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.
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.