Scoil Fhursa
Marlbog Road, Haggardstown, Dundalk, Co. Louth · A91 AP98 · Roll number 17550G
Scoil Fhursa is one of 22 primary schools in or within 3 km of Dundalk. Every school in and around Dundalk →
What stands out about Scoil Fhursa
- 229 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−8%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Has special classes for children who need more support.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Armagh; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Dundalk’s outline, 0.1 km away; listed with Dundalk, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Fhursa had 229 pupils in 2025/26, against 190 in 2015/16 (+21%). Girls are 55% of them. Its largest roll was 248, in 2019/20. 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 Scoil Fhursa
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 Scoil Fhursa 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 Scoil Fhursa
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 Scoil Fhursa
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Fhursa 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.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Fhursa has shrunk by 8% since 2019/20. All the schools around Dundalk together changed by +9%.
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, 5 have more pupils than Scoil Fhursa. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −8%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Fhursa | 229 | −8% | Catholic | English | ||
| St. Francis National School | 441 | +53% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha | 503 | +13% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan | 214 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 3 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 574 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Scoil Mhuire na nGael | 624 | −8% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh C | 233 | −16% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km |
The other 62 primary schools in Co. Louth
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh N | 220 | −15% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh B | 246 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| Dun Dealgan N.S. | 84 | −2% | Presbyterian | English | 4.5 km | |
| C.b.s. Primary | 524 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora B | 169 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora C | 160 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Réalt na Mara School | 467 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Dromiskin Mixed N.S. | 234 | −1% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| S.N. San Nioclas | 148 | −3% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| St Nicholas Monastery NS | 164 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Castletown Rd Convent | 191 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Knockbridge Mixed N.S. | 285 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Scoil Dairbhre Mixed | 71 | −26% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 164 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Bellurgan N.S. | 112 | −13% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| S.N. Chill Sarain | 161 | −15% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Faughart Community National School | 102 | +122% | Multi-denominational | English | 9 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 206 | +2% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| St. Mochta's National School | 181 | +20% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Dulargy Mixed N.S. | 150 | −23% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 187 | +10% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Tallonstown N.S. | 276 | −15% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. San Nioclas | 49 | −49% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fhionain | 100 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 82 | +173% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| S.N. Mullach Bui | 62 | −2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Dromin N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Rath Corr | 56 | −16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Ardee Educate Together NS | 177 | +17% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. | 202 | −3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. Columcille | 151 | −13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S N Mhuire na Trocaire | 339 | +15% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Ardee Monastery | 244 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Bhride | 67 | −25% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S N Talamh na Manach | 139 | +7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Chaoimhin Naofa | 148 | +16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcan | 69 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Olivers N.S. | 120 | −28% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 89 | −28% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Ballapousta NS | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Walshestown N.S. | 95 | −19% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S N Tigh an Lubhair | 192 | −9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 172 | −13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Fainche | 190 | −14% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Callystown Mixed N.S. | 261 | −18% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 201 | −18% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Náisíunta Naomh Feichín | 307 | +5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Tulach Aluinn | 411 | −17% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa | 353 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Presentation Convent | 385 | +37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Aston Village Educate Together National School | 375 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Naomh Seosamh | 293 | +0% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School | 575 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| S.N. Aonghusa | 147 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre Sn | 359 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Naomh Peadar | 92 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 28 km | |
| Le Cheile Educate Together NS | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Rathmullan N.S. | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| St Pauls Senior N.S. | 466 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| S.N. Ard Mhuire C | 315 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| St Marys Parish Primary School | 967 | −13% | Catholic | English | 29 km |
Living in Dundalk
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A91 Eircode area
Housing in Dundalk →The median sale price rose from €261,500 in 2023 to €335,000 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Dundalk
Cost of living in Dundalk →New tenancies in Dundalk averaged €1,394 a month in 2025, against €1,280 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Dundalk, A91 AP98
Primary schools near Scoil Fhursa
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Fhursa
Is Scoil Fhursa 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 Scoil Fhursa have?
229 pupils in 2025/26. That is −8% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Fhursa teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Fhursa teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Fhursa?
Scoil Fhursa has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Armagh.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Fhursa?
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 Scoil Fhursa?
The nearest are St. Francis National School (1.7 km), Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha (2.4 km) and Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan (3 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 Dundalk; 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).