Tulsk’s story
Nothing in Tulsk is on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Homes built before 1919: 1%, against 3% across Irish towns.
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TulskCo. Roscommon
The town has 191 residents and lies in Co. Roscommon. Its population rose 17% from 2016 to 2022.
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Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
191
CSO, Census 2022 · Roscommon County Council
Median age
35.6
9% are 65+ · Co. Roscommon 14%
Degree level
35%
of residents 15+ · Irish towns 36%
Walk, cycle, transit
8%
of working residents · Irish towns 23%
Is Tulsk a good place to live?
A typical home sold for €146,000, or 3.2 years of the town’s median household income. The car is not the only way to work here: 8% of commuters walk, cycle or use public transport. Homes here sold for a median €144,400 over 2023 to 2025. It skews young: only nearly one in ten residents are 65 or over.
There are no grades for Tulsk: Irish towns need 1,000 residents for them.
What makes Tulsk stand out
The 3 things Tulsk does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
8% walk, cycle or ride
Against 23% in the median of Irish towns
CSO, Census 2022
Median sale price
Housing
61% below the median of Irish towns, €372,600
Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025.
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
Only 9% are 65 or over
Against 14% in the median of Irish towns
CSO, Census 2022
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tulsk.
Natural hazards
Radon is the hazard to test for in Tulsk: an estimated 13% of homes are above the reference level
100% of its homes sit in high-radon areas, higher than Irish towns (0%). The ground under Tulsk carries no high landslide susceptibility. Very few of its homes sit on low ground by water.
100%of homes in high-radon areas
Homes exposed · share of the town’s homes
In high-radon areas100%
On high landslide susceptibility0%
| Share of homes | Tulsk | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 100% | – | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | – | 0% |
13%
of homes over the radon level
99
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 Tulsk: July afternoons reach 19.3°C, below Irish towns
Across the year, Tulsk averages 9.7°C. A January night in Tulsk drops to 2.1°C on average, lower than Irish towns (2.9°C). A year brings 1,164 mm of rain to Tulsk.
19.3°CJuly afternoon high
Average afternoon highs by season · 1991–2020 averages
Winter8.3°C
Spring13.1°C
Summer18.8°C
Autumn13.7°C
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Tulsk | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 19.3°C | – | 19.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.7°C | – | 10.3°C |
| January low | 2.1°C | – | 2.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,164 mm | – | 937 mm |
19.3°C
July high
2.1°C
January low
1,164 mm
Rain a year
130 mm
Wettest month
52
Air frosts
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Health
For its ages, Tulsk reports more bad health than Irish towns: 162 per 100 expected
6.3% of residents give unpaid care to a relative or friend, higher than Irish towns (5.4%). A disability affects 19% of people in Tulsk. In the HSE West and North West health region, just over a third of people hold a medical card. Self-reported good health: 91% of the town’s residents.
91%good or very good health
Per 100 expected at the town’s ages · age-standardised
Bad health162
Disability107
Expected100
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 91%Fair 7%Bad or very bad 2%
| Census 2022 | Tulsk | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 91% | – | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 6.3% | – | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 19% | – | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.2% | – | 2% |
162
bad health per 100 expected · Co. Roscommon –
84.5 · 79.7
life expectancy, women · men, the West region, 2016
34%
hold a medical card, HSE West and North West
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 rent privately in Tulsk than in Irish towns: 39%
Social housing holds 4% of households, lower than Irish towns (13%). Owners make up 56% of households.
€146Kmedian sale price
Median sale price · Property Price Register, 2023–2025
Tulsk€146K
Irish towns€350K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €146,000 | 36 |
| Housing | Tulsk | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €146K | – | €350K |
| Households renting privately | 39% | – | 22% |
| Households in social housing | 4% | – | 13% |
| Households owning their home | 56% | – | 61% |
56%
own their home · Irish towns 61%
39%
rent privately · Irish towns 22%
€1,092
a month on new tenancies, County Roscommon
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Outdoors
More green space per head in Tulsk than Irish towns: 6.5 ha per 1,000 residents
Its paths and tracks come to 0.0 km per km², below Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Protected sites cover 0.4% of the land within 5 km, lower than Irish towns (1.8%).
0%of homes near green space
Green space per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 residents
Tulsk6.5 ha
Irish towns4.1 ha
| Outdoors | Tulsk | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 0% | – | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 km per km² | – | 2.1 km per km² |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0% | – | 2.7% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0.4% | – | 1.8% |
6.5 ha
Green space
0 km
Footpaths
0.4%
Protected for nature
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Weather
Weather in Tulsk: 11 degrees and light showers today
Tulsk’s November pattern is steady: afternoons average 10°C, nights 4°C. Any rain today should be slight, though the wind picks up to 22 km/h; the low is 7°C. Afternoon temperatures for the rest of the week run from 8°C at the low end to 10°C on Friday.
11°C / 7°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 | 346 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 243 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 260 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 316 mm |
11°C / 7°C
Today
0.5 mm
Rain, next 24 hours
18 km/h
Wind
89%
Humidity
9 h 15 min
Daylight
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Work & commute
Only 8.4% of commuters in Tulsk go to work without a car, fewer than in Irish towns
Working from home was the norm for 6% of workers at the census. The car took 84% of commuters, higher than Irish towns (66%). Getting to work takes 34.5 min on average.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2022
Car or van84%
Walk5%
Bus2%
Train, DART or Luas1%
| Census 2022 | Tulsk | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 34.5 min | – | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €45,810 | – | €57,760 |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 70% | – | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 28% | – | 31% |
€45,810
household income, 2022 estimate · Co. Roscommon €51,009
6%
worked mainly from home, 2022
22%
trips of an hour or more
1,855
on the Live Register, County Roscommon, 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
Children make up 26% of Tulsk, above Irish towns
5.4% speak Irish daily outside school, above Irish towns (1.1%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.9% of the town. Foreign-born residents make up 30% of the population.
35.6median age
TulskCo. RoscommonIreland
Ages · share of residents
9%
Highest education · residents 15 and older who have finished education
Primary or none12%
Lower secondary10%
Leaving Cert37%
Diploma or cert6%
Degree or higher35%
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 51.3% of Tulsk
98 women and 93 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Tulsk | Co. Roscommon | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 26% | – | 20% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | – | 12% |
| 25–44 | 38% | – | 29% |
| 45–64 | 18% | – | 24% |
| 65+ | 8.9% | – | 14% |
| Primary or none | 12% | – | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 10% | – | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 37% | – | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.4% | – | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 35% | – | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Roscommon and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Town hall
More people in Tulsk vote than in Irish towns: 60% turnout at the local elections
No party holds a majority on Roscommon County Council: Independent lead with 7 of 18 seats, short of the 10 needed. 66% voted at the general election. Roscommon County Council runs Tulsk: Ireland has one tier of local government, with no town council below it.
7/18seats held by Independent
Seats on Roscommon County · June 2024
Independent7
Fianna Fáil5
Fine Gael4
Sinn Féin1
Independent Ireland1
| Turnout | Tulsk | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 60% | – | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 66% | – | 59% |
6
Councillors
7/18
Independent seats on Roscommon County, the largest party
60%
turnout, June 2024
3
TDs elected for Roscommon-Galway
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Schools
The nearest secondary school to Tulsk is 8.1 km away
One school lies within 3 km of Tulsk. The one school within 3 km of Tulsk has 77 pupils.
1schools within 3 km
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsk N.S.Largest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 77 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Tulsk | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | – | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | – | 8% |
77
pupils at schools within 3 km, 2025/26
0.2 km
to the nearest primary school
8.1 km
to the nearest secondary school
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.
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Rathcroghan Visitor Centre and 12 more within 40 km
One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Tulsk; with it, the best known within 40 km.
MuseumMuseum · Office of Public WorksRathcroghan Visitor Centre300 m outside town, to the west
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksBoyle Abbey22 km north
MuseumThe National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park9.7 km east
CathedralSt. Mel's Cathedral30 km east
Historic houseStrokestown Park9.3 km east
CastleRoscommon Castle16 km south
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksBoyle Abbey22 km northMuseumThe National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park9.7 km eastCathedralSt. Mel's Cathedral30 km eastHistoric houseStrokestown Park9.3 km eastCastleRoscommon Castle16 km 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 (5)
- Boyle Abbey: Digital Eye, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park: Winnie45, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Mel's Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Strokestown Park: Irish Defence Forces, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscommon Castle: Irishrover1980, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Tulsk
15pages on Tulsk
Famous people from around Tulsk
One notable person was born in Tulsk; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
J
Joe CunnaneGaelic footballer · born 1971D
Douglas HydeFirst President of Ireland; historian, … · born in Castlerea
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Aoife O'RourkeIrish boxer · born in Castlerea · born 1997T
Thomas FinneganIrish bishop (1925-2011) · born in Castlerea
Photo credits
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan: Peter Mooney, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bill Jackson: DDADW, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tulsk’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
Questions about Tulsk
Is Tulsk growing?
Tulsk had 191 people at the 2022 census, up from 163 in 2016: 17.2% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
How old are the people of Tulsk?
The median age in Tulsk is 35.6, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
About Tulsk
Urban area in Co. Roscommon
191 people live in Tulsk, 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)
- Population
- 191 (CSO, Census 2022)
- County
- Roscommon
- Council
- Roscommon County Council
- Local electoral area
- Boyle
- Dáil constituency
- Roscommon-Galway
- Name in Irish
- Tuilsce
- Area
- 0 sq mi (0.1 km²)
- CSO code
- UA:30249
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).