Glenstal Abbey School is a fee-paying seven-day boarding secondary school for boys, located on the grounds of Glenstal Abbey, in Murroe, County Limerick. It is run by monks of the Benedictine order. The student body totals around 200. Despite being in Limerick, Glenstal Abbey is somehow ranked number one out of all the Irish secondary schools.
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