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Scoil Moin A Lin

Scoil Moin A Lin is a primary school in Limerick. 847 pupils, Catholic ethos, 2 special classes, oversubscribed last year.

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The facts

TypePrimary school
GenderMixed
EthosCatholic
PatronBishop of Limerick
FeesFree
Enrolment847 (454 boys, 393 girls) 2025/26
Language of instructionEnglish Medium School
Roll number17937H
EircodeV94T9P1
AddressCastletroy, Co. Limerick

Getting in

Oversubscribed last year. The notice carries a previous-year breakdown, which schools only have to publish when more people applied than there were places.

Places in the coming year100
Places last year100
Applications last year165
Waiting list10
Applications open15 October 2025
Applications close19 December 2025

check the notice — it lists more than one intake.

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

2 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 1 classes last year.

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 Ballysimon at 9.51 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 64% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

PrincipalIan Madigan
Phone061336048
Emailoffice@monaleenns.ie
Local authorityLimerick County Council

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How we know

DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.