Ardee Monastery
Drogheda Road, Ardee, Co. Louth · A92 X788 · Roll number 17124M
Ardee Monastery is one of 4 primary schools in or within 3 km of Ardee. Every school in and around Ardee →
What stands out about Ardee Monastery
- One of the larger primary schools: 244 pupils, against a typical 131.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−5%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- 36 girls and 208 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Armagh; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Ardee Monastery had 244 pupils in 2025/26, down from 267 in 2015/16 (−9%). Girls are 15% of them. Its largest roll was 277, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Ardee Monastery
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for Ardee Monastery is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on Ardee Monastery
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at Ardee Monastery
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Ardee Monastery directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Ardee Monastery is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−5%). All the schools around Ardee together changed by +19%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 6 nearest primary schools, 1 have more pupils than Ardee Monastery. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −5%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardee Monastery | 244 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| S N Mhuire na Trocaire | 339 | +15% | Catholic | English | 0.3 km | |
| Ardee Educate Together NS | 177 | +17% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| Ballapousta NS | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| S.N. Chaoimhin Naofa | 148 | +16% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Newtown N.S. | 60 | −28% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Dromin N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km |
The other 63 primary schools in Co. Louth
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. San Nioclas | 49 | −49% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Tallonstown N.S. | 276 | −15% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Fainche | 190 | −14% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. | 202 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Scoil Dairbhre Mixed | 71 | −26% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| S N Tigh an Lubhair | 192 | −9% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Chill Sarain | 161 | −15% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St. Mochta's National School | 181 | +20% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Dromiskin Mixed N.S. | 234 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fhionain | 100 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Columcille | 151 | −13% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Knockbridge Mixed N.S. | 285 | −5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 172 | −13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Tulach Aluinn | 411 | −17% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Fhursa | 229 | −8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. Francis National School | 441 | +53% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Walshestown N.S. | 95 | −19% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha | 503 | +13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 201 | −18% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan | 214 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 18 km |
| Naomh Seosamh | 293 | +0% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa | 353 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 574 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Presentation Convent | 385 | +37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh C | 233 | −16% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh N | 220 | −15% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh B | 246 | +7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora B | 169 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora C | 160 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School | 575 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Rathmullan N.S. | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Pauls Senior N.S. | 466 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Aston Village Educate Together National School | 375 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire na nGael | 624 | −8% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Peadar | 92 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| Dun Dealgan N.S. | 84 | −2% | Presbyterian | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre Sn | 359 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Aonghusa | 147 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| C.b.s. Primary | 524 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Ard Mhuire C | 315 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| St Nicholas Monastery NS | 164 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Castletown Rd Convent | 191 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Réalt na Mara School | 467 | +0% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| S.N. San Nioclas | 148 | −3% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 164 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Scoil Náisíunta Naomh Feichín | 307 | +5% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Callystown Mixed N.S. | 261 | −18% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Marys Parish Primary School | 967 | −13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 82 | +173% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Le Cheile Educate Together NS | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 206 | +2% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Bellurgan N.S. | 112 | −13% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Faughart Community National School | 102 | +122% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 187 | +10% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Dulargy Mixed N.S. | 150 | −23% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Rath Corr | 56 | −16% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Mullach Bui | 62 | −2% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| S N Talamh na Manach | 139 | +7% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 67 | −25% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Olivers N.S. | 120 | −28% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 89 | −28% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcan | 69 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
Living in Ardee
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Homes in the A92 Eircode area
Housing in Ardee →The median sale price rose from €333,500 in 2023 to €380,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ardee
Cost of living in Ardee →New tenancies in Ardee averaged €1,269 a month in 2025, against €1,177 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Ardee, A92 X788
Primary schools near Ardee Monastery
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Ardee Monastery
Is Ardee Monastery a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does Ardee Monastery have?
244 pupils in 2025/26. That is −5% since 2019/20.
Does Ardee Monastery teach through Irish?
No: Ardee Monastery teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ardee Monastery?
Ardee Monastery has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Armagh.
How do pupils get a place at Ardee Monastery?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near Ardee Monastery?
The nearest are S N Mhuire na Trocaire (0.3 km), Ardee Educate Together NS (1.2 km) and Ballapousta NS (3.6 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Ardee; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).