Dromin N.S.
Dromin, Dunleer, Co. Louth · A92 VP44 · Roll number 06576N
Dromin N.S. is one of 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Dunleer. Every school in and around Dunleer →
What stands out about Dromin N.S.
- 97 pupils, near the middle for primary schools in Ireland (the median is 131).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−2%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- The smallest of the 3 primary schools around Dunleer.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Armagh; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Dunleer’s outline, 2.6 km away; listed with Dunleer, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Dromin N.S. had 97 pupils in 2025/26, down from 111 in 2015/16 (−13%). Girls are 52% of them. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Dromin N.S.
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 Dromin N.S. 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 Dromin N.S.
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 Dromin N.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Dromin N.S. 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Dromin N.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−2%). All the schools around Dunleer together changed by +11%.
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 Dromin N.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −2%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dromin N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | ||
| S.N. San Nioclas | 49 | −49% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| S.N. Chaoimhin Naofa | 148 | +16% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. | 202 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| S.N. Chill Sarain | 161 | −15% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| S N Mhuire na Trocaire | 339 | +15% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Ardee Monastery | 244 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
The other 62 primary schools in Co. Louth
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Tigh an Lubhair | 192 | −9% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Ardee Educate Together NS | 177 | +17% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| S.N. Naomh Fhionain | 100 | +1% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| S.N. Columcille | 151 | −13% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Ballapousta NS | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Fainche | 190 | −14% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Dromiskin Mixed N.S. | 234 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Scoil Dairbhre Mixed | 71 | −26% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 172 | −13% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Walshestown N.S. | 95 | −19% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Tallonstown N.S. | 276 | −15% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| S.N. Tulach Aluinn | 411 | −17% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 201 | −18% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Mochta's National School | 181 | +20% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Fhursa | 229 | −8% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St. Francis National School | 441 | +53% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa | 353 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha | 503 | +13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Presentation Convent | 385 | +37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Callystown Mixed N.S. | 261 | −18% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Knockbridge Mixed N.S. | 285 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Naomh Seosamh | 293 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Aston Village Educate Together National School | 375 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Náisíunta Naomh Feichín | 307 | +5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School | 575 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Naomh Peadar | 92 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre Sn | 359 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| S.N. Aonghusa | 147 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Rathmullan N.S. | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Pauls Senior N.S. | 466 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| S.N. Ard Mhuire C | 315 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan | 214 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Marys Parish Primary School | 967 | −13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Le Cheile Educate Together NS | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Josephs N.S. | 574 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Mhuire na nGael | 624 | −8% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh C | 233 | −16% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh N | 220 | −15% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh B | 246 | +7% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Dun Dealgan N.S. | 84 | −2% | Presbyterian | English | 18 km | |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora B | 169 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora C | 160 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| C.b.s. Primary | 524 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Réalt na Mara School | 467 | +0% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Nicholas Monastery NS | 164 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. San Nioclas | 148 | −3% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Castletown Rd Convent | 191 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 164 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Bellurgan N.S. | 112 | −13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 187 | +10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 206 | +2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Faughart Community National School | 102 | +122% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 82 | +173% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Rath Corr | 56 | −16% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Dulargy Mixed N.S. | 150 | −23% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| S.N. Mullach Bui | 62 | −2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| S N Talamh na Manach | 139 | +7% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 89 | −28% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Olivers N.S. | 120 | −28% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 67 | −25% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcan | 69 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
Living in Dunleer
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A92 Eircode area
Housing in Dunleer →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 Co. Louth
Cost of living in Dunleer →New tenancies in Co. Louth averaged €1,433 a month in 2025, against €1,318 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Dunleer, A92 VP44
Primary schools near Dromin N.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Dromin N.S.
Is Dromin N.S. 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 Dromin N.S. have?
97 pupils in 2025/26. That is −2% since 2019/20.
Does Dromin N.S. teach through Irish?
No: Dromin N.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Dromin N.S.?
Dromin N.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Armagh.
How do pupils get a place at Dromin N.S.?
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 Dromin N.S.?
The nearest are S.N. San Nioclas (2.5 km), S.N. Chaoimhin Naofa (3 km) and Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. (3.2 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 Dunleer; 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).