Meanscoil Naomh Ioseph

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)

Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.

Special classes

1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:

• 1 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

This is the school's first special class.

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Castleisland. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.

Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district V92 (Tralee) was €270,000 in 2025. That is up 68.8% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Castleisland at -5.17 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 31% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Castleisland

• Castleisland Community College Secondary school, Kerry
• Clogher Mxd N S Primary school, Kerry
• Curranes N S Primary school, Kerry
• Firies Mxd N S Primary school, Kerry
• Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain Primary school, Kerry
• Knockaderry Farranfore National School Primary school, Kerry
• Loughfouder N S Primary school, Kerry
• Meanscoil Phadraig Naofa Secondary school, Kerry
• Muire Gan Smal Primary school, Kerry
• Scartaglin New Central School Primary school, Kerry
• Scoil Mhuire Agus N.Treasa Primary school, Kerry
• Scoil Mhuire B&C Primary school, Kerry