Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Most post-primaries around Annacotty take girls and boys: 0% are single-sex, below Co. Limerick’s towns and Irish towns
On this, Annacotty is below both Co. Limerick’s towns (55%) and Irish towns (39%). None of its 8 schools is in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% of schools across Ireland are). Ireland publishes no school results, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them, so these schools are described here, never graded or ranked.
Schools in the town or within 3 km of its outline, Department of Education lists for 2025/26; the Ireland figures cover all schools listed.
What stands out about Annacotty’s schools
More pupils every year
Pupil numbers at the schools here have grown faster than across Ireland (+5% since 2019/20), so classes and new places are a question worth asking. Pupils over time ↓
A wide choice at twelve
Within 10 km of the town there are 16 post-primary schools to choose from, of different kinds; each sets its own admission policy, and many families apply to several. The nearest: Castletroy College (0.5 km), Limerick City East Secondary School (3.1 km) and Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh (5.2 km). Post-primary choices ↓
No school in DEIS
None of the schools here is in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas; across Ireland, 30% of schools are. Who runs them ↓
From the Department of Education’s school lists: facts, not judgements of how well a school teaches.
Pupil numbers around Annacotty
Every school in or within 3 km of the town each September, counted where it stands today.
The schools in and around Annacotty had 3,408 pupils in 2015/16 and 4,443 in 2025/26. Limerick City East Secondary School grew most: +587% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Annacotty
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.
Who runs Annacotty’s schools
Who runs each school, as listed for 2025/26; the bars give the share of schools of each kind.
6 of Annacotty’s 8 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Bishop of Killaloe (3), Bishop of Limerick (2) and Limerick & Clare ETB (1). None of the 8 is in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
The 8 schools in and around Annacotty
Each school in or within 3 km of Annacotty links to a page of its own. You won’t find letters or results below: Ireland publishes none for single schools.
Where the 8 schools in and around Annacotty are
Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Annacotty’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Teaching through Irish in and around Annacotty
The schools by teaching language, with Ireland’s share as the black tick.
1 of Annacotty’s 8 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh.
Who Annacotty’s schools serve
Shares of the pupils at the area’s schools, beside Co. Limerick’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools
| Share of pupils | Around Annacotty | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| Girls | 47% | 48% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 0% | 23% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 0% | 4% | 6% |
Fewer of the pupils around Annacotty are at DEIS schools than across Ireland: 0% against 27% (Co. Limerick: 25%). Where this area differs most from Ireland is post-primary pupils at single-sex schools, at 0% against 29%.
Each of the 8 schools
| School | Pupils | Girls | DEIS | All-Irish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castletroy CollegePost-primary · ETB | 1,360 | 47% | ||
| Gaelscoil Chaladh an TreoighPrimary | 412 | 51% | ✓ | |
| St Vincents Sp SchoolSpecial | 100 | 23% | ||
| Scoil Moin A LinPrimary | 847 | 46% | ||
| S N Lios na GroiPrimary | 295 | 44% | ||
| Milford Grange N SchoolPrimary | 479 | 49% | ||
| Limerick City East Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 811 | 48% | ||
| Scoil AthainPrimary | 139 | 45% |
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary): enrolments by sex and the DEIS list. Shares are of pupils, not of schools; a county’s are the schools listed with its towns.
The 5 patrons of Annacotty’s schools
Patrons own the schools and set their ethos; boards of management run them day to day.
Bishop of Killaloe is patron of 3 of the 8 schools around Annacotty, which teach 12% of their pupils; 5 patrons run them in all. The local Education and Training Board runs one. Educate Together runs one.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop of KillaloeS N Lios na Groi, Scoil Athain, St Vincents Sp School | Catholic | 3 | 534 |
| Bishop of LimerickScoil Moin A Lin, Milford Grange N School | Catholic | 2 | 1,326 |
| Limerick & Clare ETBCastletroy College | Inter-denominational | 1 | 1,360 |
| Educate TogetherLimerick City East | Multi-denominational | 1 | 811 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh | Catholic | 1 | 412 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Annacotty
Starting primary school
Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.
Moving to secondary school
Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
Of these 7 schools, 2 have grown by at least 5% since 2019/20 and 2 have lost as much; Ireland’s pupils changed by +5%.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September, 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary). No capacity is published, so how full a school is can’t be shown.
Inspection reports for Annacotty’s schools
The Inspectorate’s published reports for each school, linked, without ratings
The Inspectorate inspects schools in several ways: a whole-school evaluation covers teaching, learning and how the school is led; a subject inspection looks at one subject; a follow-through checks on earlier advice. Reports go on gov.ie with the school’s reply.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 8 schools below links its own.
| School | Reports on gov.ie |
|---|---|
| Castletroy CollegePost-primary · ETB | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Gaelscoil Chaladh an TreoighPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| St Vincents Sp SchoolSpecial | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Scoil Moin A LinPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| S N Lios na GroiPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Milford Grange N SchoolPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Limerick City East Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Scoil AthainPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Annacotty
All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school
16 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Annacotty: 12 voluntary secondary schools, 3 ETB schools and one comprehensive school. 8 teach girls and boys apart: 3 girls’ and 5 boys’ schools. Fees are charged at 2 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 2 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castletroy CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,360 | 0.5 km |
| Limerick City East Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 811 | 3.1 km |
| Gaelcholáiste LuimnighETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 606 | 5.2 km |
| Ardscoil MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 591 | 5.5 km |
| St Munchin's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 682 | 5.8 km |
| Colaiste MhichilVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 349 | 5.9 km |
| Coláiste Nano NagleVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 365 | 6 km |
| St Clements CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 411 | 7.1 km |
| Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Gaelcholáiste | 315 | 7.1 km |
| Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 746 | 7.2 km |
| Ardscoil RisVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 728 | 7.2 km |
| Crescent College ComprehensiveComprehensive · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 922 | 7.8 km |
All 16 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomond Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 597 | 7.9 km |
| Villiers Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 508 | 8.3 km |
| St. Mary's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 719 | 9.7 km |
| Glenstal Abbey SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 203 | 9.8 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Annacotty
St Vincents Sp School is the special school here, with 100 pupils. 1 of the 5 primary schools have special classes for children who need more support. Their cards ↑
Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.
Annacotty beside the 86 other Irish towns of 2,400 to 4,600 people
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km, listed by population: Ireland publishes no results, so none is ranked
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saggart | 4,573 | 23 | 9,161 | 3 | 61% | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||||
| Rathnew | 3,482 | 11 | 4,543 | 1 | 36% | 1 km |
| Cleaboy | 3,454 | 29 | 11,782 | 1 | 45% | 0.7 km |
| Limerick City Centre | 3,434 | 43 | 14,494 | 5 | 51% | 0.4 km |
| Clara | 3,403 | 3 | 699 | 0 | 100% | 0.3 km |
| Annacotty | 3,398 | 8 | 4,443 | 1 | 0% | 0.5 km |
| Tower | 3,300 | 6 | 2,638 | 1 | 17% | 3.2 km |
| Rathangan | 3,263 | 3 | 1,345 | 0 | 33% | 0.6 km |
| Crosshaven | 3,263 | 5 | 1,057 | 0 | 20% | 0.5 km |
| Virginia | 3,211 | 3 | 1,430 | 0 | 0% | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||||
| Prosperous | 2,413 | 2 | 1,169 | 0 | 50% | 0.5 km |
Of these 86 other towns, 40 count more pupils at their schools than Annacotty. An all-Irish school is within 3 km of 52 of the 87.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Schools in the towns around Annacotty
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annacotty | 8 | 4,443 | 1 | 0% | 0.5 km |
| Castletroy 1.8 km | 29 | 10,543 | 3 | 52% | 1.3 km |
| Garryowen 4.5 km | 41 | 14,084 | 6 | 44% | 1 km |
| Westbury 4.9 km | 29 | 9,896 | 3 | 55% | 0.9 km |
| Galvone 5.4 km | 48 | 16,815 | 5 | 46% | 0.6 km |
| Corbally and King's Island 5.5 km | 45 | 15,801 | 6 | 49% | 0.2 km |
| Castleconnell 5.7 km | 2 | 536 | 0 | 0% | 5.9 km |
Garryowen has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 6. Of Annacotty’s neighbours, Westbury saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+8%) and Castleconnell the least (−5%); Annacotty itself: +19%.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Annacotty or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
- The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
- Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
- DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
- No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
- What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
- Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
- The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.
Questions about schools in Annacotty
How many schools are there in Annacotty?
In Annacotty or within 3 km of it: 5 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 special school, with 4,443 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Annacotty that teach through Irish?
Yes, 1: Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Annacotty?
No: all 2 secondary schools here are free.
What is the best school in Annacotty?
We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.
How do I get a place at a school in Annacotty?
Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).