About Us

Réalt na Mara National School was founded on the 1st of September 2021 and is the amalgamation of Killea Boys National School and Light of Christ National School. We are an eight-teacher co-ed National School on with a split site campus. Junior Infants, Senior Infants, First, Second and Third Class are in the Village campus and our Fourth to Sixth Classes are on the Killea Campus. As well as eight mainstream classes, we have two full time and two part time Special Education Teachers.

Meet the Teachers

Principal
Ciara McSweeney

Deputy Principal
Sinéad Richardson

Junior Infant Teacher
Dearbhla Kearns

Senior Infant Teacher
Lauren Walsh

First Class Teacher
Ray Hayden

Second & Third Class
Orla McNamara

Fourth Class
Jane Fitzpatrick

Fifth Class
Clara Hogan

Sixth Class
Jean Hogan/Sinead (Job share)

Special Education Teacher (SET) Village Campus
Niamh Savage

Acting Deputy and SET Killea Campus
Máire Herterich

Part Time SET
Eleanor Brannigan

Part Time SET (Post COVID Support)
Orla McNamara