Scoil Ailbhe

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

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: Thurles. 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 E41 (Thurles) was €249,000 in 2025. That is up 72.9% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Thurles Urban at -6.53 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 30% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Thurles

• Ballycahill N S Primary school, Tipperary
• C.B.S. Thurles Secondary school, Tipperary
• Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed Secondary school, Tipperary
• Gaelscoil Durlas Eile Primary school, Tipperary
• Gaile N S Primary school, Tipperary
• Presentation Primary School Primary school, Tipperary
• Presentation Secondary School Secondary school, Tipperary
• S N Chaoimhghin Primary school, Tipperary
• S N Leamhach Primary school, Tipperary
• S N Micheal Naofa Primary school, Tipperary
• S N Na Hinse Primary school, Tipperary
• S N Na Maighne Primary school, Tipperary