Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 453: a town in Co. Donegal.
Set against the median household income, the median home, at €203,300, costs 5.8 times as much. The car is not the only way to work here: 3% of commuters walk, cycle or use public transport. Outside school, three in five residents speak Irish every day. 72% of households own their home outright.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for Irish towns, so Mín Lárach has none.
The 3 things Mín Lárach does most differently from other towns.
5 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mín Lárach.
Since 2019/20, pupils changed +3%, below both Co. Donegal’s towns (+7%) and Irish towns (+4%). For secondary school, the closest is Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola, 5.9 km from the town. Within 3 km of Mín Lárach there are 6 schools (5 primary schools and 1 secondary school).
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Fhionáin Gaeltacht schoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 204 | Catholic |
| Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola DEISLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Community school | Post-primary · Community school | 455 | Inter-denominational |
| S N Cnoc na Naomh Gaeltacht schoolTeaches through IrishPrimary | Primary | 87 | Catholic |
| S.N. Gort an Choirce Gaeltacht schoolIn the DEIS schemePrimary | Primary | 40 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Mín Lárach | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teach through Irish | 83% | 7% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 38% | 35% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 0% | 39% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +3% | +7% | +4% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No letters, no results: Irish schools aren’t ranked one by one.
For a swim, the nearest bathing water is Magheraroarty, 3.4 km from Mín Lárach, rated excellent in 2025. Under 1% of homes locally are estimated to have radon above the reference level. Next to none of its homes lie low beside a river or the sea.
| Share of homes | Mín Lárach | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 28% | 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.
Averaged across the seasons, Mín Lárach sits at 10.0°C. January nights bottom out at 3.4°C locally, above Co. Donegal’s towns (2.5°C) and Irish towns (2.9°C) alike. The town gets 1,315 mm of rain a year.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Mín Lárach | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 17.5°C | 18.6°C | 19.9°C |
| January low | 3.4°C | 2.5°C | 2.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,315 mm | 1,316 mm | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.0°C | 9.7°C | 10.3°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Allowing for its ages, Mín Lárach has 98 residents with a disability per 100 expected, below both Co. Donegal’s towns (113) and Irish towns (106). 7.1% of residents in Mín Lárach care, unpaid, for a relative or friend. Self-reported good health: 85% of the town’s residents.
| Census 2022 | Mín Lárach | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 7.1% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 85% | 86% | 88% |
| With a disability | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2% | 2.4% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
The social rented sector houses 3% of households. Private renters make up 4% of households, below both Co. Donegal’s towns (24%) and Irish towns (22%).
| Housing | Mín Lárach | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 89% | 55% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 4% | 24% | 22% |
| Households in social housing | 3% | 15% | 13% |
| Median sale price | €203K | €181K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area F92, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Woodland covers 0.5% of the land within 1 km, below both Co. Donegal’s towns (4.5%) and Irish towns (2.7%). Every 1,000 residents of Mín Lárach share 1.6 ha of green space. 4 waymarked trails and greenways begin within 5 km.
| Outdoors | Mín Lárach | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 0% | 54% | 92% |
| Sea within 5 km | 54% | 8.7% | 0% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 11% | 4.7% | 1.8% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0.5% | 4.5% | 2.7% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
For Mín Lárach, a normal November afternoon peaks at 11°C, and a normal night bottoms out at 6°C. It should stay dry today, with a fresh breeze of up to 25 km/h and a low near 7°C. Over the coming week, highs run from 8°C to 11°C, with Thursday the warmest.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 4°C | 395 mm |
| Spring | 12°C | 6°C | 240 mm |
| Summer | 17°C | 11°C | 290 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 8°C | 390 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
55% of 15 to 64s were in work, below both Co. Donegal’s towns (63%) and Irish towns (68%). At the census, 83% of commuters went by car. The unemployment rate comes to 20%.
| Census 2022 | Mín Lárach | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 20% | 13% | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 55% | 63% | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 42% | 56% | 31% |
| Median household income | €35,160 | €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.
Graduates make up 27% of adults. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, below both Co. Donegal’s towns (12%) and Irish towns (12%). Those 65 and older account for 21% of residents.
50.8% of Mín Lárach’s residents are women
230 women and 223 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Mín Lárach | Co. Donegal | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 23% | 24% |
| 65+ | 21% | 16% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 23% | 14% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 28% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 4.5% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 27% | 29% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Donegal and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
No party holds a majority on Donegal County Council: Fianna Fáil lead with 10 of 37 seats, short of the 19 needed. One council serves Mín Lárach: Donegal County Council. 54% of voters turned out at the last local elections.
| Turnout | Mín Lárach | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 54% | 53% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 59% | 59% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Mín Lárach has 44 inventory buildings for every 10,000 residents. 5 archaeological sites are on the record, below both Co. Donegal’s towns (18) and Irish towns (11). Also worth knowing: 2.4% of homes date from before 1919.
| Heritage | Mín Lárach | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 44 | 105 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 5 | 18 | 11 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 2.4% | 4.7% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Mín Lárach; with them, the best known within 40 km.
National parkGlenveagh National Park19 km southeast
Castle · Office of Public WorksDoe Castle20 km east
CastleGlenveagh Castle20 km southeast
MuseumFort Dunree Military Museum39 km east
Historic houseGlebe House and Gallery26 km southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Mín Lárach’s built heritage counts 2 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 5 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
14% mostly work from home, and 42% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Mín Lárach had 453 people at the 2022 census, up from 430 in 2016: 5.3% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Mín Lárach is 47, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Donegal
453 people live in Mín Lárach, 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).