 | Grange Fermoy N S2.7 km · Fermoy | 2.7 km | 134 |
−4.3%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Tomas O Shea
- Phone
- 02531217
- [email protected]
- Address
- Dún Eala, Dún Teachain, Mainistir Fheatmaí, Co. Chorcarí, P61 PF63
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cloyne
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Cork County Council
- Planning area
- Fermoy
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
33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 328 | 153 | 175 | 41 | 35 | 45 | 37 | 44 | 39 | 53 | 34 |
| 2024/25 | 324 | 156 | 168 | 34 | 42 | 34 | 43 | 40 | 54 | 34 | 37 |
| 2023/24 | 328 | 166 | 162 | 43 | 34 | 44 | 39 | 56 | 35 | 38 | 39 |
| 2022/23 | 340 | 175 | 165 | 35 | 47 | 38 | 57 | 37 | 39 | 38 | 49 |
| 2021/22 | 354 | 186 | 168 | 47 | 38 | 55 | 38 | 40 | 41 | 49 | 46 |
| 2020/21 | 340 | 188 | 152 | 35 | 52 | 36 | 41 | 41 | 48 | 47 | 40 |
| 2019/20 | 358 | 199 | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 360 | 197 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 385 | 221 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 392 | 228 | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 411 | 231 | 180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 408 | 223 | 185 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 392 | 215 | 177 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 379 | 204 | 175 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 352 | 186 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 343 | 177 | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 332 | 172 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 320 | 157 | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 287 | 144 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 267 | 140 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 274 | 142 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 268 | 145 | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 271 | 154 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 272 | 161 | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 272 | 156 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 268 | 151 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 269 | 142 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 273 | 140 | 133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 263 | 129 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 265 | 126 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 251 | 115 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 228 | 99 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 223 | 96 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |