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Scoil Na Croi Naofa

Scoil Na Croi Naofa is a primary school boys only in Dublin. 404 pupils, Catholic ethos, 2 special classes, oversubscribed last year.

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The facts

TypePrimary school
GenderBoys only
EthosCatholic
PatronArchbishop of Dublin
FeesFree
Enrolment404 (404 boys, 0 girls) 2025/26
Language of instructionEnglish Medium School
Roll number04992R
EircodeD11XE17
AddressSt Canice's Road, Ballygall, Dublin 11

Getting in

Oversubscribed last year. The notice carries a previous-year breakdown, which schools only have to publish when more people applied than there were places.

Places in the coming year54
Places last year54
Applications last year60
Waiting list6
Applications open01 October 2025
Applications close24 October 2025

check the notice — it lists more than one intake.

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:

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: Whitehall / Santry D9. 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 D11 (Dublin 11) was €355,000 in 2025. That is up 54.3% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Ballygall C at 0.84 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 43% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

PrincipalNiall Carty
Phone018379586
Emailoffice@sacredheartballygall.ie
Local authorityDublin City Council

Other schools in Whitehall / Santry D9

How we know

DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.