Mullagh, Co. Cavan scores 57/100 for quality of life, #72 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €299,559 (most €245,000–€325,991), it scores 74/100 for safety (40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,286 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
These seven scores and the 57/100 are measured across the A82 Eircode area, not Mullagh alone — an area that takes in much of CAVAN. 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 Mullagh is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the A82 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan). Neither is measured for Mullagh on its own.
1,286 people.
Population is for Mullagh 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 Mullagh, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Mullagh, Co. Cavan, scores 57/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #72 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Mullagh scores 74/100 on safety, ~40.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Mullagh over the last 24 months was €299,559, with most sales between €245,000 and €325,991 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Mullagh over the last 24 months was €299,559, most between €245,000 and €325,991 (Property Price Register).
Mullagh is rated "Declining" — unemployment rose 12% → 12% — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 2 points — behind the national rise.
About 26% of homes sold in Mullagh in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
4 planning applications were lodged within Mullagh in the last 12 months, covering 4 residential units (17 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Mullagh scores 83/100 for families and community.
Mullagh scores 42/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Mullagh is about 67 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.