Blackrock College
Blackrock College is a secondary school boys only in Blackrock. 1041 pupils, Catholic ethos, fee-paying.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Boys only |
| Ethos | Catholic |
| Patron | The Spiritan Education Trust |
| Fees | Fee-paying — amount not confirmed. This school does not publish a figure we could trace to a page. |
| Enrolment | 1,041 (1041 boys, 0 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Boarding | Mixed |
| Roll number | 60030V |
| Eircode | A94FK84 |
| Address | Blackrock College, Rock Road, Co. Dublin |
Getting in
Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.
| Places in the coming year | 10 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 212 |
| Applications last year | 224 |
| Waiting list | 0 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2025 |
| Applications close | 22 October 2025 |
| Decisions issued by | 26 November 2025 |
| Offers must be accepted by | 26 November 2025 |
notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.
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.
Special classes
The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.
The area around this school
School planning area: Booterstown / Blackrock. 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 A94 (Blackrock) was €830,000 in 2025. That is up 35.0% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Blackrock-williamstown at 10.65 (Affluent), where 0 is the national average. 78% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Ms Yvonne Markey |
|---|---|
| Phone | 012752100 |
| ymarkey@blackrockcollege.com | |
| Local authority | Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
Other schools in Booterstown / Blackrock
- Benincasa Special School Special school, Dundrum
- Booterstown Boys Primary school, Booterstown
- Booterstown N S Primary school, Blackrock
- Carysfort NS Primary school, Blackrock
- Coláiste Eoin Secondary school, Booterstown
- Coláiste Íosagáin Secondary school, Booterstown
- Islamic National School Primary school, Clonskeagh
- Lycée Français International (Secondary) Secondary school, Clonskeagh
- Mount Merrion NS Primary school, Mount Merrion
- Our Lady Of Mercy Convent School Primary school, Booterstown
- Sion Hill Secondary school, Blackrock
- St Andrew's College Secondary school, Booterstown
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.