Ballyowen Meadows
Ballyowen Meadows is a special school in Loughlinstown. 53 pupils, Catholic ethos, oversubscribed last year.
The facts
| Type | Special school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Catholic |
| Patron | Health Service Executive |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 53 (43 boys, 10 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 19355S |
| Eircode | A96H735 |
| Address | Loughlinstown Drive, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin |
Getting in
Oversubscribed last year. The notice carries a previous-year breakdown, which schools only have to publish when more people applied than there were places.
| Places in the coming year | 9 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 7 |
| Applications last year | 9 |
| Waiting list | 0 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2025 |
| Applications close | 13 February 2026 |
this notice describes more than one intake — read it directly.
Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)
Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.
The area around this school
School planning area: Ballybrack / Shankill / DLR. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.
Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district A96 (Glenageary) was €680,000 in 2025. That is up 21.4% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Killiney South at -4.84 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 39% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Thigam Padayachee |
|---|---|
| Phone | 012393010 |
| principal@bmss.ie | |
| Local authority | Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
Other schools in Ballybrack / Shankill / DLR
- Gaelscoil Phádraig Primary school, Ballybrack
- Holy Child Killiney Secondary school, Killiney
- Rathmichael N S Primary school, Dublin
- Scoil Mhuire Primary school, Dublin
- St Annes Mxd N S Primary school, Dublin
- St Columbanus National School Primary school, Loughlinstown
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.