History
Our Lady of Mercy Primary School opened in 1993 with the amalgamation of three schools-Scoil Chaitriona (1964), Scoil Fatima (1883) and Scoil Phadraig (1888). Our school is very well equipped and has modern intercommunication and alarm systems.
Sister Annette Duignan was Principal from 1993-1998. Mrs Rosemary Sheahan was Acting Principal from 1998-1999. In September 1999, Mr Terry Allen was appointed the first Lay Principal of Our Lady of Mercy Primary School. Mrs Mary Finan was Principal from September 2005 until September 2010. Mrs Marguerite Stenson was Principal from 2010 until 2022.
Ms Olivia Flannery (Current Principal) was appointed as Principal in 2022.
Past pupils of note include- Mark Scanlon, Junior World Cycling Champion and Shane Filan of Westlife.
In June 2026, 458 pupils were enrolled with a staff of 41 teachers, 13 special needs assistants (SNAs), 1 secretary, 1 caretaker, 4 cleaning staff and 2 Carambola lunch ladies.
Our Autism Special Classes opened in September 2004, 2005 and 2024 respectively and cater for 18 pupils. Our three autism classes will be in our new, purpose-built, modular building from September 2026. An Autism Inclusive Special Class is also opening in our school from September 2026 to cater for students already enrolled in our school.
Evidence-based programmes and approaches, many of which are internationally acclaimed and robustly evaluated are used throughout the school including;
- The Incredible Years
- Restorative Practices
- Reading Recovery
- Maths Recovery
- Nurture Groups
- Learning with languages