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Its population rose 11% from 2016 to 2022. 857 people live in this town in Co. Cork.
The median home here went for €197,000, 4.1 times the median household income. Its architectural heritage runs to 29 buildings on the national inventory. On the way to work, 11% walk, cycle or take the bus or train. A fifth of residents 15 and over hold a degree.
Doneraile isn’t graded: grades for Irish towns begin at 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Doneraile does most differently from other towns.
The record adds 5 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 19%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Doneraile.
Within 3 km of Doneraile there are 2 schools (1 primary school and 1 secondary school). DEIS, the support scheme, covers half of them, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (37%) and Irish towns (35%). For secondary school, the closest is Nagle Rice Secondary School, 0.6 km from the town.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canon Sheehan Primary School DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 174 | Catholic |
| Nagle Rice Secondary SchoolLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 260 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Doneraile | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +37% | +1% | +4% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 44% | 39% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 50% | 37% | 35% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Without school-level results from Ireland, the cards show no letters.
Radon: 100% of homes are in high-radon areas, above Co. Cork’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%) alike. 1.6% of homes stand on ground with high landslide susceptibility, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (0.4%) and Irish towns (0%). Only a handful of its homes, if any, sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Doneraile | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 1.6% | 0.4% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
July afternoons reach 19.8°C here, about level with both Co. Cork’s towns (20.0°C) and Irish towns (19.9°C). Taken over the whole year, the average temperature in Doneraile is 10.3°C. A year brings 1,076 mm of rain to Doneraile.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Doneraile | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.7°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.3°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| July high | 19.8°C | 20.0°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,076 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
A disability affects 26% of people in Doneraile. Allowing for its ages, Doneraile has 123 residents with a disability per 100 expected, above Co. Cork’s towns (110) and Irish towns (106) alike. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 3.5% of the town.
| Census 2022 | Doneraile | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad or very bad health | 3.5% | 2% | 2% |
| With a disability | 26% | 24% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 86% | 88% | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.7% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Home ownership stands at nearly half of households. Private renters make up nearly a fifth of households, below Co. Cork’s towns (21%) and Irish towns (22%) alike.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €193,500 | 52 |
| Housing | Doneraile | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 30% | 14% | 13% |
| Median sale price | €197K | €350K | €350K |
| Households owning their home | 49% | 60% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 19% | 21% | 22% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
A short walk to green space: 100% of homes, above both Co. Cork’s towns (90%) and Irish towns (92%). Its one park gives Doneraile 165 ha of green space. Protected nature near Doneraile includes Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC.
| Outdoors | Doneraile | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green space per 1,000 residents | 192.4 ha | 4.3 ha | 4.1 ha |
| Woodland within 1 km | 9.6% | 4.1% | 2.7% |
| Near a park | 100% | 90% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 1.3 km per km² | 1.8 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Tuesday stands out as the wet day ahead, with roughly 4 mm. In Doneraile, the November norm is a high of 11°C and a low of 5°C. Expect little more than a sprinkle today, wind picking up to 20 km/h, and a low of 4°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 321 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 220 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 228 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 308 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Commutes averaged 27.2 min, higher than Co. Cork’s towns (24.8 min) and near Irish towns (27.6 min). The unemployment rate comes to 14%. Driving is how 82% of commuters got to work at the census.
| Census 2022 | Doneraile | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In work, 15 to 64 | 57% | 69% | 68% |
| Unemployment rate | 14% | 8% | 9.2% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 42% | 33% | 31% |
| Median household income | €48,250 | €53,156 | €57,760 |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
17% of the people living here were born in another country. Daily Irish speakers outside school: 0.1%, below both Co. Cork’s towns (1.1%) and Irish towns (1.1%). Over-65s are 15% of the population.
Women make up 50.6% of Doneraile
434 women and 423 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Doneraile | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 13% | 8.1% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 43% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.8% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 20% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
At the general election 64% voted, above both Co. Cork’s towns (58%) and Irish towns (59%). No party holds a majority on Cork County Council: Fianna Fáil lead with 19 of 55 seats, short of the 28 needed. Doneraile is run by Cork County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government.
| Turnout | Doneraile | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 64% | 58% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 53% | 45% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
18.6% of homes date from before 1919. 5 archaeological sites are on the record, below Co. Cork’s towns (11) and Irish towns (11) alike. Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 29 buildings in Doneraile, each of regional importance.
| Heritage | Doneraile | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 338 | 103 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 18.6% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 5 | 11 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Doneraile. Best known first.
Historic houseDoneraile Estate100 m outside town, to the east
CastleCastlepook3.2 km outside town, to the north
Abbey or prioryBallybeg Priory St. Thomas5 km outside town, to the westCastleCastleKilcolman Castle3.6 km outside town, to the northwestAbbey or prioryAbbey or prioryBallybeg Augustinian Priory5 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 29 buildings in Doneraile, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded 5 sites here.
One notable person was born in Doneraile; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
Paul Kane: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · William O'Brien: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain · John Baptist Purcell: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doneraile | 857 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 6.2 | — | A− | B+ | C− |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 9.8 | C+ | A− | C | B |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 17 | B− | A+ | C− | C− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Doneraile had 857 people at the 2022 census, up from 773 in 2016: 10.9% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
7% mostly work from home, and 42% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
The median age in Doneraile is 39.2, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Cork
857 people live in Doneraile, in the area of Cork County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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).