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Compare towns side by side

Pick any Irish town, or a neighbourhood of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway or Waterford, then add up to three more. Their grades for cost, safety and health sit next to each other, with home prices, rents, commuting and climate.

TryBalbriggan vs DroghedaBlanchardstown vs ClonsillaGreystones-Delgany vs Bray

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Most comparedA−Naas#9 of 14B−Newbridge#13 of 14
Neighbours
Well-known matchups

The rivalries people ask about

Towns people weigh up across the map: Killarney or Tralee, Drogheda or Dundalk and Athlone or Mullingar.

B−Killarney#3 of 5vsC−Tralee#5 of 5Compare →C−Drogheda#267 of 320 Irish townsvsC−Dundalk#266 of 320 Irish townsCompare →CAthlone#240 of 320 Irish townsvsC+Mullingar#201 of 320 Irish townsCompare →B+Kilkenny#112 of 320 Irish townsvsC−Carlow#264 of 320 Irish townsCompare →CSligo#226 of 320 Irish townsvsDLetterkenny#6 of 6Compare →BCastlebar#5 of 6vsAWestport#2 of 6Compare →C−Portlaoise#262 of 320 Irish townsvsC+Tullamore#204 of 320 Irish townsCompare →BDún Laoghaire#47 of 116vsBHowth#48 of 116Compare →BCobh#26 of 54vsAKinsale#10 of 54Compare →AMalahide#8 of 116vsBDalkey#54 of 116Compare →
Every county

Matchups in every county

The biggest neighbouring towns in each county. Open a county to see them.

County Cork12 matchups
County Dublin143 matchups
County Galway1 matchup
County Kildare10 matchups
County Limerick3 matchups
County Louth2 matchups
County Meath7 matchups
County Wexford1 matchup
County Wicklow6 matchups
How it works

Two to four towns, one page

1. Pick a townAny Irish town, or a neighbourhood of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway or Waterford.
2. Add up to three moreIts neighbours and look-alikes are one tap away.
3. Read the grades side by sideReport cards first, then prices, rents, commuting, climate and the map.
Not sure where to start? See the best places to live in Ireland, ranked on their grades.Ireland rankings →

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).