St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School is a secondary school in Rathmines. 302 pupils, Church of Ireland ethos, 4.31 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Church of Ireland |
| Patron | Board of Governors of St Patrick's Cathedral Grammar School |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 302 (147 boys, 155 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 60660I |
| Eircode | D08WK19 |
| Address | St Patricks Close, Dublin 8 |
Getting in
Very hard. 224 applications for 52 places — 4.31 applicants per place, and 172 names went on the waiting list.
| Places in the coming year | 54 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 52 |
| Applications last year | 224 |
| Waiting list | 172 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2025 |
| Applications close | 14 November 2025 |
Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.
The school received 228 applications in total across every class and every special class. The 224 above is the figure for this intake alone, which is the one that can be compared with the places offered for it.
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.
Special classes
The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.
The area around this school
School planning area: Dublin / 8. 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 D08 (Dublin 8) was €413,250 in 2025. That is up 26.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Wood Quay A at -7.74 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 33% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Timothy Gill |
|---|---|
| Phone | 014543388 |
| principal@spcgs.ie | |
| Local authority | Dublin City Council |
Other schools in Dublin / 8
- C.B.S. James Street Secondary school, Dublin
- Canal Way Educate Together National School Primary school, Dublin
- Christian Brothers, Synge St. Secondary school, Rathmines
- Gaelscoil Inse Chor Primary school, Dublin
- Goldenbridge Convent Primary school, Dublin
- Griffith Barracks Multi D School Primary school, Rathmines
- Inchicore Ns Primary school, Dublin
- Mercy Secondary School Secondary school, Dublin
- Presentation College Secondary school, Rathmines
- Presentation Primary School Primary school, Rathmines
- S N Muire Gan Smal B Primary school, Dublin
- Sancta Maria C B S Primary school, Rathmines
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.