Scoil Moin A Lin
Castletroy · Roll number 17937H
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 847
- No change on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +4%
- Up 34 from 813 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 393 / 454
- 46% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
847 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 96 | 106 | 107 | 103 | 84 | 100 | 99.3 |
| Senior Infants | 105 | 97 | 105 | 108 | 98 | 85 | 99.7 |
| 1st Class | 103 | 107 | 97 | 107 | 111 | 99 | 104.0 |
| 2nd Class | 100 | 105 | 107 | 101 | 111 | 113 | 106.2 |
| 3rd Class | 102 | 105 | 105 | 108 | 100 | 114 | 105.7 |
| 4th Class | 127 | 101 | 107 | 109 | 110 | 107 | 110.2 |
| 5th Class | 114 | 127 | 100 | 116 | 112 | 117 | 114.3 |
| 6th Class | 122 | 114 | 126 | 98 | 117 | 112 | 114.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
84 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 85 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 84Junior Infants2024/25
- 85Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
103 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 99 in 1st Class (2025/26): 4 pupils fewer.
- 103Junior Infants2023/24
- 98Senior Infants2024/25
- 991st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
107 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 113 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 6 pupils more.
- 107Junior Infants2022/23
- 108Senior Infants2023/24
- 1111st Class2024/25
- 1132nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
106 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 114 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 106Junior Infants2021/22
- 105Senior Infants2022/23
- 1071st Class2023/24
- 1112nd Class2024/25
- 1143rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
96 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 107 in 4th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils more.
- 96Junior Infants2020/21
- 97Senior Infants2021/22
- 971st Class2022/23
- 1012nd Class2023/24
- 1003rd Class2024/25
- 1074th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
105 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 117 in 5th Class (2025/26): 12 pupils more.
- 105Senior Infants2020/21
- 1071st Class2021/22
- 1072nd Class2022/23
- 1083rd Class2023/24
- 1104th Class2024/25
- 1175th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
103 in 1st Class (2020/21), 112 in 6th Class (2025/26): 9 pupils more.
- 1031st Class2020/21
- 1052nd Class2021/22
- 1053rd Class2022/23
- 1094th Class2023/24
- 1125th Class2024/25
- 1126th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
100 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 117 in 6th Class (2024/25): 17 pupils more.
- 1002nd Class2020/21
- 1053rd Class2021/22
- 1074th Class2022/23
- 1165th Class2023/24
- 1176th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
102 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 98 in 6th Class (2023/24): 4 pupils fewer.
- 1023rd Class2020/21
- 1014th Class2021/22
- 1005th Class2022/23
- 986th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
127 in 4th Class (2020/21), 126 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 1274th Class2020/21
- 1275th Class2021/22
- 1266th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
114 in 5th Class (2020/21), 114 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 1145th Class2020/21
- 1146th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +196th Class in 2024/25 (98 to 117)
- −286th Class in 2023/24 (126 to 98)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Scoil Moin A Lin, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
46.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 47 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 32 mainstream classes 32
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers290 hours of support teaching a week 11.6
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
14.16 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 11.6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 16.16 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to Scoil Moin A Lin, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Moin A LinThis school | – | 847 |
+4.2%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh1.0 km · Caladh an Treoigh · Gaelscoil | 1.0 km | 412 |
+32.5%
|
| 2 | Milford Grange N School2.0 km · Castletroy | 2.0 km | 479 |
−4.2%
|
| 3 | St Brigids NS3.3 km · Limerick · DEIS | 3.3 km | 457 |
−4.0%
|
| 4 | S N Lios na Groi3.5 km · Lisnagry | 3.5 km | 295 |
−3.0%
|
| 5 | Donoughmore N S3.8 km · Donoughmore | 3.8 km | 140 |
−34.9%
|
| 6 | Scoil Padraig Naofa B3.9 km · Limerick · Boys · DEIS | 3.9 km | 197 |
−10.0%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Ian Madigan
- Phone
- 061336048
- [email protected]
- Address
- Castletroy, Co. Limerick, V94 T9P1
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Limerick
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Limerick County Council
- Planning area
- Limerick City
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
43 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 847 | 393 | 454 | 100 | 85 | 99 | 113 | 114 | 107 | 117 | 112 |
| 2024/25 | 847 | 386 | 461 | 84 | 98 | 111 | 111 | 100 | 110 | 112 | 117 |
| 2023/24 | 854 | 413 | 441 | 103 | 108 | 107 | 101 | 108 | 109 | 116 | 98 |
| 2022/23 | 858 | 410 | 448 | 107 | 105 | 97 | 107 | 105 | 107 | 100 | 126 |
| 2021/22 | 862 | 404 | 458 | 106 | 97 | 107 | 105 | 105 | 101 | 127 | 114 |
| 2020/21 | 869 | 411 | 458 | 96 | 105 | 103 | 100 | 102 | 127 | 114 | 122 |
| 2019/20 | 889 | 421 | 468 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 883 | 426 | 457 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 878 | 419 | 459 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 864 | 412 | 452 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 813 | 388 | 425 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 746 | 338 | 408 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 717 | 339 | 378 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 644 | 311 | 333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 590 | 284 | 306 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 571 | 283 | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 565 | 290 | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 564 | 297 | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 567 | 291 | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 565 | 299 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 534 | 268 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 537 | 265 | 272 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 528 | 265 | 263 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 511 | 253 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 497 | 240 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 495 | 244 | 251 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 479 | 225 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 453 | 212 | 241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 462 | 215 | 247 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 472 | 218 | 254 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 490 | 232 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 507 | 241 | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 498 | 230 | 268 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 668 | 326 | 342 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 678 | 324 | 354 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 708 | 336 | 372 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 649 | 314 | 335 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 636 | 309 | 327 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 586 | 278 | 308 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 570 | 269 | 301 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 561 | 260 | 301 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 516 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 443 | 207 | 236 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |