














Coolcappa N.S.
Ardagh, Co. Limerick · V42 NT35 · Roll number 11955C
Coolcappa N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Ardagh. Every school in and around Ardagh →
What stands out about Coolcappa N.S.
- A small primary school: 54 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 54 pupils, 32% more than the 41 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Limerick; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Ardagh’s outline, 4.2 km away; listed with Ardagh, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coolcappa N.S. had 54 pupils in 2025/26, against 46 in 2015/16 (+17%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 56, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Coolcappa N.S.
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for Coolcappa N.S. is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on Coolcappa N.S.
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at Coolcappa N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coolcappa N.S. directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Coolcappa N.S. has grown by 32% since 2019/20.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 5 have more pupils than Coolcappa N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +32%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolcappa N.S. | 54 | +32% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. Molua B | 82 | −1% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Scoil Cill Colmain | 101 | −24% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Church Street National School | 14 | −46% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| Scoil Aine Naofa | 224 | +33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Scoil Naomh Iosef | 86 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| St James N.S. | 110 | −25% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km |
The other 126 primary schools in Co. Limerick
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanagolden N.S. | 92 | −21% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Gaelscoil O Doghair | 201 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.1 km | |
| Courtenay National School | 251 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| Scoil Naomh Muire, Eas Géitine | 157 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 107 | −6% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| St Josephs Convent | 225 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Carrickerry N.S. | 49 | −21% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Croagh National School | 78 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Mahoonagh N.S. | 237 | +6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Sheanain | 99 | +10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Cill Lachtain | 235 | +28% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Chriost an Slanaitheoir | 204 | +6% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire National School | 39 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Monagea National School | 206 | −6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Sean Tsraide | 127 | −11% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Cill Churnain | 174 | +19% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Gearoid Ui Ghriobhtha | 30 | −21% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kilmeedy N.S. | 48 | +129% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Ballysteen N.S. | 17 | −54% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Ciarain | 66 | +40% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 140 | −9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Our Ladys Abbey | 125 | −15% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Pallaskenry N.S. | 135 | −1% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St. Nicholas Church of Ireland School | 54 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Ide Naofa | 89 | +14% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Kildimo National School | 138 | −27% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Templeglantine N.S. | 76 | +49% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. Fiodhnach | 73 | +18% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Ballyguiltenane N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Fergus Primary School | 159 | +21% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ide | 22 | −4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Granagh National School | 74 | +21% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Athea N School | 171 | +16% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 141 | −14% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Croom National School | 169 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Glengurt N.S. | 115 | +8% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Beal Atha Grean | 109 | +9% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Banogue National School | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Tobar Padraig | 143 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| St Josephs | 74 | −15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 61 | +53% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S N Naomh Iosef | 290 | −10% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Dromtrasna N.S. | 122 | −27% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Scoil Cre Cumhra | 214 | −7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Convent of Mercy N.S. | 110 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Ballymartin N.S. | 103 | +7% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Abbeyfeale B N.S. 1 | 98 | −23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Limerick City East Educate Together NS | 373 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Raithin | 389 | +17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Athlacca N.S. | 88 | −31% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Neassain | 668 | −6% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Meenkilly N.S. | 101 | +20% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Bruree National School | 168 | −7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Phoil Naofa | 573 | −9% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Fedamore CNS | 10 | −50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naomh | 267 | −8% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Mathair de | 362 | +8% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S N Muire na hEireann | 262 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Our Lady of Lourdes N.S. | 161 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Chriost Ri B | 278 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| An Mhodh Scoil | 578 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| J F K Memorial School | 218 | −15% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Limerick School Project | 203 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Salesian Primary School | 361 | −12% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Carnane Mxd N.S. | 30 | −39% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Michaels | 116 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace School | 326 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Gaelscoil Sairseal | 369 | +44% | Catholic | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| Thomond Primary School | 215 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| St Michaels N.S. | 126 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Scoil Iosagain | 222 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Presentation Primary School | 279 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Corpus Christi N.S. | 403 | +22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Le Chéile National School | 174 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Gaelscoil Sheoirse | 82 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Johns Convent | 223 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Mary's National School | 152 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St John the Baptist Boys N.S. | 69 | +116% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Donoughmore N.S. | 140 | −31% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Knockea National School | 191 | −8% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa B | 197 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa C | 197 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| St Brigids N.S. | 457 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Scoil Ide | 654 | −17% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Dean Cussen | 219 | −14% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Mocheallóg | 281 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 85 | −11% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Milford Grange N School | 479 | −3% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| S.N. Loch Guir | 6 | −81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Bohermore N.S. | 100 | +233% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Moin A Lin | 847 | −5% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Ailbhe | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Bulgaden N.S. | 19 | −32% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh | 412 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 36 km | |
| Scoil Baile an Aird | 83 | −33% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Nais Cnoc Aine | 200 | +31% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Nais Cathair Chinn Lis | 100 | −19% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S N Lios na Groi | 295 | −11% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Caherline N.S. | 183 | +1% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Martinstown N.S. | 54 | −37% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Ardpatrick N.S. | 48 | −25% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Athain | 139 | −20% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Hospital N.S. | 156 | −14% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| S.N. Ailbhe | 187 | −9% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Castleconnell N.S. | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Kilfinane Convent Primary School | 145 | +1% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Cloverfield N.S. | 42 | −34% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Kilteely N.S. | 32 | +52% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Scoil Cnoc Loinge B | 72 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| S.N. Ma Rua | 142 | −22% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| S N Toinn an Tairbh | 79 | −26% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Glenbrohane N.S. | 23 | −45% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Nicker N.S. | 113 | −18% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Garrydoolis N.S. | 29 | −17% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil na mBearnan | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Scoil Chaitríona | 82 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Ballylanders N.S. | 128 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Bilboa N School | 95 | −18% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Cnoch A Deaga | 48 | +71% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| S.N. Gallbhaile | 135 | +14% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Oola National School | 67 | −26% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Doon Convent N.S. | 116 | −3% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 56 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| S N Gleann gCreabhar | 50 | −19% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Kilbehenny N.S. | 100 | +30% | Catholic | English | 60 km |
Living in Ardagh
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V42 Eircode area
Housing in Ardagh →The median sale price rose from €199,500 in 2023 to €242,500 in 2025 (+22%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V42 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Limerick
Cost of living in Ardagh →New tenancies in Co. Limerick averaged €1,619 a month in 2025, against €1,436 in 2024 (+13%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗














near Ardagh, V42 NT35
Primary schools near Coolcappa N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coolcappa N.S.
Is Coolcappa N.S. a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does Coolcappa N.S. have?
54 pupils in 2025/26. That is +32% since 2019/20.
Does Coolcappa N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Coolcappa N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coolcappa N.S.?
Coolcappa N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Limerick.
How do pupils get a place at Coolcappa N.S.?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near Coolcappa N.S.?
The nearest are S.N. Molua B (4.2 km), Scoil Cill Colmain (4.6 km) and Church Street National School (5 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Ardagh; nothing here rates the school.
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).