Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Alainn
Corcaigh · Roll number 19993E
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 393
- +18 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +18%
- Up 60 from 333 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 202 / 191
- 51% 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
393 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 | 50 | 57 | 60 | 55 | 42 | 59 | 53.8 |
| Senior Infants | 56 | 48 | 56 | 61 | 53 | 42 | 52.7 |
| 1st Class | 42 | 56 | 48 | 55 | 59 | 51 | 51.8 |
| 2nd Class | 44 | 38 | 55 | 48 | 53 | 60 | 49.7 |
| 3rd Class | 47 | 42 | 37 | 55 | 45 | 51 | 46.2 |
| 4th Class | 55 | 44 | 39 | 36 | 53 | 44 | 45.2 |
| 5th Class | 42 | 50 | 43 | 36 | 35 | 51 | 42.8 |
| 6th Class | 41 | 42 | 49 | 42 | 35 | 35 | 40.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
42 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 42 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 42Junior Infants2024/25
- 42Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
55 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 51 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 55Junior Infants2023/24
- 53Senior Infants2024/25
- 511st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
60 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 60 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 60Junior Infants2022/23
- 61Senior Infants2023/24
- 591st Class2024/25
- 602nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
57 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 51 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 57Junior Infants2021/22
- 56Senior Infants2022/23
- 551st Class2023/24
- 532nd Class2024/25
- 513rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
50 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 44 in 4th Class (2025/26): 6 pupils fewer.
- 50Junior Infants2020/21
- 48Senior Infants2021/22
- 481st Class2022/23
- 482nd Class2023/24
- 453rd Class2024/25
- 444th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
56 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 51 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 56Senior Infants2020/21
- 561st Class2021/22
- 552nd Class2022/23
- 553rd Class2023/24
- 534th Class2024/25
- 515th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
42 in 1st Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils fewer.
- 421st Class2020/21
- 382nd Class2021/22
- 373rd Class2022/23
- 364th Class2023/24
- 355th Class2024/25
- 356th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
44 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 35 in 6th Class (2024/25): 9 pupils fewer.
- 442nd Class2020/21
- 423rd Class2021/22
- 394th Class2022/23
- 365th Class2023/24
- 356th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
47 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils fewer.
- 473rd Class2020/21
- 444th Class2021/22
- 435th Class2022/23
- 426th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
55 in 4th Class (2020/21), 49 in 6th Class (2022/23): 6 pupils fewer.
- 554th Class2020/21
- 505th Class2021/22
- 496th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
42 in 5th Class (2020/21), 42 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 425th Class2020/21
- 426th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +183rd Class in 2023/24 (37 to 55)
- −13Junior Infants in 2024/25 (55 to 42)
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 an Ghoirt Alainn, 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
24.3teaching 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 teachers157.5 hours of support teaching a week 6.3
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
7.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 6.6 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 7.66 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 Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Alainn, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil an Ghoirt AlainnThis school | – | 393 |
+18.0%
|
|
| 1 | S N Padraig Naofa C0.7 km · Cork · Girls · DEIS | 0.7 km | 128 |
−35.7%
|
| 2 | S N Padraig Naofa0.8 km · Cork · DEIS | 0.8 km | 87 |
−37.0%
|
| 3 | St Patricks B N S0.8 km · Cork · Boys · DEIS | 0.8 km | 152 |
−27.3%
|
| 4 | S N Mharcuis B1.0 km · Cork · Boys · DEIS | 1.0 km | 99 |
−11.6%
|
| 5 | St Lukes MXD N S1.0 km · Cork · Church of Ireland | 1.0 km | 96 |
+9.1%
|
| 6 | Scoil Mhuire agus Eoin1.4 km · Mayfield · DEIS | 1.4 km | 304 | – |
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
- Deaglan Ó Deargáin
- Phone
- 0214551955
- [email protected]
- Address
- Aibhinne Murmont, Gort Álainn, Corcaigh, T23 EF20
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- An Foras Pátrúnachta
- 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
- Cork City Council
- Planning area
- Montenotte–CorkCity
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 | 393 | 202 | 191 | 59 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 51 | 44 | 51 | 35 |
| 2024/25 | 375 | 183 | 192 | 42 | 53 | 59 | 53 | 45 | 53 | 35 | 35 |
| 2023/24 | 388 | 195 | 193 | 55 | 61 | 55 | 48 | 55 | 36 | 36 | 42 |
| 2022/23 | 387 | 194 | 193 | 60 | 56 | 48 | 55 | 37 | 39 | 43 | 49 |
| 2021/22 | 377 | 198 | 179 | 57 | 48 | 56 | 38 | 42 | 44 | 50 | 42 |
| 2020/21 | 377 | 199 | 178 | 50 | 56 | 42 | 44 | 47 | 55 | 42 | 41 |
| 2019/20 | 369 | 197 | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 355 | 195 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 360 | 192 | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 354 | 193 | 161 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 333 | 168 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 313 | 163 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 318 | 164 | 154 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 306 | 157 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 310 | 159 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 293 | 146 | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 291 | 141 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 278 | 133 | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 287 | 138 | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 289 | 137 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 276 | 138 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 264 | 132 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 231 | 116 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 232 | 111 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 233 | 114 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 213 | 110 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 192 | 98 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 187 | 94 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 156 | 74 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 128 | 59 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 95 | 43 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 64 | 33 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 30 | 14 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |