Gaelscoil Ui Drisceoil
Glanmire · Roll number 20239A
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 381
- −8 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −12%
- Down 50 from 431 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 208 / 173
- 55% girls
Pupils since 2006
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
381 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 | 47 | 37 | 66 | 56 | 50 | 50.0 |
| Senior Infants | 49 | 44 | 48 | 37 | 65 | 56 | 49.8 |
| 1st Class | 51 | 47 | 44 | 47 | 35 | 63 | 47.8 |
| 2nd Class | 56 | 49 | 49 | 43 | 46 | 35 | 46.3 |
| 3rd Class | 53 | 55 | 48 | 47 | 40 | 47 | 48.3 |
| 4th Class | 61 | 53 | 55 | 47 | 46 | 40 | 50.3 |
| 5th Class | 68 | 59 | 51 | 55 | 46 | 44 | 53.8 |
| 6th Class | 53 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 55 | 46 | 54.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
56 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 56 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 56Junior Infants2024/25
- 56Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
66 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 63 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 66Junior Infants2023/24
- 65Senior Infants2024/25
- 631st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
37 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 35 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 37Junior Infants2022/23
- 37Senior Infants2023/24
- 351st Class2024/25
- 352nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
47 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 47 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 47Junior Infants2021/22
- 48Senior Infants2022/23
- 471st Class2023/24
- 462nd Class2024/25
- 473rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
44 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 40 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 44Junior Infants2020/21
- 44Senior Infants2021/22
- 441st Class2022/23
- 432nd Class2023/24
- 403rd Class2024/25
- 404th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 44 in 5th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 49Senior Infants2020/21
- 471st Class2021/22
- 492nd Class2022/23
- 473rd Class2023/24
- 464th Class2024/25
- 445th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
51 in 1st Class (2020/21), 46 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 511st Class2020/21
- 492nd Class2021/22
- 483rd Class2022/23
- 474th Class2023/24
- 465th Class2024/25
- 466th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
56 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 562nd Class2020/21
- 553rd Class2021/22
- 554th Class2022/23
- 555th Class2023/24
- 556th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
53 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 49 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 533rd Class2020/21
- 534th Class2021/22
- 515th Class2022/23
- 496th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
61 in 4th Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2022/23): 2 pupils fewer.
- 614th Class2020/21
- 595th Class2021/22
- 596th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
68 in 5th Class (2020/21), 64 in 6th Class (2021/22): 4 pupils fewer.
- 685th Class2020/21
- 646th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +29Junior Infants in 2023/24 (37 to 66)
- −121st Class in 2024/25 (47 to 35)
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 Ui Drisceoil, 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
24.1teaching 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 teachers127.5 hours of support teaching a week 5.1
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
6 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 5 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6 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 Gaelscoil Ui Drisceoil, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil Ui DrisceoilThis school | – | 381 |
−11.6%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil na nOg1.6 km · Gleann Maghair · Gaelscoil | 1.6 km | 32 |
−55.6%
|
| 2 | Little Island NS1.6 km · Little Island | 1.6 km | 141 |
−28.1%
|
| 3 | Scoil na Croise Naofa1.9 km · Cork · DEIS | 1.9 km | 193 |
−9.0%
|
| 4 | Gaelscoil Mhachan2.1 km · Corcaigh · Gaelscoil · DEIS | 2.1 km | 139 |
−26.8%
|
| 5 | Scoil Ursula2.4 km · Blackrock · DEIS | 2.4 km | 182 |
+11.7%
|
| 6 | Lower Glanmire N S2.5 km · Lower Glanmire | 2.5 km | 151 |
+2.7%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Pádraig Ó Céilleachair
- Phone
- 0215003301
- [email protected]
- Address
- Dunkettle, Glanmire, Co. Cork, T45 YY19
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- An Foras Pátrúnachta
- 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
- Riverstown–Glanmire
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
20 school years from 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 381 | 208 | 173 | 50 | 56 | 63 | 35 | 47 | 40 | 44 | 46 |
| 2024/25 | 389 | 215 | 174 | 56 | 65 | 35 | 46 | 40 | 46 | 46 | 55 |
| 2023/24 | 391 | 209 | 182 | 66 | 37 | 47 | 43 | 47 | 47 | 55 | 49 |
| 2022/23 | 391 | 212 | 179 | 37 | 48 | 44 | 49 | 48 | 55 | 51 | 59 |
| 2021/22 | 418 | 222 | 196 | 47 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 55 | 53 | 59 | 64 |
| 2020/21 | 435 | 235 | 200 | 44 | 49 | 51 | 56 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 53 |
| 2019/20 | 465 | 244 | 221 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 483 | 243 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 476 | 241 | 235 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 462 | 235 | 227 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 431 | 228 | 203 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 400 | 205 | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 349 | 172 | 177 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 302 | 151 | 151 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 222 | 117 | 105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 163 | 89 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 117 | 63 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 82 | 42 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 48 | 22 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 22 | 11 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |