Gaelscoil Lir
Dublin 24 · Roll number 20531T
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 53
- +5 on 2024/25
- Opened
- 2021/22
- With 5 pupils. Too new for a 10-year change.
- Girls and boys
- 26 / 27
- 49% girls
Pupils since 2021
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2021/22.
This year, 2025/26
53 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.
| 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 5 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 11.2 |
| Senior Infants | – | 6 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 10.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10.0 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | 2 | 3 | 15 | 6.7 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
7 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 7 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 7Junior Infants2024/25
- 7Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
12 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 11 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 12Junior Infants2023/24
- 13Senior Infants2024/25
- 111st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
17 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 15 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 17Junior Infants2022/23
- 14Senior Infants2023/24
- 161st Class2024/25
- 152nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
5 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 5 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 5Junior Infants2021/22
- 6Senior Infants2022/23
- 31st Class2023/24
- 32nd Class2024/25
- 53rd Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2023/24
2 in 2nd Class (2023/24), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 22nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +131st Class in 2024/25 (3 to 16)
- −6Senior Infants in 2025/26 (13 to 7)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2021/22 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, 2021/22 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Gaelscoil Lir, 2021/22 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
6.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 7 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 3 mainstream classes 3
- PrincipalDoesn't teach a class: schools with two or more special classes have a full-time principal 1
- Special education teachers22.5 hours of support teaching a week 0.9
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
5.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 9 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1 special education teacher, 2 special class teachers and 7.33 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2021/22
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 Gaelscoil Lir, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil LirThis school | – | 53 | – | |
| 1 | Citywest & Saggart Community National School0.0 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational | 0.0 km | 413 |
+90.3%
|
| 2 | Rathcoole ETNS0.1 km · Newcastle · Multi-denominational | 0.1 km | 114 | – |
| 3 | S N Naomh Mhuire0.5 km · Saggart | 0.5 km | 666 |
+7.2%
|
| 4 | City West Educate Together National School0.5 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational | 0.5 km | 376 |
+83.4%
|
| 5 | Scoil Aoife CNS1.3 km · Dublin 24 · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 1.3 km | 342 |
+1,800.0%
|
| 6 | Scoil Chronain2.0 km · Ráth Cúil · Gaelscoil | 2.0 km | 354 |
+9.9%
|
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
- Clíona Ní Dhúill
- Phone
- 0830293932
- [email protected]
- Address
- Lána Bhaile Uí Fhoirtcheirn, Teach Sagard, Dublin 24, D24 R920
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
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Newcastle–Rathcoole
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
5 school years from 2021/22 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2021/22.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 53 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 48 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |