#1Cahir
3,679 peopleScore 62.4·#37 of 320 Irish towns
Strongest: cost of living A, health B+·lowest: walkability C+
Cahir, #1 on this list · Photo: Colin Park (CC BY-SA 2.0)Tipperary · 2026
Best places to live in County Tipperary
From first to last on the list, scores fall from 62.4 to 36.5. Of 9 ranked towns in County Tipperary, Cahir heads the list, #37 of 320 nationally. Nenagh is second on the list, graded B. A− or better goes to one town on the list.
The overall score, sorted within the county; the letter compares each town with every town in Ireland of 2,500+, and its national rank sits beside it. How grades work
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#2Nenagh
9,895 peopleScore 53.0·#118 of 320 Irish towns
Strongest: cost of living A−, hazard risk B+·lowest: health C−
#3Cashel
4,805 peopleScore 51.8·#129 of 320 Irish towns
Strongest: cost of living A−, walkability B+·lowest: safety C
All 9 towns, ranked
By overall score against Irish towns; ranks are within the county, and each national rank links to the national list.
#TownScoreGrade · national rankWhat drives it
1Cahir3,679 people62.4top 11.3%A#37 of 320 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A, health B+·lowest: walkability C+
2Nenagh9,895 people53.0top 36.7%B#118 of 320 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A−, hazard risk B+·lowest: health C−
3Cashel4,805 people51.8top 40.1%B#129 of 320 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A−, walkability B+·lowest: safety C
4Roscrea5,542 people51.1top 42.0%B#135 of 320 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A+, hazard risk A·lowest: health D
5Thurles8,185 people50.1top 45.8%B−#147 of 320 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A, hazard risk A−·lowest: safety C
6Ballina2,959 people50.1top 46.1%B−#148 of 320 nationallyStrongest: jobs & income A, health A−·lowest: hazard risk D−
7Clonmel18,369 people45.5bottom 42.6%C+#184 of 320 nationallyStrongest: cost of living B+, jobs & income B+·lowest: hazard risk D−
8Tipperary5,387 people43.4bottom 35.7%C+#206 of 320 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A+, hazard risk A·lowest: health D
9Carrick-on-Suir5,752 people36.5bottom 21.6%C−#251 of 320 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A, walkability B·lowest: health D−
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Questions people ask
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (safety, cost of living, health, jobs & income, walkability and hazard risk) from public data, each comparing a town with every town in Ireland of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in County Tipperary, where five or more have an overall grade.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers places of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Smaller places, and towns missing figures the overall grade needs, show their grades on their own pages; every town is listed on the County Tipperary page.
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Photos: Cahir, Colin Park (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Nenagh, Cathal (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Cashel, Kweedado2 (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Irish towns against each other only, run #71 of 9 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).