Our Lady's College

The facts

Getting in

Hard. 330 applications for 180 places — 1.83 applicants per place.

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: Drogheda. 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 A92 (Drogheda) was €380,000 in 2025. That is up 52.0% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Fair Gate at -8.59 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 31% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Drogheda

• ABACAS School Special school, Co. Louth
• Aston Village Educate Together National School Primary school, Louth
• Ballymakenny College Secondary school, Louth
• Callystown Mixed N S Primary school, Louth
• Drogheda Grammar School Secondary school, Louth
• Gaelscoil An Bhradáin Feasa Primary school, Meath
• Laytown & Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School Secondary school, Meath
• Le Cheile Educate Together Ns Primary school, Louth
• Naomh Seosamh Primary school, Louth
• Presentation Convent Primary school, Louth
• Rathmullan N S Primary school, Louth
• S N Aonghusa Primary school, Louth