Shanagolden, Co. Limerick scores 58/100 for quality of life, #69 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €265,000 (most €199,955–€282,250), it scores 42/100 for safety (88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 150 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 58/100 are measured across the V94 Eircode area, not Shanagolden alone — an area that takes in much of LIMERICK. 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 Shanagolden is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V94 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Limerick). Neither is measured for Shanagolden on its own.
150 people.
Population is for Shanagolden 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 Shanagolden, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Shanagolden, Co. Limerick, scores 58/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #69 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Shanagolden scores 42/100 on safety, ~88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Shanagolden over the last 24 months was €265,000, most between €199,955 and €282,250 (Property Price Register).
Shanagolden is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 11% → 8%, in line with nationally.
1 planning application was lodged within Shanagolden in the last 12 months (11 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Shanagolden scores 72/100 for families and community.
Shanagolden scores 46/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Shanagolden is about 36 minutes by road from Limerick.
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.