Canon Sheehan Primary School
Co.Cork · Roll number 20493O
- Catholic ethos
- DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 174
- +3 on 2024/25
- Figures start
- 2016/17
- With 119 pupils. A new roll number like this often follows an amalgamation.
- Girls and boys
- 85 / 89
- 49% girls
Pupils since 2016
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
174 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 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 22.3 |
| Senior Infants | 22 | 20 | 19 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 22.7 |
| 1st Class | 15 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 21.0 |
| 2nd Class | 15 | 13 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 19.8 |
| 3rd Class | 10 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 18.0 |
| 4th Class | 16 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 17.8 |
| 5th Class | 13 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 24 | 16.8 |
| 6th Class | 18 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 16.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
23 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 24 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 23Junior Infants2024/25
- 24Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
24 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 22 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 24Junior Infants2023/24
- 24Senior Infants2024/25
- 221st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
26 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 25 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 26Junior Infants2022/23
- 27Senior Infants2023/24
- 261st Class2024/25
- 252nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
20 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 22 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2021/22
- 19Senior Infants2022/23
- 201st Class2023/24
- 202nd Class2024/25
- 223rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2020/21
- 20Senior Infants2021/22
- 221st Class2022/23
- 252nd Class2023/24
- 243rd Class2024/25
- 244th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
22 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 22Senior Infants2020/21
- 211st Class2021/22
- 212nd Class2022/23
- 223rd Class2023/24
- 234th Class2024/25
- 245th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
15 in 1st Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 151st Class2020/21
- 132nd Class2021/22
- 143rd Class2022/23
- 154th Class2023/24
- 135th Class2024/25
- 136th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
15 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 152nd Class2020/21
- 163rd Class2021/22
- 164th Class2022/23
- 175th Class2023/24
- 176th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
10 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 17 in 6th Class (2023/24): 7 pupils more.
- 103rd Class2020/21
- 134th Class2021/22
- 155th Class2022/23
- 176th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
16 in 4th Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2022/23): 3 pupils more.
- 164th Class2020/21
- 195th Class2021/22
- 196th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
13 in 5th Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 135th Class2020/21
- 136th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +115th Class in 2025/26 (13 to 24)
- −56th Class in 2021/22 (18 to 13)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2016/17 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, 2016/17 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Canon Sheehan Primary School, 2016/17 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
13.8teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers70 hours of support teaching a week 2.8
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
4.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.9 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 5 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2016/17
Teachers each school year, by role
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 Canon Sheehan Primary School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canon Sheehan Primary SchoolThis school | – | 174 | – | |
| 1 | Ballygown NS5.4 km · Castletownroche | 5.4 km | 98 |
−17.6%
|
| 2 | Scoil Mhuire na Trocaire6.0 km · Cill Na Mullach · DEIS | 6.0 km | 213 |
+3.9%
|
| 3 | Baltydaniel N S7.2 km · Mallow | 7.2 km | 210 |
+1.9%
|
| 4 | S N Sean Baile Mor7.2 km · Shanballymore | 7.2 km | 61 |
−21.8%
|
| 5 | Castletownroche N S9.6 km · Mallow | 9.6 km | 102 |
+45.7%
|
| 6 | Killavullen N S9.6 km · Mallow | 9.6 km | 109 |
−24.8%
|
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
- Denis Murphy
- Phone
- 02224499
- [email protected]
- Address
- Turnpike, Doneraile, Co.Cork, P51 X796
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Cloyne
- 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
- Cork County Council
- Planning area
- Doneraile
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
10 school years from 2016/17 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 174 | 85 | 89 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | 171 | 81 | 90 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 17 |
| 2023/24 | 167 | 82 | 85 | 24 | 27 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 17 |
| 2022/23 | 152 | 77 | 75 | 26 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 19 |
| 2021/22 | 135 | 64 | 71 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 13 |
| 2020/21 | 133 | 61 | 72 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 130 | 61 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 130 | 56 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 128 | 55 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 119 | 55 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |