Caragh N S

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 ↗

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

1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:

• 1 × 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: Naas. 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 W91 (Naas) was €435,000 in 2025. That is up 31.8% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Carragh at 7.23 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 49% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Naas

• An Linbh Iosa Primary school, Kildare
• Coláiste Naomh Mhuire Secondary school, Kildare
• Craddockstown School Special school, Kildare
• Gael-Choláiste Chill Dara Secondary school, Kildare
• Gaelscoil Nas Na Riogh Primary school, Kildare
• Killashee Multi-Denominational Ns Primary school, Kildare
• Mercy Convent Primary School Primary school, Kildare
• Meánscoil Iognáid Ris Secondary school, Kildare
• Naas Community College Secondary school, Kildare
• Naas Community National School Primary school, Kildare
• Piper's Hill College Secondary school, Kildare
• S N Brighde Primary school, Kildare