Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer single-sex secondaries around Mungret than around Co. Limerick’s towns or Irish towns: 0%
Measured that way, Mungret is below both Co. Limerick’s towns (54%) and Irish towns (39%). Its schools have 4,700 pupils, 18% more than in 2019/20. Nothing here grades or ranks these schools: Ireland publishes no results school by school, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.
Every school in the town or within 3 km of its outline, from the Department of Education’s lists for 2025/26; Ireland’s figures are every school in the lists.
What stands out about Mungret’s schools
A choice beyond the church schools
Most schools in Ireland have a church patron; here more of them are multi- or inter-denominational than in most places (14% across Ireland). They are Mungret Community College (991), Crescent College Comprehensive (922), Limerick City East Educate Together NS (373) and St Gabriels School (64), and 2 more. Who runs them ↓
More pupils every year
Pupil numbers at the schools here have grown faster than across Ireland (+5% since 2019/20), so classes and new places are a question worth asking. Pupils over time ↓
A wide choice at twelve
14 post-primary schools lie within 10 km, so families here have a real choice at twelve; each admits on its own policy. The nearest: Mungret Community College (0.6 km), Crescent College Comprehensive (2.7 km) and Villiers Secondary School (3.5 km). Post-primary choices ↓
No school in DEIS
None of the schools here is in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas; across Ireland, 30% of schools are. Who runs them ↓
Drawn from the Department of Education’s lists; none of it judges how well a school teaches.
Who runs Mungret’s schools
Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.
5 of Mungret’s 12 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Bishop of Limerick (5), Limerick & Clare ETB (2) and Educate Together (1). None of the 12 is in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
Pupil numbers around Mungret
Pupils every September at the schools in or within 3 km of the town, each counted at today’s site.
The schools in and around Mungret had 3,455 pupils in 2015/16 and 4,700 in 2025/26. Mungret Community College grew most: +175% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Mungret
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.
Where the 12 schools in and around Mungret are
Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Mungret’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Teaching through Irish in and around Mungret
How many schools teach through each language; the tick marks Ireland’s share.
1 of Mungret’s 12 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil an Raithin.
Who Mungret’s schools serve
How the area’s pupils divide, against Co. Limerick’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools
| Share of pupils | Around Mungret | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 8% | 7% | 6% |
| Girls | 49% | 48% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 0% | 23% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 0% | 4% | 6% |
DEIS schools teach 0% of the pupils around Mungret, a smaller share than Ireland’s 27% (Co. Limerick: 25%). The biggest difference from Ireland is in post-primary pupils at single-sex schools: 0% here, 29% there.
Each of the 12 schools
| School | Pupils | Girls | DEIS | All-Irish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelscoil an RaithinPrimary | 389 | 52% | ✓ | |
| Limerick City East Educate Together NSPrimary | 373 | 52% | ||
| Limerick Community Special SchoolSpecial | 47 | 23% | ||
| Mungret Community CollegePost-primary · ETB | 991 | 49% | ||
| Scoil NeassainPrimary | 668 | 53% | ||
| Red Hill SchoolSpecial | 61 | 28% | ||
| The Childrens ArkSpecial | 44 | 50% | ||
| S N Naomh IosefPrimary | 290 | 53% | ||
| Scoil Phoil NaofaPrimary | 573 | 49% | ||
| St Gabriels SchoolSpecial | 64 | 42% | ||
| Crescent College ComprehensivePost-primary · Comprehensive | 922 | 48% | ||
| Catherine Mc Auley Sp SSpecial | 278 | 37% |
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary): enrolments by sex and the DEIS list. Shares are of pupils, not of schools; a county’s are the schools listed with its towns.
The 7 patrons of Mungret’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
Of the 12 schools around Mungret, 5 have Bishop of Limerick as patron, teaching 47% of the pupils; 7 patrons in all. 2 are ETB schools. Educate Together runs one.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop of LimerickScoil Neassain, Scoil Phoil Naofa, Gaelscoil an Raithin, S N Naomh Iosef, Catherine Mc Auley Sp S | Catholic | 5 | 2,198 |
| Limerick & Clare ETBMungret, Limerick Community Special School | Multi-denominational | 2 | 1,038 |
| Minister for EducationCrescent College Comprehensive | Inter-denominational | 1 | 922 |
| Educate TogetherLimerick City East Educate Together NS | Multi-denominational | 1 | 373 |
| St Gabriel's School and CentreSt Gabriels School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 64 |
| The Rehab GroupRed Hill School | Other | 1 | 61 |
| Health Service ExecutiveThe Childrens Ark | Multi-denominational | 1 | 44 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Mungret
Starting primary school
Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.
Moving to secondary school
Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
Between 2019/20 and now, 2 of the 7 grew by 5% or more and 3 shrank as much, while Ireland’s pupil numbers moved +5%.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September, 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary). No capacity is published, so how full a school is can’t be shown.
The 12 schools in and around Mungret
Every school in Mungret or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. You won’t find letters or results below: Ireland publishes none for single schools.
Inspection reports for Mungret’s schools
Reports from the Department of Education’s Inspectorate, every school’s linked and none rated
The Inspectorate inspects schools in several ways: a whole-school evaluation covers teaching, learning and how the school is led; a subject inspection looks at one subject; a follow-through checks on earlier advice. Reports go on gov.ie with the school’s reply.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 12 schools below links its own.
| School | Reports on gov.ie |
|---|---|
| Gaelscoil an RaithinPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Limerick City East Educate Together NSPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Limerick Community Special SchoolSpecial | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Mungret Community CollegePost-primary · ETB | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Scoil NeassainPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Red Hill SchoolSpecial | Inspection reports ↗ |
| The Childrens ArkSpecial | Inspection reports ↗ |
| S N Naomh IosefPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Scoil Phoil NaofaPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| St Gabriels SchoolSpecial | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Crescent College ComprehensivePost-primary · Comprehensive | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Catherine Mc Auley Sp SSpecial | Inspection reports ↗ |
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Mungret
Every post-primary school within 10 km of the town; families choose and apply to each, at about twelve
14 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Mungret: 10 voluntary secondary schools, 3 ETB schools and one comprehensive school. Of these, 7 are single-sex: 3 for girls and 4 for boys. One of them charges fees. Every subject is taught through Irish at 2 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mungret Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 991 | 0.6 km |
| Crescent College ComprehensiveComprehensive · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 922 | 2.7 km |
| Villiers Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 508 | 3.5 km |
| Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 746 | 3.7 km |
| Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Gaelcholáiste | 315 | 3.7 km |
| St Clements CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 411 | 3.8 km |
| Ardscoil RisVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 728 | 4.4 km |
| Colaiste MhichilVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 349 | 4.9 km |
| Coláiste Nano NagleVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 365 | 4.9 km |
| Thomond Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 597 | 5.4 km |
| Gaelcholáiste LuimnighETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 606 | 5.9 km |
| Ardscoil MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 591 | 6 km |
All 14 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Munchin's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 682 | 7 km |
| Limerick City East Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 811 | 7.4 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Mungret
5 special schools serve the area: Limerick Community Special School, Red Hill School, The Childrens Ark, St Gabriels School and Catherine Mc Auley Sp S, 494 pupils between them. 1 of the 5 primary schools have special classes for children who need more support. Their cards ↑
Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.
Mungret beside the 169 other Irish towns of 300 to 500 people
Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stradbally | 500 | 2 | 134 | 0 | 0% | 8.7 km |
| … | ||||||
| Bridge End | 373 | 1 | 218 | 0 | 0% | 11 km |
| Milltown | 372 | 7 | 2,588 | 0 | 57% | 3.8 km |
| Kilmead | 372 | 1 | 139 | 0 | 100% | 6.9 km |
| Kildorrery | 372 | 1 | 177 | 0 | 0% | 11 km |
| Mungret | 372 | 12 | 4,700 | 1 | 0% | 0.6 km |
| Rathcoffey | 371 | 2 | 636 | 0 | 0% | 2.3 km |
| Campile | 371 | 1 | 238 | 0 | 100% | 5.8 km |
| Castlegregory | 370 | 3 | 414 | 0 | 0% | 0.8 km |
| Ballinspittle | 369 | 1 | 192 | 0 | 0% | 6.5 km |
| … | ||||||
| Gneevgullia | 300 | 1 | 131 | 0 | 0% | 4.8 km |
No other town of its size has as many pupils at the schools around it as Mungret. Within 3 km, 16 of these 170 towns have a school teaching through Irish.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Schools in the towns around Mungret
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mungret | 12 | 4,700 | 1 | 0% | 0.6 km |
| Dooradoyle 2 km | 42 | 13,180 | 5 | 36% | 1 km |
| Ballinacurra 3 km | 48 | 15,810 | 6 | 46% | 0.8 km |
| Dock 4.1 km | 45 | 15,206 | 5 | 49% | 0.3 km |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery 4.4 km | 46 | 15,489 | 5 | 48% | 0.7 km |
| Farranshone 4.6 km | 49 | 16,369 | 6 | 47% | 0.4 km |
| Rathbane 4.7 km | 52 | 19,628 | 7 | 33% | 1.5 km |
Rathbane has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 7. Pupils around Mungret: +18% since 2019/20. Among the neighbours, Rathbane led (+7%) and Dock trailed (−1%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Mungret or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
- The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
- Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
- DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
- No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
- What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
- Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
- The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.
Questions about schools in Mungret
How many schools are there in Mungret?
In Mungret or within 3 km of it: 5 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 5 special schools, with 4,700 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Mungret that teach through Irish?
Yes, 1: Gaelscoil an Raithin teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Mungret?
No: all 2 secondary schools here are free.
What is the best school in Mungret?
We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.
How do I get a place at a school in Mungret?
Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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).