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Presentation Girls Primary School

Presentation Girls Primary School is a primary school girls only in Kildare. 621 pupils, Catholic ethos, 1 special class, oversubscribed last year.

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The facts

TypePrimary school
GenderGirls only
EthosCatholic
PatronArchbishop of Dublin
FeesFree
Enrolment621 (0 boys, 621 girls) 2025/26
Language of instructionEnglish Medium School
Roll number00779U
EircodeW23X0C6
AddressMain St, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

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.

Places in the coming year80
Places last year9
Applications last year1
Waiting list3
Applications open01 December 2025
Applications close30 January 2026

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

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

1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:

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: Maynooth. 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 W23 (Celbridge) was €484,999 in 2025. That is up 27.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Maynooth at 11.13 (Affluent), where 0 is the national average. 66% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

PrincipalCora McGorry
Phone016286034
Emailinfo@presgirlsmaynooth.ie
Local authorityKildare County Council

Other schools in Maynooth

How we know

DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.