Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim scores 55/100 for quality of life, #80 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €193,750 (most €76,875–€246,000), it scores 74/100 for safety (40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 163 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than 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 Carrigallen is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
163 people.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim, scores 55/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #80 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Carrigallen scores 74/100 on safety, ~40.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Carrigallen over the last 24 months was €193,750, most between €76,875 and €246,000 (Property Price Register).
Carrigallen is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 19% → 12% — faster than nationally.
New builds are rare in Carrigallen — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
Carrigallen scores 82/100 for families and community.
Carrigallen scores 42/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Carrigallen is about 124 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 August 2026.