St Matthew's NS, Irishtown
St Matthew's NS, Irishtown is a primary school in Irishtown. 212 pupils, Church of Ireland ethos, 2.32 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Primary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Church of Ireland |
| Patron | Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 212 (108 boys, 104 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 18282M |
| Eircode | D04FK11 |
| Address | Cranfield Place, Sandymount, Dublin 4 |
Getting in
Hard. 65 applications for 28 places — 2.32 applicants per place.
| Places in the coming year | 28 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 28 |
| Applications last year | 65 |
| Waiting list | 0 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2025 |
| Applications close | 22 October 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 ↗ (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.
Feeder school links
Secondary school feeder links
Secondary schools this school publishes an admission or feeder link to:
- Marian College Ballsbridge
- Newpark Comprehensive Blackrock
- Ringsend College Ringsend
- St Andrew's College Booterstown
Special classes
The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.
The area around this school
School planning area: Dublin2 / Dublin4. 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 D04 (Dublin 4) was €687,500 in 2025. That is up 22.3% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Pembroke East B at 11.96 (Affluent), where 0 is the national average. 76% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Cliodhna O'Reilly |
|---|---|
| Phone | 016603145 |
| secretary@stmatts.ie | |
| Local authority | Dublin City Council |
Other schools in Dublin2 / Dublin4
- C.B.S. Westland Row Secondary school, Ballsbridge
- Catherine Mc Auley N Sc Special school, Ballsbridge
- Catholic University School Secondary school, Ranelagh
- City Quay Ns Primary school, Dublin
- Enable Ireland Sandymount School Special school, Sandymount
- Gaelscoil Eoin Primary school, Ballsbridge
- Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National School Primary school, Ranelagh
- John Scottus Junior School Primary school, Ranelagh
- Loreto College Secondary school, Ranelagh
- Marian College Secondary school, Ballsbridge
- Ringsend College Secondary school, Ringsend
- Ringsend NS Primary school, Ringsend
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.