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Scoil Ailbhe

PrimaryCatholicSpecial classes

Caherelly, Grange, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick · V35 T283 · Roll number 18030I

Scoil Ailbhe is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyneety. Every school in and around Ballyneety →

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Pupils
104
September, 2025/26
55 girls, 49 boys
Since 2019/20
−21%
from 131 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Ailbhe

  • 104 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Smaller than it was: 104 pupils, 21% fewer than the 131 of 2019/20.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Archbishop of Cashel & Emly; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Ballyneety’s outline, 4.3 km away; listed with Ballyneety, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Ailbhe had 104 pupils in 2025/26, down from 134 in 2015/16 (−22%). Girls are 53% of them. Its largest roll was 146, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.

040801201602015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Scoil Ailbhe

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 Scoil Ailbhe 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Scoil Ailbhe

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 in

Getting a place at Scoil Ailbhe

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Scoil Ailbhe 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.

Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.

Pupils
104
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−21%
from 131 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Ailbhe has shrunk by 21% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballyneety together changed by +12%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Ailbhe−21%
The primary schools around Ballyneety+12%
All Irish primary schools−5%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest primary schools

2025/26

The 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, 1 have more pupils than Scoil Ailbhe. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −21%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Ailbhe104
Caherline183
Scoil Baile an Aird83
S.N. Loch Guir6
Scoil Nais Cathair Chinn Lis100
Carnane Mxd30
Cloverfield42
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Ailbhe104−21%CatholicEnglish
Caherline N.S.183+1%CatholicEnglish3.7 km
Scoil Baile an Aird83−33%CatholicEnglish4.4 km
S.N. Loch Guir6−81%CatholicEnglish✓5.1 km
Scoil Nais Cathair Chinn Lis100−19%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
Carnane Mxd N.S.30−39%CatholicEnglish5.9 km
Cloverfield N.S.42−34%CatholicEnglish6.4 km
The other 126 primary schools in Co. Limerick
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Bohermore N.S.100+233%CatholicEnglish6.9 km
Fedamore CNS10−50%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓7.1 km
Kilteely N.S.32+52%CatholicEnglish7.6 km
Knockea National School191−8%CatholicEnglish7.8 km
S.N. Ailbhe187−9%CatholicEnglish8.2 km
Scoil Nais Cnoc Aine200+31%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
Hospital N.S.156−14%CatholicEnglish9.1 km
Scoil Dean Cussen219−14%CatholicEnglish9.2 km
S N Toinn an Tairbh79−26%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
Nicker N.S.113−18%CatholicEnglish11 km
Scoil an Spioraid Naomh267−8%CatholicEnglish11 km
Ballymartin N.S.103+7%CatholicEnglish11 km
Donoughmore N.S.140−31%CatholicEnglish11 km
Scoil na mBearnan35+6%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Cre Cumhra214−7%CatholicEnglish12 km
Garrydoolis N.S.29−17%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Moin A Lin847−5%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Chaitríona82+24%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
S.N. Ma Rua142−22%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Athain139−20%CatholicEnglish13 km
Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh412−3%CatholicAll in Irish13 km
Le Chéile National School174−2%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St Brigids N.S.457−4%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Gaelscoil Sheoirse82−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓13 km
Our Lady Queen of Peace School326−6%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Our Lady of Lourdes N.S.161+10%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Scoil Phoil Naofa573−9%CatholicEnglish14 km
Milford Grange N School479−3%CatholicEnglish14 km
Bulgaden N.S.19−32%CatholicEnglish14 km
Athlacca N.S.88−31%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Neassain668−6%CatholicEnglish14 km
S N Lios na Groi295−11%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Padraig Naofa B197−6%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
St Michaels N.S.126+4%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Iosagain222+14%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Padraig Naofa C197−11%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Presentation Primary School279+1%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
St Johns Convent223−19%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Mathair de362+8%CatholicEnglish15 km
An Mhodh Scoil578−8%CatholicAll in Irish15 km
St John the Baptist Boys N.S.69+116%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
St Michaels116−8%Church of IrelandEnglish15 km
Croom National School169−2%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Limerick School Project203−5%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Scoil Cnoc Loinge B72−26%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Limerick City East Educate Together NS373−1%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Scoil Tobar Padraig143−5%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Gaelscoil an Raithin389+17%CatholicAll in Irish16 km
St Mary's National School152+28%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Salesian Primary School361−12%CatholicEnglish16 km
Banogue National School97+31%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil Ide654−17%CatholicEnglish16 km
J F K Memorial School218−15%CatholicEnglish16 km
Oola National School67−26%CatholicEnglish16 km
Gaelscoil Sairseal369+44%CatholicAll in Irish16 km
Bilboa N School95−18%CatholicEnglish17 km
Thomond Primary School215−6%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Martinstown N.S.54−37%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Chriost Ri B278−13%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Scoil Mocheallóg281−9%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Bruree National School168−7%CatholicEnglish17 km
S N Muire na hEireann262−9%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Corpus Christi N.S.403+22%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Castleconnell N.S.241+4%CatholicEnglish18 km
Doon Convent N.S.116−3%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil na mBraithre56+0%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
S N Naomh Iosef290−10%CatholicEnglish19 km
St. Nicholas Church of Ireland School54−22%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
Our Ladys Abbey125−15%CatholicEnglish20 km
Glenbrohane N.S.23−45%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Naomh Iosaf140−9%CatholicEnglish20 km
Granagh National School74+21%CatholicEnglish20 km
S.N. Ciarain66+40%CatholicEnglish21 km
Kilfinane Convent Primary School145+1%CatholicEnglish21 km
S.N. Gallbhaile135+14%CatholicEnglish22 km
Kildimo National School138−27%CatholicEnglish22 km
Ballylanders N.S.128−5%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Sean Tsraide127−11%CatholicEnglish23 km
Ardpatrick N.S.48−25%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Mhuire85−11%CatholicEnglish24 km
S.N. Beal Atha Grean109+9%CatholicEnglish25 km
Croagh National School78+10%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil Chriost an Slanaitheoir204+6%CatholicEnglish26 km
Pallaskenry N.S.135−1%CatholicEnglish27 km
Scoil Cill Churnain174+19%CatholicEnglish27 km
S.N. Cnoch A Deaga48+71%CatholicEnglish27 km
S N Gleann gCreabhar50−19%CatholicEnglish28 km
St James N.S.110−25%CatholicEnglish29 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef86+23%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Aine Naofa224+33%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Church Street National School14−46%Church of IrelandEnglish✓30 km
S.N. Fiodhnach73+18%CatholicEnglish31 km
Scoil Mhuire107−6%CatholicEnglish31 km
Kilmeedy N.S.48+129%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Ballysteen N.S.17−54%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil Naomh Muire, Eas Géitine157–CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Kilbehenny N.S.100+30%CatholicEnglish34 km
Coolcappa N.S.54+32%CatholicEnglish35 km
St Josephs74−15%CatholicEnglish36 km
Mahoonagh N.S.237+6%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Molua B82−1%CatholicEnglish38 km
Scoil Mhuire141−14%CatholicEnglish39 km
Courtenay National School251+3%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Gaelscoil O Doghair201−11%CatholicAll in Irish39 km
St Josephs Convent225−2%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Scoil Cill Colmain101−24%CatholicEnglish40 km
Shanagolden N.S.92−21%CatholicEnglish40 km
S.N. Sheanain99+10%CatholicEnglish41 km
Scoil Ide Naofa89+14%CatholicEnglish42 km
Monagea National School206−6%CatholicEnglish42 km
S.N. Cill Lachtain235+28%CatholicEnglish43 km
Scoil Naomh Ide22−4%CatholicEnglish43 km
Carrickerry N.S.49−21%CatholicEnglish44 km
Gearoid Ui Ghriobhtha30−21%CatholicEnglish47 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire National School39+11%CatholicEnglish✓47 km
Templeglantine N.S.76+49%CatholicEnglish49 km
Glengurt N.S.115+8%CatholicEnglish50 km
St Fergus Primary School159+21%CatholicEnglish53 km
Ballyguiltenane N.S.20−26%CatholicEnglish54 km
Athea N School171+16%CatholicEnglish54 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire13–CatholicEnglish✓54 km
Dromtrasna N.S.122−27%CatholicEnglish55 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig61+53%CatholicEnglish56 km
Meenkilly N.S.101+20%CatholicEnglish57 km
Convent of Mercy N.S.110−8%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Abbeyfeale B N.S. 198−23%CatholicEnglish✓57 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballyneety

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€311,900
routing key V94, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,619
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Limerick

Homes in the V94 Eircode area

Housing in Ballyneety →

The median sale price rose from €275,000 in 2023 to €351,500 in 2025 (+28%).

2023€275,000
2024€310,000
2025€351,500

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€406,100
Second-hand homes€281,100

Property Price Register sales in the V94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Limerick

Cost of living in Ballyneety →

New tenancies in Co. Limerick averaged €1,619 a month in 2025, against €1,436 in 2024 (+13%).

2024€1,436
2025€1,619

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

near Ballyneety, V35 T283

Nearby

Primary schools near Scoil Ailbhe

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Caherline N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
183 pupils+1% since 2019/203.7 km
Scoil Baile an Aird
Primary · Catholic
83 pupils−33% since 2019/204.4 km
S.N. Loch Guir
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
6 pupils−81% since 2019/205.1 km
Scoil Nais Cathair Chinn Lis
Primary · Catholic
100 pupils−19% since 2019/205.1 km
Carnane Mxd N.S.
Primary · Catholic
30 pupils−39% since 2019/205.9 km
Cloverfield N.S.
Primary · Catholic
42 pupils−34% since 2019/206.4 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 18030I

Questions about Scoil Ailbhe

Is Scoil Ailbhe 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 Scoil Ailbhe have?

104 pupils in 2025/26. That is −21% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Ailbhe teach through Irish?

No: Scoil Ailbhe teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Scoil Ailbhe?

Scoil Ailbhe has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Cashel & Emly.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Ailbhe?

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 Scoil Ailbhe?

The nearest are Caherline N.S. (3.7 km), Scoil Baile an Aird (4.4 km) and S.N. Loch Guir (5.1 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 Ballyneety; 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).