Dundalk Grammar School
The Crescent, Dundalk, Co Louth · A91 FH00 · Roll number 63920A
Dundalk Grammar School is one of 8 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Dundalk. Every school in and around Dundalk →
What stands out about Dundalk Grammar School
- 597 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Charges fees.
- Takes day pupils and boarders.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is Joint patronage between the Incorporated Society for Promoting Protestant Schools in Ireland and Dundalk Grammar School CLG; its ethos is Church of Ireland.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Dundalk Grammar School had 597 pupils in 2025/26, against 551 in 2015/16 (+8%). Girls are 45% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Dundalk Grammar School
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 Dundalk Grammar School 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 Dundalk Grammar School
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 Dundalk Grammar School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Dundalk Grammar School directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; 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 charges fees, set by the school. It takes boarders as well as day pupils.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Dundalk Grammar School has grown by 7% 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 post-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 post-primary schools, 4 have more pupils than Dundalk Grammar School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +7%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk Grammar School | 597 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | ||
| Coláiste Chú Chulainn | 885 | +44% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 1 km |
| Colaiste Rís | 616 | −2% | Catholic | Irish stream | 1.3 km | |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 928 | +0% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| St Mary's College | 916 | +24% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| Ó Fiaich College | 336 | +25% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| St Louis Secondary School | 524 | +14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
The other 11 post-primary schools in Co. Louth
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De La Salle College | 755 | +14% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| Bush Post Primary School | 833 | +29% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Ardee Community School | 1,306 | +35% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Scoil Ui Mhuiri | 644 | +20% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Ballymakenny College | 998 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| St. Joseph's C.B.S. | 1,128 | +44% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Our Lady's College | 965 | +3% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Oliver's Community College | 1,422 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Drogheda Grammar School | 557 | +43% | Quaker | English | 32 km | |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 717 | +11% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| St Mary's Diocesan School | 917 | +10% | Catholic | English | 32 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 ↗Dundalk, A91 FH00
Post-primary schools near Dundalk Grammar School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Dundalk Grammar School
Is Dundalk Grammar School 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 Dundalk Grammar School have?
597 pupils in 2025/26. That is +7% since 2019/20.
Does Dundalk Grammar School teach through Irish?
No: Dundalk Grammar School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Dundalk Grammar School?
Dundalk Grammar School has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Joint patronage between the Incorporated Society for Promoting Protestant Schools in Ireland and Dundalk Grammar School CLG.
How do pupils get a place at Dundalk Grammar School?
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 Dundalk Grammar School?
The nearest are Coláiste Chú Chulainn (1 km), Colaiste Rís (1.3 km) and St Vincent's Secondary School (1.5 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).