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Find your town in County Kilkenny

A new tenancy in the county cost €1,207 a month on average in 2025. Some 104,160 people lived in County Kilkenny in 2022. The county’s leader is Callan, placed #7 of the 320 ranked nationally. County Kilkenny grew by 5.0% between the 2016 and 2022 censuses. Households in the county have a median gross income of €58,186 (2022).

3graded towns
28places with a page
Kilkennylargest · 27,184
#7 in IrelandCallanA+#102 in IrelandFerrybankB+#112 in IrelandKilkennyB+
County Kilkenny at a glance

What County Kilkenny is like

Too few towns in County Kilkenny have an overall grade for a ranking, so this reads all 10 that have subject grades (1,000 residents or more). Against towns across Ireland, their middle town is strongest on safety and cost of living, weakest on health.

The median town, subject by subjectThe middle of the 10 towns in County Kilkenny with subject grades, against Irish towns · the line marks the median town in Ireland
How the towns in County Kilkenny grade overall3 ranked towns
A1B2

1 of 3 (33%) grade A− or better, against 25% of Irish towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for County Kilkenny, with what drives each gradeCounty report cardHow County Kilkenny compares with Ireland’s other counties, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subject
The finder

Find a town that’s…

Each town’s place in the country is beside it.

3 towns · in national order

A+

Callan

Town · 2,678 people

StrongestASafetyA−Cost of livingLowestCWalkability
B+

Ferrybank

Town · 5,766 people

StrongestA−Cost of livingB+Jobs & incomeLowestD−Hazard risk
B+

Kilkenny

Large town · 27,184 people

StrongestB+Cost of livingB+WalkabilityLowestCSafety
No overall grade

Towns without an overall grade

Each has its page and the subject grades it has; the reason it has no overall grade is beside it.

Thomastown2,305 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety B+, Cost of living B, Health C−, Jobs & income B−, Walkability C+, Hazard risk CGraiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch1,506 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A+, Cost of living A, Health C, Jobs & income D−, Walkability B, Hazard risk DCastlecomer1,496 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A, Cost of living A, Health D, Jobs & income C−, Walkability C+, Hazard risk APiltown1,275 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety B+, Cost of living A−, Health B, Jobs & income B−, Walkability B−, Hazard risk CUrlingford1,196 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A−, Cost of living A, Health C+, Jobs & income D, Walkability A−, Hazard risk A−Mooncoin1,184 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A+, Cost of living A, Health C, Jobs & income C, Walkability B, Hazard risk C+Ballyragget1,116 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety A, Cost of living A−, Health C, Jobs & income B+, Walkability C+, Hazard risk C+
Every town

18 smaller places in County Kilkenny

With every town of 1,000 or more above, these are the remaining places in County Kilkenny, A to Z: each has its page with its figures, too small for grades. The search at the top finds these too.

18 places under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
BallyhaleBennettsbridgeCloghFiddownFreshfordGoresbridgeGowranInistiogeJohnstownKellsKilmacowKilmogannyKnocktopherMoneenroeMullinavatPaulstownSlieverueStoneyford
Next door

Counties next to County Kilkenny

The counties that share a border with it: each one’s places, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.

Carlow17 places, 3 gradedLaois21 places, 3 gradedTipperary48 places, 9 graded · #1 Cahir (A)Waterford32 places, 12 graded · #1 Grange Upper (B)Wexford45 places, 5 graded · #1 Wexford (C)

Questions about County Kilkenny

How do the biggest towns in County Kilkenny grade?

Kilkenny grades B+ overall, with its best grade in cost of living. Next in size, Ferrybank grades B+, best in cost of living.

How does County Kilkenny compare with the other counties?

Its report card puts County Kilkenny 4th of 26 counties overall, a grade of A, from official county figures and its towns’ grades together; safety is its strongest subject there and growth its weakest.

Is every town in County Kilkenny on TownRatings?

Yes: every one has its page, listed here from the biggest town to the smallest place; size decides only how many grades a page carries.

Why isn’t my town ranked?

A county ranks its towns once five or more have an overall grade; County Kilkenny has fewer, so its towns stand in national order. Thomastown, Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch, Castlecomer, Piltown and 3 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.

Photos: Callan, A.-K. D. (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Ferrybank, John M (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Kilkenny, Donaldytong (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Irish towns against each other only, run #54 of 3 November 2026 · CSO, Census 2022 (population). 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).