An Fál Carrach, Co. Donegal scores 52/100 for quality of life, #94 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €125,000 (most €80,000–€150,000), it scores 71/100 for safety (44.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 829 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on transport & services.
Updated September 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 52/100 are measured across the F92 Eircode area, not An Fál Carrach alone — an area that takes in much of DONEGAL. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
Ranked on quality of life alone — cost of living excluded, so the genuinely best areas rank top even though they cost more. Factor in price and An Fál Carrach is #85 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F92 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Donegal). Neither is measured for An Fál Carrach on its own.
829 people.
Population is for An Fál Carrach itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around An Fál Carrach, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
An Fál Carrach, Co. Donegal, scores 52/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #94 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
An Fál Carrach scores 71/100 on safety, ~44.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in An Fál Carrach over the last 24 months was €125,000, with most sales between €80,000 and €150,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in An Fál Carrach over the last 24 months was €125,000, most between €80,000 and €150,000 (Property Price Register).
An Fál Carrach is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 26% → 14% — faster than nationally.
3 planning applications were lodged within An Fál Carrach in the last 12 months (43 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
An Fál Carrach scores 75/100 for families and community.
An Fál Carrach scores 31/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
An Fál Carrach is about 229 minutes by road from Dublin.
Sale prices from the Property Price Register (rolling 24 months). Quality of Life averages seven equal-weighted dimensions from 40+ metrics across 13 public datasets (CSO census + SAPS, Garda crime, SEAI, EPA, DES schools, GTFS). Population is CSO Census 2022; the “on the up” trajectory compares 2016→2022. Figures refresh daily · an area assessment, not advice on a specific property. Updated September 2026.