Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,196 in Co. Leitrim.
Kinlough’s standout strength is cost of living (A−): home prices sit at a median €190,000, which is 4.5 years of the town’s median household income. Work and incomes lag: jobs reach 62% of 15 to 64s, and unemployment is 13%. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: for every 100 its ages would predict, 110 residents are in bad health and 131 have a disability. Natural hazards weigh less here than in most Irish towns: almost no homes are above the radon reference level.
Figures: prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · work and health, CSO Census 2022 · radon, EPA. Kinlough has subject grades but no overall grade: Irish towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Rents for this town aren't published on their own, so its Cost Grade uses the county's average rent. Health less sure: few enough residents report bad health that the town's figure could be well above or below its true level. This town's Hazard risk Grade uses radon and landslides only: open LiDAR heights don't cover enough of its homes to measure flooding, so flood isn't counted for or against it.
The 3 things Kinlough does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Kinlough with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Kinlough has subject grades but no overall grade: Irish towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
The record adds 3 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 1%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kinlough.
Bundoran, 4.1 km from Kinlough, is the closest bathing water; it was rated excellent in 2025. Radon is rarely a worry locally: under 1% of homes are estimated above the reference level. Also worth knowing: 0.1% of homes stand on ground with high landslide susceptibility, about level with Irish towns (0%).
| Share of homes | Kinlough | Co. Leitrim | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0.1% | – | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | – | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Getting to work takes 24.9 min on average. The car took 84% of commuters, above Irish towns (66%). Home was the main workplace for 7.4% of workers at the census.
| Census 2022 | Kinlough | Co. Leitrim | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 48% | – | 31% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 62% | – | 68% |
| Unemployment rate | 13% | – | 9.2% |
| Median household income | €41,830 | – | €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.
17% live in social housing, higher than Irish towns (13%). The owner-occupied share of households is 57%. Private tenants account for 24% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €190,000 | 83 |
| Housing | Kinlough | Co. Leitrim | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €190K | – | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 17% | – | 13% |
| Households owning their home | 57% | – | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 24% | – | 22% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
34% of people in the HSE West and North West health region hold a medical card. At the census, 26% of people here had a disability, above Irish towns (22%). Unpaid caring falls to 5.9% of Kinlough’s residents.
| Census 2022 | Kinlough | Co. Leitrim | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 26% | – | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.9% | – | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.8% | – | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
The graded crime recorded most in Kinlough was assaults and harassment (2023–2025). Homes see 3.7 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Every kind together came to 21.7 per 1,000 residents a year, below Irish towns (54.3).
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Kinlough | Co. Leitrim | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary & damage | 3.7 | – | 6.4 |
| All recorded crime | 21.7 | – | 54.3 |
| Theft | 2 | – | 15.3 |
| Violent crime | 4 | – | 5.7 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
A year brings 1,307 mm of rain to Kinlough. Across the year it averages 9.8°C, below Irish towns (10.3°C). This Co. Leitrim town sees January nights of 2.7°C on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Kinlough | Co. Leitrim | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 18.3°C | – | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,307 mm | – | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.8°C | – | 10.3°C |
| January low | 2.7°C | – | 2.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Among the protected sites near Kinlough is Lough Melvin SAC. Within 1 km, just over a tenth of the land is woodland, above Irish towns (2.7%). 100% of homes have green space within 400 m.
| Outdoors | Kinlough | Co. Leitrim | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 11% | – | 2.7% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 16% | – | 1.8% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.1 km per km² | – | 2.1 km per km² |
| Sea within 5 km | 11% | – | 0% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
0.5% speak Irish daily outside school, lower than Irish towns (1.1%). Among adults, 30% have a degree. Born abroad: nearly a quarter of residents.
Women make up 51.8% of Kinlough
619 women and 577 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Kinlough | Co. Leitrim | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 26% | – | 20% |
| 15–24 | 12% | – | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | – | 29% |
| 45–64 | 23% | – | 24% |
| 65+ | 13% | – | 14% |
| Primary or none | 12% | – | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 16% | – | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 35% | – | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 7.4% | – | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 30% | – | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Leitrim and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
General election turnout: 61%, higher than Irish towns (59%). Leitrim County Council is the council for Kinlough, and the only one: Ireland has a single tier of local government. There is no majority on Leitrim County Council; Fianna Fáil have the most seats, 6 of 18, short of 10.
| Turnout | Kinlough | Co. Leitrim | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 66% | – | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 61% | – | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Scaled to its population, Kinlough has 42 inventory buildings per 10,000 people, below Irish towns (48). The pre-1919 share of homes is 1.3%. 3 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie in and around the town.
| Heritage | Kinlough | Co. Leitrim | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 42 | – | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 1.3% | – | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 3 | – | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
The nearest secondary, Magh Ene College, is 3.2 km away. 3 schools lie within 3 km of Kinlough: 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school. DEIS, the support scheme, covers 33% of them, about level with Irish towns (35%).
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Masters N.S. Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 289 | Catholic |
| Magh Ene CollegeLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 333 | Inter-denominational |
| St Macartans Central DEISIn the DEIS schemePrimary | Primary | 276 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Kinlough | Co. Leitrim | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | – | 39% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | – | 8% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +1% | – | +4% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Results by school aren’t published in Ireland, so the cards carry none.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Kinlough. Best known first.
Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 5 buildings in Kinlough, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded 3 sites here.
One notable person was born in Kinlough; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinlough | 1,196 | — | — | A− | B+ | C− |
| Bundoran Donegal | 2,599 | 3.4 | C | A− | C− | C− |
| Ballyshannon Donegal | 2,246 | 8.9 | — | A− | C | C− |
| Manorhamilton | 1,667 | 17 | — | A+ | A− | C− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Kinlough had 1,196 people at the 2022 census, up from 1,121 in 2016: 6.7% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Kinlough is 35.2, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns. 26% of residents are under 15 and 13% are 65 or over.
Urban area in Co. Leitrim
Kinlough has 1,196 people, in the area of Leitrim 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) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). 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).