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SN MHUIRE BOYS SENIOR SCHOOL

Roll number: 18127A Railway Road, Belturbet, Co. Cavan

School details

Address: Railway Road, Belturbet, Co. Cavan (H14WA46)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0499522906
Principal: Maureen Gaffney
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Cavan County Council
School patron: Bishop of Kilmore
School type: Ordinary
School level: Senior
Planning area: Belturbet

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: 1993/94: 76 in 1982/83 → 98, +22 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1977/78: 73 in 1976/77 → 59, -14 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 6th Class in 2022/23 (8 → 13, +5).
Largest single-class decrease: 4th Class in 2024/25 (17 → 13, -4).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (14 → 16, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2021/22 (14 → 13, -1).
Overall: 70 (1975/76) → 74 (2025/26 (preliminary)), 4.

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	13	16	14.4	5
3rd Class	9	16	13.2	5
4th Class	9	17	12.8	5
5th Class	9	17	12.6	5
6th Class	8	16	11.8	5
Total	43	98	64.8	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	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	70
1976/77	–	73	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	73
1977/78	–	59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	59
1978/79	–	59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	59
1979/80	–	51	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	51
1980/81	–	53	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	53
1981/82	–	59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	59
1982/83	–	76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	76
1993/94	–	98	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	98
1994/95	–	94	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	94
1995/96	–	85	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	85
1996/97	–	72	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	72
1997/98	–	63	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	63
1998/99	–	56	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	56
1999/00	–	46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	46
2000/01	–	43	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	43
2001/02	–	48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	48
2002/03	–	48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	48
2003/04	–	54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	54
2004/05	–	56	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	56
2005/06	–	52	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	52
2006/07	–	55	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	55
2007/08	–	59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	59
2008/09	–	67	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	67
2009/10	–	68	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	68
2010/11	–	67	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	67
2011/12	–	76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	76
2012/13	–	78	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	78
2013/14	–	74	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	74
2014/15	–	73	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	73
2015/16	–	74	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	74
2016/17	–	64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	64
2017/18	–	62	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	62
2018/19	–	65	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	65
2019/20	1	60	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	61
2020/21	–	54	–	–	–	14	9	12	9	10	54
2021/22	–	58	–	–	–	15	13	9	13	8	58
2022/23	–	64	–	–	–	13	15	13	10	13	64
2023/24	–	72	–	–	–	16	13	17	14	12	72
2024/25	–	76	–	–	–	14	16	13	17	16	76
2025/26 (preliminary)	–	74	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	74