Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
28 of its buildings are on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. In Co. Longford, this town has 1,058 residents.
Housing is within reach: the median home here went for €164,000, 4.1 times the median household income. Walkability is a strength too: 27% of commuters walk, cycle or take the bus or train, against 23% in the typical Irish town. The weak point is jobs & income — 64% of people aged 15 to 64 are in work, and unemployment is 13%. It lags on hazard risk as well — an estimated 18% of homes are above the radon reference level. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety and B− for health.
Figures: prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · commuting, work and health, CSO Census 2022 · radon, EPA · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025. Granard is graded subject by subject, but Irish towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.
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 Granard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Granard with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Granard is graded subject by subject, but Irish towns need 2,500 residents for an overall grade.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
The record adds 5 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 11%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Granard.
DEIS, the support scheme, covers 50% of them, higher than Irish towns (35%). Families in Granard have 6 schools within 3 km to choose from: 4 primary schools and 2 secondary schools. Cnoc Mhuire is the nearest secondary school, 0.5 km away.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sacred Heart Primary NS DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 250 | Catholic |
| Cnoc MhuireLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 579 | Catholic |
| Ardscoil Phadraig DEISIn the DEIS schemePost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 351 | Multi-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Granard | Co. Longford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +21% | – | +4% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | – | 39% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | – | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 50% | – | 35% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Ireland doesn’t publish results for individual schools, so none of these carries a letter.
Owners make up 42% of households, lower than Irish towns (61%). Private tenants account for 32% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €163,000 | 49 |
| Housing | Granard | Co. Longford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €164K | – | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 25% | – | 13% |
| Households owning their home | 42% | – | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 32% | – | 22% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
No part of Granard is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Very few of its homes sit on low ground by water.
| Share of homes | Granard | Co. Longford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 100% | – | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | – | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Household income came to €39,740 a year before tax, lower than Irish towns (€57,760). Getting to work takes 22.1 min on average. Home was the main workplace for 5.9% of workers at the census.
| Census 2022 | Granard | Co. Longford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 57% | – | 31% |
| Average trip | 22.1 min | – | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €39,740 | – | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 13% | – | 9.2% |
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.
A year brings 1,080 mm of rain, above Irish towns (937 mm). Averaged across the seasons, Granard sits at 9.2°C. Add to that, a July afternoon in Granard typically reaches 19.2°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Granard | Co. Longford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 1.4°C | – | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.2°C | – | 10.3°C |
| July high | 19.2°C | – | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,080 mm | – | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Its paths and tracks come to 0.1 km per km², below Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Green space lies within 400 m of 100% of homes.
| Outdoors | Granard | Co. Longford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paths per km² of town | 0.1 km per km² | – | 2.1 km per km² |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0.3% | – | 2.7% |
| Near a park | 100% | – | 92% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Showers may brush past today without adding up to much, on a breeze of up to 23 km/h; the coldest it gets is 6°C. Afternoon temperatures for the rest of the week run from 6°C at the low end to 10°C on Thursday. In a typical November, days climb to about 10°C and nights sink to 3°C, the yardstick for Granard’s forecast.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 1°C | 303 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 4°C | 218 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 10°C | 264 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 6°C | 294 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Daily Irish speakers outside school: 0.7%, lower than Irish towns (1.1%). Born abroad: 29% of residents. Over-65s are 15% of the population.
Women make up 48.4% of Granard
512 women and 546 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Granard | Co. Longford | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | – | 20% |
| 15–24 | 13% | – | 12% |
| 25–44 | 32% | – | 29% |
| 45–64 | 20% | – | 24% |
| 65+ | 15% | – | 14% |
| Primary or none | 24% | – | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 16% | – | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 40% | – | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.5% | – | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 14% | – | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Longford and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
One council serves Granard: Longford County Council. Fine Gael lead Longford County Council with 8 of 18 seats, but no party has a majority: 10 are needed. The town sits in the Granard local electoral area, which elects 5 councillors.
| Turnout | Granard | Co. Longford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 65% | – | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 58% | – | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, above Irish towns (3.4%). Archaeologists have recorded 5 sites here. Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 28 buildings in Granard, each of regional importance.
| Heritage | Granard | Co. Longford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 265 | – | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 10.7% | – | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Among the graded crimes in Granard, the most frequent was assaults and harassment (2023–2025). Burglary and damage came to 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than Irish towns (6.4). All told, 34.4 crimes per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.
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 | Granard | Co. Longford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theft | 2.9 | – | 15.3 |
| Burglary & damage | 4.5 | – | 6.4 |
| All recorded crime | 34.4 | – | 54.3 |
| Violent crime | 4.3 | – | 5.7 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
At the census, 84% of people in Granard called their health good or very good, lower than Irish towns (88%). Ages taken into account, Granard counts 99 people with a disability for every 100 predicted. A disability affects 20% of people here.
| Census 2022 | Granard | Co. Longford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | – | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.5% | – | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 4.8% | – | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 20% | – | 22% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Granard; with it, the best known within 40 km.
CathedralSt. Mel's Cathedral21 km west
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksFore Abbey21 km southeast
CathedralThe Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim26 km north
CathedralCathedral of Christ the King30 km south
CastleTullynally Castle16 km southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 28 buildings in Granard, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded 5 sites here.
7 notable people were born in Granard.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granard | 1,058 | — | — | A− | B | B− |
| Edgeworthstown | 2,199 | 12 | — | A− | C+ | C− |
| Castlepollard Westmeath | 1,349 | 17 | — | A | A | D |
| Ballinagh Cavan | 1,012 | 18 | — | A | B | C |
| Drumlish | 1,124 | 18 | — | B | B+ | D |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Granard had 1,058 people at the 2022 census, up from 914 in 2016: 15.8% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Granard is 36.5, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns. 21% of residents are under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
67% of working residents drive to work and 27% walk, cycle or take the bus or train (the median of Irish towns: 23%).
Urban area in Co. Longford
1,058 people live in Granard, in the area of Longford 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).