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St Louis Infant School

St Louis Infant School is a primary school in Monaghan. 208 pupils, Catholic ethos, DEIS Urban Band 2.

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The facts

TypePrimary school
GenderMixed
EthosCatholic
PatronBishop of Clogher
FeesFree
Enrolment208 (107 boys, 101 girls) 2025/26
Language of instructionEnglish Medium School
DEISYes — Urban Band 2
Roll number18494E
EircodeH18P950
AddressPark Road, Monaghan

Getting in

Applications open13 January 2025
Applications close28 February 2025

dates read from the notice; it gives no place figures we could read.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2025/26)

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.

What DEIS means here

DEIS Urban Band 2. This is extra staffing, a Home School Community Liaison coordinator and School Completion Programme access. Band 2 does not carry the reduced class sizes that Band 1 does.

Added to DEIS in the 2022 expansion, so its supports are relatively recent.

Worth knowing: several things people associate with DEIS are now available in every school. Schoolbooks are free at primary and post-primary regardless of DEIS status, and since 2025 all primary schools are eligible for the hot school meals programme. What remains specific to DEIS is the staffing — reduced class sizes in Urban Band 1, the Home School Community Liaison coordinator, School Completion Programme access and enhanced capitation.

Band as published in the Department's DEIS list, last revised 2022-10-12.

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Special classes

The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.

The area around this school

School planning area: Monaghan. 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 H18 (Monaghan) was €260,000 in 2025. That is up 73.3% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Monaghan Urban at -7.94 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 27% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

PrincipalCarmel Gildea
Phone04782913
Emailoffice@stlouisinfants.ie
Local authorityMonaghan County Council

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How we know

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