Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 311 residents and lies in Co. Donegal.
The median home here went for €140,700, 4.3 times the median household income. Public transport, bikes and feet take one in ten commuters to work. The median household takes in €32,640 a year before tax. Homes here sold for a median €191,400 over 2023 to 2025.
Ailt An Chorráin has no grades yet: Irish towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The 3 things Ailt An Chorráin does most differently from other towns.
8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ailt An Chorráin.
Families in Ailt An Chorráin have 2 schools within 3 km to choose from: 2 primary schools. 100% of the schools are in the DEIS scheme, higher than both Co. Donegal’s towns (38%) and Irish towns (35%).
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S N na hAcrai DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 70 | Catholic |
| Scoil an Aingil Choimheadai Gaeltacht schoolTeaches through IrishPrimary | Primary | 14 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Ailt An Chorráin | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teach through Irish | 50% | 7% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 38% | 35% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Letters and results are missing here for a reason: Ireland publishes neither school by school.
For a swim, the nearest bathing water is Carrickfinn, 8.2 km from Ailt An Chorráin, rated excellent in 2025. Under 1% of homes in the town are estimated to have radon above the reference level. Few of its homes stand low beside water.
| Share of homes | Ailt An Chorráin | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 2.4% | 0.5% | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
January nights bottom out at 3.3°C in Ailt An Chorráin, above Co. Donegal’s towns (2.5°C) and Irish towns (2.9°C) alike. Taken over the whole year, the average temperature in the town is 9.9°C. This Co. Donegal town gets 1,414 mm of rain a year.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Ailt An Chorráin | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 17.6°C | 18.6°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,414 mm | 1,316 mm | 937 mm |
| January low | 3.3°C | 2.5°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.9°C | 9.7°C | 10.3°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
37% of residents have a disability, above Co. Donegal’s towns (25%) and Irish towns (22%) alike. Disability, age-adjusted: 145 for every 100 expected in Ailt An Chorráin. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 5.4% of the town.
| Census 2022 | Ailt An Chorráin | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 75% | 86% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.4% | 2.4% | 2% |
| With a disability | 37% | 25% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 9% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Owners make up 64% of households. 27% live in social housing, above both Co. Donegal’s towns (15%) and Irish towns (13%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €140,700 | 34 |
| Housing | Ailt An Chorráin | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 27% | 15% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 7% | 24% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €141K | €181K | €350K |
| Households owning their home | 64% | 55% | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Within 1 km, 0.3% of the land is woodland, below Co. Donegal’s towns (4.5%) and Irish towns (2.7%) alike. Among the protected sites near Ailt An Chorráin is Rutland Island. 12 waymarked trails and greenways start within 5 km.
| Outdoors | Ailt An Chorráin | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 0% | 54% | 92% |
| Sea within 5 km | 44% | 8.7% | 0% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 10% | 4.7% | 1.8% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0.3% | 4.5% | 2.7% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Tuesday stands out as the wet day ahead, with roughly 3 mm. Set beside Ailt An Chorráin’s forecast, a normal November runs from 6°C at night to 11°C by day. The sky keeps its rain today; wind tops out at 15 km/h, and the low reaches 9°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 421 mm |
| Spring | 12°C | 6°C | 258 mm |
| Summer | 17°C | 11°C | 318 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 8°C | 417 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Unemployment stands at 16%. The average trip to work took 20.6 min, close to Co. Donegal’s towns (20.9 min) and below Irish towns (27.6 min). The census found 9.5% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
| Census 2022 | Ailt An Chorráin | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In work, 15 to 64 | 53% | 63% | 68% |
| Unemployment rate | 16% | 13% | 9.2% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 57% | 56% | 31% |
| Median household income | €32,640 | €39,838 | €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.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.7% of the population. Children under 15 make up 16%, lower than both Co. Donegal’s towns (21%) and Irish towns (20%). Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
54.0% of Ailt An Chorráin’s residents are women
168 women and 143 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Ailt An Chorráin | Co. Donegal | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 23% | 24% |
| 65+ | 24% | 16% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 21% | 14% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 25% | 16% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 29% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.2% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 21% | 29% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Donegal and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Turnout at the last local elections was 54%, about level with Co. Donegal’s towns (53%) and above Irish towns (46%). Donegal County Council is the council for Ailt An Chorráin, and the only one: Ireland has a single tier of local government. Fianna Fáil lead Donegal County Council with 10 of 37 seats, but no party has a majority: 19 are needed.
| Turnout | Ailt An Chorráin | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 54% | 53% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 59% | 59% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Homes from before 1919 make up 7.7% of the total. 6 of Ailt An Chorráin’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance.
| Heritage | Ailt An Chorráin | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 193 | 105 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 7.7% | 4.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 0 | 18 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Ailt An Chorráin; with it, the best known within 40 km.
National parkGlenveagh National Park24 km east
Castle · Office of Public WorksDoe Castle40 km northeast
CastleGlenveagh Castle30 km east
Historic houseGlebe House and Gallery33 km eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
6 of Ailt An Chorráin’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance.
2 notable people were born in Ailt An Chorráin; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ailt An Chorráin | 311 | — | — | — | — | — |
| An Clochán Liath | 1,247 | 5.5 | — | B+ | C | C− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
16% mostly work from home, and 57% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Ailt An Chorráin had 311 people at the 2022 census, up from 299 in 2016: 4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Ailt An Chorráin is 50.3, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Donegal
Ailt An Chorráin has 311 people, in the area of Donegal 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).