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Find your town in County Leitrim

At the top of the towns in County Leitrim stands Carrick-On-Shannon, #169 among 320 in the country. People in County Leitrim numbered 9.9% more in 2022 than at the 2016 census. The median household income across the county is €45,267 a year (2022). A new tenancy in the county cost €992 a month on average in 2025. Some 35,199 people lived in County Leitrim in 2022.

1graded town
14places with a page
Carrick-On-Shannonlargest · 4,743
#169 in IrelandCarrick-On-ShannonB−
County Leitrim at a glance

What County Leitrim is like

Too few towns in County Leitrim have an overall grade for a ranking, so this reads all 6 that have subject grades (1,000 residents or more). Against towns across Ireland, their middle town is strongest on cost of living and hazard risk, weakest on jobs & income.

The median town, subject by subjectThe middle of the 6 towns in County Leitrim with subject grades, against Irish towns · the line marks the median town in Ireland
How the towns in County Leitrim grade overall1 ranked town
B1

0 of 1 (0%) grade A− or better, against 25% of Irish towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for County Leitrim, with what drives each gradeCounty report cardHow County Leitrim 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.

1 town · in national order

B−

Carrick-On-Shannon

Town · 4,743 people

StrongestB+Cost of livingBHazard riskLowestC−Safety
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.

Manorhamilton1,667 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 D−Drumshanbo1,240 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety B+, Cost of living A−, Health C−, Jobs & income C+, Walkability D, Hazard risk B−Kinlough1,196 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety B+, Cost of living A−, Health C−, Jobs & income D, Walkability C+, Hazard risk A+Ballinamore1,112 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety B−, Cost of living A, Health B, Jobs & income D, Walkability B+, Hazard risk B+Mohill1,027 people · under 2,500 residents: subject grades, no overall grade.Graded on its page: Safety B−, Cost of living A, Health C+, Jobs & income D−, Walkability C, Hazard risk A
Every town

8 smaller places in County Leitrim

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

8 places under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
CarrigallenDromahairDrumkeeranDrumodDrumsnaKeshcarriganLeitrimTullaghan
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Counties next to County Leitrim

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

Cavan19 places, 5 graded · #1 Ballyjamesduff (B+)Donegal64 places, 6 graded · #1 Donegal (A−)Longford12 places, 1 gradedRoscommon22 places, 2 gradedSligo21 places, 1 graded

Questions about County Leitrim

How does County Leitrim compare with the other counties?

On its report card, which sets official figures for the whole county beside how its towns grade, County Leitrim comes 15th of 26 counties overall (C+). It does best on hazard risk and worst on walkability.

Is every town in County Leitrim 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 Leitrim has fewer, so its towns stand in national order. Manorhamilton, Drumshanbo, Kinlough, Ballinamore and 1 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.

Photos: Carrick-On-Shannon, Chris (CC BY-SA 2.0), 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).