Dundalk Grammar School
Dundalk Grammar School is a secondary school in Louth. 597 pupils, Church of Ireland ethos, fee-paying, 1.73 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Church of Ireland |
| Patron | Joint patronage between the Incorporated Society for Promoting Protestant Schools in Ireland and Dundalk Grammar School CLG |
| Fees | Fee-paying — amount not confirmed. This school does not publish a figure we could trace to a page. |
| Enrolment | 597 (331 boys, 266 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Boarding | Mixed |
| Roll number | 63920A |
| Eircode | A91FH00 |
| Address | The Crescent, Dundalk, Co Louth |
Getting in
Competitive. 166 applications for 96 places — 1.73 applicants per place.
| Places in the coming year | 96 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 96 |
| Applications last year | 166 |
| Waiting list | 0 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2025 |
Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.
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: Dundalk. 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 A91 (Dundalk) was €332,000 in 2025. That is up 54.4% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Dundalk No. 3 Urban at -4.11 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 43% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Mr Jonathan Graham |
|---|---|
| Phone | 0429334459 |
| records@dgs.ie | |
| Local authority | Louth County Council |
Other schools in Dundalk
- Bellurgan N S Primary school, Louth
- C.B.S. Primary Primary school, Louth
- Castletown Rd Convent Primary school, Louth
- Colaiste Rís Secondary school, Louth
- Coláiste Chú Chulainn Secondary school, Louth
- De La Salle College Secondary school, Louth
- Dromiskin Mixed N S Primary school, Louth
- Dulargy Mixed N S Primary school, Louth
- Dun Dealgan N S Primary school, Louth
- Faughart Community National School Primary school, Louth
- Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan Primary school, Louth
- Knockbridge Mixed N S Primary school, Louth
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.