KeenaghCo. Longford vs NewtownforbesCo. LongfordTown level

The same comparison as the area page, but measured for the town itself, not the whole Eircode routing key.

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iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area N39 — 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.
Keenagh
Newtownforbes

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

TOWNS
Keenagh
Co. LONGFORD · in N39 · pop · 4 small areas
Newtownforbes
Co. LONGFORD · in N39 · pop 1,970 · 3 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€139k
€100k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€139k – €139k
€100k – €100k
Sales (24m)
6
1
Price momentum (YoY)
New-build share
33.3%
0.0%
Schools, health & amenities● TOWN · counts
Count of each facility whose location falls inside the town boundary. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Keenagh · 1 schools (largest first)
Naomh Dominic N S Primary
119 pupils · Catholic
Newtownforbes · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Mhuire N S Primary
324 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
1
1
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
0
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
4
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
1
Parks & playgrounds
1
1
Sports pitches
2
2
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.
Galway
92m · ~115 rush
110m · ~135 rush
Dublin
103m · ~140 rush
97m · ~130 rush
Limerick
130m · ~150 rush
147m · ~165 rush
Waterford
167m · ~180 rush
179m · ~195 rush
Cork
197m · ~220 rush
213m · ~235 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.3
-4.4
Keenagh · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-5KilcommockBelow average
Newtownforbes · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6Newtown ForbesBelow average
-1CaldraghBelow average
Third-level educated
33.6%
34.6%
Professional class
32.1%
34.1%
Unemployment
9.9%
9.3%
Owner-occupier
61.6%
67.8%
Private rental
11.3%
19.1%
Social housing (LA)
24.6%
10.7%
Liveability & safety● AREA · N39 / N39
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KeenaghN39, NewtownforbesN39); safety & crime are the Roscommon/Longford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
58/100
58/100
National rank
#89
#89
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
77/100
77/100
Crime / 1,000
35
35

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.

Keenagh Below average-5.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Kilcommock) — below the national average.
Newtownforbes Below average-4.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Newtown Forbes -6 (least affluent) → Caldragh -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

● TOWN
Prices, amenities & commute — exact, 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. The figures the routing-key area page can't give you.

● ED
Affluence, profile & tenure — Electoral-Division level.

Pobal HP, third-level, class, unemployment, tenure are published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town's EDs — a range where the town spans several EDs (see the bar above).

● AREA
Liveability & safety — wider-area, not the town.

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

Population & growth are loaded for ~7 counties so far (not Leinster yet); rent & yield are too sparse per town. Tap Schools or Affluence to drill in. Built from 7 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KeenaghNewtownforbes
The verdict

Keenagh is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 1 of the 7 dimensions to Newtownforbes’s 0, with 6 level: access to its nearest city. Newtownforbes doesn’t lead on any.

Higher is better on every spoke — affluence, education, amenity density, transport, safety, affordability and nearest-city access, scored head-to-head.

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