Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 189 residents, it is a town in Co. Roscommon.
The median sale, €183,200, comes to 3.6 times what the median household here earns. Public transport, bikes and feet take 5% of commuters to work. A degree is held by 22% of adults.
Keadew is too small to grade: Irish towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Keadew does most differently from other towns.
3 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Keadew.
By estimate, fewer than one home in a hundred in Keadew has radon above the reference level. No part of Keadew is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Hardly any of its homes sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Keadew | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | – | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | – | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Keadew gets 1,230 mm of rain a year. The year’s mean temperature is 9.6°C, lower than Irish towns (10.3°C). The coldest nights come in January, when Keadew averages a low of 1.9°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Keadew | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 19.2°C | – | 19.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.6°C | – | 10.3°C |
| January low | 1.9°C | – | 2.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,230 mm | – | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
85% of Keadew’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, lower than Irish towns (88%). Ages taken into account, Keadew counts 117 people with a disability for every 100 predicted. In the HSE West and North West health region, 34% of people hold a medical card. Disability touches 28% of the town’s population.
| Census 2022 | Keadew | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 28% | – | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.1% | – | 2% |
| Good or very good health | 85% | – | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.8% | – | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
15% rent privately, below Irish towns (22%). The owner-occupied share of households is 58%.
| Housing | Keadew | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €183K | – | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 24% | – | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 15% | – | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 58% | – | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area F52, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Walkers have 0.3 km per km² of paths and tracks, lower than Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Every 1,000 residents of Keadew share 0.9 ha of green space. Within 5 km, 8 waymarked trails and greenways set out.
| Outdoors | Keadew | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 0% | – | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 13% | – | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.3 km per km² | – | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 4.7% | – | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Keadew’s November average makes a useful yardstick: afternoons reach 10°C, nights fall to 4°C. Expect a dry, calm day today: wind no stronger than 19 km/h, and 4°C at the coldest. After that, 5 of the 6 days look dry.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 2°C | 361 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 254 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 282 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 6°C | 333 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
The average household earns €50,530 a year before tax. 3.8% of workers worked mainly from home, below Irish towns (11%). Workers spend 31.8 min getting to work, on average.
| Census 2022 | Keadew | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 31.8 min | – | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €50,530 | – | €57,760 |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 27% | – | 31% |
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.
16% of residents were born abroad. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, above Irish towns (14%).
52.4% of Keadew’s residents are women
99 women and 90 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Keadew | Co. Roscommon | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | – | 20% |
| 15–24 | 12% | – | 12% |
| 25–44 | 28% | – | 29% |
| 45–64 | 28% | – | 24% |
| 65+ | 18% | – | 14% |
| Primary or none | 14% | – | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 19% | – | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 40% | – | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.2% | – | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 22% | – | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Roscommon and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Three in five voters turned out at the last local elections, above Irish towns (46%). Independent lead Roscommon County Council with 7 of 18 seats, but no party has a majority: 10 are needed. Keadew answers to one council, Roscommon County Council; Ireland has no town tier.
| Turnout | Keadew | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 60% | – | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 66% | – | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, higher than Irish towns (3.4%). Beneath and around the town lie 3 recorded archaeological sites. Keadew’s built heritage counts 6 inventory entries, each of regional standing.
| Heritage | Keadew | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 317 | – | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 11% | – | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 3 | – | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
One school lies within 3 km of Keadew. The one school within 3 km of Keadew has 37 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Cill RonainLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 37 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Keadew | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 · No letters, no results: Irish schools aren’t ranked one by one.
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Keadew; with them, the best known within 40 km.
MuseumArigna Mining Experience2.9 km outside town, to the north
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksBoyle Abbey14 km southwest
CastleBallinafad Castle13 km west
Castle · Office of Public WorksParke's Castle27 km northwest
CastleMcDermott's Castle9.3 km southwest
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo33 km northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Keadew’s built heritage counts 6 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 3 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
One notable person was born in Keadew; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keadew | 189 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Drumshanbo Leitrim | 1,240 | 6.6 | — | A− | B+ | C− |
| Carrick-On-Shannon Leitrim | 4,743 | 12 | B− | B+ | C− | B− |
| Boyle | 2,915 | 14 | B+ | A+ | B | B− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
4% mostly work from home, and 27% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Keadew had 189 people at the 2022 census, up from 186 in 2016: 1.6% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Keadew is 41.5, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Roscommon
189 people live in Keadew, 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). 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).