S N na Maighne

Thurles · Roll number 17681V

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  • Catholic ethos
  • Not DEIS
Pupils in 2025/26
65
−6 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−34%
Down 33 from 98 in 2015/16
4 classes in 2015/16, 3 now; average class 24.5 → 21.7
Over 20 years: −4% from 68 in 2005/06
Girls and boys
36 / 29
55% girls
Teachers
about 5
3 class teachers, 21.7 pupils per class. Who they are

Pupils since 1974

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

65 pupils across 8 classes

  • Junior Infants6
  • Senior Infants4
  • 1st Class7
  • 2nd Class10
  • 3rd Class10
  • 4th Class12
  • 5th Class5
  • 6th Class11

Every class, every year

Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.

Pupils in each class for each school year
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26 Average
Junior Infants 11 11 9 9 4 6 8.3
Senior Infants 6 11 11 10 7 4 8.2
1st Class 12 7 11 10 9 7 9.3
2nd Class 12 13 7 13 10 10 10.8
3rd Class 14 11 12 5 12 10 10.7
4th Class 8 14 11 11 5 12 10.2
5th Class 15 8 14 13 11 5 11.0
6th Class 13 15 8 14 13 11 12.3

JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.

Started Junior Infants in 2020/21

11 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 12 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.

  1. 11Junior Infants2020/21
  2. 11Senior Infants2021/22
  3. 111st Class2022/23
  4. 132nd Class2023/24
  5. 123rd Class2024/25
  6. 124th Class2025/26

Biggest one-year changes in a class

  • +73rd Class in 2024/25 (5 to 12)
  • −75th Class in 2021/22 (15 to 8)

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 S N na Maighne, 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

4.7teaching posts

Our estimate: about 5 teachers.

  • Class teachersOne for each of the 3 mainstream classes 3
  • PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
  • Special education teachers42.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.7

1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.

2026/27 allocations

The NCSE has allocated 1.6 special education teachers and 1 SNA 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 S N na Maighne, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.

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Schools nearest to S N na Maighne
Number on map School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
S N na MaighneThis school – 65
−33.7%
1 S N Rath Eilte3.9 km · Thurles 3.9 km 94
+11.9%
2 Templetuohy N S5.8 km · Thurles · DEIS 5.8 km 77
+67.4%
3 Two Mile Borris N S7.0 km · Thurles 7.0 km 148
+17.5%
4 Castle Iny N S7.5 km · Templemore 7.5 km 31
−8.8%
5 Loch Mor Maigh N S8.3 km · Templemore 8.3 km 86
−2.3%
6 Presentation Primary School8.6 km · Thurles 8.6 km 247
+5.1%
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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: 24 of 42 households answered (57%). The true figures are likely within 15.9 points either way.

Patron

38% multi-denominational denominational 62% Now

Teaching language

12% through Irish through English 88% Now

Boys and girls

0% single-sex co-educational 100% Now

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: 15.9 points either way.

Share of parents who would prefer each, compared with the planning area and Ireland
Parents of Multi-denominationalThrough IrishSingle-sex
This school · children at school 38%12%0%
Thurles planning area · children at school 34%21%6%
Thurles planning area · children not yet at school 37%20%4%
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
ESTHER HOGAN
Address
Moyne, Thurles, E41 D6K3

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
School type
Ordinary
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
Tipperary (Nr) County Council
Planning area
Thurles

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

42 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.

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Pupils by school year, newest first
Year Total Girls Boys JI SI 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2025/26 65 36 29 647101012511
2024/25 71 40 31 479101251113
2023/24 85 49 36 91010135111314
2022/23 83 46 37 9111171211148
2021/22 90 49 41 11117131114815
2020/21 91 51 40 11612121481513
2019/20 97 48 49 ––––––––
2018/19 101 48 53 ––––––––
2017/18 105 49 56 ––––––––
2016/17 99 47 52 ––––––––
2015/16 98 50 48 ––––––––
2014/15 100 53 47 ––––––––
2013/14 87 47 40 ––––––––
2012/13 91 50 41 ––––––––
2011/12 90 51 39 ––––––––
2010/11 88 49 39 ––––––––
2009/10 84 45 39 ––––––––
2008/09 80 45 35 ––––––––
2007/08 71 37 34 ––––––––
2006/07 73 36 37 ––––––––
2005/06 68 33 35 ––––––––
2004/05 64 30 34 ––––––––
2003/04 54 26 28 ––––––––
2002/03 53 24 29 ––––––––
2001/02 51 25 26 ––––––––
2000/01 56 28 28 ––––––––
1999/00 62 36 26 ––––––––
1998/99 60 34 26 ––––––––
1997/98 62 30 32 ––––––––
1996/97 62 32 30 ––––––––
1995/96 73 38 35 ––––––––
1994/95 67 37 30 ––––––––
1993/94 76 41 35 ––––––––
1983/84 107 55 52 ––––––––
1982/83 109 56 53 ––––––––
1981/82 112 56 56 ––––––––
1980/81 112 54 58 ––––––––
1979/80 113 54 59 ––––––––
1978/79 117 – 63 ––––––––
1977/78 114 51 63 ––––––––
1976/77 113 52 61 ––––––––
1974/75 120 61 59 ––––––––