Value · 21 September 2026 · data to 2026-09-20

Good places to live that still cost less than the Ireland median

Name: Irish towns scoring 70+ on the Addris Score with a median sold price below the national median
Creator: Addris
License: https://www.psi.gov.ie/

The Addris Score answers one question for every town page — is this a good place to live — from public data on transport, everyday services, schools, flood and other risk, the strength of the local market and what is planned. Price is not in it. Put the score beside the price for the 254 towns with a real sales record, keep those scoring 70 or better whose median is under the Ireland figure of €375,000, and 32 places qualify: 2 rated Excellent, 16 Strong, 27 of them outside County Dublin. Finglas West, Co. Dublin leads at 88 out of 100 with a median of €315,000; the cheapest on the list is Letterkenny, Co. Donegal at €235,000, scoring 79.

Towns that qualify

score 70+ and below the median

Rated Excellent

Rated Strong

Outside County Dublin

Ireland median, 2026

€375,000

Every town that qualifies, best score first

#	Place	County	Addris Score	Band	Median, 12 months	vs Ireland median	Sales	Change on year
1	Finglas West Suburb	Dublin	88	Excellent	€315,000	-16.0%	65	+1.2%
2	Dublin 10 Dublin district	Dublin	87	Excellent	€351,788	-6.2%	150	+3.5%
3	Carlow Town Town	Carlow	84	Strong	€300,000	-20.0%	291	+9.5%
4	Clonmel Town	Tipperary	83	Strong	€285,000	-24.0%	229	+14.0%
5	Dundalk Town	Louth	82	Strong	€312,500	-16.7%	656	+5.5%
6	Balbriggan Town	Dublin	82	Strong	€325,000	-13.3%	228	-6.0%
7	Clondalkin Suburb	Dublin	82	Strong	€360,000	-4.0%	88	-8.6%
8	Blackpool Suburb	Cork	81	Strong	€312,775	-16.6%	190	+9.7%
9	Cobh Town	Cork	81	Strong	€332,989	-11.2%	133	+8.3%
10	Passage West Town	Cork	81	Strong	€365,319	-2.6%	120	+10.7%
11	Enniscorthy Town	Wexford	80	Strong	€260,000	-30.7%	204	+6.1%
12	Athlone Town	Westmeath	80	Strong	€307,750	-17.9%	416	+7.5%
13	Letterkenny Town	Donegal	79	Strong	€235,000	-37.3%	293	+25.3%
14	Tramore Town	Waterford	79	Strong	€319,604	-14.8%	172	-5.5%
15	Dooradoyle Suburb	Limerick	78	Strong	€300,000	-20.0%	121	-11.9%
16	Ennis Town	Clare	78	Strong	€335,000	-10.7%	414	+8.6%
17	Ballyfermot Suburb	Dublin	76	Strong	€350,000	-6.7%	83	+3.7%
18	Carrigtwohill Town	Cork	76	Strong	€365,000	-2.7%	65	+13.2%
19	Portlaoise Town	Laois	74	Good	€330,396	-11.9%	470	+10.1%
20	Doughiska Suburb	Galway	74	Good	€372,000	-0.8%	77	+28.3%
21	Collooney Town	Sligo	73	Good	€299,559	-20.1%	48	+3.5%
22	Tullamore Town	Offaly	73	Good	€300,000	-20.0%	245	+7.1%
23	Gorey Town	Wexford	73	Good	€339,200	-9.5%	230	+3.4%
24	Tralee Town	Kerry	72	Good	€295,000	-21.3%	192	+16.1%
25	Youghal Town	Cork	72	Good	€295,000	-21.3%	139	+20.4%
26	Westport Town	Mayo	72	Good	€325,000	-13.3%	102	+6.6%
27	Killarney Town	Kerry	72	Good	€370,000	-1.3%	163	+7.2%
28	Trim Town	Meath	72	Good	€374,449	-0.1%	216	+4.0%
29	Drogheda Town	Louth	71	Good	€340,000	-9.3%	671	+8.7%
30	Navan Town	Meath	71	Good	€371,000	-1.1%	395	+9.1%
31	Blackwater Town	Wexford	70	Good	€318,750	-15.0%	40	+9.6%
32	Mullingar Town	Westmeath	70	Good	€330,396	-11.9%	389	+6.6%

Ties on the score are broken by price, cheaper first. Each place links to its page, where the score is broken into its six parts with the counts behind each.

The best-value place in each county

County	Place	Addris Score	Median, 12 months
County Dublin	Finglas West	88 · Excellent	€315,000
County Carlow	Carlow Town	84 · Strong	€300,000
County Tipperary	Clonmel	83 · Strong	€285,000
County Louth	Dundalk	82 · Strong	€312,500
County Cork	Blackpool	81 · Strong	€312,775
County Wexford	Enniscorthy	80 · Strong	€260,000
County Westmeath	Athlone	80 · Strong	€307,750
County Donegal	Letterkenny	79 · Strong	€235,000
County Waterford	Tramore	79 · Strong	€319,604
County Limerick	Dooradoyle	78 · Strong	€300,000
County Clare	Ennis	78 · Strong	€335,000
County Laois	Portlaoise	74 · Good	€330,396
County Galway	Doughiska	74 · Good	€372,000
County Sligo	Collooney	73 · Good	€299,559
County Offaly	Tullamore	73 · Good	€300,000
County Kerry	Tralee	72 · Good	€295,000
County Mayo	Westport	72 · Good	€325,000
County Meath	Trim	72 · Good	€374,449

Counties with no qualifying town are not listed — usually because their towns score below 70, occasionally because every town with a score is above the Ireland median.

What the score is, and is not

Each town's score is built from six sub-scores — connectivity (public transport frequency and rail), convenience (shops, GPs, pharmacies and services within reach), family (schools and childcare), risk (flood zones and other hazards), market (sales activity and price momentum) and future (planning applications and what they say about investment). The weights are the same for every town; the inputs are public registers, counted inside the town's box on the map. It is a statistical summary, not a judgement about a street, and it knows nothing about the house.

That is the point of this list. A low price with a low score is usually cheap for a reason the score can see — long drives, few services, a flood plain. A low price with a high score is a place the market has not priced the way the data would, and those are worth a viewing. The table below shows the six parts for every qualifying town, so you can see whether it is schools or trains doing the work.

The six parts of the score

Sub-scores for all 32 qualifying places

Place	Score	Connectivity	Convenience	Family	Risk	Market	Future
Finglas West, Dublin	88	84	97	93	92	66	96
Dublin 10, Dublin	87	82	97	93	85	67	100
Carlow Town, Carlow	84	86	92	87	70	74	100
Clonmel, Tipperary	83	89	92	93	55	79	100
Dundalk, Louth	82	86	93	89	59	70	100
Balbriggan, Dublin	82	86	90	90	67	61	100
Clondalkin, Dublin	82	88	94	93	62	59	100
Blackpool, Cork	81	87	97	93	67	71	50
Cobh, Cork	81	95	88	68	72	72	100
Passage West, Cork	81	86	70	64	97	75	100
Enniscorthy, Wexford	80	85	90	86	57	71	100
Athlone, Westmeath	80	84	93	93	47	73	100
Letterkenny, Donegal	79	71	97	81	57	86	100
Tramore, Waterford	79	92	91	72	62	64	100
Dooradoyle, Limerick	78	72	94	75	77	60	100
Ennis, Clare	78	59	97	89	67	75	100
Ballyfermot, Dublin	76	75	97	93	35	67	100
Carrigtwohill, Cork	76	91	93	48	72	77	84
Portlaoise, Laois	74	45	91	85	70	75	100
Doughiska, Galway	74	78	97	76	40	87	72
Collooney, Sligo	73	93	59	65	67	72	80
Tullamore, Offaly	73	47	93	83	65	74	100
Gorey, Wexford	73	53	92	81	59	72	100
Tralee, Kerry	72	85	95	93	0	79	100
Youghal, Cork	72	34	91	64	90	79	100
Westport, Mayo	72	41	85	87	67	75	100
Killarney, Kerry	72	62	91	73	55	76	100
Trim, Meath	72	62	85	78	59	69	100
Drogheda, Louth	71	87	97	89	0	74	100
Navan, Meath	71	72	95	76	32	73	100
Blackwater, Wexford	70	80	51	47	92	76	83
Mullingar, Westmeath	70	59	97	86	30	72	100

Method and sources

Score: the Addris Score for a home buyer, 0–100, computed for every town page from the National Transport Authority's timetables, the Department of Education's school register, HSE and other public service registers, the National Planning Applications Database, the OPW flood maps and the Property Price Register. Bands: Excellent, Strong, Good, and below.
Price: the median residential sale in the Property Price Register in the 12 months to the latest update, inside the town's box; only towns with at least 30 such sales are considered. The Ireland median is the 2026 year to date.
Rule: score at least 70 and median below the Ireland median; ranked by score, then price.
Reproducible: computed from the registers as published; the same score and price are on each town page. Data to 2026-09-20.

Quote freely with a link to this page. For the table as a spreadsheet, email hello@addris.ie.