Holy Cross NS, Dundrum
Holy Cross NS, Dundrum is a primary school in Dundrum. 260 pupils, Catholic ethos, 5.85 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Primary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Catholic |
| Patron | Archbishop of Dublin |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 260 (146 boys, 114 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 19904C |
| Eircode | D14AD66 |
| Address | Kilmacud Road Upper, Dundrum, Dublin 14 |
Getting in
Very hard. 158 applications for 27 places in 2025/26 — 5.85 applicants per place, and 63 names went on the waiting list.
| Places in the coming year | 48 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 27 |
| Applications last year | 158 |
| Waiting list | 63 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2025 |
| Applications close | 31 October 2025 |
Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.
read from the school's Annual Admission Notice.
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: Goatstown / Stillorgan / 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 D14 (Dublin 14) was €740,000 in 2025. That is up 32.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Dundrum-kilmacud at 13.68 (Affluent), where 0 is the national average. 76% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | John McGrath |
|---|---|
| Phone | 012985493 |
| admin@holycrossschool.ie | |
| Local authority | Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
Other schools in Goatstown / Stillorgan / DLR
- Gaelscoil Laighean Primary school, Mount Merrion
- Goatstown Educate Together SS Secondary school, Churchtown
- Mount Anville Secondary school, Mount Merrion
- Our Lady's Grove Secondary school, Goatstown
- Our Ladys N S Primary school, Churchtown
- Our lady's Grove Primary School Primary school, Clonskeagh
- S N Cnoc Ainbhil Primary school, Stillorgan
- S N Naomh Lorcan Primary school, Stillorgan
- ST Olaf's National School Primary school, Dundrum
- St Benildus College Secondary school, Stillorgan
- St Brigids N S Primary school, Stillorgan
- St Raphaela's Secondary school, Stillorgan
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.