Tinure’s story
Tinure: 2 buildings on the National Inventory
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
- 1840Presbytery, Tinure
- 1890Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
TinureCo. Louth
With 530 residents, it is a town in Co. Louth.
6 places within 19 kmMap →
Photo: Jean Housen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Population
530
CSO, Census 2022 · Louth County Council
Median age
37.7
8% are 65+ · Co. Louth 14%
Degree level
40%
of residents 15+ · Irish towns 36%
Walk, cycle, transit
4%
of working residents · Irish towns 23%
Is Tinure a good place to live?
A median €356,800 buys a home here, 4.2 years of what the median household earns. Of those who commute, 4% go on foot, by bike or by public transport. The 2022 census put unemployment at 2%. Nearly a tenth of people here were born outside Ireland.
Tinure is too small to grade: Irish towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
What makes Tinure stand out
The 3 things Tinure does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
4% walk, cycle or ride
Against 23% in the median of Irish towns
CSO, Census 2022
Unemployment rate, Census 2022
Work
2% unemployment
Of the labour force, Census 2022 (the median of Irish towns: 9%)
59% of residents 15 and over are at work.
Born outside Ireland
Who lives here
9% were born abroad
Against 22% in the median of Irish towns
CSO, Census 2022
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tinure.
Natural hazards
Low radon and steady ground in Tinure; flooding isn’t measured here
For a swim, the nearest bathing water is Port, Lurganboy, 12 km from Tinure, rated excellent in 2025. Landslides: none of Tinure lies in a high-susceptibility zone. Radon is rarely a worry here: under 1% of homes are estimated above the reference level.
0%of homes in high-radon areas
Homes exposed · share of the town’s homes
In high-radon areas0%
On high landslide susceptibility0%
| Share of homes | Tinure | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | under 0.1% | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
12 km
to Port, Lurganboy bathing water (excellent)
188
homes mapped for these shares
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Climate
Summers stay cool in Tinure: July afternoons reach 19.3°C, below Co. Louth’s towns and Irish towns
Tinure gets 957 mm of rain a year. The year’s mean temperature is 9.8°C, below Co. Louth’s towns (10.2°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C) alike. The coldest nights come in January, when Tinure averages a low of 2.3°C.
19.3°CJuly afternoon high
Average afternoon highs by season · 1991–2020 averages
Winter8.2°C
Spring12.6°C
Summer18.7°C
Autumn13.6°C
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Tinure | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 19.3°C | 19.8°C | 19.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.8°C | 10.2°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 2.3°C | 2.7°C | 2.9°C |
| Rain a year | 957 mm | 826 mm | 937 mm |
19.3°C
July high
2.3°C
January low
957 mm
Rain a year
103 mm
Wettest month
43
Air frosts
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Health
For its ages, fewer people in Tinure live with a disability than in Co. Louth’s towns or Irish towns: 93 per 100 expected
92% of Tinure’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, higher than both Co. Louth’s towns (87%) and Irish towns (88%). Disability touches 19% of the town’s population. Weighed against its ages, bad health here runs at 121 per 100 expected.
92%good or very good health
Per 100 expected at the town’s ages · age-standardised
Bad health121
Disability93
Co. Louth133
Expected100
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 92%Fair 6%Bad or very bad 2%
| Census 2022 | Tinure | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 92% | 87% | 88% |
| With a disability | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2% | 2.3% | 2% |
121
bad health per 100 expected · Co. Louth 133
93
disability per 100 expected · Co. Louth 109
84 · 80.3
life expectancy, women · men, the Mid-East region, 2016
27%
hold a medical card, HSE Dublin and North East
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Housing
More households own their home in Tinure than in Co. Louth’s towns or across Irish towns: 93%
4% of households live in social housing. Private renters make up 3% of households, below both Co. Louth’s towns (20%) and Irish towns (22%).
€357Kmedian sale price
Median sale price · Eircode area, 2023–2025
Tinure€357K
Co. Louth€305K
Irish towns€350K
| Housing | Tinure | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 93% | 60% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 3% | 20% | 22% |
| Households in social housing | 4% | 19% | 13% |
| Median sale price | €357K | €305K | €350K |
93%
own their home · Irish towns 61%
3%
rent privately · Irish towns 22%
€1,433
a month on new tenancies, County Louth
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area A92, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Outdoors
Green space is close to home in Tinure: 100% of homes are within 400 m of some, more than Co. Louth’s towns or Irish towns
Green space comes to 0.1 ha per 1,000 people in Tinure, below Co. Louth’s towns (1.1 ha) and Irish towns (4.1 ha) alike. Woodland covers 1.5% of the land within 1 km, lower than both Co. Louth’s towns (1.7%) and Irish towns (2.7%).
100%of homes near green space
Green space per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 residents
Tinure0.1 ha
Co. Louth1.1 ha
Irish towns4.1 ha
| Outdoors | Tinure | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 100% | 74% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 km per km² | 1.0 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0% | 3.6% | 1.8% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 1.5% | 1.7% | 2.7% |
100%
Near a park
0.1 ha
Green space
0 km
Footpaths
1.5%
Woodland
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Weather
What today holds for Tinure: showers, up to 11 degrees
Today brings about 3 mm of rain and a breeze of up to 35 km/h; the low is 10°C. Rain peaks later in the week on Tuesday, at about 6 mm for the day. Judged by the averages, Tinure sees November days reach 10°C and nights fall to 4°C.
11°C / 10°CToday
This month and the next three, normal highs · 1991–2020 averages
November10°C
December8°C
January8°C
February9°C
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 2°C | 251 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 201 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 229 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 275 mm |
11°C / 10°C
Today
4.2 mm
Rain, next 24 hours
28 km/h
Wind
80%
Humidity
9 h 15 min
Daylight
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Work & commute
Only 3.5% of commuters in Tinure go to work without a car, fewer than in Co. Louth’s towns and Irish towns
Workers spend 30.9 min getting to work, on average. 83% of commuters drove, above both Co. Louth’s towns (66%) and Irish towns (66%). In addition, the census counted 13% of workers working mainly from home.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2022
Car or van83%
Bus1%
Train, DART or Luas1%
Walk1%
| Census 2022 | Tinure | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 2% | 12% | 9.2% |
| Median household income | €84,280 | €48,907 | €57,760 |
| Average trip | 30.9 min | 27 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 30% | 41% | 31% |
€84,280
household income, 2022 estimate · Co. Louth €54,600
13%
worked mainly from home, 2022
15%
trips of an hour or more
7,233
on the Live Register, County Louth, September 2026
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.
Who lives here
Tinure skews young, with 19% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than Co. Louth’s towns or Irish towns
1.2% speak Irish daily outside school, above Co. Louth’s towns (0.8%) and Irish towns (1.1%) alike. Over-65s are nearly a tenth of the population. Born abroad: 8.9% of residents.
37.7median age
TinureCo. LouthIreland
Ages · share of residents
19%
Highest education · residents 15 and older who have finished education
Primary or none8%
Lower secondary15%
Leaving Cert30%
Diploma or cert8%
Degree or higher40%
Women and men · all residents
48.5% of Tinure’s residents are women
257 women and 273 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Tinure | Co. Louth | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 19% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 8.1% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 7.5% | 13% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 15% | 16% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 30% | 36% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 8.1% | 5.9% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 40% | 30% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Louth and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Town hall
No party comes near a majority on Louth County Council: the largest holds 7 of 29
Half of voters turned out at the last local elections. Tinure answers to one council, Louth County Council; Ireland has no town tier. General election turnout: 61%, close to Co. Louth’s towns (61%) and above Irish towns (59%). No party holds a majority on Louth County Council: Sinn Féin lead with 7 of 29 seats, short of the 15 needed.
7/29seats held by Sinn Féin
Seats on Louth County · June 2024
Sinn Féin7
Independent7
Fine Gael6
Fianna Fáil6
Labour Party2
Green Party1
| Turnout | Tinure | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 50% | 48% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 61% | 61% | 59% |
6
Councillors
7/29
Sinn Féin seats on Louth County, the largest party
50%
turnout, June 2024
5
TDs elected for Louth
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
History
Tinure’s heritage: 2 buildings on the national inventory
Per 10,000 residents, Tinure counts 38 inventory buildings. 2.6% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Co. Louth’s towns (4.5%) and Irish towns (3.4%).
2inventory buildings
Buildings by NIAH rating · NIAH
International0
National0
Regional2
Among them
0
sites on the Sites and Monuments Record
1840
earliest dated inventory building
3%
homes built before 1919 · Irish towns 3%
| Heritage | Tinure | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archaeological sites on the record | 0 | 105 | 11 |
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 38 | 88 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 2.6% | 4.5% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Schools
Schools around Tinure have lost ground: pupils −9% since 2019, below Co. Louth’s towns and Irish towns
One school lies within 3 km of Tinure. The one school within 3 km of Tinure has 192 pupils.
1schools within 3 km
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S N Tigh an LubhairLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 192 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Tinure | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −9% | +9% | +4% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 39% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 3% | 8% |
192
pupils at schools within 3 km, 2025/26
−9%
pupils since 2019/20 · Irish towns +4%
0.4 km
to the nearest primary school
4.5 km
to the nearest secondary school
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No school here carries a letter or a result: Ireland publishes neither for individual schools.
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Monasterboice High Cross and Round Tower and 4 more in and around Tinure
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Tinure. Best known first.
Historic houseMonasterboice High Cross and Round Tower1 km outside town, to the south
CastleAthclare Castle2.5 km outside town, to the northeastHistoric houseHistoric houseCollon House4.1 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumIrish Military Museum & Park3.9 km outside town, to the southwestAttractionAttractionElizabeth Drummond Tower3.3 km outside town, to the southPlaces: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Monasterboice High Cross and Round Tower: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Athclare Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Tinure
15pages on Tinure
Landmarks
2 of Tinure’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance.
Famous people from around Tinure
No notable person born in Tinure is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
P
Pierce BrosnanIrish actor (born 1953) · born in DroghedaE
Evanna LynchIrish actress (born 1991) · born in Termonfeckin
Photo credits
Steve Staunton: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Colin O'Donoghue: vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0 · Mairead McGuinness: Photographer: Christophe Licoppe, CC BY 4.0 · Ian Harte: Jon Candy, CC BY-SA 2.0
Tinure’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
DunleerTullyallenArdeeDroghedaTermonfeckinCastlebellingham-KilsaranTinure
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinure | 530 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dunleer | 2,143 | 4.2 | — | B− | C− | C |
| Tullyallen | 1,697 | 6.1 | — | C− | C | A− |
| Ardee | 5,478 | 10 | C | B− | C | B− |
| Drogheda | 44,135 | 10 | C− | C | C | C+ |
| Termonfeckin | 1,983 | 11 | — | C− | C | C+ |
| Castlebellingham-Kilsaran | 1,232 | 11 | — | B− | A− | C+ |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Tinure
Has Tinure grown?
Tinure had 530 people at the 2022 census, up from 498 in 2016: 6.4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
How old are the people of Tinure?
The median age in Tinure is 37.7, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns. 23% of residents are under 15 and 8% are 65 or over.
About Tinure
Urban area in Co. Louth
530 people live in Tinure, in the area of Louth 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)
- Population
- 530 (CSO, Census 2022)
- County
- Louth
- Council
- Louth County Council
- Local electoral area
- Ardee
- Dáil constituency
- Louth
- Name in Irish
- Tigh an Iúir
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km²)
- CSO code
- UA:10016
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).