Thomond Community College
Moylish Park, Moylish, Limerick · V94 V342 · Roll number 76414G
Thomond Community College is one of 11 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballynanty. Every school in and around Ballynanty →
What stands out about Thomond Community College
- 597 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+13%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- In 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.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Limerick & Clare ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2016/17 to 2025/26Thomond Community College had 597 pupils in 2025/26, against 493 in 2016/17 (+21%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 614, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 5 of the 9 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Thomond Community College
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 Thomond Community College 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 Thomond Community College
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 Thomond Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Thomond Community College directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Thomond Community College has grown by 13% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballynanty together changed by −1%.
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 post-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 post-primary schools, 2 have more pupils than Thomond Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +13%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomond Community College | 597 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Ardscoil Ris | 728 | −3% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| Villiers Secondary School | 508 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.9 km | |
| St Munchin's College | 682 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| Ardscoil Mhuire | 591 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| St Clements College | 411 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ | 315 | −23% | Catholic | All in Irish | 2.7 km |
The other 21 post-primary schools in Co. Limerick
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ | 746 | +19% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| Coláiste Nano Nagle | 365 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Colaiste Mhichil | 349 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh | 606 | −7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 2.9 km | |
| Crescent College Comprehensive | 922 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.7 km | |
| Limerick City East Secondary School | 811 | +587% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.7 km | |
| Mungret Community College | 991 | +175% | Multi-denominational | English | 6 km | |
| Castletroy College | 1,360 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.5 km | |
| Salesian Secondary College | 746 | +5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Colaiste Chiarain | 821 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Glenstal Abbey School | 203 | −11% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Colaiste Mhuire | 269 | −32% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College) | 537 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| John The Baptist Community School | 960 | −12% | Inter-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa | 518 | −19% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Coláiste Iósaef | 505 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Desmond College | 539 | +38% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 37 km |
| Scoil Pól | 715 | +40% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire & Íde | 754 | +6% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Hazelwood College | 562 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 41 km | |
| Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef | 669 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 54 km |
Living in Ballynanty
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V94 Eircode area
Housing in Ballynanty →The median sale price rose from €275,000 in 2023 to €351,500 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ballynanty
Cost of living in Ballynanty →New tenancies in Ballynanty averaged €1,709 a month in 2025, against €1,520 in 2024 (+12%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Ballynanty, V94 V342
Post-primary schools near Thomond Community College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Thomond Community College
Is Thomond Community College 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 Thomond Community College have?
597 pupils in 2025/26. That is +13% since 2019/20.
Does Thomond Community College teach through Irish?
No: Thomond Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Thomond Community College?
Thomond Community College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Limerick & Clare ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Thomond Community College?
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 Thomond Community College?
The nearest are Ardscoil Ris (1.5 km), Villiers Secondary School (1.9 km) and St Munchin's College (2.4 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 Ballynanty; 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).