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.
Feeder school links
Secondary school feeder links
Secondary schools this school publishes an admission or feeder link to:
- Mount Anville Mount Merrion
- Taney N S Goatstown
- Wesley College Dundrum
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.