Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim scores 66/100 for quality of life, #29 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €161,000 (most €86,000–€250,000), it scores 75/100 for safety (37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,667 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
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 Manorhamilton is #10 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,667 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.
Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #29 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Manorhamilton scores 75/100 on safety, ~37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Manorhamilton over the last 24 months was €161,000, most between €86,000 and €250,000 (Property Price Register).
Manorhamilton is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 16% → 13%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
About 1% of homes sold in Manorhamilton in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
10 planning applications were lodged within Manorhamilton in the last 12 months, covering 14 residential units (52 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Manorhamilton scores 75/100 for families and community.
Manorhamilton scores 52/100 for schools and education, with 4 schools in the area.
Manorhamilton is about 142 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.