Town comparison · Drumshanbo vs Keshcarrigan

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Drumshanbo or Keshcarrigan?

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.

Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim · N41 · 1,003 people | Keshcarrigan, Co. Leitrim · N41 · 238 people

Drumshanbo and Keshcarrigan are closely matched. Each leads on 1 of the 7 dimensions, with 5 level.

Drumshanbo leads on
public transport
Keshcarrigan leads on
education levels
18259

Drumshanbo aheadlevel or not comparableKeshcarrigan ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DrumshanboKeshcarrigan
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area N41 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. 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.

Drumshanbo
Keshcarrigan

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.

1,003
Population
238

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€257k
Median sale pricelower is better
€185k
Keshcarrigan leads
€159k – €289k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€122k – €218k
52
Sales (24m)
19
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
3.8%
New-build share
N/A

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
0 prim · 0 sec
Drumshanbo leads
Drumshanbo · 2 schools (largest first)
Drumshanbo Vocational School Secondary
467 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St Patricks Ns Primary
246 pupils · Catholic
Keshcarrigan · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
3
Creches
0
Drumshanbo leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
1
Pharmacies
0
Drumshanbo leads
0
Hospitals
0
7
Bus stops
0
Drumshanbo leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
2
Gyms & leisure
0
Drumshanbo leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
0
Drumshanbo leads
5
Sports pitches
4
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
1
Keshcarrigan leads
2
Cafés
0
Drumshanbo leads
2
Pubs & bars
0
Drumshanbo leads
1
Takeaways
0
Drumshanbo leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
201
Residents per venuelower is better
238
Drumshanbo 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
0
Drumshanbo leads
2
Convenience shops
1
Drumshanbo leads
1
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Drumshanbo leads
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
0
1
Hairdressers
0
Drumshanbo leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
0
0
EV charging
0
6
Library & community centre
0
Drumshanbo leads
91
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
238
Drumshanbo 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.

129m · ~155 rush
Galway
129m · ~155 rush
133m · ~170 rush
Dublin
133m · ~170 rush
175m · ~195 rush
Limericklower is better
174m · ~190 rush
Keshcarrigan leads
215m · ~230 rush
Waterfordlower is better
214m · ~230 rush
Keshcarrigan leads
250m · ~270 rush
Corklower is better
249m · ~270 rush
Keshcarrigan leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-6.6
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6.3
Keshcarrigan leads
Drumshanbo · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9DrumshanboDisadvantaged
-4DrumshanboBelow average
Keshcarrigan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-10KeshcarriganDisadvantaged
-3KeshcarriganBelow average
31.3%
Third-level educated
33.3%
Keshcarrigan leads
31.8%
Professional class
35.9%
Keshcarrigan leads
12.8%
Unemploymentlower is better
14.8%
Drumshanbo leads
67.0%
Owner-occupier
71.2%
Keshcarrigan leads
16.2%
Private rental
13.2%
11.8%
Social housing (LA)
13.7%

Liveability & safety

AREA · N41 / N41

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (DrumshanboN41, KeshcarriganN41); safety & crime are the Sligo/Leitrim Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

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 (N41 / 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.

DrumshanboKeshcarriganOverall (avg)
Safety62756275
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2222
Family8787
Education4545
Environment6363
Economic3939
020406080100020406080100
#66
National rank
#66
#1
County rank
#1
75/100
Safety
75/100
37.3
Crime / 1,000
37.3

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.

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.
Keshcarrigan Below average-6.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Keshcarrigan -10 (least affluent) → Keshcarrigan -3 (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 (Sligo/Leitrim), 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.

Homes for sale in Drumshanbo

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