Meelin National School had an extension built on in 2011. The original school was opened on 1 July 1856, and built of cut stone from the local limestone quarries. At that time there were two schools, a boys' school and a girls' school. The first teacher in the boys' school was John Browne, and his wife Mary Bridget (née Kenneally) was in the girls' school. On 1 April 1951 the boys' and girls' schools amalgamated. Teachers and pupils transferred to the new school across the road after the summer holidays in September 1951. The school is still open today.

For more information about our National School, visit www.meelinns.com

The church of Saint Joseph was built in 1837, Meelin is part of the Clonfert parish. In 1871 a Bell for the church was brought to the village by John Murphy. It was built over the gallery in a bell tower and remained there until 1970 when repairs were carried out on the church

Meelin GAA Club was founded in 1928 and in their early years played competitive hurling in the North Cork (Avondhu) division. In the 1930s, Meelin began competing in the recently established Duhallow division.

The club has merged with Freemount for juvenile hurling competitions, and the merged club is known as St. Mark's.

Meelin GAA Grounds can be located at P51 H588.