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OUR LADYS ABBEY

Roll number: 09296W Blackabbey, Adare, Co. Limerick

School details

Address: Blackabbey, Adare, Co. Limerick (V94C437)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 061396753
Principal: Mary Lavin
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Limerick County Council
School patron: Bishop of Limerick
School type: Ordinary
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Limerick City

Preliminary data

The latest year shown (2025/26) is preliminary and subject to revision when the official enrolment figures are released by the Department of Education.

Data highlights

Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.

Biggest gain in a single year: 1977/78: 122 in 1976/77 → 135, +13 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 148 in 1983/84 → 122, -26 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 1st Class in 2022/23 (12 → 20, +8).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2024/25 (24 → 13, -11).
Largest cohort-step gain: 1st → 2nd in 2022/23 (12 → 14, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (24 → 22, -2).
Overall: 117 (1974/75) → 125 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 8.

Summary statistics (class-level data)

Min / max / mean enrolment per class across the available years (2020/21–2024/25; preliminary year excluded from class stats).

Class	Min	Max	Mean	Years
Junior Infants	12	19	15.0	5
Senior Infants	13	19	15.4	5
1st Class	12	21	16.8	5
2nd Class	14	21	18.2	5
3rd Class	13	25	20.4	5
4th Class	13	26	20.6	5
5th Class	17	26	21.4	5
6th Class	10	26	19.0	5
Total	95	153	124.8	43

Total enrolment over time

Total and gender trends use historical records where available. Class-level data starts in 2020/21.

Enrolment by gender over time

Enrolment by class over time

Cohort progression

Base cohort:

Track how each cohort (pupils who were in the same class in the same year) progresses through the school. Each step shows the count; the number between steps is the net change (pupils gained minus pupils lost).

Cohort 2020/21

JI 2020/21 19

SI 2021/22 19

1st 2022/23 20

2nd 2023/24 21

3rd 2024/25 21

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 16

SI 2022/23 16

1st 2023/24 16

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2nd 2024/25 15

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 14

SI 2023/24 15

1st 2024/25 15

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 14

SI 2024/25 14

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 12

Raw data by year

Years marked (preliminary) are subject to revision when official data are published.

Year	Female	Male	JI	SI	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1974/75	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	117
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	113
1976/77	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	122
1977/78	135	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	135
1978/79	134	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	134
1979/80	121	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	121
1980/81	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	117
1981/82	130	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	130
1982/83	141	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	141
1983/84	148	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	148
1993/94	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	122
1994/95	111	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	111
1995/96	114	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	114
1996/97	115	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	115
1997/98	119	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	119
1998/99	102	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	102
1999/00	104	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	104
2000/01	103	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	103
2001/02	95	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	95
2002/03	104	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	104
2003/04	112	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	112
2004/05	112	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	112
2005/06	105	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	105
2006/07	114	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	114
2007/08	114	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	114
2008/09	118	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	118
2009/10	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	122
2010/11	123	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	123
2011/12	129	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	129
2012/13	139	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	139
2013/14	126	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	126
2014/15	128	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	128
2015/16	125	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	125
2016/17	132	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	132
2017/18	141	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	141
2018/19	152	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	152
2019/20	147	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	147
2020/21	145	–	19	13	21	20	25	20	17	10	145
2021/22	151	–	16	19	12	21	20	26	20	17	151
2022/23	153	–	14	16	20	14	23	20	26	20	153
2023/24	151	–	14	15	16	21	13	24	22	26	151
2024/25	134	–	12	14	15	15	21	13	22	22	134
2025/26 (preliminary)	125	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	125