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A town of 415 in Co. Kerry.
Prices run to a median €222,500, 5.3 times local household income. 4% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 17% of adults have a degree. It skews older: 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Ballylongford isn’t graded: grades for Irish towns begin at 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Ballylongford does most differently from other towns.
The record adds 1 archaeological site.
Homes built before 1919: 9%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ballylongford.
Ballylongford’s nearest bathing water is Cappagh Pier, Kilrush, 8.7 km away, rated excellent in 2025. 26% of homes stand low near the coast, higher than both Co. Kerry’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%). By estimate, fewer than one home in a hundred in the town has radon above the reference level.
| Share of homes | Ballylongford | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near the coast | 26% | 0% | 0% |
| Low-lying near a river | 1% | 9.2% | 0.5% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Winter lows in Ballylongford average 3.7°C in January. The year’s mean temperature is 10.9°C, close to Co. Kerry’s towns (10.9°C) and above Irish towns (10.3°C). The town gets 1,237 mm of rain a year.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Ballylongford | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 19.3°C | 19.6°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,237 mm | 1,339 mm | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.9°C | 10.9°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 3.7°C | 3.7°C | 2.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
For its ages, Ballylongford has 131 people in bad health for every 100 expected, higher than both Co. Kerry’s towns (106) and Irish towns (113). Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 3.2% of the town. A disability affects 21% of people in the town.
| Census 2022 | Ballylongford | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad or very bad health | 3.2% | 2.3% | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 6.7% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 89% | 86% | 88% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
12% of households rent from a council or housing body. Private renters make up 15% of households, below both Co. Kerry’s towns (27%) and Irish towns (22%).
| Housing | Ballylongford | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 69% | 53% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 15% | 27% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €223K | €232K | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 12% | 18% | 13% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area V31, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Among the protected sites near Ballylongford is Lower River Shannon SAC. A short walk to green space: 47% of homes, below both Co. Kerry’s towns (77%) and Irish towns (92%).
| Outdoors | Ballylongford | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 47% | 77% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 25% | 12% | 1.8% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 km per km² | 0.6 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
The heaviest rain of the week is due on Tuesday, around 5 mm. For Ballylongford, a normal November afternoon peaks at 12°C, and a normal night bottoms out at 6°C. A dry day with a stiff breeze lies ahead today: wind building to 22 km/h, then a low of 5°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 10°C | 4°C | 384 mm |
| Spring | 14°C | 6°C | 229 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 12°C | 265 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 8°C | 359 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Before tax, the average household brings in €42,000 a year. 63% of 15 to 64s were in work, below Co. Kerry’s towns (67%) and Irish towns (68%) alike. The jobless rate is 11%.
| Census 2022 | Ballylongford | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 30.8 min | 21.7 min | 27.6 min |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 63% | 67% | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 31% | 53% | 31% |
| Median household income | €42,000 | €42,580 | €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.
0.8% speak Irish daily outside school, below Co. Kerry’s towns (1.1%) and Irish towns (1.1%) alike. Foreign-born residents make up 20% of the population. The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents.
Women make up 50.1% of Ballylongford
208 women and 207 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Ballylongford | Co. Kerry | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 18% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 26% | 18% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 18% | 11% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 24% | 15% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 34% | 37% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.2% | 6.5% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 17% | 31% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Kerry and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
At the general election, 65% of voters took part. Independent lead Kerry County Council with 11 of 33 seats, but no party has a majority: 17 are needed. Ballylongford is run by Kerry County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government.
| Turnout | Ballylongford | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 57% | 62% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 65% | 65% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total. The Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 sites here, below both Co. Kerry’s towns (19) and Irish towns (11). Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 5 buildings in Ballylongford, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded one site here.
| Heritage | Ballylongford | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 120 | 94 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 9.3% | 4.5% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 1 | 19 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
One school lies within 3 km of Ballylongford. Pupils at the school within 3 km of the town: 61.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S N Oilibhear Naofa DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 61 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Ballylongford | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 29% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 11% | 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.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Ballylongford. Best known first.
Castle · Office of Public WorksCarrigafoyle Castle1.6 km outside town, to the north
Abbey or prioryLislaughtin Abbey300 m outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 5 buildings in Ballylongford, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded one site here.
6 notable people were born in Ballylongford.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballylongford | 415 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kilrush Clare | 2,649 | 9.8 | C+ | A+ | C | D |
| Listowel | 4,794 | 11 | C+ | B+ | C | B− |
| Ballybunion | 1,618 | 13 | — | C+ | B | C− |
| Kilkee Clare | 1,214 | 18 | — | A− | B− | B− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Ballylongford is 50.1, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
8% mostly work from home, and 31% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Ballylongford had 415 people at the 2022 census, up from 414 in 2016: 0.2% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Kerry
415 people live in Ballylongford, in the area of Kerry 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).