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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

4 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
• 2 × Specific Speech and Language Disorder

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: Limerick City. 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 V94 (Limerick) was €353,250 in 2025. That is up 60.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Dock C at -0.11 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 51% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Limerick City

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• Bohermore N S Primary school, Limerick
• Carnane Mxd N S Primary school, Limerick
• Castletroy College Secondary school, Limerick
• Catherine Mc Auley Sp S Special school, LIMERICK
• Colaiste Mhichil Secondary school, Limerick
• Coláiste Nano Nagle Secondary school, Limerick
• Corpus Christi N S Primary school, Limerick
• Crescent College Comprehensive Secondary school, Limerick
• Donoughmore N S Primary school, Limerick