Creches in Dublin 9: Glasnevin, Santry, Whitehall & Ballymun

We list 5 services with a Glasnevin, Dublin 9 register address: Hyde & Seek Childcare (full daycare), Magic Days Creche & Montessori School (full daycare, part-time, sessional), Na Fianna Preschool (sessional), Prospect Montessori (sessional) and Tír na nÓg (sessional). Most of Glasnevin is in Dublin 11, where we list 7 more services with a Glasnevin address: see creches in Finglas and Dublin 11.

Yes. We list one service with a Drumcondra register address: The Learning Tree Creche and Montessori (full daycare). Drumcondra borders Glasnevin and Whitehall, and the services we list there are under those headings above. Check each profile’s address to see which is most convenient for you.

Santry is split between Dublin 9 and Dublin 17. The Santry services we list with a D09 Eircode are Little Rainbows Santry (full daycare, part-time, sessional) and Once Upon a Time Santry (full daycare). For every Santry service we list, see creches in Santry.

10 of the 13 services we list in Dublin 9 include full daycare in their listed care type: An Cosán Early Years Whitehall (full daycare, sessional), Axis Centre (full daycare, sessional), Ballymun East Community Centre (full daycare, part-time, sessional), Early Journeys Quality Childcare (full daycare), Hyde & Seek Childcare (full daycare), Little Learners @ Westfield (full daycare), Little Rainbows Santry (full daycare, part-time, sessional), Magic Days Creche & Montessori School (full daycare, part-time, sessional), Once Upon a Time Santry (full daycare) and The Learning Tree Creche and Montessori (full daycare). The other 3 list sessional or part-time care. Ask each service about places for your child’s age and the hours you need.

We list 13 services in 6 areas: Glasnevin, Ballymun, Whitehall, Drumcondra, Beaumont, Santry. The list grows as we add services from Tusla’s register, so check the full list for neighbouring areas too.

Each service sets its own fees, so ask for a quote when you enquire. Services in the State’s Core Funding scheme can charge no more than €280 a week for a full-day place of 40 to 49 hours 59 minutes in 2026/27, and the universal NCS subsidy of €96.30 a week brings that to no more than €183.70 (gov.ie). See our guide to creche fees in Dublin.

The National Childcare Scheme can be used at any participating Tusla-registered provider. The universal subsidy is €2.14 an hour for up to 45 hours a week, and the income-assessed subsidy depends on your family’s circumstances (ncs.gov.ie). Services marked NCS above are flagged as participating; for the others, ask the provider. Our NCS calculator gives a weekly estimate.

A child must be 2 years and 8 months old on or before 31 August to start ECCE that September, and it gives 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 38 weeks (Citizens Information). For 2026/27, children born between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2023 are eligible (ncs.gov.ie). Read how ECCE works with the NCS.

Early years services must register with Tusla, which publishes inspection reports. Search Tusla’s early years register by the service’s name or Eircode. Our guide to Tusla inspection reports explains how to read them. Our creche ratios guide sets out the staffing rules inspectors check.

Dublin 9 includes most of Drumcondra and Whitehall, parts of Beaumont and Donnycarney, the Dublin 9 side of Santry (the rest is in Dublin 17), the St Mobhi Road and Botanic Gardens side of Glasnevin, and the part of Ballymun east of Ballymun Road. Most of Glasnevin, and Ballymun west of Ballymun Road, are in Dublin 11: see creches in Finglas and Dublin 11.

Part of Santry is in Dublin 9, and the Santry services we list have D09 Eircodes, so they appear here as well as on our Santry page.