Gaelscoil Durlas Eile
Durlas · Roll number 19968F
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 194
- −3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −13%
- Down 30 from 224 in 2015/16
- 8 classes in 2015/16, 8 now; average class 28.0 → 24.2
- Over 20 years: −2% from 199 in 2005/06
- Girls and boys
- 103 / 91
- 53% girls
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
194 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 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 21.0 |
| Senior Infants | 26 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 22.5 |
| 1st Class | 31 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 24.3 |
| 2nd Class | 27 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25.7 |
| 3rd Class | 29 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 27.0 |
| 4th Class | 27 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 27.3 |
| 5th Class | 22 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 27.0 |
| 6th Class | 25 | 22 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 26.7 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
20 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 21 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 20Junior Infants2024/25
- 21Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
17 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 19 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 17Junior Infants2023/24
- 18Senior Infants2024/25
- 191st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
26 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 25 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 26Junior Infants2022/23
- 26Senior Infants2023/24
- 251st Class2024/25
- 252nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
23 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 26 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 23Junior Infants2021/22
- 23Senior Infants2022/23
- 251st Class2023/24
- 252nd Class2024/25
- 263rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 25 in 4th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2020/21
- 21Senior Infants2021/22
- 221st Class2022/23
- 232nd Class2023/24
- 243rd Class2024/25
- 254th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
26 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 5th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 26Senior Infants2020/21
- 241st Class2021/22
- 242nd Class2022/23
- 263rd Class2023/24
- 284th Class2024/25
- 285th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
31 in 1st Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 311st Class2020/21
- 302nd Class2021/22
- 303rd Class2022/23
- 294th Class2023/24
- 305th Class2024/25
- 316th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
27 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 272nd Class2020/21
- 273rd Class2021/22
- 274th Class2022/23
- 285th Class2023/24
- 276th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
29 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2023/24): 2 pupils fewer.
- 293rd Class2020/21
- 284th Class2021/22
- 275th Class2022/23
- 276th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
27 in 4th Class (2020/21), 28 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 274th Class2020/21
- 275th Class2021/22
- 286th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
22 in 5th Class (2020/21), 22 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 225th Class2020/21
- 226th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +66th Class in 2022/23 (22 to 28)
- −9Junior Infants in 2023/24 (26 to 17)
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 Gaelscoil Durlas Eile, 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
11.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 8 mainstream classes 8
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers65 hours of support teaching a week 2.6
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.6 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. 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 Gaelscoil Durlas Eile, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil Durlas EileThis school | – | 194 |
−13.4%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Ailbhe0.5 km · Thurles | 0.5 km | 189 |
−0.5%
|
| 2 | Scoil Angela0.9 km · Thurles | 0.9 km | 219 |
−21.8%
|
| 3 | Presentation Primary School1.1 km · Thurles | 1.1 km | 247 |
+5.1%
|
| 4 | S N Leamhach3.4 km · Thurles | 3.4 km | 117 |
+31.5%
|
| 5 | S N Micheal Naofa5.3 km · Thurles | 5.3 km | 195 |
−14.8%
|
| 6 | Ballycahill N S5.7 km · Thurles | 5.7 km | 49 |
−22.2%
|
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: 64 of 134 households answered (48%). The true figures are likely within 10.1 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: 10.1 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 38% | 91% | 2% |
| 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
- Labhaoise Ní Chuinneagáin
- Phone
- 050421497
- [email protected]
- Address
- Bóthar na Naomh, Durlas, Co. Thiobraid Árann, E41 A668
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- All 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
33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 194 | 103 | 91 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 31 |
| 2024/25 | 197 | 105 | 92 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 201 | 104 | 97 | 17 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| 2022/23 | 207 | 110 | 97 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 28 |
| 2021/22 | 202 | 109 | 93 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 22 |
| 2020/21 | 208 | 109 | 99 | 21 | 26 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 25 |
| 2019/20 | 214 | 117 | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 220 | 114 | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 224 | 110 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 227 | 105 | 122 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 224 | 100 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 230 | 101 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 228 | 109 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 221 | 104 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 223 | 104 | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 216 | 102 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 219 | 98 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 210 | 94 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 202 | 93 | 109 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 203 | 88 | 115 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 199 | 83 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 200 | 82 | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 199 | 85 | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 212 | 95 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 206 | 99 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 202 | 101 | 101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 196 | 100 | 96 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 189 | 96 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 185 | 98 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 170 | 96 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 143 | 78 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 109 | 57 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 92 | 49 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |