Blarney, Co. Cork City scores 55/100 for quality of life, #83 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up”. The median home sells for €332,000 (most €250,000–€431,288), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 2,559 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — and pulling ahead of the national trend.
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 Blarney is #81 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
2,559 people.
Blarney, Co. Cork City, scores 55/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #83 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
Blarney scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Blarney over the last 24 months was €332,000, most between €250,000 and €431,288 (Property Price Register).
Blarney is rated "On the up" — unemployment fell 8% → 6%, in line with nationally, recorded crime falling.
About 20% of homes sold in Blarney in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
Blarney scores 55/100 for families and community.
Blarney scores 28/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Blarney is about 13 minutes by road from Cork.
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 August 2026.