Loreto Abbey Dalkey
Loreto Abbey Dalkey is a secondary school girls only in Dalkey. 757 pupils, Catholic ethos, fees €5,200 (2025/26), 2.89 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Girls only |
| Ethos | Catholic |
| Patron | Loreto Education Trust |
| Fees | €5,200 a year (2025/26) source |
| Enrolment | 757 (0 boys, 757 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 60130C |
| Eircode | A96YC81 |
| Address | Dalkey, Co Dublin |
Getting in
Hard. 361 applications for 125 places — 2.89 applicants per place.
| Places in the coming year | 125 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 125 |
| Applications last year | 361 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2026 |
| Applications close | 22 October 2026 |
| Decisions issued by | 26 November 2025 |
| Offers must be accepted by | 26 November 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 ↗ (2027/28)
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
Known feeder primary schools
Primary schools that publish a feeder or priority admission link to this school:
- St Patrick's NS, Dalkey Dalkey
Special classes
The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.
The area around this school
School planning area: Dunlaoghaire. 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 Dalkey-coliemore at 3.23 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 63% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Mr Robert Dunne |
|---|---|
| Phone | 012718900 |
| office@loretoabbeydalkey.ie | |
| Local authority | Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
Other schools in Dunlaoghaire
- All Saints N S Primary school, Blackrock
- CBC Monkstown Secondary school, Monkstown
- Carmona Special School Special school, Goatstown
- Clochar San Dominic Primary school, Monkstown
- Dun Laoghaire ETNS Primary school, Monkstown
- Glasthule NS Primary school, Glasthule
- Harold Boys N S Primary school, Dalkey
- Holy Family NS, Monkstown Farm Primary school, Monkstown
- Loreto National School Primary school, Dalkey
- Newpark Comprehensive Secondary school, Blackrock
- Oatlands College Secondary school, Stillorgan
- Oatlands Primary Primary school, Stillorgan
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.