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A town in Co. Roscommon, home to 2,915 people. It grew by 8% between the 2016 and 2022 censuses.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Housing is within reach: homes sell for a median €175,000, about 4.5 times what a household here earns in a year. Overall, Boyle earns a B+, which places it #106 of 320 Irish towns. That leaves it better than 67% of Irish towns. What holds it back is jobs & income (D): among 15 to 64s, 60% are in work; unemployment stands at 15%. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety and B− for health.
Figures: prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · work and health, CSO Census 2022 · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025.
The 3 things Boyle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Boyle with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
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55 buildings on the National Inventory inside Boyle, 3 of them of national importance.
The record adds 35 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 10%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Boyle.
Between 2010 and 2025 the typical sale price in Boyle rose 16%, to €191K: slower than the 77% rise across Irish towns. Owners make up 60% of households, in line with Irish towns (61%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €170,000 | 258 |
| The last 12 months | €200,000 | 79 |
| Housing | Boyle | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €175K | – | €350K |
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €966 | – | €1,606 |
| Households in social housing | 18% | – | 13% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
The average trip to work took 22.8 min, lower than Irish towns (27.6 min). Income per household averages €38,500 a year, before tax. The census found nearly a fifth of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
| Census 2022 | Boyle | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 52% | – | 31% |
| Unemployment rate | 15% | – | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 60% | – | 68% |
| Median household income | €38,500 | – | €57,760 |
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.
The EPA’s radon map puts 8.9% of homes in Boyle above the reference level. Landslides: none of Boyle lies in a high-susceptibility zone.
| Share of homes | Boyle | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 18% | – | 0.5% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | – | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
For secondary school, the closest is Abbey Community College, 0.2 km from the town. Families in Boyle have 4 schools within 3 km to choose from: 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Primary School Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 427 | Catholic |
| Abbey Community CollegeLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 620 | Inter-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Boyle | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +32% | – | +4% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | – | 39% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | – | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | – | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Letters and results are missing here for a reason: Ireland publishes neither school by school.
Violent crime ran at 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year, below Irish towns (5.7). More of the graded crimes in Boyle were damage to property than anything else (2023–2025). Burglary and damage add up to 5.3 per 1,000 residents 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 | Boyle | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| All recorded crime | 21.8 | – | 54.3 |
| Theft | 3.4 | – | 15.3 |
| Violent crime | 3.2 | – | 5.7 |
| Burglary & damage | 5.3 | – | 6.4 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
Across the year it averages 9.5°C, below Irish towns (10.3°C). Midwinter nights in Boyle bottom out at 1.9°C on average. A year brings 1,219 mm of rain to Boyle.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Boyle | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 19.0°C | – | 19.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.5°C | – | 10.3°C |
| January low | 1.9°C | – | 2.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,219 mm | – | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Its paths and tracks come to 0.3 km per km², below Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Green space in Boyle works out at 1.7 ha per 1,000 people. Walkers have 8 waymarked trails and greenways starting within 5 km.
| Outdoors | Boyle | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 49% | – | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.3 km per km² | – | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0% | – | 1.8% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 3.2% | – | 2.7% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Expect highs from 7°C to 10°C over the rest of the week, with Thursday the warmest. Long-term averages for Boyle put November days at 10°C and November nights at 4°C. Today stays dry but breezy, with wind up to 21 km/h and a low of 6°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 2°C | 367 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 257 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 10°C | 263 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 6°C | 333 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Degrees are held by 28% of adults, below Irish towns (36%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.1% of residents. The under-15s are 19% of the population here.
Women make up 52.8% of Boyle
1,538 women and 1,377 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Boyle | Co. Roscommon | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | – | 20% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | – | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | – | 29% |
| 45–64 | 23% | – | 24% |
| 65+ | 25% | – | 14% |
| Primary or none | 13% | – | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 17% | – | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 36% | – | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.8% | – | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 28% | – | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Roscommon and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
General election turnout was 66%. There is no majority on Roscommon County Council; Independent have the most seats, 7 of 18, short of 10. Roscommon County Council is the one council for Boyle; Ireland has no town or county councils between it and the government.
| Turnout | Boyle | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 60% | – | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 66% | – | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
The Sites and Monuments Record lists 35 sites here, above Irish towns (11). One in ten homes were built before 1919. Boyle has 55 buildings on the national inventory of architectural heritage, 2 of them rated of national or international importance.
| Heritage | Boyle | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 189 | – | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 9.8% | – | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 35 | – | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Ages taken into account, Boyle counts 117 people with a disability for every 100 predicted. At the census, 86% of people in Boyle called their health good or very good, below Irish towns (88%). Weighed against its ages, bad health here runs at 87 per 100 expected. 34% of people in the HSE West and North West health region hold a medical card.
| Census 2022 | Boyle | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 30% | – | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 86% | – | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 6% | – | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Boyle. Best known first.
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksBoyle Abbeyin town
CastleMcDermott's Castle3.1 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumKing House Historical & Cultural Centrein townMuseumMuseumConnaght Rangersin townAbbey or prioryAbbey or prioryHoly Trinity Abbey1.7 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Boyle has 55 buildings on the national inventory of architectural heritage, 2 of them rated of national or international importance. Archaeologists have recorded 35 sites here.
9 notable people were born in Boyle.
Maureen O'Sullivan: Russell Ball, Public domain · Chris O'Dowd: Christopher William Adach from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Margaret Cousins: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Grace Rhys: Russell & Sons, Public domain · Henry Cuthbert: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyle | 2,915 | — | B+ | A+ | B | B− |
| Carrick-On-Shannon Leitrim | 4,743 | 14 | B− | B+ | C− | B− |
| Drumshanbo Leitrim | 1,240 | 19 | — | A− | B+ | C− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Boyle is 43.8, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Boyle had 2,915 people at the 2022 census, up from 2,688 in 2016: 8.4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Roscommon
Boyle has 2,915 people, in the area of Roscommon 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).