Drumkeeran, Co. Leitrim scores 55/100 for quality of life, #81 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks. The median home sells for €123,500 (most €92,500–€140,000), it scores 75/100 for safety (37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 287 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated September 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
These seven scores and the 55/100 are measured across the N41 Eircode area, not Drumkeeran alone — an area that takes in much of LEITRIM. 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 Drumkeeran is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the N41 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Sligo/Leitrim). Neither is measured for Drumkeeran on its own.
287 people.
Population is for Drumkeeran 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 Drumkeeran, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Drumkeeran, Co. Leitrim, scores 55/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #81 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Drumkeeran scores 75/100 on safety, ~37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Drumkeeran over the last 24 months was €123,500, with most sales between €92,500 and €140,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Drumkeeran over the last 24 months was €123,500, most between €92,500 and €140,000 (Property Price Register).
5 planning applications were lodged within Drumkeeran in the last 12 months, covering 2 residential units (10 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Drumkeeran scores 87/100 for families and community.
Drumkeeran scores 45/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Drumkeeran is about 138 minutes by road from Galway.
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.