Barack Obama poses for a photograph in Moneygall

MoneygallCo. Offaly

Population 374: a town in Co. Offaly. The population grew 15% between 2016 and 2022.

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Photo: Pete Souza ( Executive Office of the President of the United States ) · Public domain

Population

374

CSO, Census 2022 · Offaly County Council

Median age

40.9

18% are 65+ · Co. Offaly 15%

Degree level

27%

of residents 15+ · Irish towns 36%

Walk, cycle, transit

of working residents · Irish towns 23%

Is Moneygall a good place to live?

At a median €190,600, a home costs 3.4 times the town’s median household income. On the way to work, 8% walk, cycle or take the bus or train. It skews older: 18% of residents are 65 or over.

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Moneygall falls below the line for grades among Irish towns.

What makes Moneygall stand out

The 3 things Moneygall does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Walk, cycle or public transport

Getting around

8% walk, cycle or ride

The median of Irish towns: 23%

CSO, Census 2022

Median sale price

Housing

49% below the median of Irish towns, €372,600

Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

18% are 65 or over

The median of Irish towns: 14%

CSO, Census 2022

3 places on the register, on Moneygall’s outline

Moneygall’s story

Moneygall: 20% of homes built before 1919

3 buildings on the National Inventory inside Moneygall.

The record adds 5 archaeological sites.

1780Moneygall Church
1860Hayes
1880J. Collison

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Moneygall.

Natural hazards

Moneygall has low radon and steady ground, but its flood exposure isn’t measured

The EPA’s radon map puts 2.3% of homes in Moneygall above the reference level. No part of Moneygall is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Only a handful of its homes, if any, sit low beside water.

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	Moneygall	Co. Offaly	Ireland
In high-radon areas	0%	0%	0%
On high landslide susceptibility	0%	0%	0%

222

homes mapped for these shares

Full pageMoneygall’s flood & hazards pageOpen the page

Low-lying homes0% of homes · Homes low beside water GroundHigh landslide susceptibility · Irish towns 0%Radon0% of homes in high-radon areas Be readyFlood warnings, radon tests and insurance

EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.

Climate

Summers stay cool in Moneygall: July afternoons reach 19.6°C, below Co. Offaly’s towns and Irish towns

Moneygall gets 1,123 mm of rain a year. The year’s mean temperature is 9.7°C, near Co. Offaly’s towns (9.9°C) and lower than Irish towns (10.3°C). January nights in Moneygall drop to 1.9°C on average.

19.6°CJuly afternoon high

Average afternoon highs by season · 1991–2020 averages

Winter8.3°C

Spring13.1°C

Summer19.1°C

Autumn13.7°C

Climate, 1991–2020	Moneygall	Co. Offaly	Ireland
Rain a year	1,123 mm	899 mm	937 mm
January low	1.9°C	2.1°C	2.9°C
Average temperature over the year	9.7°C	9.9°C	10.3°C
July high	19.6°C	20.0°C	19.9°C

19.6°C

July high

1.9°C

January low

1,123 mm

Rain a year

121 mm

Wettest month

Air frosts

Full pageMoneygall’s climate pageOpen the page

At a glanceJuly highs 19.6°C, January lows 1.9°C The yearSummer highs 19.1°C, winter lows 2.0°C Rain1,123 mm of rain a year · December is the wettest month, 121 mm Weather station18 km to the weather station · Gurteen

Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.

Health

Fewer people in Moneygall are in bad health than its ages would predict: 57 per 100 expected, under Co. Offaly’s towns and Irish towns

Disability, age-adjusted: 107 for every 100 expected in Moneygall. At the census, 1.1% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, below both Co. Offaly’s towns (2.8%) and Irish towns (2%). Unpaid caring falls to 3.2% of the town’s residents.

88%good or very good health

Per 100 expected at the town’s ages · age-standardised

Bad health57

Disability107

Co. Offaly157

Expected100

General health, self-reported

Good or very good 88%Fair 11%Bad or very bad 1%

Census 2022	Moneygall	Co. Offaly	Ireland
Unpaid carers	3.2%	5.9%	5.4%
Bad or very bad health	1.1%	2.8%	2%
With a disability	24%	25%	22%
Good or very good health	88%	86%	88%

bad health per 100 expected · Co. Offaly 157

107

disability per 100 expected · Co. Offaly 116

83.2 · 80

life expectancy, women · men, the Midland region, 2016

28%

hold a medical card, HSE Dublin and Midlands

Full pageMoneygall’s health pageOpen the page

Health GradeBad health 57, disability 107 per 100 expected Getting care0% within 800 m of a pharmacy Census health88% in good or very good health The wider areaLife expectancy: women 83.2, men 80

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 Moneygall than in Co. Offaly’s towns or across Irish towns: 75%

Social renters account for 8% of households. 14% rent privately, below both Co. Offaly’s towns (23%) and Irish towns (22%).

€191Kmedian sale price

Median sale price · Eircode area, 2023–2025

Moneygall€191K

Co. Offaly€233K

Irish towns€350K

Housing	Moneygall	Co. Offaly	Ireland
Households owning their home	75%	61%	61%
Households in social housing	8%	17%	13%
Median sale price	€191K	€233K	€350K
Households renting privately	14%	23%	22%

75%

own their home · Irish towns 61%

14%

rent privately · Irish towns 22%

€1,198

a month on new tenancies, County Offaly

Full pageMoneygall’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Owners and renters75% own their home Cost of livingMedian sale price €190,600 Renting€1,198 a month · Average rent on new tenancies

Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area E53, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.

Outdoors

Green space is close to home in Moneygall: 100% of homes are within 400 m of some, more than Co. Offaly’s towns or Irish towns

Walkers have 0.2 km per km² of paths and tracks, about level with Co. Offaly’s towns (0.6 km per km²) and below Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Green space in Moneygall works out at 7.6 ha per 1,000 people.

100%of homes near green space

Green space per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 residents

Moneygall7.6 ha

Co. Offaly4.3 ha

Irish towns4.1 ha

Outdoors	Moneygall	Co. Offaly	Ireland
Near a park	100%	78%	92%
Woodland within 1 km	7.8%	8.7%	2.7%
Protected nature within 5 km	0%	4.5%	1.8%
Paths per km² of town	0.2 km per km²	0.6 km per km²	2.1 km per km²

100%

Near a park

7.6 ha

Green space

2 km

Footpaths

7.8%

Woodland

Full pageMoneygall’s outdoors pageOpen the page

Green space nearby100% of homes within 400 m Parks7.6 ha per 1,000 residents · 3 ha of green space, 0 parks Protected nature0% of the land within 5 km · No protected site within 5 km Paths and trails2 km of paths · 2 trails and greenways within 5 km

OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.

Weather

What today holds for Moneygall: light rain, up to 11 degrees

A passing shower is possible today, but barely measurable; the breeze reaches 21 km/h, and the low is 4°C. Plan indoor things for Tuesday, when about 3 mm of rain is forecast. What counts as normal for Moneygall in November: highs come to 10°C and lows to 4°C.

11°C / 4°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	328 mm
Spring	13°C	4°C	232 mm
Summer	19°C	10°C	251 mm
Autumn	14°C	6°C	312 mm

11°C / 4°C

Today

0.1 mm

Rain, next 24 hours

11 km/h

Wind

94%

Humidity

9 h 20 min

Daylight

Full pageMoneygall’s weather pageOpen the page

Next 24 hours0.1 mm Rain, next 24 hours · Staying mostly dry The week ahead11°C / 4°C Today · A normal 4 November: 12°C / 5°C Warnings & more9 h 20 min Daylight · 07:34 to 16:55

Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Moneygall than in Co. Offaly’s towns or Irish towns: 7.9%

The car carried 86% of commuters at the census. 5.5% of workers worked mainly from home, lower than both Co. Offaly’s towns (6.6%) and Irish towns (11%). A trip to work takes 30.5 min on average.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2022

Car or van86%

Walk7%

Bicycle1%

Bus1%

Census 2022	Moneygall	Co. Offaly	Ireland
Trips under 15 minutes	22%	50%	31%
In work, 15 to 64	72%	62%	68%
Average trip	30.5 min	23.7 min	27.6 min
Unemployment rate	8.2%	12%	9.2%

€56,220

household income, 2022 estimate · Co. Offaly €56,048

worked mainly from home, 2022

10%

trips of an hour or more

2,937

on the Live Register, County Offaly, September 2026

Full pageMoneygall’s work & commute pageOpen the page

Getting to work8% walk, cycle or take transit Unemployment8.2% unemployed · Irish towns: 9.2%Median income€56,220 a year · Median household income, before tax Benefits over time2,937 on the Live Register · −1.7% on a year earlier

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

Few people in Moneygall were born abroad: 12%, fewer than in Co. Offaly’s towns and Irish towns

Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Co. Offaly’s towns (13%) and Irish towns (12%) alike. Among adults, 27% have a degree. Children under 15 count for 19% of the people here.

40.9median age

MoneygallCo. OffalyIreland

Co. OffalyIreland

Ages · share of residents

18%

Highest education · residents 15 and older who have finished education

Primary or none9%

Lower secondary21%

Leaving Cert38%

Diploma or cert6%

Degree or higher27%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 50.0% of Moneygall

187 women and 187 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.

Ages and education in Moneygall
	Moneygall	Co. Offaly	Ireland
Under 15	19%	21%	20%
15–24	8.8%	13%	12%
25–44	30%	28%	29%
45–64	24%	24%	24%
65+	18%	15%	14%
Primary or none	9.1%	15%	9.7%
Lower secondary	21%	17%	14%
Leaving Cert	38%	38%	35%
Diploma or cert	5.5%	6.3%	5.8%
Degree or higher	27%	22%	36%

Full pageMoneygall’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Where born12% born outside Ireland Ages40.9 median age · 18% are 65 or over Households151 households · 2.5 people per household Irish speakers47% can speak Irish · 0.6% speak Irish daily outside school

CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Offaly and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+

Town hall

More people in Moneygall vote than in Co. Offaly’s towns or Irish towns: 54% turnout at the local elections

There is just one council for Moneygall, Offaly County Council: Ireland has only one tier of local government. No party holds a majority on Offaly County Council: Fianna Fáil lead with 8 of 19 seats, short of the 10 needed. In the Dáil, Moneygall is part of Offaly, which elects 3 TDs.

8/19seats held by Fianna Fáil

Seats on Offaly County · June 2024

Fianna Fáil8

Fine Gael5

Sinn Féin3

Independent2

Independent Ireland1

Turnout	Moneygall	Co. Offaly	Ireland
Local elections, June 2024	54%	50%	46%
General election, November 2024	60%	60%	59%

Councillors

8/19

Fianna Fáil seats on Offaly County, the largest party

54%

turnout, June 2024

TDs elected for Offaly

Full pageMoneygall’s town hall & politics pageOpen the page

How Moneygall voted54% turned out · Local elections, June 2024 · Co. Offaly towns 50%Who’s in chargeNo majority: Fianna Fáil lead with 8 of 19 (10 needed)Councillors6 councillors · Birr TDs3 TDs · Offaly

Department of Housing count sheets, 2024

History

Moneygall keeps more of its old housing than Co. Offaly’s towns or Irish towns: 20% built before 1919

For its size, Moneygall has 80 buildings on the national inventory per 10,000 residents. 5 archaeological sites are on the record, about level with Co. Offaly’s towns (5) and below Irish towns (11). Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 3 buildings in Moneygall, each of regional importance.

3inventory buildings

Buildings by NIAH rating · NIAH

International0

National0

Regional3

Among them

1780

earliest dated inventory building

20%

homes built before 1919 · Irish towns 3%

Heritage	Moneygall	Co. Offaly	Ireland
Homes built before 1919	20%	6.5%	3.4%
Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents	80	119	48

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Older homes20% built before 1919 · Irish towns: 3%NIAH buildings3 buildings on the inventory Monuments5 sites · On the Sites and Monuments Record Questions“How many historic buildings are there in Moneygall?”

NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built

Nearby attractions

Leap Castle and 11 more within 40 km

Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Moneygall; these are the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →

CastleLeap Castle19 km northeast

CastleBirr Castle24 km north

CathedralCathedral of the Assumption, Thurles25 km southeast

CastleRoscrea Heritage Centre – Roscrea Castle and Damer House14 km northeast

Abbey or prioryThe Abbey Of Mount Saint Joseph11 km northeast

Castle · Office of Public WorksPortumna Castle and Gardens29 km northwest

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Leap Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birr Castle: The original uploader was Tpower at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Roscrea Heritage Centre – Roscrea Castle and Damer House: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Abbey Of Mount Saint Joseph: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Portumna Castle and Gardens: Bogman, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Moneygall

15pages on Moneygall

The big questions

SafetyHousing & costProperty pricesSchoolsHealthWork & commuteNatural hazards2.3% of homes in high-radon areas

Out and about

OutdoorsAttractionsClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 40.9 History3 buildings on the National Inventory Town hallFamous people6 notable people born here

Landmarks

Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 3 buildings in Moneygall, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded 5 sites here.

All historic buildings →

NIAH: Regional

Moneygall ChurchSchool · 1780

NIAH: Regional

HayesHouse · 1860

Famous people from Moneygall

6 notable people were born in Moneygall.

See all 6 →

Patrick CroninCatholic archbishop · 1913–1991

Joseph ProsserRecipient of the Victoria Cross · 1833–1869

Jer CollisonIrish hurler (1890–1956)

John GleesonIrish hurler · born 1941

Paddy FanningIrish hurler

Séamus Ó RiainIrish hurler, Gaelic footballer and Gaelic games administra…

Moneygall’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.

TemplemoreRoscreaNenaghBorrisokaneMoneygall

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Moneygall	374	—	—	—	—	—
Templemore Tipperary	2,005	13	—	A⁺	C⁺	C
Roscrea Tipperary	5,542	13	B	A⁺	B⁻	D
Nenagh Tipperary	9,895	17	B	A⁻	C⁺	C⁻
Borrisokane Tipperary	1,117	17	—	A	A⁺	C⁻

People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Moneygall

Is Moneygall growing?

Moneygall had 374 people at the 2022 census, up from 324 in 2016: 15.4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.

Is Moneygall a young town or an old one?

The median age in Moneygall is 40.9, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.

How do people in Moneygall get to work?

6% mostly work from home, and 22% of journeys take under 15 minutes.

About Moneygall

Urban area in Co. Offaly

Moneygall has 374 people, in the area of Offaly 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: 374 (CSO, Census 2022)
County: Offaly
Council: Offaly County Council
Local electoral area: Birr
Dáil constituency: Offaly
Name in Irish: Muine Gall
Area: 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km²)
CSO code: UA:12225

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).