General School Information

Scoil an Linbh Íosa is situated on the corner of St. Francis Street and the Headford Road, in the heart of Galway city (i gceart lár na Gaillimhe).

Attending school in town makes it easy to take part in community events. The school band performs annually at the Live Crib, at the ‘Blessing of Animals’ and from time to time in various shopping centres.

We attend suitable educational performances in the neighbouring Town Hall Theatre. When the sunshine appears we are fortunate to be situated near ‘The Millenium Playground’ and there we can have our physical education classes.

We regularly as part of our S.E.S.E. curriculum take walks around the array of waterways and historical sites situated near our school.

We partake in local events and activities whenever possible. This year we are hoping to be involved when ‘The Ocean Volvo Race’ arrives again in Galway.

School lunches are available for our pupils.

We operate a Book Rental Scheme in our school.


Hours of Opening

School Opens each morning at 8.35 a.m.

Classes begin daily at 8.50 a.m.

Infant Classes ( Junior and Senior Infants) finish at 1.30 p.m.

All other classes finish at 2.30 p.m.


Our Staff

We have a staff of sixteen teachers which includes our Principal, Deputy Principal, classroom teachers and support teachers. We also have a school secretary and caretaker.



Our School Uniform consists of:

Navy Tie
Navy Jumper/Cardigan
White shirt
Navy gymslip/skirt (girls)
Navy trousers (boys)

Physical Education

Runners and school tracksuit must be worn for P.E.

*School tracksuits and t-shirts are available from our school shop