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ABBEYFEALE B N S 1

Roll number: 16264A Church Street, Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick

School details

Address: Church Street, Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick (V94DH96)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 06831699
Principal: Sean Woulfe
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: Abbeyfeale

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: 1975/76: 74 in 1974/75 → 159, +85 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 225 in 1983/84 → 188, -37 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 2nd Class in 2021/22 (9 → 19, +10).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2022/23 (20 → 8, -12).
Largest cohort-step gain: 3rd → 4th in 2024/25 (15 → 18, +3).
Largest cohort-step loss: 5th → 6th in 2021/22 (18 → 16, -2).
Overall: 74 (1974/75) → 98 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 24.

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	5	17	9.4	5
Senior Infants	6	12	8.6	5
1st Class	7	18	11.2	5
2nd Class	9	19	12.6	5
3rd Class	9	20	14.4	5
4th Class	8	20	15.8	5
5th Class	8	20	15.8	5
6th Class	9	21	16.4	5
Total	74	225	153.8	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 10

-1

SI 2021/22 9

1st 2022/23 9

2nd 2023/24 11

-1

3rd 2024/25 10

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 7

SI 2022/23 7

1st 2023/24 8

2nd 2024/25 10

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 5

SI 2023/24 6

1st 2024/25 7

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 8

SI 2024/25 9

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 17

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	–	74	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	74
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	159
1976/77	–	187	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	187
1977/78	–	188	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	188
1978/79	–	187	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	187
1979/80	–	180	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	180
1980/81	–	200	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	200
1981/82	–	208	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	208
1982/83	–	222	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	222
1983/84	–	225	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	225
1993/94	–	188	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	188
1994/95	–	179	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	179
1995/96	15	173	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	188
1996/97	18	160	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	178
1997/98	–	170	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	170
1998/99	–	157	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	157
1999/00	–	156	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	156
2000/01	–	173	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	173
2001/02	–	173	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	173
2002/03	–	152	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	152
2003/04	–	159	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	159
2004/05	–	156	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	156
2005/06	–	146	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	146
2006/07	–	145	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	145
2007/08	–	150	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	150
2008/09	–	147	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	147
2009/10	–	148	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	148
2010/11	–	148	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	148
2011/12	–	145	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	145
2012/13	–	145	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	145
2013/14	–	145	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	145
2014/15	–	138	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	138
2015/16	–	145	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	145
2016/17	–	146	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	146
2017/18	–	132	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	132
2018/19	–	128	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	128
2019/20	–	128	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	128
2020/21	–	123	10	12	18	9	20	16	18	20	123
2021/22	–	109	7	9	14	19	9	20	15	16	109
2022/23	–	97	5	7	9	14	18	8	20	16	97
2023/24	–	94	8	6	8	11	15	17	8	21	94
2024/25	–	98	17	9	7	10	10	18	18	9	98
2025/26 (preliminary)	–	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	98