St Canices B N S

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

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:

• 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

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: Finglas East / Ballymun D11. 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 B at -3.31 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 33% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Finglas East / Ballymun D11

• Beneavin De La Salle College Secondary school, Dublin
• Gaelscoil Ui Earcain Primary school, Dublin
• Holy Spirit B N S Primary school, Dublin
• Mother Of Divine Grace Primary school, Dublin
• Scoil An Tseachtar Laoch Primary school, Dublin
• Sn An Spioraid Naiomh C Primary school, Dublin
• St Canices G N S Primary school, Dublin
• St Josephs Jnr Primary school, Dublin
• St Josephs Senior N S Primary school, Dublin
• St Margarets N S Primary school, Dublin