O'Connell Street, #1 on this list · Photo: Eric Jones (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Ireland · 2026

Most walkable towns in Ireland

Second and third places go to Temple Bar (A+) and Summerhill (A+). A grades go to 113 of the towns on the list. Furthest down the list is Duleek, at D−. The list’s top ten all come from one county. First place goes to O'Connell Street, Dublin, with A+.

Walkability grade: residents within 800 metres of a pharmacy, a food shop, a school and a post office, and commuters who walk, cycle or take the bus or train How grades work

#1

O'Connell Street

Dublin · 6,749 people

A⁺Walkability

Overall C·#228 of 320

Strongest: walkability A⁺, health B·lowest: safety D⁻

#2

Temple Bar

Dublin · 7,276 people

A⁺Walkability

Overall D·#285 of 320

Strongest: walkability A⁺, health B⁻·lowest: safety D⁻

#3

Summerhill

Dublin · 11,911 people

A⁺Walkability

Overall C⁻·#259 of 320

Strongest: walkability A⁺, cost of living B·lowest: jobs & income D⁻

Photos: O'Connell Street, Eric Jones (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Temple Bar, Ian S (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Summerhill, Matti Blume (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Irish towns against each other only, run #58 of 4 November 2026. 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).