Fr Cullen Memorial N S
Tinryland · Roll number 16938E
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 231
- +9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +40%
- Up 66 from 165 in 2015/16
- 6 classes in 2015/16, 9 now; average class 27.5 → 24.3
- Over 20 years: +60% from 144 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 109 / 122
- 47% girls
Pupils since 1975
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
231 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 | 32 | 22 | 32 | 26 | 24 | 33 | 28.2 |
| Senior Infants | 29 | 28 | 23 | 32 | 25 | 24 | 26.8 |
| 1st Class | 29 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 32 | 27 | 28.2 |
| 2nd Class | 20 | 27 | 31 | 28 | 22 | 32 | 26.7 |
| 3rd Class | 16 | 19 | 31 | 32 | 27 | 22 | 24.5 |
| 4th Class | 22 | 17 | 20 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 24.8 |
| 5th Class | 21 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 33 | 23.8 |
| 6th Class | 21 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 31 | 22.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
24 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 24 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 24Junior Infants2024/25
- 24Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
26 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 27 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 26Junior Infants2023/24
- 25Senior Infants2024/25
- 271st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
32 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 32 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 32Junior Infants2022/23
- 32Senior Infants2023/24
- 321st Class2024/25
- 322nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
22 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 22 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 22Junior Infants2021/22
- 23Senior Infants2022/23
- 231st Class2023/24
- 222nd Class2024/25
- 223rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
32 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 29 in 4th Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 32Junior Infants2020/21
- 28Senior Infants2021/22
- 281st Class2022/23
- 282nd Class2023/24
- 273rd Class2024/25
- 294th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
29 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 33 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 29Senior Infants2020/21
- 301st Class2021/22
- 312nd Class2022/23
- 323rd Class2023/24
- 324th Class2024/25
- 335th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
29 in 1st Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 291st Class2020/21
- 272nd Class2021/22
- 313rd Class2022/23
- 294th Class2023/24
- 285th Class2024/25
- 316th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
20 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil more.
- 202nd Class2020/21
- 193rd Class2021/22
- 204th Class2022/23
- 215th Class2023/24
- 216th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
16 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 20 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils more.
- 163rd Class2020/21
- 174th Class2021/22
- 175th Class2022/23
- 206th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
22 in 4th Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 224th Class2020/21
- 235th Class2021/22
- 236th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
21 in 5th Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 215th Class2020/21
- 216th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +123rd Class in 2022/23 (19 to 31)
- −10Junior Infants in 2021/22 (32 to 22)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 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, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Fr Cullen Memorial N S, 2006/07 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
14.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 15 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 9 mainstream classes 9
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers65 hours of support teaching a week 2.6
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.7 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 8.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. 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 Fr Cullen Memorial N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fr Cullen Memorial N SThis school | – | 231 |
+40.0%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc4.0 km · Ceatharlach · Gaelscoil | 4.0 km | 444 |
−7.3%
|
| 2 | S N Ceatharlach4.3 km · Carlow · Church of Ireland | 4.3 km | 137 |
+3.8%
|
| 3 | Bennekerry National School4.3 km · Bennekerry | 4.3 km | 377 |
−12.9%
|
| 4 | Holy Family National School4.7 km · Carlow · DEIS | 4.7 km | 592 | – |
| 5 | S N Muire gan Smal5.1 km · Carlow · Girls · DEIS | 5.1 km | 345 |
−21.1%
|
| 6 | Scoil Nais Iosef Naofa5.2 km · St. Joseph's Road · DEIS | 5.2 km | 111 |
−35.5%
|
What parents would prefer
In the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey (November–December 2025), parents said whether they would prefer this school to be co-educational or single-sex, to have a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and to teach through Irish or English. These are preferences, not applications or enrolments.
Children at this school
Their parents: 56 of 166 households answered (34%). The true figures are likely within 10.7 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Fewer than 30 parents of children not yet at school chose this school, so the Department didn't publish their answers.
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 10.7 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 38% | 7% | 2% |
| Carlow planning area · children at school | 36% | 23% | 7% |
| Carlow planning area · children not yet at school | 45% | 27% | 6% |
| Ireland · children at school | 44% | 20% | 5% |
| Ireland · children not yet at school | 47% | 26% | 6% |
Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Planning-area and Ireland figures also count parents at schools where too few answered for the school to get its own results. About these figures
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
- Orlaith Hennessy
- Phone
- 0599132156
- [email protected]
- Address
- Tinryland, Co. Carlow, R93 TR98
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Carlow County Council
- Planning area
- Carlow
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
41 school years from 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 231 | 109 | 122 | 33 | 24 | 27 | 32 | 22 | 29 | 33 | 31 |
| 2024/25 | 222 | 108 | 114 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 22 | 27 | 32 | 28 | 21 |
| 2023/24 | 221 | 108 | 113 | 26 | 32 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 21 | 20 |
| 2022/23 | 215 | 107 | 108 | 32 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 20 | 17 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | 197 | 97 | 100 | 22 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 23 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | 199 | 99 | 100 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
| 2019/20 | 191 | 98 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 190 | 95 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 167 | 85 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 161 | 87 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 165 | 95 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 169 | 92 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 170 | 89 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 165 | 87 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 169 | 85 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 157 | 73 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 166 | 82 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 167 | 75 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 165 | 71 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 152 | 70 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 144 | 67 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 139 | 60 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 127 | 52 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 133 | 53 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 134 | 45 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 127 | 45 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 139 | 53 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 149 | 57 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 156 | 64 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 163 | 70 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 171 | 73 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 178 | 85 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 177 | 88 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 195 | 96 | 99 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 191 | 96 | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 189 | 86 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 182 | 84 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 176 | 82 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 177 | 77 | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 183 | 80 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 180 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |