# primaryschool.ie

> A guide to all 3,217 primary schools in the Republic of Ireland, plus free tools for school parents' associations. Each school has its own page with pupil numbers (boys and girls), ethos or patron, whether it teaches through Irish, DEIS status, address, Eircode, contact details and the closest other schools.

Data comes from the Department of Education's published list of primary schools and enrolments. School locations come from the Department of Education (CC BY 4.0) and OpenStreetMap. Pages are updated when the Department publishes new figures.

## How to use this site

- School pages: https://primaryschool.ie/school/{roll-number}-{name}. Each answers common questions (size, ethos, Irish-medium, DEIS, location, nearby schools) in plain text and in schema.org FAQPage markup.
- Search by name, town or Eircode: https://primaryschool.ie/schools?q={query}
- Schools closest to a place: https://primaryschool.ie/schools/near?where={town or Eircode}
- Every school in a county: https://primaryschool.ie/schools/{county}
- Every school in a town or Dublin postal district: https://primaryschool.ie/schools/{county}/towns/{town}
- Primary school holidays and term dates (set nationally by the Department of Education): https://primaryschool.ie/term-dates, also as a calendar feed at https://primaryschool.ie/term-dates.ics and as JSON at https://primaryschool.ie/term-dates.json
- Whether primary schools are open today and tomorrow, and school days left until the next break: https://primaryschool.ie/is-school-open-today
- Printable one-page school year planner: https://primaryschool.ie/term-dates/{yyyy-yy}/planner
- Free printables (first and last day of school signs, star of the week certificate, reading log): https://primaryschool.ie/printables
- When a child can start junior infants, by birth month and year: https://primaryschool.ie/starting-school?month={1-12}&year={yyyy}
- Compare up to three schools side by side, by roll number: https://primaryschool.ie/compare?schools={roll},{roll},{roll}
- National and county statistics (biggest and smallest schools, ethos, Irish-medium, DEIS): https://primaryschool.ie/schools-in-numbers
- Gaelscoileanna, by county: https://primaryschool.ie/gaelscoileanna and https://primaryschool.ie/gaelscoileanna/{county}
- Special schools, by county: https://primaryschool.ie/special-schools and https://primaryschool.ie/special-schools/{county}
- Multi-denominational schools, by county: https://primaryschool.ie/multi-denominational-schools and https://primaryschool.ie/multi-denominational-schools/{county}
- DEIS schools, by county: https://primaryschool.ie/deis-schools and https://primaryschool.ie/deis-schools/{county}
- Gaeltacht schools, by county: https://primaryschool.ie/gaeltacht-schools and https://primaryschool.ie/gaeltacht-schools/{county}
- Girls' schools, by county: https://primaryschool.ie/girls-schools and https://primaryschool.ie/girls-schools/{county}
- Boys' schools, by county: https://primaryschool.ie/boys-schools and https://primaryschool.ie/boys-schools/{county}
- Full list of pages: https://primaryschool.ie/sitemap.xml

## Guides

- [How primary school admissions work in Ireland](https://primaryschool.ie/guides/how-school-admissions-work): When to apply, what schools can and can't ask, how places are decided when a school is full, and how to appeal a refusal.
- [How to choose a primary school: what to look at and what to ask](https://primaryschool.ie/guides/how-to-choose-a-primary-school): A practical checklist for choosing a primary school in Ireland: the facts to compare, where to find inspection reports, and the questions worth asking at an open day.
- [Back to school checklist for primary school parents](https://primaryschool.ie/guides/back-to-school-checklist): What to sort before September: uniforms and shoes, books, the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance, routines, and the dates to put in your calendar.
- [Healthy school lunchbox ideas children will actually eat](https://primaryschool.ie/guides/healthy-school-lunchbox-ideas): Simple ways to pack a balanced primary school lunch: what to include from each food group, the best drinks, portion sizes for younger children and swaps for treats.
- [Special classes and special schools: how a place works](https://primaryschool.ie/guides/special-classes-and-special-schools): How children with additional needs get a place in a special class or special school in Ireland: the NCSE's Parents Notify form, the eligibility letter, and applying to schools.
- [What DEIS means for a primary school](https://primaryschool.ie/guides/what-is-deis): DEIS explained: how schools are chosen, the difference between Urban Band 1, Band 2 and Rural, and the extra supports DEIS schools get.
- [Irish-medium schools: gaelscoileanna and Gaeltacht schools](https://primaryschool.ie/guides/irish-medium-schools): How gaelscoileanna work, what total immersion means for junior infants, and what to know if you don't speak Irish at home.
- [School ethos and patronage explained](https://primaryschool.ie/guides/school-ethos-and-patronage): Catholic, Church of Ireland, Educate Together, Community National Schools: what a school's patron means, and your right to opt out of religious instruction.
- [Primary school costs and the help available (2026/27)](https://primaryschool.ie/guides/school-costs-and-supports): Free schoolbooks, the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance, voluntary contributions, school transport and hot school meals.
- [Starting junior infants: a practical checklist](https://primaryschool.ie/guides/starting-junior-infants): What to sort before September, how schools help with the move from preschool, and simple ways to get your child ready.
- [How to run a readathon for your school](https://primaryschool.ie/guides/how-to-run-a-readathon): A step-by-step plan for parents' associations: dates, sponsorship, logging books, prizes and saying thank you.
- [Parents' association AGM: a ready-to-use agenda](https://primaryschool.ie/guides/parents-association-agm-agenda): A simple AGM agenda for a primary school parents' association, with what to prepare, how elections usually work and what to send out afterwards.
- [How to take minutes for a parents' association meeting (with a template)](https://primaryschool.ie/guides/parents-association-minutes-template): A short, copyable minutes template for parents' association committee meetings, plus what to record and what to leave out.
- [School fundraising ideas, month by month](https://primaryschool.ie/guides/school-fundraising-ideas-by-month): A year of fundraising ideas for Irish primary school parents' associations, planned around the school calendar so you never clash with mid-term.

## Counties

- [Primary schools in Co. Carlow](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/carlow): 44 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Cavan](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/cavan): 76 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Clare](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/clare): 111 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Cork](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/cork): 354 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Donegal](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/donegal): 173 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Dublin](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/dublin): 514 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Galway](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/galway): 225 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Kerry](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/kerry): 133 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Kildare](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/kildare): 107 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Kilkenny](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/kilkenny): 73 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Laois](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/laois): 65 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Leitrim](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/leitrim): 37 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Limerick](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/limerick): 142 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Longford](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/longford): 38 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Louth](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/louth): 73 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Mayo](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/mayo): 155 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Meath](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/meath): 116 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Monaghan](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/monaghan): 63 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Offaly](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/offaly): 68 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Roscommon](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/roscommon): 88 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Sligo](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/sligo): 64 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Tipperary](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/tipperary): 156 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Waterford](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/waterford): 76 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Westmeath](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/westmeath): 77 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Wexford](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/wexford): 103 schools
- [Primary schools in Co. Wicklow](https://primaryschool.ie/schools/wicklow): 86 schools

## For parents' associations

- [Free committee tools](https://primaryschool.ie/committees): meetings and minutes, a shared calendar, handover notes and readathon pages. primaryschool.ie never handles payments.

## Citing

Please link to the school's page on primaryschool.ie and mention that figures come from the Department of Education. Corrections: support@primaryschool.ie