school — Station Road

Detached two-bay two-storey former national school, built 1875, having double-height gabled end bay and gabled projecting porch to front (west) elevation, and single-storey return to rear. Now in use as pre-school. Pitched slate roof with decorative timber bargeboards, eaves supports, and cast-iron rainwater goods and finials. Roughcast rendered walls, with smooth rendered plinth course, inscribed smooth render fascia to apex of end bay to front reading 'Raheny National School'. Square-headed window opening to front, with concrete chamfered sill and lintel, chamfered red brick reveals, pointed arch window opening to south elevation having chamfered red brick surround with black brick impost moulding, terracotta tiles to tympanum, chamfered concrete sill, and timber coloured glass windows with steel grilles. Pointed arch door opening to front, having chamfered red brick surround with black brick impost moulding, timber battened door having decorative strap hinges, overlight, and granite step. Site enclosed by roughcast rendered boundary walls with smooth render capping. Double-leaf steel gates flanked by square-plan rendered piers to north and south of walls, with garden to front of building.