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Welcome to St Francis National School

St Francis NS is located in Blackrock, County Louth.  We were established in 2007 and we are now an 18 class Primary School, with 2 classes per year and two Special Autism Classes.  We are a vibrant and supportive community and we strive to bring out the best in every child, working alongside parents to achieve this aim.

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Pupils’ News

6th Class CPR Training

On the 24th September, St. Francis 6th Classes had the invaluable opportunity to learn the life saving skill of CPR by the Blackrock and Haggardstown defibrillator group.  As we were learning compressions, we were having an educational experience performing ...

Ruby’s Gaelic Trophy

Victory! I won a trophy for player of the week because I was a good listener.  I was a team player and I scored 4 times.  It was Gaelic for the Joes and my coach is called Declan.  He's ...

School News

Visit from Newgrange Falconry

Today, 4th of October, is St Francis Day, the day of our school's patron Saint. For this special day we arranged a visit from Newgrange Falconry, who showed our senior classes their fascinating birds of prey. Thank you to ...

Visit from Farmer Tom

Today we received a visit from Farmer Tom with Agri Aware, who drove all the way from County Laois with his farm animals and set up a petting zoo for our junior classes. Thank you to Tom and Agri ...

2024 Prize Giving

Today, Monday 24th June, we held our annual prizegiving assembly in the school hall. Complete list of winners is: Síológa A Aoibhe Matthews Arijus Blankas Ember Carolan Hazel Coburn-Duffy Tyler Fay Oliver McCourt Síológa B Israel Perkone James Johnston Jack ...

School Activities

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