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BISHOP MURPHY MEMORIAL BOYS SENIOR NATIONAL SCHOOL

Roll number: 16683U McCurtain Street, Fermoy, Co. Cork

School details

Address: McCurtain Street, Fermoy, Co. Cork (P61XN80)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 02531116
Principal: James O'Donoghue
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Cork County Council
School patron: Bishop of Cloyne
School type: Ordinary with Special Classes
School level: Senior
Planning area: Fermoy

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: 2007/08: 98 in 2006/07 → 117, +19 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 205 in 1982/83 → 130, -75 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2023/24 (17 → 33, +16).
Largest single-class decrease: 5th Class in 2024/25 (33 → 19, -14).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2023/24 (17 → 21, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: 4th → 5th in 2024/25 (22 → 19, -3).
Overall: 195 (1975/76) → 112 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -83.

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
2nd Class	18	33	23.8	5
3rd Class	17	31	24.0	5
4th Class	17	31	23.4	5
5th Class	17	33	24.4	5
6th Class	21	33	26.2	5
Total	90	209	128.6	41

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

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
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	195
1976/77	–	193	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	193
1977/78	–	191	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	191
1978/79	–	188	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	188
1979/80	–	199	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	199
1980/81	–	198	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	198
1981/82	–	209	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	209
1982/83	–	205	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	205
1993/94	–	130	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	130
1994/95	–	119	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	119
1995/96	–	111	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	111
1996/97	–	116	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	116
1997/98	–	105	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	105
1998/99	–	90	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	90
1999/00	–	90	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	90
2000/01	–	100	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	100
2001/02	–	102	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	102
2002/03	–	100	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	100
2003/04	–	102	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	102
2004/05	–	104	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	104
2005/06	–	97	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	97
2006/07	–	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	98
2007/08	–	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	117
2008/09	–	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	117
2009/10	–	123	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	123
2010/11	–	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	122
2011/12	–	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	117
2012/13	–	103	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	103
2013/14	–	100	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	100
2014/15	–	102	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	102
2015/16	–	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	98
2016/17	–	106	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	106
2017/18	–	109	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	109
2018/19	–	121	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	121
2019/20	–	126	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	126
2020/21	–	131	–	–	–	33	17	25	24	21	131
2021/22	–	136	–	–	–	21	31	17	29	27	136
2022/23	–	129	–	–	–	21	22	31	17	29	129
2023/24	–	134	–	–	–	26	21	22	33	21	134
2024/25	–	129	–	–	–	18	29	22	19	33	129
2025/26 (preliminary)	–	112	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	112