Scoil Dara

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2027/28)

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: Kilcock. 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 Kilcock at 5.87 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 50% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Kilcock

• Cara Community Special School Special school, MEATH
• Coole N.S, Primary school, Meath
• Enfield Community College Secondary school, Meath
• Newtown Ns Primary school, Kildare
• S N Mhuire Primary school, Meath
• S N Tir Mochain Primary school, Kildare
• Scoil Chóca Naofa Primary school, Kildare
• Scoil Uí Riada Primary school, Kildare
• St Josephs Ns Primary school, Kildare
• St. Joseph's National School Primary school, Meath
• St. Mary's Primary School Primary school, Meath