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Athlacca N.S.

PrimaryCatholicSpecial classes

Athlacca, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick · V35 AN83 · Roll number 17155A

Athlacca N.S. is the only one of the primary schools in or within 3 km of Bruree. Every school in and around Bruree →

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Pupils
88
September, 2025/26
51 girls, 37 boys
Since 2019/20
−31%
from 127 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Bishop of Limerick
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Athlacca N.S.

  • 88 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: 88 pupils, 31% fewer than the 127 of 2019/20.
  • Has special classes for children who need more support.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Limerick; its ethos is Catholic.
  • Outside Bruree’s outline, 3.4 km away; listed with Bruree, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Athlacca N.S. had 88 pupils in 2025/26, down from 110 in 2015/16 (−20%). Girls are 58% of them. Its largest roll was 127, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

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

No letter

No letter for Athlacca 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 Athlacca 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Athlacca 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 in

Getting a place at Athlacca N.S.

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

Families apply to Athlacca 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.

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

Pupils
88
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−31%
from 127 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Athlacca N.S. has shrunk by 31% since 2019/20. All the schools around Bruree together changed by −7%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Athlacca−31%
The primary schools around Bruree−7%
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, 5 have more pupils than Athlacca N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −31%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.

Athlacca88
Bruree168
Banogue97
Scoil Dean Cussen219
Scoil Mocheallóg281
Granagh74
Ballymartin103
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Athlacca N.S.88−31%CatholicEnglish
Bruree National School168−7%CatholicEnglish3.8 km
Banogue National School97+31%CatholicEnglish4.9 km
Scoil Dean Cussen219−14%CatholicEnglish6.8 km
Scoil Mocheallóg281−9%CatholicEnglish✓7.6 km
Granagh National School74+21%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
Ballymartin N.S.103+7%CatholicEnglish8.4 km
The other 126 primary schools in Co. Limerick
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Croom National School169−2%CatholicEnglish✓8.4 km
Bulgaden N.S.19−32%CatholicEnglish9 km
Fedamore CNS10−50%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
S.N. Loch Guir6−81%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
S.N. Beal Atha Grean109+9%CatholicEnglish11 km
Scoil Nais Cnoc Aine200+31%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Mhuire85−11%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Ciarain66+40%CatholicEnglish12 km
Martinstown N.S.54−37%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Cre Cumhra214−7%CatholicEnglish13 km
Carnane Mxd N.S.30−39%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Baile an Aird83−33%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Ailbhe104−21%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Chriost an Slanaitheoir204+6%CatholicEnglish15 km
Hospital N.S.156−14%CatholicEnglish15 km
Scoil Naomh Iosaf140−9%CatholicEnglish15 km
Ardpatrick N.S.48−25%CatholicEnglish15 km
Our Ladys Abbey125−15%CatholicEnglish15 km
St. Nicholas Church of Ireland School54−22%Church of IrelandEnglish15 km
Kilfinane Convent Primary School145+1%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil Cnoc Loinge B72−26%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Scoil Tobar Padraig143−5%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Scoil an Spioraid Naomh267−8%CatholicEnglish17 km
S.N. Fiodhnach73+18%CatholicEnglish17 km
Knockea National School191−8%CatholicEnglish17 km
Croagh National School78+10%CatholicEnglish18 km
Caherline N.S.183+1%CatholicEnglish18 km
Scoil Sean Tsraide127−11%CatholicEnglish18 km
Kilteely N.S.32+52%CatholicEnglish18 km
Kilmeedy N.S.48+129%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Bohermore N.S.100+233%CatholicEnglish19 km
Scoil Nais Cathair Chinn Lis100−19%CatholicEnglish19 km
Glenbrohane N.S.23−45%CatholicEnglish19 km
Scoil Neassain668−6%CatholicEnglish19 km
Limerick City East Educate Together NS373−1%Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
Cloverfield N.S.42−34%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Mhuire107−6%CatholicEnglish20 km
Gaelscoil an Raithin389+17%CatholicAll in Irish20 km
Donoughmore N.S.140−31%CatholicEnglish20 km
Scoil Phoil Naofa573−9%CatholicEnglish20 km
Our Lady of Lourdes N.S.161+10%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef86+23%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Scoil Aine Naofa224+33%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Church Street National School14−46%Church of IrelandEnglish✓21 km
Kildimo National School138−27%CatholicEnglish21 km
Our Lady Queen of Peace School326−6%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
S N Naomh Iosef290−10%CatholicEnglish21 km
Le Chéile National School174−2%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
Gaelscoil Sheoirse82−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓22 km
Scoil Mathair de362+8%CatholicEnglish22 km
Garrydoolis N.S.29−17%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Josephs74−15%CatholicEnglish22 km
St James N.S.110−25%CatholicEnglish22 km
An Mhodh Scoil578−8%CatholicAll in Irish22 km
Limerick School Project203−5%Multi-denominationalEnglish22 km
St Michaels116−8%Church of IrelandEnglish22 km
St Brigids N.S.457−4%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
S.N. Ailbhe187−9%CatholicEnglish22 km
Ballylanders N.S.128−5%CatholicEnglish✓22 km
St Michaels N.S.126+4%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Scoil Iosagain222+14%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Presentation Primary School279+1%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
St Johns Convent223−19%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
St John the Baptist Boys N.S.69+116%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Salesian Primary School361−12%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Padraig Naofa B197−6%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Scoil na mBearnan35+6%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Padraig Naofa C197−11%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
J F K Memorial School218−15%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Moin A Lin847−5%CatholicEnglish23 km
Nicker N.S.113−18%CatholicEnglish23 km
St Mary's National School152+28%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Scoil Cill Churnain174+19%CatholicEnglish24 km
S N Toinn an Tairbh79−26%CatholicEnglish24 km
Gaelscoil Sairseal369+44%CatholicAll in Irish24 km
Scoil Chriost Ri B278−13%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
S N Muire na hEireann262−9%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh412−3%CatholicAll in Irish24 km
Thomond Primary School215−6%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Milford Grange N School479−3%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil Ide654−17%CatholicEnglish25 km
S.N. Gallbhaile135+14%CatholicEnglish25 km
Mahoonagh N.S.237+6%CatholicEnglish25 km
Corpus Christi N.S.403+22%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
S.N. Cnoch A Deaga48+71%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil Mhuire141−14%CatholicEnglish25 km
Pallaskenry N.S.135−1%CatholicEnglish25 km
Scoil Athain139−20%CatholicEnglish26 km
Coolcappa N.S.54+32%CatholicEnglish26 km
S N Lios na Groi295−11%CatholicEnglish26 km
Scoil Chaitríona82+24%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
S.N. Ma Rua142−22%CatholicEnglish27 km
Oola National School67−26%CatholicEnglish27 km
S N Gleann gCreabhar50−19%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Naomh Muire, Eas Géitine157–CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Courtenay National School251+3%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Gaelscoil O Doghair201−11%CatholicAll in Irish28 km
St Josephs Convent225−2%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Scoil Ide Naofa89+14%CatholicEnglish28 km
S.N. Molua B82−1%CatholicEnglish28 km
Ballysteen N.S.17−54%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil Naomh Ide22−4%CatholicEnglish30 km
Monagea National School206−6%CatholicEnglish30 km
Castleconnell N.S.241+4%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil Cill Colmain101−24%CatholicEnglish31 km
Bilboa N School95−18%CatholicEnglish31 km
Doon Convent N.S.116−3%CatholicEnglish32 km
S.N. Cill Lachtain235+28%CatholicEnglish32 km
Scoil na mBraithre56+0%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Shanagolden N.S.92−21%CatholicEnglish33 km
Kilbehenny N.S.100+30%CatholicEnglish34 km
Carrickerry N.S.49−21%CatholicEnglish34 km
S.N. Sheanain99+10%CatholicEnglish35 km
Glengurt N.S.115+8%CatholicEnglish37 km
Templeglantine N.S.76+49%CatholicEnglish37 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire National School39+11%CatholicEnglish✓39 km
Gearoid Ui Ghriobhtha30−21%CatholicEnglish40 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire13–CatholicEnglish✓41 km
Dromtrasna N.S.122−27%CatholicEnglish42 km
Athea N School171+16%CatholicEnglish43 km
Meenkilly N.S.101+20%CatholicEnglish44 km
Ballyguiltenane N.S.20−26%CatholicEnglish44 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig61+53%CatholicEnglish45 km
Convent of Mercy N.S.110−8%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
St Fergus Primary School159+21%CatholicEnglish45 km
Abbeyfeale B N.S. 198−23%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
Living nearby

Living in Bruree

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

Median sale price
€182,500
32 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,619
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Limerick

Homes in the V35 Eircode area

Housing in Bruree →

The median sale price rose from €180,000 in 2023 to €312,500 in 2025 (+74%).

2023€180,000
2024€245,000
2025€312,500

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€386,200
Second-hand homes€214,700

Property Price Register sales in the V35 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Limerick

Cost of living in Bruree →

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 Bruree, V35 AN83

Nearby

Primary schools near Athlacca N.S.

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

Bruree National School
Primary · Catholic
168 pupils−7% since 2019/203.8 km
Banogue National School
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
97 pupils+31% since 2019/204.9 km
Scoil Dean Cussen
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
219 pupils−14% since 2019/206.8 km
Scoil Mocheallóg
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
281 pupils−9% since 2019/207.6 km
Granagh National School
Primary · Catholic
74 pupils+21% since 2019/207.9 km
Ballymartin N.S.
Primary · Catholic
103 pupils+7% since 2019/208.4 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 17155A

Questions about Athlacca N.S.

Is Athlacca 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 Athlacca N.S. have?

88 pupils in 2025/26. That is −31% since 2019/20.

Does Athlacca N.S. teach through Irish?

No: Athlacca N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Athlacca N.S.?

Athlacca N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Limerick.

How do pupils get a place at Athlacca 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 Athlacca N.S.?

The nearest are Bruree National School (3.8 km), Banogue National School (4.9 km) and Scoil Dean Cussen (6.8 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 Bruree; 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).