Doohamlat, Co. Monaghan scores 60/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €225,000 (most €202,500–€247,500), it scores 68/100 for safety (40.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 287 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 60/100 are measured across the A75 Eircode area, not Doohamlat alone — an area that takes in much of Monaghan. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the A75 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan). Neither is measured for Doohamlat on its own.
287 people.
Population is for Doohamlat 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 Doohamlat, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Doohamlat, Co. Monaghan, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Doohamlat scores 68/100 on safety, ~40.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Doohamlat over the last 24 months was €225,000, with most sales between €202,500 and €247,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Doohamlat over the last 24 months was €225,000, most between €202,500 and €247,500 (Property Price Register).
Doohamlat is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 11% → 6%, in line with nationally.
2 planning applications were lodged within Doohamlat in the last 12 months, covering 45 residential units (8 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Doohamlat scores 79/100 for families and community.
Doohamlat scores 31/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Doohamlat is about 87 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 October 2026.