St Marks Preschool

Sessional and part time preschool places for children aged 2 years 8 months to 5 years are available at St Mark's Youth & Family Centre on Cookstown Lane, Tallaght, Dublin 24. The playschool runs Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 14:00 and operates on a seasonal basis. Both the ECCE programme and the National Childcare Scheme are in place. The service began in the early 1980s as The Farm Playschool and is community based, serving the surrounding area. It sits within a wider centre established in 1973, based at St Mark's House since 1983, which also hosts an afterschool club, karate, drama, dance and scouting and youth groups. The centre opens 09:00 to 22:00 on weekdays and 09:00 to 18:00 at weekends.