Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
229 people call this town in Co. Limerick home.
Half the homes sold for more than €311,900, a price of 5.7 times what the median household earns. The car is not the only way to work here: 8% of commuters walk, cycle or use public transport. 14% of adults are graduates. Nearly one in ten residents were born outside Ireland.
Pallasgreen has no grades yet: Irish towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The 3 things Pallasgreen does most differently from other towns.
The record adds 1 archaeological site.
Homes built before 1919: 8%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pallasgreen.
Families in Pallasgreen have one school within 3 km. 113 pupils attend the one school within 3 km of the town.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicker N.S.Largest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 113 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Pallasgreen | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −18% | +3% | +4% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 46% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 12% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Without school-level results from Ireland, the cards show no letters.
The ground under Pallasgreen carries no high landslide susceptibility. Under 1% of homes here are estimated to have radon above the reference level. Hardly any of its homes sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Pallasgreen | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 0% | 9.3% | 0.5% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
The year’s mean temperature is 10.2°C, below Co. Limerick’s towns (10.5°C) and close to Irish towns (10.3°C). January nights in Pallasgreen drop to 2.5°C on average. Also worth knowing: this Co. Limerick town gets 1,070 mm of rain a year.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Pallasgreen | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.5°C | 2.9°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.2°C | 10.5°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 1,070 mm | 1,034 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
At the census, 5.4% of people here described their health as bad or very bad. Allowing for its ages, Pallasgreen has 287 residents in bad health per 100 expected, higher than both Co. Limerick’s towns (171) and Irish towns (113). Asked at the census, 80% of residents of Pallasgreen said they were in good or very good health.
| Census 2022 | Pallasgreen | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 86% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.4% | 2.9% | 2% |
| With a disability | 34% | 25% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 7% | 5.5% | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Private tenants account for just over one in ten households. 48% of households own their home, below both Co. Limerick’s towns (59%) and Irish towns (61%).
| Housing | Pallasgreen | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 41% | 13% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 11% | 27% | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 48% | 59% | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area V94, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
100% of homes are within 400 m of green space, higher than both Co. Limerick’s towns (91%) and Irish towns (92%). Pallasgreen offers 9.6 ha of green space per 1,000 residents.
| Outdoors | Pallasgreen | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 km per km² | 2.5 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Woodland within 1 km | 4.7% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 2.2% | 9.6% | 1.8% |
| Near a park | 100% | 91% | 92% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
7.9% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. In work: 54% of residents aged 15 to 64, below both Co. Limerick’s towns (61%) and Irish towns (68%). Workers spend 25 min getting to work, on average.
| Census 2022 | Pallasgreen | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 17% | 11% | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 54% | 61% | 68% |
| Average trip | 25 min | 23 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 29% | 37% | 31% |
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.
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, higher than both Co. Limerick’s towns (15%) and Irish towns (14%). Children under 15 count for 21% of the people here.
Women make up 54.1% of Pallasgreen
124 women and 105 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Pallasgreen | Co. Limerick | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 31% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 23% | 24% |
| 65+ | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 13% | 11% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 25% | 16% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 45% | 35% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 3.4% | 5.6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 14% | 31% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Limerick and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Limerick City and County Council is led by a mayor its voters elect: John Moran (Independent), elected on 7 June 2024. 61% of voters cast a ballot at the general election. No party holds a majority on Limerick City and County Council: Fine Gael lead with 13 of 40 seats, short of the 21 needed.
| Turnout | Pallasgreen | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 59% | 48% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 61% | 55% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
7.7% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Co. Limerick’s towns (3.8%) and Irish towns (3.4%). Beneath and around the town lie 1 recorded archaeological sites. The national inventory of architectural heritage lists 3 buildings in Pallasgreen, each rated of regional importance. One archaeological site is on the record here.
| Heritage | Pallasgreen | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 131 | 15 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 7.7% | 3.8% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 1 | 10 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Pallasgreen; with it, the best known within 40 km.
CastleRock of Cashel31 km east
CathedralSt John's Cathedral22 km northwest
CastleBunratty Castle35 km northwest
Castle · Office of Public WorksCahir Castle35 km southeast
Abbey or prioryGlenstal Abbey11 km northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The national inventory of architectural heritage lists 3 buildings in Pallasgreen, each rated of regional importance. One archaeological site is on the record here.
2 notable people were born in Pallasgreen; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
John O'Leary: Frederick Hollyer, Public domain · John Lacey: quintinsmith_ip, CC BY 2.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pallasgreen | 229 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Caherconlish | 1,569 | 9.5 | — | C+ | A | D− |
| Moroe | 1,432 | 10 | — | C | B+ | C− |
| Tipperary Tipperary | 5,387 | 16 | C+ | A+ | C | D |
| Newport Tipperary | 2,183 | 16 | — | B+ | A+ | C |
| Annacotty | 3,398 | 17 | C+ | D | D | A− |
| Castletroy | 15,093 | 18 | C− | D | D | A− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
5% mostly work from home, and 29% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Pallasgreen had 229 people at the 2022 census, up from 223 in 2016: 2.7% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Pallasgreen is 40.6, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Limerick
Pallasgreen has 229 people, in the area of Limerick City and 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).