Welcome To Our School
St Paul's NS
Dooradoyle
Limerick
Message from the Principal
Dear Parent,
I would like to welcome you to our website. I hope you find the site useful and that it gives you a real sense of our school and its pupils.
Take time to browse through our website, you will find information on school holidays, recent newsletter etc under the heading 'Parent Information'.
If the information you need is not available on the site please contact our school office at 061 306645 or email stpaulsdooradoyle@gmail.com
Kind regards,
John Tuohy,
School Principal
School Holidays
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School Newsletter
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Aoibheann's Pink Tie Fundraiser -Cancer Charity
Ms Keane’s 6th Class organised a special raffle in support of Aoibheann’s Pink Tie, the national children’s cancer charity.
Earlier this year, one of their classmates was diagnosed with cancer, and the class wanted to do something meaningful to support him and other children facing similar challenges. Aoibheann’s Pink Tie provides vital practical and financial support to families of children battling cancer across Ireland.
On Wednesday, 24th June, Aoibheann’s dad and founder of Aoibheann’s Pink Tie visited our school, where he was presented with an incredible cheque for €15,500 on behalf of the charity.
We are extremely proud of the kindness, generosity and compassion shown by the children throughout this year. Their dedication and commitment to helping others has been truly inspiring.
Thank you to everyone who supported our fundraising efforts and to all those who encouraged, assisted and supported us along the way.
A special thank you to Ms Keane and her 6th Class for making such a meaningful difference to families facing childhood cancer.
St Paul's Rosary Group
Some members of our Rosary group, Carmen, Antonia, Jan Pawlik and Maya Azzopardi travelled with Miss Bennis to Knock Shrine on Saturday June 6th to join over 10,000 pilgrims for the All Ireland Rosary Rally.
Our rosary group meets every Friday at 2.15 in St Paul's church during the school year. New members always welcome. Come once, come often, whichever suits. Parents welcome too
Thanks to our teacher, Ms. Bennis for organising this in our school
Máire Rua Award
The Máire Rua Award is a very special award in St. Paul’s School. It was established to celebrate the life and contribution of our former teacher, Mrs McNamara, who devoted many years to teaching and caring for the children in our school.
A child was chosen in each class by their classmates in recognition of their kindness.
It was indeed a joyous and special occasion, and a huge bualadh bos goes to all staff members for making this day possible, especially Ms. Geary for organising the entire event. It certainly was a fun-filled day for the whole school.
The day did not end there! Our Student Council and Healthy Heroes committees organised for an ice-cream van to visit the school —all enjoyed a delicious ice cream.
Trip to Ardnacrusha Hydroelectric Power Station
Mr. Carroll's and Mr. Walsh’s 4th classes travelled to Ardnacrusha Hydroelectric Power Station recently to gain insights into its history and learn how the power of water can be used to generate electricity.
The children had an opportunity to walk along the dam and view the canal. They also viewed the 4 enormous penstocks which channel water to drive 4 turbines. There was also a visit to the turbine hall to view the generators which create electricity.
This trip received a resounding thumbs up from both 4th classes.
A very big thank you to Mr. Carroll for organising the trips.
Gaelbhratach
If you have been following our progress in the school newsletters over the last two years, you will know that we have been working towards earning our first flag for Gaeilge.
All the hard work and effort has been worth it because this week we received our 'Gaelbhratach'. The Coiste Gaeilge would like to thank our Priomhoide, Mr Tuohy, the students and staff of Scóil Phóil Naofa for their support and their participation in the various activities required to achieve our goal.
A big ‘Bualadh Bos’ to Ms. Kenneally for her organisation of the scheme in our school. ' Ní neart go cur le chéile' We will now begin working on achieving our second flag. 'Tosach maith leath na hoibre'.
Dooradoyle Library
Our three Senior Infant classes recently visited Dooradoyle Library in June, where they enjoyed a wonderful storytelling session and engaging arts and crafts activities.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Dooradoyle Library for all of their invitations throughout the year. Our children thoroughly enjoyed each visit and greatly benefited from the enjoyable and enriching experiences provided.
Sports Day
Our Senior Sports day took place on June 10th and Junior Sports day took place on June 15th. A great day of fun and games was had by all.
Many thank to our P.E. Co-ordinator Mr. Walsh for organising this fun event for our school.
We would also like to thank our local credit until for organising the Ice Cream van to come to our school on both days. Our Senior and Junior classes enjoyed a much welcomed ice-cream. It was indeed a very generous gesture.
UL City Sports
Over 50 children from St. Paul’s travelled to the University of Limerick on Wednesday, 13th May, to take part in the annual City Sports event.
Congratulations to all the pupils who proudly represented St. Paul’s on the day. A special word of thanks goes to our Sports Coordinator, Mr. Ruairi Walsh, for organising the event, and to Ms. McNamara, Mr. Tuohy, Mr. Hutton and our SNA Martina who accompanied and supported the children throughout the day.
The students were excellent ambassadors for their school and did themselves proud. Their hard work and dedication were reflected in their outstanding results, with the boys securing 1st place in their category and the girls achieving an impressive 3rd place finish.
Bake Sale
A big bualadh bos to our Student Council, Healthy Heroes Committee and Coiste Gaeilge Committee for organising and hosting yet again another fantastic event in our school on Friday, June 5th– BAKE SALE
Our three committees demonstrated fantastic sales skills throughout the event.
It was also wonderful to see so many 6th Class parents attend the 6th Class Parent Coffee Morning.
With the money raised, the committees planned an ice cream for Máire Rua Day….. for the whole school! More treats to follow…..
Cash for Clobber
A huge thank you to Ms Keane's 6th class and all who helped support St. Gabriel's Cash for Clobber recently.
Film Making
In April, our school had the exciting opportunity to take part in a special filmmaking workshop hosted by Catalyst International Film Festival in partnership with Burning House Productions.
A limited number of schools were selected to receive this free full-day filmmaking workshop (valued at €600), and Mr. Hutton’s 6th Class were delighted to be chosen.
Throughout the day, the pupils worked together to develop ideas, shoot scenes, and complete their very own short film. The finished film was showcased at the Primary School Morning Screening during the Catalyst International Film Festival on Thursday, April 23rd, in Belltable.
The Big Sing
On April 28th, pupils from St. Paul’s choir, LETS Education Together, and Gaelscoil an Ráithín took part in the wonderful “BIG SING” event. The children delivered fantastic performances of “Under the Sea” and “A Whole New World,” showcasing their enthusiasm and talent. The event was held in Gaescoil and Ráithín.
The concert concluded with all participating schools coming together for a beautiful rendition of “When You Wish Upon a Star,” creating a truly magical and memorable moment.
It was a truly outstanding performance from our pupils. A very big thank you to our dedicated teachers, Ms. Keane, Ms. Ryan, and Ms. Allis, for generously giving their time during lunch breaks to train and support our choir.
Analog Robotics Final
HUGE CONGRATS to Liwia, Mila, David and Cormac from Ms. Keane’s 6th class who competed in Grand Finale of Analog Devices Primary Schools on Saturday, April 18th in Limerick Racecourse.
It certainly was a very positive experience for our pupils. Through interactive learning they have further developed their confidence and really enjoyed the challenge of working together on robotics and coding. We are so proud of what you have achieve on the day.
A huge thank you to Analog Devices and Learn-it for hosting this event and to our teacher Ms. Keane for putting our school forward for the event.
Tesco Cooks
Our three 5th classes recently took part in the ‘Tesco Cooks’ programme on Monday, April 27th. ‘This free educational initiative aims to inspire children to enjoy a lifetime of culinary adventures’
As part of the programme, Ms. Barron’s 5th class will visit Tesco, Dooradoyle on Tuesday, May 12th. During this visit, pupils will take part in an enjoyable activity focused on budgeting and selecting ingredients for a meal, while also learning more about the wide range of foods available in store.
A huge thank you to Tesco and Bernard the Chef for hosting such an enjoyable and educational workshop—
BUDDING CHEFS IN THE MAKING!!!
Food Dudes
Food Dudes is Ireland’s long-running primary school healthy eating programme that encourages children to eat more fruit and vegetables through repeated tasting experiences.
A big thank you to our teacher, Ms. O’Dea, for organising this wonderful event, and to our Healthy Heroes Committee, whose support and assistance were invaluable throughout the week as they distributed the food daily to all classes.
Culture Day
our Student Council worked very hard to organise a Culture Day in our School. This was their main goal this year. So, on Friday, April 17th, our school came together to celebrate Culture Day, a vibrant and meaningful event which was held in our School Library.
With over 25+ nationalities represented in our school, pupils in 5th and 6th class created colourful and informative projects showcasing their countries’ food, flags, traditions, and ways of life. Their creativity and effort were evident in every display.
Culture Day was not only enjoyable but also an important reminder of the value of diversity in our school. It encouraged pupils to appreciate and respect the different cultures, backgrounds, and traditions.
We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to the parents who generously prepared food, a huge thank you to our Student Council guided by Ms. Hayes and Ms. Barron and to all teachers involved for making this a day to remember not to mention the pupils themselves.
It reminded us that no matter where we come from, our school brings us together as one family. Just a few photos to give you a flavour of the day.
School Committees Fun Day
On Friday, March 27th, our Student Council, Healthy Heroes Committee and Irish Committee organised a visit from Darren Nash, who led Zumba sessions with every class. A HUGE thank you to them,
This is a very popular activity across the whole school and provides a fun, energetic way to celebrate the end of a busy term.
Healthy Heroes
A message from our Healthy Heroes Committee……’BE HAPPY, BE ACTIVE, EAT HEALTHY’
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Bhí an Coiste Gaeilge an ghnóthach i Mí Márta ag ullmhú do choicís na Gaeilge. Le linn na coicíse seo, chuireamar béim ar an nGaeilge mar theanga bheo
Rinne na daltaí go léir sár-iarracht chun an Ghaeilge a labhairt timpeall na scoile i rith coicís na Gaeilge. Bhí duais ar fáil do 'Chainteoir na Seachtaine' i ngach rang.
Míle buíochas do Ms Kenneally don obair i rith Seachtain na Gaeilge.
Just a selection of classes who dressed up for Lá Glas
Hurling and Soccer Blitz
A huge thank you to Mr. Tuohy for coaching our U13’s in hurling after school every Wednesday. Building skills, teamwork, and confidence in players has a lasting impact on and off the pitch
Girls and boys soccer teams did so well on March 26th representing our school at FAI tournament. This took place in Seanchoill Sports Complex. A great day was had by all. Many thanks to Mr. Walsh, Ms. McNamara, Mr. Hutton and Ms. N Barron.
On March 10th, boys from 3rd–6th class represented the school at the Limerick City Hurling Blitz in Galvone.
The boys showed fantastic teamwork, determination and skill throughout the day. It was a great opportunity for them to enjoy competitive games of hurling and represent the school with pride.
Well done to all involved! A big thank you to Mr. Walsh, Mr. Madden and Mr. Curtin for organising and training.
Girls and Boy from 5th and 6th recenty played a 5 a side soccer Blitz in Cratloe Indoor Sports Hall in a friendly against Cratloe National School…
A great day of sport and craic!!....Well done to all. Good practice for the FAI tournament. Thanks to Mr. Walsh for organising and to Mr. Hutton, Mr. Walsh, Ms. Barron and Ms. McNamara for training.
Creative Cluster
Creative Cluster is a wonderful initiative funded by the Department of Education where groups of schools are 'clustered' together for 'creative' workshops. For the last two years, our school has been working with Ballybrown NS and our neighbours, St Gabriel's School.
This is our 2nd year of the programme and the theme is 'WATER'
We had our 'Underwater Extravaganza' in March! Six classes learned a group dance to the song Under the Sea from the Disney movie, The Little Mermaid. We also had a dress up water day where the children (and teachers!) came to school in the most wonderful homemade costumes made out of recycled materials - everyone looked amazing!! St Gabriel's even popped in to join in the mayhem!
A huge thank you to our Teacher and Arts Co-Ordinator Ms. Ryan for organising this fantastic event for our school. <
FIN-TASTIC—Sea Snergy
Jane Sharp from Sea Synergy provided an engaging, interactive "Fin-Tastic Sharks" workshops for 6th classes, featuring mermaid’s purse hunts, and marine life education through the Explorers Education Programme. These sessions focus on local Irish shark species, conservation, and hands-on discovery.
Many thanks to our teacher Mr. Hutton for organising the workshop.
Green and White Magazine
Cumann na mBunscol promotes Gaelic Games - football, hurling, camogie, girls football, rounders and handball - in primary schools in all 32 counties of Ireland. It promotes these games in an atmosphere of fun and enjoyment.
Competitions/activities are provided for all types of schools. In our school, our teachers Ms. O’Dea, Mr. Walsh and Principal, Mr. Tuohy promote Gaelic Games throughout the year.
On Friday, March 6th, Cumann na mBunsol Luimnigh were awarded 1st place in the Public Relations category in Ireland at the National Awards held in Co Clare.
Huge credit goes to our teacher Ms. O’Dea for compiling a ’comprehensive, imaginative and soberly structured’ presentation.
Engineering Show
All children in 3rd and 4th classes walked to the John Henry Newman Campus, Mary Immaculate College to view a show called ‘The Crazy Weather Show’ hosted by Scientific Sue on Wednesday, March 4th .
The show explored the science behind weather events such as tornadoes, thunder, high and low pressure, how clouds form and how warming air creates wind. This was a fun filled and fascinating event with children being invited to help Scientific Sue with the many demonstrations. The show also explored engineering solutions to deal with major weather events. This was a show full of learning, fun, gasps and unforgettable science and engineering.
A big thanks to the Mary Immaculate College STEM Department for hosting us and we hope to participate in more events organised by them. Thanks to our teacher Mr. Carroll for organising this event.
World Book Day
St Paul’s School celebrated another fantastic World Book Week this year, filled with excitement, creativity, and a shared love of reading. Each year the event is embraced with great enthusiasm by both pupils and staff, and this year was no exception.
There was a wonderful buzz of activity throughout the school all week…...
Some classes dressed up as characters from their favourite books — some of our teachers also joined in the fun!
Classes also paired up for special reading sessions, where senior pupils read stories to the junior classes, creating lovely moments of learning and connection.
Several classes enjoyed visits to our local library.
Other classes visited Eason’s book shop to use their book tokens
However, the highlight of the week was undoubtedly the Reading Express Train experience, which created great excitement to the school and truly captured everyone’s imagination.
A very big thank you to all staff and pupils and a special thanks to Ms. Geary for her organisation of same.
It was a wonderful way to celebrate stories and foster a lifelong love of reading among our pupils. To follow is only snapshot of the events that took place.
Mini Woodland
Living Woodlands planted a mini woodland in the green area, behind the bike shed at the bottom of the staff carpark. Living Woodlands are a not-for-profit organisation involved in nature and ecosystem restoration. This wonderful project was sponsored by the Cement Factory.
Groundwork began on Feb 9th and on Thursday, Feb 12th an total of 600 native Irish Trees were planted - including a mixture of alder, birch, guelder-rose, oak, blackthorn and crab apple. They were planted quite close together which means that the woodland will establish itself quickly. We hope this new woodland will, in time, become a haven for wildlife, bringing many environmental, health and biodiversity benefits to our school community.
Thanks to 3rd classes for helping out and to some children from other classes who came down to plant with their teachers.
Finally, a huge thank you to our teacher, Ms. Toomey for organising this very exciting project for our school.
Below is a photograph of our mini woodland in June 2026 —what an incredible transformation and growth in such a short time!
Heritage in School Workshop
Ruth visited our 1st classes to speak about St. Brigid, sharing her history and the Irish traditions associated with the Feast of St. Brigid.
Many thanks to our teacher, Mr P. O’Brien, for organising the visit. The children really enjoyed learning about this special part of our heritage.
Throughout March, Melissa Shields also visited our school and covered topics related to the Vikings, The Normans and the War of Independence
Analog Robotics Competition
The Analog Devices (ADI) Primary School Robotics Competition is an annual STEM initiative in Ireland (primarily Munster/Limerick) for 5th/6th class students. The competition involves designing, building, and programming robots to encourage engineering skills. Learn It delivered a 90-minute LEGO Robotics workshop to Ms Keane’s 6th class on January 19th.
Each group made a Lego robotic arm which they programmed it to pick up objects.
We would like to thank Analog Devices and Learn It for affording us the opportunity to learn about electronics and robotics by building our own robots. As a reward each student was gifted a Lego medal which they made afterwards. A thoroughly enjoyable session.
The WINNING team on the day were Liwia Szymanska, Mila Korzenevska and David Legge and RUNNERS-UP were Johana Jimish, Cormac Richard and Oliver Alonso. Well done to the whole class for taking part.
Mila, David, Liwia and Cormac went on to represent our school in the Semi-Finals on March 10th in the Racecourse. They did brilliantly on the day and out of over 80 schools they were one of 32 schools to go to the finals which took place on Saturday, April 18th in the Analog Devices European Research & Development Centre in Raheen.
What a fantastic experience for them. They did themselves and their school proud.
A huge thank you to Analog Devices and to our teachers Ms. Keane, Mr. Tobin and to our parent Roseanne Richard for bringing them to and from the event.
Congratulations Fr. Sean
We would also like to CONGRATULATE Fr. Sean on his recent appointment as Parish Priest of St Nessan’s Church, Raheen and wish him every blessing in his new ministry.
We are delighted that Fr. Sean will remain part of St. Paul’s School community and thank him for the kindness and support he continues to give to our school.
Centra Christmas Colouring Competition
School Choir and Band
A big thank you to everyone who came along and supported our School Choir and Band in the Crescent Shopping Centre on December 12th. We really appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule at this time of the year.
Our Choir also sang for the residents of St. Paul’s Nursing home in December. They were amazing and thoroughly enjoyed both experiences.
National Quality Label
The National Quality Label (NQL) Award, delivered through the European School Education Platform’s eTwinning programme, is a prestigious form of recognition for teachers and pupils involved in outstanding eTwinning projects. The award is granted by national bodies such as Léargas in Ireland.
We are thrilled to share that our school was presented this a NQL award at a ceremony in the Talbot Hotel, Carlow, in November, recognising the school’s outstanding work over the past two years.
A huge thank you to our teacher, Mr Brian Curtin for the amount of work and dedication in leading the project in our school, and to all the teachers and pupils who were involved.
Farewell to Fr. Noel
On Sunday, Nov 30th, St. Paul’s Parish gathered to celebrate and give thanks to our wonderful parish priest, Fr. Noel Murphy as he beings his retirement.
Mass was celebrated by Bishop Leahy, Fr. Sean Harmon, Fr. Cussen and Fr. Daithi Keneally Holy Ghost. Fr. Brendan Duggan Holy Ghost, Fr. Shoji Varghese and Fr. Eamon Fitzgibbon followed by a gathering in our school hall allowing parishioners, school staff, family and friends an opportunity to express their gratitude for his years of service and dedication.
Fr. Noel has been such an important and cherished part of our school community for many years. His gentle presence, his kindness to every child and member of staff, and the genuine interest he showed in our school life will be remembered by us all.
We will certainly miss him in St. Paul's and we wish him every happiness in his retirement.
NQL Award
We are thrilled to share that our school was presented this a NQL award at a ceremony in the Talbot Hotel, Carlow, in November, recognising the school’s outstanding work over the past two years.
A huge thank you to our teacher, Mr Brian Curtin for the amount of work and dedication in leading the project in our school, and to all the teachers and pupils who were involved.
Christmas Tree Competition
Our Student Council brought a burst of creativity and Christmas cheer to our school with this year’s Christmas Tree Competition. All trees were proudly displayed in the Hall.
A big thank-you to our hardworking Student Council under the guidance of Ms. Hayes for organising such a fun-filled event, and to everyone who took part and helped make it so special.
Halloween Fun
A big ‘Bualadh Bos’ to our Student Council and teachers for getting everyone into the spirit of Halloween before the Mid-Term Break. To follow are a few photos to share the spooky fun.
Act of Kindness
Oscar Fortune from Ms. Roche’s Junior Infants had a makeover with a difference when he cut his beautiful long blonde locks and donated it to The Little Princess Trust Foundation / Laura Lynn Foundation – Locks of Love.
This is a charitable foundation that works to improve the lives of those living with hair loss.
What a wonderful ‘Act of Kindness’ from a child so young.
WELL DONE OSCAR....We are very proud of you here in St. Paul’s.
Credit Union
Our local Credit Union invited some classes over to help them celebrate ‘ Credit Union World Day' on Thursday, October 16th
Our pupils were treated to Hot Chocolate and Ice-Cream from Hook and Ladder and many of our staff were treated to a lovely coffee
What a lovely morning…..
Many thanks to Fiona and all in the Credit Union for the invite.
World Dyslexia Awareness Day
Mr. Walsh’s 4th class celebrated World Dyslexia Awareness Day on October 8th.
Emma Norton made posters for her class explaining all about Dyslexia. She was inspiring in her talk to her classmates and then treated all the class to go Krispy Crème Doughnuts.
Thank you Emma !!
Dooradoyle Library
We would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to Dooradoyle Library for all the wonderful workshops they have hosted and invited our school to so far this year.
They provide such enriching learning opportunities for all our pupils from an early age. It is so much appreciated by teachers and pupils alike.
A huge thank you to our teacher Ms. Geary for organising all these visits for our school.
Ms. McNamara’s Senior Infant class were invited to the library on October 7th for Storytime and also did some lovely art and craft on the stories they read.
Arran Towers came to our school on October 3rd and visited our three 3rd classes - Ms. Kenneally, Ms. Mortell and Ms. O’Connell. Arran is known as the ‘The Big Friendly Giant’. Our pupils thoroughly enjoyed the event
Mr. Carroll and Mr. Walsh’s 4th class attended a History talk and artefacts exhibition in Dooradoyle Library on October 4th. It was a fantastic way to engage children with past events.
Ms. O'Dea's 2nd class had a wonderful time on their visit to Dooradoyle library for a "Create a Monster" workshop with Celina Buckley on October 15th
They had great fun creating and drawing their very own monster book.
Ms. Bennis’ 6th class also visited the library during the month and had a chance to check out Medieval Weapons.
Junior Infants 2025
Many thanks to Adam and Theo O’Connor’s mom Paulina for brightening up our first day back at school with a lovely colourful balloon display for our new junior infants.
We tried to get as many children in the photographs as possible but unfortunately due to illness some children may be missing. We apologise for this but it was out of our control. There will be other opportunities during the year for lots more group photos so please don’t be disappointed if your child is missing from the photograph.
Fantastic Attendance
In June 2025, Mr. Tuohy presented children who achieved excellent attendance over the year (100% attendance or 1 day missed). See picture of the presentation below. Please note, some children are missing from this photo.
Well Done to all!!
CONTACT DETAILS
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