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School application deadlines

37 closing dates read from schools' own Annual Admission Notices, with the ones still open first. Missing a deadline is the most avoidable way to lose a place.

Coverage is partial and growing: these are the schools whose notice we could find and read. Always confirm the date with the school — the notice linked from each school's page is the authority, not this table.

Still open (32)

October 2026

ClosesSchoolPlacesApplicants per place
09 October 2026Douglas Community School Cork130
15 October 2026Manor House School Dublin120
19 October 2026St Brigids N S Stillorgan122.86x
21 October 2026Edmund Rice College Cork100
22 October 2026Gaelscoil Ui Riada Cork28
22 October 2026Loreto Abbey Dalkey Dalkey1252.89x
22 October 2026St Laurence College Loughlinstown2
22 October 2026St. Fintan's High School Dublin1202.41x
22 October 2026St Kilian's German School Clonskeagh701.83x
22 October 2026Sandford Park School (Senior) Ranelagh—4.61x
22 October 2026St Mary's Academy Cbs Carlow72
22 October 2026Scoil Dara Kildare1
22 October 2026St Joseph's College Galway125
22 October 2026St Angela's Secondary School Waterford168
22 October 2026Hansfield Etss Dublin210
22 October 2026Blackrock Educate Together SS Blackrock48
22 October 2026Trinity Comprehensive School Dublin961.42x
22 October 2026Boyne Community School Meath192
23 October 2026St Declan's College Dublin1201.53x
23 October 2026Jesus & Mary Secondary School Galway1202.58x
23 October 2026Ballincollig Community School Cork160
30 October 2026Loreto Secondary School Cork150
30 October 2026Presentation Secondary School Cork66
30 October 2026St Joseph's Secondary School Westmeath200

November 2026

ClosesSchoolPlacesApplicants per place
04 November 2026Coláiste Cholmáin Cork100
05 November 2026Presentation Secondary School Tipperary120
13 November 2026St. Mary's C.B.S. Wexford1401.3x
16 November 2026St Joseph's Secondary School Mayo4
27 November 2026St. Mary's Secondary School Mayo110
27 November 2026Scoil Muire Agus Padraig Mayo90

December 2026

ClosesSchoolPlacesApplicants per place
01 December 2026St.Brendan's Community School Offaly144

January 2027

ClosesSchoolPlacesApplicants per place
26 January 2027St Munchin's College Limerick100

Closed (5)

These application deadlines have passed. All entries closing from June 2026 onwards are retained.

June 2026

ClosesSchoolPlacesApplicants per place
01 June 2026Ballaghkeene N S Wexford25
10 June 2026Lacken Mxd N S Wicklow9

July 2026

ClosesSchoolPlacesApplicants per place
14 July 2026St Pauls N S Laois6
22 July 2026Talbot Senior Ns Dublin6

August 2026

ClosesSchoolPlacesApplicants per place
31 August 2026S N Padraic Naofa Galway30