Star of the Sea Boys NS

The facts

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.

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:

• 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 1 classes last year.

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: 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

Other schools in Dublin2 / Dublin4

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• 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
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