Fionnbarra Naofa B.N.S.

The facts

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.

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

2 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 1 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
• 1 × ASD Early Intervention

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Cabra / Phibsboro / D7. 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 D07 (Dublin 7) was €465,500 in 2025. That is up 36.9% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Cabra West B at -11.91 (Disadvantaged), where 0 is the national average. 23% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Cabra / Phibsboro / D7

• An Cosan CSS Special school, Dublin 7
• Broombridge Educate Together National School Primary school, Dublin
• Cabra Community College Secondary school, Dublin
• Casa Caterina S S Special school, Dublin 7
• Christ The King B N S Primary school, Dublin
• Christ The King Girls Senior School Primary school, Dublin
• Christ The King I G Primary school, Dublin
• Coláiste Mhuire Secondary school, Dublin
• Dominican Convent Girls Senior School Primary school, Dublin
• Dublin 7 Educate Together Ns Primary school, Dublin
• Gaelscoil Bharra Primary school, Dublin
• Glasnevin Educate Together Ns Primary school, Dublin