Shanagarry, Co. Cork scores 64/100 for quality of life, #41 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €440,529 (most €300,000–€484,581), it scores 56/100 for safety (67 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 700 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind 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 Shanagarry is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
700 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.
Shanagarry, Co. Cork, scores 64/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #41 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Shanagarry scores 56/100 on safety, ~67.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Shanagarry over the last 24 months was €440,529, most between €300,000 and €484,581 (Property Price Register).
Shanagarry is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 8% → 5%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
10 planning applications were lodged within Shanagarry in the last 12 months, covering 4 residential units (43 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Shanagarry scores 78/100 for families and community.
Shanagarry scores 60/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Shanagarry is about 37 minutes by road from Cork.
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.