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Its population rose 11% from 2016 to 2022. Home to 724 people, this town lies in Co. Cork.
Homes sell for a median €307,900, about 3.7 times what a household here earns in a year. 2% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Over-65s are only 5% of the population. Residents born outside Ireland: 9%.
Grenagh has no grades yet: Irish towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The 3 things Grenagh does most differently from other towns.
3 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grenagh.
Families in Grenagh have one school within 3 km. 197 pupils attend the one school within 3 km of the town.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Rath Dubh Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 197 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Grenagh | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −27% | +1% | +4% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 37% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 9% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No letters and no results: Ireland publishes none school by school.
No part of Grenagh is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Hardly any of its homes sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Grenagh | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0.4% | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
The year’s mean temperature is 10.0°C, below both Co. Cork’s towns (10.8°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C). Expect July highs of around 19.4°C in Grenagh. Winter lows in Grenagh average 2.5°C in January.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Grenagh | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain a year | 1,336 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
| July high | 19.4°C | 20.0°C | 19.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.0°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 2.5°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Allowing for its ages, Grenagh has 87 residents in bad health per 100 expected, below both Co. Cork’s towns (107) and Irish towns (113). Self-reported good health: 96% of the town’s residents. Disability touches 16% of the town’s population.
| Census 2022 | Grenagh | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 96% | 88% | 88% |
| With a disability | 16% | 24% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.1% | 2% | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.8% | 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
Just over one in ten households are private tenants. Social housing holds 6% of households, below both Co. Cork’s towns (14%) and Irish towns (13%).
| Housing | Grenagh | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 81% | 60% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 6% | 14% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 12% | 21% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €308K | €350K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area T23, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Walkers have 0.1 km per km² of paths and tracks, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (1.8 km per km²) and Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Per 1,000 residents, Grenagh has 6.6 ha of green space. One waymarked trail or greenway starts within 5 km.
| Outdoors | Grenagh | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paths per km² of town | 0.1 km per km² | 1.8 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Near a park | 100% | 90% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 3.6% | 4.1% | 2.7% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
The heaviest rain of the week is due on Tuesday, around 9 mm. Usually, November days warm to 11°C and nights cool to 4°C; Grenagh’s forecast is read against that. Only a trace of rain is due today, on a breeze of up to 24 km/h, with a low of 5°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 409 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 276 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 269 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 382 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
The jobless rate is 5.3%. 85% of commuters drove, above Co. Cork’s towns (71%) and Irish towns (66%) alike. Home was the main workplace for 13% of workers at the census.
| Census 2022 | Grenagh | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | €83,330 | €53,156 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 5.3% | 8% | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 74% | 69% | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 22% | 33% | 31% |
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.
8.5% were born abroad, below both Co. Cork’s towns (19%) and Irish towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for just over a tenth of the town.
50.0% of Grenagh’s residents are women
362 women and 362 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Grenagh | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 28% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 5% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 3.8% | 8.1% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 14% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 7.3% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 35% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Fianna Fáil lead Cork County Council with 19 of 55 seats, but no party has a majority: 28 are needed. Cork County Council is the council for Grenagh, and the only one: Ireland has a single tier of local government. This Co. Cork town sits in the Mallow local electoral area, which elects 5 councillors.
| Turnout | Grenagh | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 50% | 45% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 58% | 58% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Homes built before 1919 account for 1.4% of the housing. For its size, Grenagh has 28 inventory buildings per 10,000 residents, below Co. Cork’s towns (103) and Irish towns (48) alike. 3 archaeological sites are on the record.
| Heritage | Grenagh | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 28 | 103 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 1.4% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 3 | 11 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Grenagh; these are the best known within 40 km.
CastleBlarney Castle and Gardens9.7 km south
CathedralSt. Fin Barre's Cathedral16 km southeast
CathedralCathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne15 km southeast
ZooFota Wildlife Park25 km southeast · 415K visitors a year (2022)
CathedralSaint Colman's Cathedral28 km southeast
CastleMTU Blackrock Castle Observatory19 km southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Grenagh’s built heritage counts 2 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 3 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
3 notable people were born in Grenagh.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenagh | 724 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Blarney | 2,779 | 8.9 | A+ | C | A+ | A− |
| Tower | 3,300 | 9.5 | A | C | A+ | A− |
| Hollyhill and Ballincolly | 8,606 | 13 | C | C+ | C− | B |
| Fair Hill | 4,910 | 14 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 14 | C+ | A− | C | B |
| Knocknaheeny | 5,592 | 14 | D | C+ | C | D− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Grenagh had 724 people at the 2022 census, up from 654 in 2016: 10.7% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Grenagh is 34.2, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns. 28% of residents are under 15 and 5% are 65 or over.
Urban area in Co. Cork
Grenagh has 724 people, 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).