Ardscoil Ris
North Circular Rd, Limerick · V94 V602 · Roll number 64201T
Ardscoil Ris is one of 12 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Farranshone. Every school in and around Farranshone →
What stands out about Ardscoil Ris
- 728 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−3%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A boys’ school.
- 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 Edmund Rice Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Ardscoil Ris had 728 pupils in 2025/26, down from 740 in 2015/16 (−2%). Its largest roll was 752, 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 Ardscoil Ris
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 Ardscoil Ris 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 Ardscoil Ris
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 Ardscoil Ris
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Ardscoil Ris 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.
It takes boys only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Ardscoil Ris is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−3%). All the schools around Farranshone together changed by −1%.
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, 1 have more pupils than Ardscoil Ris. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −3%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardscoil Ris | 728 | −3% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Clements College | 411 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.1 km |
| Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ | 315 | −23% | Catholic | All in Irish | 1.2 km | |
| Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ | 746 | +19% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| Villiers Secondary School | 508 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.2 km | |
| Coláiste Nano Nagle | 365 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| Colaiste Mhichil | 349 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
The other 21 post-primary schools in Co. Limerick
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomond Community College | 597 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| Ardscoil Mhuire | 591 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.9 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh | 606 | −7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 2.1 km | |
| St Munchin's College | 682 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| Crescent College Comprehensive | 922 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.2 km | |
| Limerick City East Secondary School | 811 | +587% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.6 km | |
| Mungret Community College | 991 | +175% | Multi-denominational | English | 5 km | |
| Castletroy College | 1,360 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.8 km | |
| Salesian Secondary College | 746 | +5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Colaiste Chiarain | 821 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Glenstal Abbey School | 203 | −11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Colaiste Mhuire | 269 | −32% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| John The Baptist Community School | 960 | −12% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College) | 537 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa | 518 | −19% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Coláiste Iósaef | 505 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Pól | 715 | +40% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Desmond College | 539 | +38% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Mhuire & Íde | 754 | +6% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Hazelwood College | 562 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 40 km | |
| Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef | 669 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 54 km |
Living in Farranshone
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V94 Eircode area
Housing in Farranshone →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 Farranshone
Cost of living in Farranshone →New tenancies in Farranshone averaged €1,709 a month in 2025, against €1,520 in 2024 (+12%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Farranshone, V94 V602
Post-primary schools near Ardscoil Ris
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Ardscoil Ris
Is Ardscoil Ris 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 Ardscoil Ris have?
728 pupils in 2025/26. That is −3% since 2019/20.
Does Ardscoil Ris teach through Irish?
No: Ardscoil Ris teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ardscoil Ris?
Ardscoil Ris has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Ardscoil Ris?
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 Ardscoil Ris?
The nearest are St Clements College (1.1 km), Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ (1.2 km) and Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ (1.2 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 Farranshone; 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).