Coolgreany’s story
Coolgreany has 1 building on the National Inventory
The record adds 1 archaeological site.
Homes built before 1919: 10%, against 3% across Irish towns.
- 1800Ram House
CoolgreanyCo. Wexford
395 people call this town in Co. Wexford home.
6 places within 19 kmMap →
Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
395
CSO, Census 2022 · Wexford County Council
Median age
42.3
23% are 65+ · Co. Wexford 15%
Degree level
23%
of residents 15+ · Irish towns 36%
Walk, cycle, transit
5%
of working residents · Irish towns 23%
Is Coolgreany a good place to live?
Buying the median home, at €315,000, takes 5.6 times the town’s median household income. 5% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Over-65s are 23% of the population.
Coolgreany is too small to grade: Irish towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
What makes Coolgreany stand out
The 3 things Coolgreany does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coolgreany.
Schools
Schools around Coolgreany have lost ground: pupils −14% since 2019, below Co. Wexford’s towns and Irish towns
DEIS, the support scheme, covers half of them, above Co. Wexford’s towns (44%) and Irish towns (35%) alike. 2 schools lie within 3 km of Coolgreany: 2 primary schools.
2schools within 3 km
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Cul Greine DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 115 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Coolgreany | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −14% | +5% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 50% | 44% | 35% |
191
pupils at schools within 3 km, 2025/26
−14%
pupils since 2019/20 · Irish towns +4%
0.1 km
to the nearest primary school
5.5 km
to the nearest secondary school
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · These schools carry no letter or result: Ireland doesn’t release them school by school.
Natural hazards
An estimated 22% of Coolgreany’s homes have radon above the reference level
The nearest bathing water to Coolgreany is Clogga, 6.1 km away, rated excellent in 2025. Radon: 100% of homes are in high-radon areas, above Co. Wexford’s towns (93%) and Irish towns (0%) alike. Also worth knowing: the ground under Coolgreany carries no high landslide susceptibility.
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 | Coolgreany | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 100% | 93% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0.9% | 0% |
22%
of homes over the radon level
6.1 km
to Clogga bathing water (excellent)
180
homes mapped for these shares
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Climate
Coolgreany is wetter than Co. Wexford’s towns or Irish towns: 1,151 mm of rain a year
A January night in Coolgreany drops to 3.1°C on average, close to Co. Wexford’s towns (3.0°C) and above Irish towns (2.9°C). Across the year, Coolgreany now averages 0.2°C more than it did in 1981–2010. November is the wettest month in the town, with 138 mm of rain on average.
19.8°CJuly afternoon high
Average afternoon highs by season · 1991–2020 averages
Winter9.1°C
Spring12.9°C
Summer19.2°C
Autumn14.4°C
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Coolgreany | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain a year | 1,151 mm | 1,026 mm | 937 mm |
| January low | 3.1°C | 3.0°C | 2.9°C |
19.8°C
July high
3.1°C
January low
1,151 mm
Rain a year
138 mm
Wettest month
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Health
Bad health runs low in Coolgreany for a town of its ages, at 13 per 100 expected, less than in Co. Wexford’s towns or Irish towns
27% of residents have a disability, above Co. Wexford’s towns (26%) and Irish towns (22%) alike. At the census, 0.3% of people here described their health as bad or very bad. Self-reported good health: 86% of Coolgreany’s residents.
86%good or very good health
Per 100 expected at the town’s ages · age-standardised
Bad health13
Disability119
Co. Wexford145
Expected100
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 86%Fair 14%Bad or very bad 0%
| Census 2022 | Coolgreany | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad or very bad health | 0.3% | 2.7% | 2% |
| With a disability | 27% | 26% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 86% | 85% | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.3% | 5.6% | 5.4% |
13
bad health per 100 expected · Co. Wexford 145
119
disability per 100 expected · Co. Wexford 123
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
Few households rent privately in Coolgreany: 8%, fewer than in Co. Wexford’s towns and Irish towns
Households that own their home make up 78%. Social housing holds just over one in ten households, lower than both Co. Wexford’s towns (17%) and Irish towns (13%).
€315Kmedian sale price
Median sale price · Eircode area, 2023–2025
Coolgreany€315K
Co. Wexford€250K
Irish towns€350K
| Housing | Coolgreany | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 78% | 60% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 8% | 22% | 22% |
| Households in social housing | 12% | 17% | 13% |
| Median sale price | €315K | €250K | €350K |
78%
own their home · Irish towns 61%
8%
rent privately · Irish towns 22%
€1,179
a month on new tenancies, County Wexford
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area Y25, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Outdoors
Fewer homes in Coolgreany sit near green space: 52% within 400 m, below Co. Wexford’s towns and Irish towns
Woodland covers 12% of the land within 1 km, higher than both Co. Wexford’s towns (6.9%) and Irish towns (2.7%). Coolgreany has 5.1 ha of green space for every 1,000 residents. Walkers have 14 waymarked trails and greenways starting within 5 km.
52%of homes near green space
Green space per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 residents
Coolgreany5.1 ha
Co. Wexford2.3 ha
Irish towns4.1 ha
| Outdoors | Coolgreany | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 52% | 83% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 12% | 6.9% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.4 km per km² | 0.7 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0% | 2.1% | 1.8% |
52%
Near a park
5.1 ha
Green space
3 km
Footpaths
12%
Woodland
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Weather
What today holds for Coolgreany: partly cloudy, up to 11 degrees
For Coolgreany, a normal November afternoon peaks at 11°C, and a normal night bottoms out at 5°C. Rain totals about 1 mm today, the wind freshens to 36 km/h, and the low is 10°C. Of the days after that, Tuesday brings the most rain: about 4 mm.
11°C / 10°CToday
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 | 317 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 6°C | 239 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 246 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 8°C | 349 mm |
11°C / 10°C
Today
1.2 mm
Rain, next 24 hours
32 km/h
Wind
80%
Humidity
9 h 21 min
Daylight
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Work & commute
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Coolgreany than in Co. Wexford’s towns or Irish towns: 4.7%
The average household earns €56,530 a year before tax. Working mainly from home: 14% of workers, higher than both Co. Wexford’s towns (7.8%) and Irish towns (11%). By car: that was how 79% of commuters travelled at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2022
Car or van79%
Walk4%
Train, DART or Luas1%
| Census 2022 | Coolgreany | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 9.8% | 15% | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 69% | 61% | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 39% | 44% | 31% |
| Median household income | €56,530 | €44,117 | €57,760 |
€56,530
household income, 2022 estimate · Co. Wexford €51,437
14%
worked mainly from home, 2022
11%
trips of an hour or more
6,520
on the Live Register, County Wexford, 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
An older town: 23% of people in Coolgreany are 65 or over, more than in Co. Wexford’s towns or Irish towns
Those aged 15 to 24 account for just over one in ten residents. Daily Irish speakers outside school: 0.3%, near Co. Wexford’s towns (0.7%) and lower than Irish towns (1.1%). Children under 15 count for 20% of the people here.
42.3median age
CoolgreanyCo. WexfordIreland
Ages · share of residents
23%
Highest education · residents 15 and older who have finished education
Primary or none16%
Lower secondary22%
Leaving Cert34%
Diploma or cert5%
Degree or higher23%
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 53.4% of Coolgreany
211 women and 184 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Coolgreany | Co. Wexford | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 23% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 16% | 13% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 22% | 18% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 34% | 40% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 4.7% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 23% | 22% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Wexford and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Town hall
Wexford County Council runs on one of the smallest budgets per resident of any council
Coolgreany answers to one council, Wexford County Council; Ireland has no town tier. 52% of voters turned out at the last local elections, close to Co. Wexford’s towns (52%) and above Irish towns (46%). Wexford County Council has no ruling majority: Independent hold 11 of its 34 seats, short of the 18 needed. General election turnout was 61%.
11/34seats held by Independent
Seats on Wexford County · June 2024
Independent11
Fianna Fáil9
Fine Gael8
Sinn Féin3
Labour Party2
Aontú1
| Turnout | Coolgreany | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 52% | 52% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 61% | 62% | 59% |
6
Councillors
11/34
Independent seats on Wexford County, the largest party
52%
turnout, June 2024
3
TDs elected for Wicklow-Wexford
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
History
Coolgreany has one building on the national inventory
Its archaeology runs to 1 recorded sites. Relative to its size, Coolgreany keeps 25 buildings on the inventory per 10,000 residents, lower than both Co. Wexford’s towns (216) and Irish towns (48).
1inventory buildings
Buildings by NIAH rating · NIAH
International0
National0
Regional1
Among them
- Ram House 1800
1
sites on the Sites and Monuments Record
1800
earliest dated inventory building
10%
homes built before 1919 · Irish towns 3%
| Heritage | Coolgreany | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 25 | 216 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 10.4% | 8% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 1 | 28 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Wexford Lavender Farm and 12 more within 40 km
One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Coolgreany; with it, the best known within 40 km.
Visitor farmVisitor farmWexford Lavender Farm3.6 km outside town, to the southwest
Abbey or prioryGlendalough28 km north
National parkWicklow Mountains National Park30 km north
CastleBallyloughan Castle37 km west
CathedralSt Aidan's Cathedral37 km southwest
CastleHuntington Castle and Gardens29 km west
Abbey or prioryGlendalough28 km northNational parkWicklow Mountains National Park30 km northCastleBallyloughan Castle37 km westCathedralSt Aidan's Cathedral37 km southwestCastleHuntington Castle and Gardens29 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 (5)
- Glendalough: Schcambo at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wicklow Mountains National Park: Joe King, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ballyloughan Castle: VisionsofthePast, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Aidan's Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Huntington Castle and Gardens: Liam Hughes from Milwaukee, WI, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Coolgreany
15pages on Coolgreany
Famous people from around Coolgreany
No notable person born in Coolgreany is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
W
William FawcettBritish botanist (1851-1926) · born in Arklow
J
James MooreIrish boxer, born 1978 · born in ArklowPhoto credits
Róisín Murphy: The British Library, CC BY 3.0 · Ron Delany: United Press, Public domain · Daniel Murray: Wendy Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Michael W. D'Arcy: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 2.0
Coolgreany’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
ArklowGoreyAughrimCourtownTinahelyCarnewCoolgreany
Questions about Coolgreany
Is Coolgreany a young town or an old one?
The median age in Coolgreany is 42.3, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Is Coolgreany growing?
Coolgreany had 395 people at the 2022 census, up from 379 in 2016: 4.2% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
About Coolgreany
Urban area in Co. Wexford
395 people live in Coolgreany, in the area of Wexford 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
- 395 (CSO, Census 2022)
- County
- Wexford
- Council
- Wexford County Council
- Local electoral area
- Gorey
- Dáil constituency
- Wicklow-Wexford
- Name in Irish
- Cúil Ghréine
- Area
- 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²)
- CSO code
- UA:14582
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).