Scoil Moin A Lin
Castletroy, Co. Limerick · V94 T9P1 · Roll number 17937H
Scoil Moin A Lin is one of 19 primary schools in or within 3 km of Castletroy. Every school in and around Castletroy →
What stands out about Scoil Moin A Lin
- One of the larger primary schools: 847 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−5%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- The largest of the 19 primary schools around Castletroy.
- Its patron is the Bishop of Limerick; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Moin A Lin had 847 pupils in 2025/26, against 813 in 2015/16 (+4%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 889, in 2019/20. 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 Scoil Moin A Lin
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 Moin A Lin 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 Scoil Moin A Lin
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 Scoil Moin A Lin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Moin A Lin 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Moin A Lin is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−5%). All the schools around Castletroy together changed by +6%.
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.
Scoil Moin A Lin has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −5%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Moin A Lin | 847 | −5% | Catholic | English | ||
| Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh | 412 | −3% | Catholic | All in Irish | 1 km | |
| Milford Grange N School | 479 | −3% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| St Brigids N.S. | 457 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| S N Lios na Groi | 295 | −11% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Donoughmore N.S. | 140 | −31% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Scoil Padraig Naofa B | 197 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
The other 126 primary schools in Co. Limerick
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Padraig Naofa C | 197 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Gaelscoil Sheoirse | 82 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| St John the Baptist Boys N.S. | 69 | +116% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Le Chéile National School | 174 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| St Johns Convent | 223 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Scoil Athain | 139 | −20% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Scoil Ide | 654 | −17% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| St Michaels N.S. | 126 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| Scoil Iosagain | 222 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| Presentation Primary School | 279 | +1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace School | 326 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| St Mary's National School | 152 | +28% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| St Michaels | 116 | −8% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.4 km | |
| Bohermore N.S. | 100 | +233% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes N.S. | 161 | +10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Limerick School Project | 203 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.7 km | |
| An Mhodh Scoil | 578 | −8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.7 km | |
| Knockea National School | 191 | −8% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Scoil Mathair de | 362 | +8% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Salesian Primary School | 361 | −12% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Gaelscoil Sairseal | 369 | +44% | Catholic | All in Irish | 6.2 km | |
| J F K Memorial School | 218 | −15% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Thomond Primary School | 215 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Corpus Christi N.S. | 403 | +22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Castleconnell N.S. | 241 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Scoil Phoil Naofa | 573 | −9% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Scoil Chriost Ri B | 278 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Scoil an Spioraid Naomh | 267 | −8% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| S N Muire na hEireann | 262 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Scoil Neassain | 668 | −6% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Scoil Nais Cathair Chinn Lis | 100 | −19% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| S.N. Ailbhe | 187 | −9% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Gaelscoil an Raithin | 389 | +17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.4 km | |
| Limerick City East Educate Together NS | 373 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Carnane Mxd N.S. | 30 | −39% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| S.N. Ma Rua | 142 | −22% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Caherline N.S. | 183 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Cre Cumhra | 214 | −7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S N Naomh Iosef | 290 | −10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Ailbhe | 104 | −21% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Tobar Padraig | 143 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Fedamore CNS | 10 | −50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| S N Toinn an Tairbh | 79 | −26% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Cloverfield N.S. | 42 | −34% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Chaitríona | 82 | +24% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Ballymartin N.S. | 103 | +7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Baile an Aird | 83 | −33% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Loch Guir | 6 | −81% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Nicker N.S. | 113 | −18% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Bilboa N School | 95 | −18% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Kildimo National School | 138 | −27% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Kilteely N.S. | 32 | +52% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St. Nicholas Church of Ireland School | 54 | −22% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| Croom National School | 169 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Our Ladys Abbey | 125 | −15% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Iosaf | 140 | −9% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil na mBearnan | 35 | +6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Dean Cussen | 219 | −14% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Nais Cnoc Aine | 200 | +31% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Hospital N.S. | 156 | −14% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Doon Convent N.S. | 116 | −3% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 56 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Pallaskenry N.S. | 135 | −1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Sean Tsraide | 127 | −11% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Garrydoolis N.S. | 29 | −17% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Banogue National School | 97 | +31% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Cill Churnain | 174 | +19% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Athlacca N.S. | 88 | −31% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Ciarain | 66 | +40% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Oola National School | 67 | −26% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Croagh National School | 78 | +10% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Bulgaden N.S. | 19 | −32% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Granagh National School | 74 | +21% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Bruree National School | 168 | −7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ballysteen N.S. | 17 | −54% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Cnoc Loinge B | 72 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| St James N.S. | 110 | −25% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Mocheallóg | 281 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Martinstown N.S. | 54 | −37% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Chriost an Slanaitheoir | 204 | +6% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Muire, Eas Géitine | 157 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Scoil Naomh Iosef | 86 | +23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Scoil Aine Naofa | 224 | +33% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Church Street National School | 14 | −46% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Glenbrohane N.S. | 23 | −45% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Beal Atha Grean | 109 | +9% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Kilfinane Convent Primary School | 145 | +1% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Gallbhaile | 135 | +14% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 107 | −6% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 85 | −11% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ballylanders N.S. | 128 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Coolcappa N.S. | 54 | +32% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ardpatrick N.S. | 48 | −25% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Kilmeedy N.S. | 48 | +129% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| S.N. Fiodhnach | 73 | +18% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Sheanain | 99 | +10% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Shanagolden N.S. | 92 | −21% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Scoil Cill Colmain | 101 | −24% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Molua B | 82 | −1% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Cnoch A Deaga | 48 | +71% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S N Gleann gCreabhar | 50 | −19% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Mahoonagh N.S. | 237 | +6% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Gaelscoil O Doghair | 201 | −11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 41 km | |
| Courtenay National School | 251 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| St Josephs Convent | 225 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| St Josephs | 74 | −15% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Gearoid Ui Ghriobhtha | 30 | −21% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Carrickerry N.S. | 49 | −21% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 141 | −14% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| S.N. Cill Lachtain | 235 | +28% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Monagea National School | 206 | −6% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire National School | 39 | +11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Kilbehenny N.S. | 100 | +30% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Ide Naofa | 89 | +14% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Ide | 22 | −4% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Fergus Primary School | 159 | +21% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Templeglantine N.S. | 76 | +49% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Ballyguiltenane N.S. | 20 | −26% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Glengurt N.S. | 115 | +8% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Athea N School | 171 | +16% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Dromtrasna N.S. | 122 | −27% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig | 61 | +53% | Catholic | English | 57 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Mhuire | 13 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Convent of Mercy N.S. | 110 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Abbeyfeale B N.S. 1 | 98 | −23% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Meenkilly N.S. | 101 | +20% | Catholic | English | 60 km |
Living in Castletroy
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Homes in the V94 Eircode area
Housing in Castletroy →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 Castletroy
Cost of living in Castletroy →New tenancies in Castletroy averaged €2,041 a month in 2025, against €1,873 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Castletroy, V94 T9P1
Primary schools near Scoil Moin A Lin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Moin A Lin
Is Scoil Moin A Lin 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 Moin A Lin have?
847 pupils in 2025/26. That is −5% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Moin A Lin teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Moin A Lin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Moin A Lin?
Scoil Moin A Lin has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Limerick.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Moin A Lin?
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 Moin A Lin?
The nearest are Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh (1 km), Milford Grange N School (2 km) and St Brigids N.S. (3.3 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 Castletroy; 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).