Gaelscoil Mhuscraí
An Bhlárna · Roll number 20151J
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- All subjects through Irish
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 195
- +9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +29%
- Up 44 from 151 in 2015/16
- 6 classes in 2015/16, 7 now; average class 25.2 → 26.3
- Over 20 years: +457% from 35 in 2005/06, while it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 101 / 94
- 52% girls
Pupils since 2003
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
195 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 | 18 | 31 | 20 | 25 | 31 | 27 | 25.3 |
| Senior Infants | 15 | 18 | 31 | 20 | 25 | 32 | 23.5 |
| 1st Class | 24 | 16 | 18 | 31 | 20 | 27 | 22.7 |
| 2nd Class | 22 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 30 | 22 | 21.7 |
| 3rd Class | 21 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 31 | 21.7 |
| 4th Class | 26 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 20.2 |
| 5th Class | 22 | 27 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 21.3 |
| 6th Class | 19 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 21.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
31 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 32 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 31Junior Infants2024/25
- 32Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
25 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 27 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 25Junior Infants2023/24
- 25Senior Infants2024/25
- 271st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
20 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 22 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 20Junior Infants2022/23
- 20Senior Infants2023/24
- 201st Class2024/25
- 222nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
31 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 31 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 31Junior Infants2021/22
- 31Senior Infants2022/23
- 311st Class2023/24
- 302nd Class2024/25
- 313rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
18 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 17 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 18Junior Infants2020/21
- 18Senior Infants2021/22
- 181st Class2022/23
- 182nd Class2023/24
- 183rd Class2024/25
- 174th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 16 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 15Senior Infants2020/21
- 161st Class2021/22
- 152nd Class2022/23
- 143rd Class2023/24
- 144th Class2024/25
- 165th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
24 in 1st Class (2020/21), 23 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 241st Class2020/21
- 232nd Class2021/22
- 233rd Class2022/23
- 224th Class2023/24
- 235th Class2024/25
- 236th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
22 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 19 in 6th Class (2024/25): 3 pupils fewer.
- 222nd Class2020/21
- 233rd Class2021/22
- 224th Class2022/23
- 215th Class2023/24
- 196th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
21 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 18 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils fewer.
- 213rd Class2020/21
- 204th Class2021/22
- 195th Class2022/23
- 186th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
26 in 4th Class (2020/21), 27 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil more.
- 264th Class2020/21
- 275th Class2021/22
- 276th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
22 in 5th Class (2020/21), 21 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil fewer.
- 225th Class2020/21
- 216th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +13Junior Infants in 2021/22 (18 to 31)
- −11Junior Infants in 2022/23 (31 to 20)
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 Mhuscraí, 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
12.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 12 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 7 mainstream classes 7
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers57.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
5.83 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 11 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 5.83 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 Gaelscoil Mhuscraí, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil MhuscraíThis school | – | 195 |
+29.1%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Chroí Íosa0.6 km · Blarney | 0.6 km | 286 |
−1.0%
|
| 2 | Strawberry Hill National School2.4 km · Cork · DEIS | 2.4 km | 315 | – |
| 3 | Clogheen MXD N S2.8 km · Kerry Pike | 2.8 km | 181 |
+10.4%
|
| 4 | Cloghroe Mixed N S4.1 km · Cloghroe | 4.1 km | 537 |
+0.4%
|
| 5 | S N Mhuire4.4 km · Cork | 4.4 km | 316 |
−14.4%
|
| 6 | Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoine4.9 km · Cork · DEIS | 4.9 km | 195 |
−30.1%
|
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: 55 of 130 households answered (42%). The true figures are likely within 10.8 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: 10.8 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 53% | 96% | 2% |
| Blarney planning area · children at school | 46% | 23% | 3% |
| Blarney planning area · children not yet at school | 50% | 26% | 5% |
| 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
- Cáit Ní Shiúrtáin
- Phone
- 0214516874
- [email protected]
- Address
- Sean Íochtarach, An Bhlárna, Co. Chorcaí, T23 EA29
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- An Foras Pátrúnachta
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
- Cork City Council
- Planning area
- Blarney
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
23 school years from 2003/04 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 195 | 101 | 94 | 27 | 32 | 27 | 22 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 23 |
| 2024/25 | 186 | 95 | 91 | 31 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | 175 | 88 | 87 | 25 | 20 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 21 | 18 |
| 2022/23 | 175 | 87 | 88 | 20 | 31 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 27 |
| 2021/22 | 179 | 99 | 80 | 31 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 27 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | 167 | 91 | 76 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 22 | 19 |
| 2019/20 | 174 | 92 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 170 | 87 | 83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 153 | 80 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 144 | 75 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 151 | 78 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 146 | 82 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 131 | 68 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 118 | 65 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 95 | 55 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 89 | 51 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 113 | 63 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 109 | 60 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 85 | 48 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 60 | 33 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 35 | 18 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 22 | 13 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 18 | 8 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |