St. Fintan's High School
St. Fintan's High School is a secondary school boys only in Dublin. 714 pupils, Catholic ethos, 2.41 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Boys only |
| Ethos | Catholic |
| Patron | Edmund Rice Schools Trust |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 714 (714 boys, 0 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 60370W |
| Eircode | D13HN59 |
| Address | Dublin Road, Sutton, Dublin 13 |
Getting in
Hard. 289 applications for 120 places in 2026/27 — 2.41 applicants per place.
| Places in the coming year | 120 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 120 |
| Applications last year | 289 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2026 |
| Applications close | 22 October 2026 |
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: Donaghmede / Howth / D13. 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 D13 (Dublin 13) was €551,276 in 2025. That is up 34.5% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Sutton at 4.77 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 54% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Ms Kathy Mullen |
|---|---|
| Phone | 018324632 |
| info@stfintanshs.ie | |
| Local authority | Fingal County Council |
Other schools in Donaghmede / Howth / D13
- Belmayne Community Special School Special school, Dublin
- Belmayne Educate Together National School Primary school, Dublin
- Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School Secondary school, Dublin
- Burrow N S Primary school, Dublin
- Gaelcholáiste Reachrann Secondary school, Dublin
- Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol Primary school, Dublin
- Grange Community College Secondary school, Dublin
- Holy Trinity Sen N S Primary school, Dublin
- Mhuire Iosef Junior Primary school, Dublin
- Pobalscoil Neasáin Secondary school, Dublin
- S N Muire Agus Iosef Primary school, Dublin
- Santa Sabina Dominican College Secondary school, Dublin
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.