Town comparison · Carrigallen vs Drumshanbo

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Carrigallen or Drumshanbo?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 52 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim · H12 · 163 people | Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim · N41 · 1,003 people

Drumshanbo is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Carrigallen’s 1, with 3 level.

Carrigallen leads on
affordability
Drumshanbo leads on
affluenceeducation levelspublic transport
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Carrigallen aheadlevel or not comparableDrumshanbo ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CarrigallenDrumshanbo
iCarrigallen sits in H12, Drumshanbo in N41. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it’s actually measured at. The town ahead on a row is the one in green. Scores and percentages are charted against a true 0 to 100 scale; every other row is charted against the larger of the two towns, so the bars compare but don’t imply a ceiling.

Outlines are each town’s CSO Small Areas — the exact footprint every figure is measured over.

Carrigallen
Drumshanbo

Size

TOWN · census

Resident population at the 2022 CSO census, summed over the Small Areas that make up each town. Not scored: a bigger town isn’t a better one, it just explains why the counts below differ.

163
Population
1,003

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€203k
Median sale pricelower is better
€260k
Carrigallen leads
€97k – €261k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€175k – €294k
35
Sales (24m)
51
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
0.0%
New-build share
3.9%

Schools, health & amenities

TOWN · counts

Facilities in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.

1 prim · 1 sec
Schools
1 prim · 1 sec
Carrigallen · 2 schools (largest first)
Carrigallen Vocational School Secondary
311 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Carrigallen N S Primary
175 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Drumshanbo · 2 schools (largest first)
Drumshanbo Vocational School Secondary
467 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St Patricks Ns Primary
246 pupils · Catholic
3
Creches
3
1
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
1
Drumshanbo leads
0
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
7
Drumshanbo leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
2
Drumshanbo leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
2
Drumshanbo leads
1
Sports pitches
5
Drumshanbo leads

Social life

TOWN · counts

Places to eat, drink and go out in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. The residents per venue row is the fairer read — raw counts just track town size, so a big town wins by being big.

0
Restaurants
0
0
Cafés
2
Drumshanbo leads
0
Pubs & bars
2
Drumshanbo leads
1
Takeaways
1
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
163
Residents per venuelower is better
201
Carrigallen leads

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

1
Supermarkets
1
1
Convenience shops
2
Drumshanbo leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Drumshanbo leads
0
Banks
0
1
Post offices
0
Carrigallen leads
0
Hairdressers
1
Drumshanbo leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
1
Filling stations
0
Carrigallen leads
0
EV charging
0
0
Library & community centre
6
Drumshanbo leads
41
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
91
Carrigallen leads

Commute by car

TOWN · from centre

Drive time from the town centre to each city centre — typical off-peak, with an estimated weekday rush hour. OSRM road routing.

124m · ~160 rush
Dublinlower is better
133m · ~170 rush
Carrigallen leads
144m · ~170 rush
Galwaylower is better
129m · ~155 rush
Drumshanbo leads
182m · ~200 rush
Limericklower is better
175m · ~195 rush
Drumshanbo leads
213m · ~225 rush
Waterfordlower is better
215m · ~230 rush
Carrigallen leads
248m · ~270 rush
Corklower is better
250m · ~270 rush
Carrigallen leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-8.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6.6
Drumshanbo leads
Carrigallen · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9Carrigallen WestDisadvantaged
-7Carrigallen WestBelow average
Drumshanbo · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9DrumshanboDisadvantaged
-4DrumshanboBelow average
27.0%
Third-level educated
31.3%
Drumshanbo leads
30.1%
Professional class
31.8%
Drumshanbo leads
15.4%
Unemploymentlower is better
12.8%
Drumshanbo leads
64.2%
Owner-occupier
67.0%
Drumshanbo leads
21.8%
Private rental
16.2%
11.3%
Social housing (LA)
11.8%

Liveability & safety

AREA · H12 / N41

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Carrigallen → H12, Drumshanbo → N41); safety & crime are the Cavan/Monaghan Garda division.

62/100
Quality of Life
62/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (H12 / N41) from official data — Garda crime, CSO income & census, OPW flood, EPA water, and transport/healthcare/broadband coverage. Refreshed quarterly. The dashed line is each town’s overall score (that average) — dimensions to its right beat the average, to its left fall short. Two towns can share a score with a very different mix.

CarrigallenDrumshanboOverall (avg)
Safety62746275
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2422
Family8287
Education4245
Environment7663
Economic3439
020406080100020406080100
#66
National rank
#66
#1
County rank
#1
74/100
Safety
75/100
Drumshanbo leads
40
Crime / 1,000lower is better
37.3
Drumshanbo leads

Affluence range

Pobal HP deprivation index, published per Electoral Division, so the spread shows the town’s poorest to richest ED. A town that is a single ED shows one mark, no range.

Carrigallen Disadvantaged-8.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Carrigallen West -9 (least affluent) → Carrigallen West -7 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Drumshanbo Below average-6.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Drumshanbo -9 (least affluent) → Drumshanbo -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

TOWN
Prices, amenities and commute are exact and town-specific.

Prices come from individual PPR sales inside the town’s Small-Area boundary; schools, GPs, transport, gyms and parks are counted the same way; commute is routed from the town centre.

ED
Affluence, profile and tenure are Electoral-Division level.

Published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town’s EDs, with a range where the town spans several.

AREA
Liveability and safety are wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety and crime are the Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan), coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population growth isn’t shown: the 2016 and 2022 censuses don’t use the same Small Areas, and the areas that were re-cut are the ones that grew, so a like-for-like comparison understates growth badly. Rent and yield are still too sparse to show per town. Built from 6 CSO Small Areas.

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