Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa
Doon, Co Limerick · V94 Y6H6 · Roll number 68121S
Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Doon. Every school in and around Doon →
What stands out about Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa
- 518 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 518 pupils, 19% fewer than the 636 of 2019/20.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is CEIST; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only post-primary school in Doon or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Doon’s outline, 0.2 km away; listed with Doon, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa had 518 pupils in 2025/26, down from 596 in 2015/16 (−13%). Girls are 55% of them. Its largest roll was 636, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 2 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 na Tríonóide Naofa
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 na Tríonóide Naofa 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 na Tríonóide Naofa
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 na Tríonóide Naofa
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa has shrunk by 19% since 2019/20. All the schools around Doon together changed by −15%.
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 Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −19%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa | 518 | −19% | Catholic | English | ||
| Glenstal Abbey School | 203 | −11% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Anne's Secondary School | 267 | −19% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. Ailbe's School | 704 | +101% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| The Abbey School | 354 | −11% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
The other 26 post-primary schools in Co. Limerick
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John The Baptist Community School | 960 | −12% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Castletroy College | 1,360 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Limerick City East Secondary School | 811 | +587% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh | 606 | −7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Ardscoil Mhuire | 591 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Colaiste Mhichil | 349 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Coláiste Nano Nagle | 365 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| St Munchin's College | 682 | +4% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Crescent College Comprehensive | 922 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| St Clements College | 411 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ | 315 | −23% | Catholic | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ | 746 | +19% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ardscoil Ris | 728 | −3% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Thomond Community College | 597 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Villiers Secondary School | 508 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Mungret Community College | 991 | +175% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Pól | 715 | +40% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Coláiste Iósaef | 505 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Colaiste Chiarain | 821 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Salesian Secondary College | 746 | +5% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College) | 537 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 48 km | |
| Colaiste Mhuire | 269 | −32% | Inter-denominational | English | 49 km | |
| Hazelwood College | 562 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 53 km | |
| Desmond College | 539 | +38% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 57 km |
| Scoil Mhuire & Íde | 754 | +6% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef | 669 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 75 km |
Living in Doon
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V94 Eircode area
Housing in Doon →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 Co. Limerick
Cost of living in Doon →New tenancies in Co. Limerick averaged €1,619 a month in 2025, against €1,436 in 2024 (+13%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Doon, V94 Y6H6
Post-primary schools near Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa
Is Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa 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 na Tríonóide Naofa have?
518 pupils in 2025/26. That is −19% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa teach through Irish?
No: Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa?
Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is CEIST.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa?
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 na Tríonóide Naofa?
The nearest are Glenstal Abbey School (12 km), St. Anne's Secondary School (15 km) and St. Ailbe's School (15 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 Doon; 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).