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Milford Grange N School

PrimaryCatholic

Plassey Park Road, Castletroy, Co. Limerick · V94 W3W4 · Roll number 19800N

Milford Grange N School is one of 19 primary schools in or within 3 km of Castletroy. Every school in and around Castletroy →

Pupils
479
September, 2025/26
237 girls, 242 boys
Since 2019/20
−3%
from 492 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 Milford Grange N School

  • One of the larger primary schools: 479 pupils, against a typical 131.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−3%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Its patron is the Bishop of Limerick; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Milford Grange N School had 479 pupils in 2025/26, down from 500 in 2015/16 (−4%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 503, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

02004006002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Milford Grange N School

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 Milford Grange N School 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 Milford Grange N School

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 Milford Grange N School

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

Families apply to Milford Grange N School 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.

Pupils
479
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−3%
from 492 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Milford Grange N School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−3%). All the schools around Castletroy together changed by +6%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Milford Grange N School−3%
The primary schools around Castletroy−6%
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, 2 have more pupils than Milford Grange N School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −3%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.

Milford Grange N School479
Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh412
Scoil Moin A Lin847
St Brigids457
Scoil Padraig Naofa B197
Scoil Padraig Naofa C197
Scoil Ide654
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Milford Grange N School479−3%CatholicEnglish
Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh412−3%CatholicAll in Irish1.5 km
Scoil Moin A Lin847−5%CatholicEnglish2 km
St Brigids N.S.457−4%CatholicEnglish✓2.8 km
Scoil Padraig Naofa B197−6%CatholicEnglish✓2.8 km
Scoil Padraig Naofa C197−11%CatholicEnglish✓2.8 km
Scoil Ide654−17%CatholicEnglish3.3 km
The other 126 primary schools in Co. Limerick
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St John the Baptist Boys N.S.69+116%CatholicEnglish✓3.4 km
St Johns Convent223−19%CatholicEnglish✓3.5 km
S N Lios na Groi295−11%CatholicEnglish3.8 km
St Mary's National School152+28%CatholicEnglish✓3.8 km
Gaelscoil Sheoirse82−8%CatholicAll in Irish✓4 km
Presentation Primary School279+1%CatholicEnglish✓4 km
St Michaels N.S.126+4%CatholicEnglish✓4 km
Scoil Iosagain222+14%CatholicEnglish✓4 km
Le Chéile National School174−2%CatholicEnglish✓4 km
Donoughmore N.S.140−31%CatholicEnglish4.5 km
Our Lady Queen of Peace School326−6%CatholicEnglish✓4.5 km
St Michaels116−8%Church of IrelandEnglish4.5 km
Limerick School Project203−5%Multi-denominationalEnglish4.8 km
Gaelscoil Sairseal369+44%CatholicAll in Irish4.8 km
An Mhodh Scoil578−8%CatholicAll in Irish4.9 km
Salesian Primary School361−12%CatholicEnglish5 km
Thomond Primary School215−6%CatholicEnglish✓5.1 km
Our Lady of Lourdes N.S.161+10%CatholicEnglish✓5.2 km
J F K Memorial School218−15%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
Scoil Mathair de362+8%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
Corpus Christi N.S.403+22%CatholicEnglish✓5.3 km
Scoil Athain139−20%CatholicEnglish5.7 km
Scoil Chriost Ri B278−13%CatholicEnglish✓6.1 km
S N Muire na hEireann262−9%CatholicEnglish✓6.2 km
Castleconnell N.S.241+4%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
Scoil Phoil Naofa573−9%CatholicEnglish6.9 km
Knockea National School191−8%CatholicEnglish7.4 km
Bohermore N.S.100+233%CatholicEnglish7.4 km
Scoil an Spioraid Naomh267−8%CatholicEnglish8.2 km
Scoil Neassain668−6%CatholicEnglish8.3 km
Gaelscoil an Raithin389+17%CatholicAll in Irish8.9 km
Limerick City East Educate Together NS373−1%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.1 km
Scoil Nais Cathair Chinn Lis100−19%CatholicEnglish11 km
S.N. Ailbhe187−9%CatholicEnglish11 km
Carnane Mxd N.S.30−39%CatholicEnglish11 km
S N Naomh Iosef290−10%CatholicEnglish12 km
S.N. Ma Rua142−22%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Cre Cumhra214−7%CatholicEnglish13 km
Scoil Tobar Padraig143−5%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Caherline N.S.183+1%CatholicEnglish14 km
Scoil Ailbhe104−21%CatholicEnglish14 km
Fedamore CNS10−50%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
S N Toinn an Tairbh79−26%CatholicEnglish16 km
Scoil Chaitríona82+24%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Ballymartin N.S.103+7%CatholicEnglish17 km
Cloverfield N.S.42−34%CatholicEnglish17 km
Kildimo National School138−27%CatholicEnglish17 km
Scoil Baile an Aird83−33%CatholicEnglish19 km
St. Nicholas Church of Ireland School54−22%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
S.N. Loch Guir6−81%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Bilboa N School95−18%CatholicEnglish19 km
Our Ladys Abbey125−15%CatholicEnglish19 km
Nicker N.S.113−18%CatholicEnglish19 km
Croom National School169−2%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Scoil Naomh Iosaf140−9%CatholicEnglish20 km
Kilteely N.S.32+52%CatholicEnglish20 km
Pallaskenry N.S.135−1%CatholicEnglish21 km
Scoil Sean Tsraide127−11%CatholicEnglish21 km
Scoil na mBearnan35+6%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Dean Cussen219−14%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil Cill Churnain174+19%CatholicEnglish22 km
Scoil na mBraithre56+0%CatholicEnglish✓23 km
Doon Convent N.S.116−3%CatholicEnglish23 km
Scoil Nais Cnoc Aine200+31%CatholicEnglish23 km
Hospital N.S.156−14%CatholicEnglish23 km
Banogue National School97+31%CatholicEnglish23 km
S.N. Ciarain66+40%CatholicEnglish24 km
Garrydoolis N.S.29−17%CatholicEnglish24 km
Athlacca N.S.88−31%CatholicEnglish25 km
Croagh National School78+10%CatholicEnglish26 km
Oola National School67−26%CatholicEnglish26 km
Ballysteen N.S.17−54%CatholicEnglish26 km
Granagh National School74+21%CatholicEnglish27 km
St James N.S.110−25%CatholicEnglish28 km
Bulgaden N.S.19−32%CatholicEnglish28 km
Bruree National School168−7%CatholicEnglish28 km
Scoil Naomh Muire, Eas Géitine157–CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Scoil Cnoc Loinge B72−26%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Scoil Chriost an Slanaitheoir204+6%CatholicEnglish30 km
Scoil Naomh Iosef86+23%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Aine Naofa224+33%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Scoil Mocheallóg281−9%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Church Street National School14−46%Church of IrelandEnglish✓31 km
Martinstown N.S.54−37%CatholicEnglish31 km
S.N. Beal Atha Grean109+9%CatholicEnglish33 km
Glenbrohane N.S.23−45%CatholicEnglish34 km
Scoil Mhuire107−6%CatholicEnglish34 km
Coolcappa N.S.54+32%CatholicEnglish35 km
Kilfinane Convent Primary School145+1%CatholicEnglish35 km
S.N. Gallbhaile135+14%CatholicEnglish35 km
Scoil Mhuire85−11%CatholicEnglish36 km
Ballylanders N.S.128−5%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Ardpatrick N.S.48−25%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Sheanain99+10%CatholicEnglish37 km
Kilmeedy N.S.48+129%CatholicEnglish✓37 km
Shanagolden N.S.92−21%CatholicEnglish37 km
S.N. Fiodhnach73+18%CatholicEnglish38 km
Scoil Cill Colmain101−24%CatholicEnglish38 km
S.N. Molua B82−1%CatholicEnglish39 km
Mahoonagh N.S.237+6%CatholicEnglish40 km
Gaelscoil O Doghair201−11%CatholicAll in Irish41 km
Courtenay National School251+3%CatholicEnglish✓41 km
S.N. Cnoch A Deaga48+71%CatholicEnglish41 km
St Josephs Convent225−2%CatholicEnglish✓42 km
S N Gleann gCreabhar50−19%CatholicEnglish42 km
Gearoid Ui Ghriobhtha30−21%CatholicEnglish43 km
St Josephs74−15%CatholicEnglish44 km
Carrickerry N.S.49−21%CatholicEnglish44 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire National School39+11%CatholicEnglish✓45 km
S.N. Cill Lachtain235+28%CatholicEnglish45 km
Monagea National School206−6%CatholicEnglish45 km
Scoil Mhuire141−14%CatholicEnglish45 km
Scoil Ide Naofa89+14%CatholicEnglish46 km
Kilbehenny N.S.100+30%CatholicEnglish48 km
Scoil Naomh Ide22−4%CatholicEnglish48 km
St Fergus Primary School159+21%CatholicEnglish50 km
Ballyguiltenane N.S.20−26%CatholicEnglish52 km
Templeglantine N.S.76+49%CatholicEnglish52 km
Glengurt N.S.115+8%CatholicEnglish53 km
Athea N School171+16%CatholicEnglish54 km
S.N. Naomh Padraig61+53%CatholicEnglish57 km
Dromtrasna N.S.122−27%CatholicEnglish57 km
Scoil Naomh Mhuire13–CatholicEnglish✓58 km
Convent of Mercy N.S.110−8%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Abbeyfeale B N.S. 198−23%CatholicEnglish✓59 km
Meenkilly N.S.101+20%CatholicEnglish60 km
Living nearby

Living in Castletroy

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

Median sale price
€372,300
726 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€2,041
a month, new tenancies in 2025

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%).

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.

New tenancies in Castletroy averaged €2,041 a month in 2025, against €1,873 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,873
2025€2,041

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

Castletroy, V94 W3W4

Nearby

Primary schools near Milford Grange N School

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

Questions about Milford Grange N School

Is Milford Grange N School 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 Milford Grange N School have?

479 pupils in 2025/26. That is −3% since 2019/20.

Does Milford Grange N School teach through Irish?

No: Milford Grange N School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Milford Grange N School?

Milford Grange N School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Limerick.

How do pupils get a place at Milford Grange N School?

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 Milford Grange N School?

The nearest are Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh (1.5 km), Scoil Moin A Lin (2 km) and St Brigids N.S. (2.8 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 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).