Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim scores 55/100 for quality of life, #81 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €260,000 (most €165,000–€289,000), it scores 75/100 for safety (37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,003 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 Drumshanbo is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,003 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.
Drumshanbo, 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.
Drumshanbo scores 75/100 on safety, ~37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Drumshanbo over the last 24 months was €260,000, most between €165,000 and €289,000 (Property Price Register).
Drumshanbo is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 16% → 9% — faster than nationally, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally.
About 4% of homes sold in Drumshanbo in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
4 planning applications were lodged within Drumshanbo in the last 12 months, covering 2 residential units (30 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Drumshanbo scores 87/100 for families and community.
Drumshanbo scores 45/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Drumshanbo is about 129 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 August 2026.