News

Survey reveals best and worst of Galway towns

Published

on

GALWAY towns and villages have been ranked third in Ireland as regards their economic strength in coming to terms with the impact of the collapse of the Celtic Tiger over the past six years.

The national farm advisory body, Teagasc, ranked 300 towns and villages across the 26 counties in one of the most detailed ever surveys, examining how the recession has affected population centres across the country.

The Galway city ‘satellite’ of Barna takes the top prosperity rating in the country, based mainly on its high rate of employment and the inward migration of people to the area.

However the picture is not as optimistic the further away the towns and villages are from Galway city. Gort is rated 296th out of 302 surveyed centres – being badly hit by unemployment with very little inward migration to the South Galway town.

Of the 18 Galway towns and villages surveyed, Gort was hardest hit during the recession according to the findings of the Teagasc survey, based primarily on the 2011 CSO Small Area Population Centres for 2011.

Looking at the national picture, only the counties of Sligo and Cork, did better than towns and villages in Galway, with Roscommon, Tipperary South, Donegal, Monaghan, Carlow and Offaly filling the ‘bottom six’ slots.

After Barna, the most prosperous village in Galway is Clarinbridge, followed by Carnmore, Oranmore,  Craughwell, Clifden and Moycullen – all six are in the top 50 of places doing reasonably well throughout the country.

See full story in this week’s new-look Connacht Tribune.

Trending

Exit mobile version