St Canices Special School
Mulgrave St · Roll number 20117J
- Special school
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 7
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −53%
- Down 8 from 15 in 2015/16
- Over 20 years: +40% from 5 in 2005/06, while it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 2 / 5
- 29% girls
The Department of Education publishes only the number of pupils, girls and boys in each special school, not pupils by class, so this page has no class or class size figures. Pupils in special schools can be aged 4 to 18. All special schools
Pupils since 2000
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. Until 2010/11 the Department listed special schools with mainstream schools; from 2011/12 they have their own list. Pupils on 30 September each year. Known data issues
Nearby
The special schools closest to St Canices Special School, and the mainstream schools within 10 km that have special classes, measured in a straight line.
Nearest special schools
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Canices Special SchoolThis school | – | 7 |
−53.3%
|
|
| 1 | St Augustines Spec SCH1.0 km · Limerick | 1.0 km | 24 |
0.0%
|
| 2 | Mid West School For the Deaf1.6 km · Limerick · School for deaf pupils | 1.6 km | 44 |
+57.1%
|
| 3 | Catherine MC Auley SP S2.3 km · Limerick · Mild general learning disability | 2.3 km | 278 |
+16.8%
|
| 4 | St Gabriels School3.3 km · Limerick · Physical disability | 3.3 km | 64 |
+10.3%
|
| 5 | The Childrens Ark3.5 km · Limerick | 3.5 km | 44 |
+120.0%
|
Special classes within 10 km53 classes in 28 mainstream schools in 2025/26, from the NCSE
| Number on map | School | Distance | Classes | 2026/27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Gaelscoil Sheoirse0.5 km · An early intervention class and an autism classA new class in 2026/27 | 0.5 km | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Le Chéile National School0.6 km · 2 autism classes and an emotional disturbance class | 0.6 km | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Presentation Primary School0.9 km · 2 autism classes | 0.9 km | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Scoil Iosagain0.9 km · 2 autism classes | 0.9 km | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | St Brigids NS0.9 km · 2 autism classes | 0.9 km | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | St Johns Convent0.9 km · An autism class and a speech and language class | 0.9 km | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | St Michaels NS0.9 km · 2 autism classes | 0.9 km | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Our Lady Queen of Peace School1.0 km · An autism classA new class in 2026/27 | 1.0 km | 1 | 2 |
What parents would prefer
In the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey (November–December 2025), parents said whether they would prefer this school to be co-educational or single-sex, to have a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and to teach through Irish or English. These are preferences, not applications or enrolments.
Too few parents answered for the Department to publish this school's results (2 households were asked). Their answers still count in the Limerick City planning area's figures, below.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick City planning area · children at school | 38% | 24% | 8% |
| Limerick City planning area · children not yet at school | 41% | 29% | 9% |
| Ireland · children at school | 44% | 20% | 5% |
| Ireland · children not yet at school | 47% | 26% | 6% |
Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Planning-area and Ireland figures also count parents at schools where too few answered for the school to get its own results. About these figures
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Liam Rimmer
- Phone
- 061461011
- [email protected]
- Address
- Coovagh House, St Joseph's Grounds, Mulgrave St, Co Limerick, V94 FWA2
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Health Service Executive
- School type
- Special school
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Limerick City Council
- Planning area
- Limerick City
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. The designation is the need the NCSE lists the school as set up for; many special schools now take pupils with a wider range of needs. Known data issues
Data by year
26 school years from 2000/01 to 2025/26.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020/21 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| 2019/20 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| 2018/19 | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| 2017/18 | 18 | 4 | 14 |
| 2016/17 | 20 | 7 | 13 |
| 2015/16 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
| 2014/15 | 22 | 7 | 15 |
| 2013/14 | 20 | 7 | 13 |
| 2012/13 | 19 | 8 | 11 |
| 2011/12 | 17 | 5 | 12 |
| 2010/11 | 17 | 6 | 11 |
| 2009/10 | 22 | 4 | 18 |
| 2008/09 | 22 | 9 | 13 |
| 2007/08 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 2006/07 | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| 2005/06 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004/05 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2003/04 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002/03 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2001/02 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 2000/01 | 5 | 2 | 3 |