Lemybrien’s story
Lemybrien has nothing on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage yet
Homes built before 1919: 2%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Explore the history →LemybrienCo. Waterford
With 234 residents, it is a town in Co. Waterford. The population grew 23% between 2016 and 2022.
Population
234
CSO, Census 2022 · Waterford City and County Council
Median age
40.2
17% are 65+ · Co. Waterford 16%
Degree level
19%
of residents 15+ · Irish towns 36%
Walk, cycle, transit
4%
of working residents · Irish towns 23%
Is Lemybrien a good place to live?
Prices run to a median €260,100, 5 times local household income. 4% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Residents born outside Ireland: 7%. A degree is held by 19% of adults.
Lemybrien has no grades yet: Irish towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
What makes Lemybrien stand out
The 3 things Lemybrien does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lemybrien.
Schools
100% of schools around Lemybrien get DEIS support, above Co. Waterford’s towns and Irish towns
1schools within 3 km
Families in Lemybrien have one school within 3 km. Since 2019/20, pupils changed −20%, below Co. Waterford’s towns (+4%) and Irish towns (+4%) alike. 102 pupils attend the one school within 3 km of the town.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Cill Rosanta DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 102 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Lemybrien | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 41% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −20% | +4% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 6% | 8% |
102
pupils at schools within 3 km, 2025/26
−20%
pupils since 2019/20 · Irish towns +4%
2 km
to the nearest primary school
7.9 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.
Natural hazards
Lemybrien has low radon and steady ground, but its flood exposure isn’t measured
0%of homes in high-radon areas
The closest place to swim from Lemybrien is Clonea Beach, 8.1 km away, rated excellent in 2025. The ground under Lemybrien carries no high landslide susceptibility. Radon is rarely a worry locally: under 1% of homes are estimated above the reference level.
Homes exposed · share of the town’s homes
In high-radon areas0%
On high landslide susceptibility0%
| Share of homes | Lemybrien | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 69% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0.2% | 0% |
0%
of homes over the radon level
8.1 km
to Clonea Beach bathing water (excellent)
140
homes mapped for these shares
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Climate
Lemybrien is wetter than Co. Waterford’s towns or Irish towns: 1,401 mm of rain a year
19.7°CJuly afternoon high
A January night in Lemybrien drops to 2.9°C on average, below Co. Waterford’s towns (3.4°C) and close to Irish towns (2.9°C). Summer highs in Lemybrien reach 19.7°C in July. Taken over the whole year, the average temperature locally is 10.4°C.
Average afternoon highs by season · 1991–2020 averages
Winter9.2°C
Spring13.1°C
Summer19.1°C
Autumn14.4°C
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Lemybrien | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain a year | 1,401 mm | 1,022 mm | 937 mm |
| July high | 19.7°C | 20.2°C | 19.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.4°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 2.9°C | 3.4°C | 2.9°C |
19.7°C
July high
2.9°C
January low
1,401 mm
Rain a year
162 mm
Wettest month
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Health
Bad health runs high in Lemybrien for a town of its ages, at 167 per 100 expected, more than in Co. Waterford’s towns or Irish towns
86%good or very good health
3% of residents report bad or very bad health. Allowing for its ages, Lemybrien has 114 residents with a disability per 100 expected, near Co. Waterford’s towns (111) and higher than Irish towns (106). Asked at the census, 86% of residents of Lemybrien said they were in good or very good health.
Per 100 expected at the town’s ages · age-standardised
Bad health167
Disability114
Co. Waterford132
Expected100
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 86%Fair 11%Bad or very bad 3%
| Census 2022 | Lemybrien | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 4.3% | 5.6% | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3% | 2.4% | 2% |
| Good or very good health | 86% | 87% | 88% |
| With a disability | 25% | 24% | 22% |
167
bad health per 100 expected · Co. Waterford 132
114
disability per 100 expected · Co. Waterford 111
83.1 · 79.3
life expectancy, women · men, the South-East region, 2016
27%
hold a medical card, HSE Dublin and South East
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 in Lemybrien live in social housing than in Co. Waterford’s towns or Irish towns: 33%
€260Kmedian sale price
Owners make up 64% of households, above Co. Waterford’s towns (59%) and close to Irish towns (61%). Private renters make up 2% of households.
Median sale price · Eircode area, 2023–2025
Lemybrien€260K
Co. Waterford€294K
Irish towns€350K
| Housing | Lemybrien | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 33% | 19% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 2% | 16% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €260K | €294K | €350K |
| Households owning their home | 64% | 59% | 61% |
64%
own their home · Irish towns 61%
2%
rent privately · Irish towns 22%
€1,247
a month on new tenancies, County Waterford
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area X42, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Outdoors
Woodland runs close to Lemybrien: 7.6% of the land within 1 km, more than Co. Waterford’s towns or Irish towns
100%of homes near green space
Within 5 km, 5.7% of the land is protected nature, near Co. Waterford’s towns (5.5%) and higher than Irish towns (1.8%). 100% of homes are a short walk (400 m) from green space. Every 1,000 residents of Lemybrien share 11.2 ha of green space.
Green space per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 residents
Lemybrien11.2 ha
Co. Waterford4.0 ha
Irish towns4.1 ha
| Outdoors | Lemybrien | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 7.6% | 1% | 2.7% |
| Near a park | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 km per km² | 1.1 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Green space per 1,000 residents | 11.2 ha | 4.0 ha | 4.1 ha |
100%
Near a park
11.2 ha
Green space
5.7%
Protected for nature
7.6%
Woodland
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Weather
Weather in Lemybrien: cool for November today, up to 9 degrees
9°C / 5°CToday
Judged by the averages, Lemybrien sees November days reach 11°C and nights fall to 5°C. Today brings about 1 mm of rain, though the wind stays light at 19 km/h; the low is 5°C. Wednesday looks like the wettest of the days that follow, with about 31 mm of rain.
This month and the next three, normal highs · 1991–2020 averages
November11°C
December9°C
January9°C
February9°C
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 414 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 297 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 290 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 401 mm |
9°C / 5°C
Today
0.6 mm
Rain, next 24 hours
14 km/h
Wind
98%
Humidity
9 h 18 min
Daylight
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Work & commute
Only 4.3% of commuters in Lemybrien go to work without a car, fewer than in Co. Waterford’s towns and Irish towns
4%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stands at 12%. Working mainly from home: 2.1% of workers, lower than both Co. Waterford’s towns (10%) and Irish towns (11%). The car carried 91% of commuters at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2022
Car or van91%
Walk3%
Bus1%
| Census 2022 | Lemybrien | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 24.7 min | 20.4 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 38% | 47% | 31% |
| Unemployment rate | 12% | 11% | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 65% | 65% | 68% |
€52,170
household income, 2022 estimate · Co. Waterford €51,539
2%
worked mainly from home, 2022
8%
trips of an hour or more
9,918
on the Live Register, County Waterford, 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
Most of Lemybrien was born here: only 6.9% come from abroad, fewer than in Co. Waterford’s towns and Irish towns
40.2median age
People aged 15 to 24 make up 15% of the town, above both Co. Waterford’s towns (13%) and Irish towns (12%). Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents.
LemybrienCo. WaterfordIreland
Ages · share of residents
15%
Highest education · residents 15 and older who have finished education
Primary or none14%
Lower secondary28%
Leaving Cert36%
Diploma or cert4%
Degree or higher19%
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 49.6% of Lemybrien
116 women and 118 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Lemybrien | Co. Waterford | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 14% | 12% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 28% | 18% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 36% | 36% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 3.9% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 19% | 29% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Waterford and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Town hall
More people in Lemybrien vote than in Co. Waterford’s towns or Irish towns: 51% turnout at the local elections
8/32seats held by Independent
Waterford City and County Council is the council for Lemybrien, and the only one: Ireland has a single tier of local government. General election turnout: 56%, about level with Co. Waterford’s towns (56%) and below Irish towns (59%). Independent lead Waterford City and County Council with 8 of 32 seats, but no party has a majority: 17 are needed.
Seats on Waterford City and County · June 2024
Independent8
Fine Gael8
Sinn Féin7
Fianna Fáil5
Labour Party3
Social Democrats1
| Turnout | Lemybrien | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 51% | 48% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 56% | 56% | 59% |
5
Councillors
8/32
Independent seats on Waterford City and County, the largest party
51%
turnout, June 2024
4
TDs elected for Waterford
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Lemybrien
15pages on Lemybrien
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Ormond Castle and 11 more within 40 km
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Lemybrien; these are the best known within 40 km.
Castle · Office of Public WorksOrmond Castle21 km north
Castle · Office of Public WorksCahir Castle36 km northwest
CathedralCathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford30 km east
MuseumReginald's Tower30 km east
CastleLismore Castle28 km west
Abbey or prioryMount Melleray Abbey23 km westPlaces: 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 (6)
- Ormond Castle: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cahir Castle: Chmouel Boudjnah Original uploader was Chmouel at fr.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford: Merlante, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reginald's Tower: Nmwalsh, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lismore Castle: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mount Melleray Abbey: Alexander Redfern, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around Lemybrien
No notable person born in Lemybrien is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
R
Richard GarrickAmerican actor and director (1878-1962) · born in PortlawD
Dennis KelleherIrish footballer (1918-2002) · born in Dungarvan
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Mary Elizabeth BlakeAmerican writer (1840-1907) · born in DungarvanPhoto credits
Ernest Walton: Nobel foundation, Public domain · Moe Dunford: German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0 · James Vincent Cleary: William Cochrane (1831-1898) and John Castell Hopkins (1864-1923), Public domain
About Lemybrien
Urban area in Co. Waterford
Lemybrien has 234 people, in the area of Waterford City and 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
- 234 (CSO, Census 2022)
- County
- Waterford
- Council
- Waterford City and County Council
- Local electoral area
- Portlaw-Kilmacthomas
- Dáil constituency
- Waterford
- Name in Irish
- Léim Uí Bhriain
- Area
- 0.1 sq mi (0.4 km²)
- CSO code
- UA:25681
Lemybrien’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
BallinroadDungarvanPortlawLemybrien
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemybrien | 234 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ballinroad | 1,389 | 8.1 | — | B− | C | B |
| Dungarvan | 10,081 | 11 | C+ | B− | C | C+ |
| Portlaw | 1,881 | 19 | — | B+ | B+ | C |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Lemybrien
Is Lemybrien growing?
Lemybrien had 234 people at the 2022 census, up from 191 in 2016: 22.5% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Is Lemybrien a young town or an old one?
The median age in Lemybrien is 40.2, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
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).