Town comparison · Kingscourt vs Mullagh

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Kingscourt or Mullagh?

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.

Kingscourt, Co. Cavan · A82 · 2,264 people | Mullagh, Co. Cavan · A82 · 1,286 people

Kingscourt is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Mullagh’s 1, with 2 level.

Kingscourt leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiesaffordability
Mullagh leads on
access to its nearest city
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Kingscourt aheadlevel or not comparableMullagh ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KingscourtMullagh
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area A82 — 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.

Kingscourt
Mullagh

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.

2,264
Population
1,286

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€278k
Median sale pricelower is better
€300k
Kingscourt leads
€213k – €308k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€243k – €326k
86
Sales (24m)
71
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
33.7%
New-build share
25.4%

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.

2 prim · 1 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Kingscourt leads
Kingscourt · 3 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Dún An Rí Secondary
689 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St Josephs N S Primary
370 pupils · Catholic
Cabra Central N S Primary
53 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Mullagh · 1 schools (largest first)
St Killians N S Primary
335 pupils · Catholic
3
Creches
3
N/A
GP practices
N/A
2
Pharmacies
1
Kingscourt leads
0
Hospitals
0
5
Bus stops
4
Kingscourt leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
2
Gyms & leisure
2
1
Parks & playgrounds
4
Mullagh leads
14
Sports pitches
8
Kingscourt 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.

4
Restaurants
1
Kingscourt leads
4
Cafés
0
Kingscourt leads
8
Pubs & bars
2
Kingscourt leads
4
Takeaways
1
Kingscourt leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
113
Residents per venuelower is better
322
Kingscourt 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
Kingscourt leads
5
Convenience shops
1
Kingscourt leads
4
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Kingscourt leads
2
Banks
0
Kingscourt leads
1
Post offices
1
7
Hairdressers
4
Kingscourt leads
2
Dentists
0
Kingscourt leads
0
Vets
0
3
Filling stations
1
Kingscourt leads
0
EV charging
0
4
Library & community centre
2
Kingscourt leads
78
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
129
Kingscourt 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.

78m · ~115 rush
Dublinlower is better
67m · ~100 rush
Mullagh leads
165m · ~190 rush
Galwaylower is better
153m · ~175 rush
Mullagh leads
176m · ~190 rush
Waterfordlower is better
164m · ~180 rush
Mullagh leads
192m · ~210 rush
Limericklower is better
179m · ~195 rush
Mullagh leads
237m · ~260 rush
Corklower is better
224m · ~245 rush
Mullagh leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-6.4
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-13.1
Kingscourt leads
Kingscourt · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9KingscourtDisadvantaged
-4KingscourtBelow average
Mullagh · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-14MullaghDisadvantaged
-12MullaghDisadvantaged
28.1%
Third-level educated
19.9%
Kingscourt leads
28.0%
Professional class
31.5%
Mullagh leads
12.7%
Unemploymentlower is better
12.2%
Mullagh leads
65.5%
Owner-occupier
87.2%
Mullagh leads
19.4%
Private rental
7.7%
11.8%
Social housing (LA)
0.0%

Liveability & safety

AREA · A82 / A82

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KingscourtA82, MullaghA82); safety & crime are the Cavan/Monaghan 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 (A82 / A82) 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.

KingscourtMullaghOverall (avg)
Safety62746274
Affordability9494
Infrastructure2626
Family8383
Education4242
Environment8484
Economic3434
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#66
National rank
#66
#1
County rank
#1
74/100
Safety
74/100
40
Crime / 1,000
40

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.

Kingscourt Below average-6.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kingscourt -9 (least affluent) → Kingscourt -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Mullagh Disadvantaged-13.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Mullagh -14 (least affluent) → Mullagh -12 (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 11 CSO Small Areas.

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The stronger town on the data.

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