92.7% of households in Tubbercurry live in a house or bungalow rather than an apartment — one of the highest rates in the country. That matters more than it sounds: SEAI's €300 home charger grant requires a private off-street parking space, so the odds are strongly in your favour here.
We cover Tubbercurry (F91) and the rest of County Sligo, introducing homeowners to Safe Electric registered electrical contractors.
See my price in 3 taps| Population | 2,307 Census 2022 |
|---|---|
| Eircode routing key | F91 |
| Households in a house or bungalow | 92.7% 7.3% apartments, of 905 households |
| Households with two or more cars | 28.7% |
| ESB charge points in the town | 2 across 1 location, none fast |
| County Sligo: private EVs | 1,304 |
| County Sligo: EVs per public charge point | 24.6 (national 38.2) |
| County Sligo: SEAI EV grants paid 2021–2025 | 789 |
Population and housing: CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics, Towns/Urban Areas file. Eircode routing key derived from 247,711 real Eircodes in the Residential Property Price Register and cross-checked against the published routing-key lists. Charge points: ESB ecars charge point locations, 7 September 2026 — ESB network only, so other operators are not counted and this is a floor, not a total. County EV and grant figures: CSO DOTM08 and a Dáil written answer of 15 October 2025.
SEAI's €300 home charger grant requires a private off-street parking space. Apartments and shared car parks go through a separate scheme, normally applied for by the owners' management company. In Tubbercurry, 92.7% of households live in a house or bungalow and 7.3% in a flat or apartment — so for most homes here, the grant is on the table.
The second figure to look at is cars per household. 28.7% of Tubbercurry households run two or more, and a second car is usually what tips someone from "the public charger will do" to "I need one at the house". Nationally there are about 38.2 private electric cars for every public charge point; in County Sligo it is 24.6. Public charging is the backup. The wall box is the one you actually use.
Do not let any installer start work before your SEAI Letter of Offer arrives. SEAI's own wording is not to commence work before the start date on the letter, otherwise the expenditure is deemed ineligible. There is no appeal. 789 grants have already been paid across County Sligo, so this is not hypothetical — it is the single most common way people lose the money, and it has nothing to do with whether they qualified.
Most standard installations in Tubbercurry fall in a clear band that depends on the charger you choose and how far your fuse board sits from where you park. Our estimator gives you an indicative installed price in three taps, and the Safe Electric registered contractor we introduce you to confirms a fixed written price before any work begins.
The grant needs a private off-street parking space at the property. In Tubbercurry, 92.7 per cent of households live in a house or bungalow rather than a flat or apartment, so most homes here are the right shape for it. The rule that catches people out is sequencing: do not let anyone start work before your Letter of Offer arrives, or SEAI deems the spend ineligible and the 300 euro is gone with no appeal. Across County Sligo, 789 SEAI EV grants were paid between 2021 and 2025.
ESB ecars lists 2 charge points across 1 location in Tubbercurry, none of them fast chargers. That is the ESB network only — other operators are not included, so treat it as a floor rather than a total. County-wide there are 53 public charge points serving 1,304 private electric cars, about 24.6 cars per charger against 38.2 nationally.
Tubbercurry addresses use the F91 routing key. We work across F91 and the rest of County Sligo, and the installer we introduce you to covers your area.
A Safe Electric registered electrical contractor working in Sligo. We are not an electrical contractor — we price the job, prepare your SEAI grant paperwork and introduce you to a registered installer. You get their name and registration number before anyone visits your house.
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No forms before you see a number. Tell us your car, where you park and how far the fuse board is — then we prepare your grant paperwork and introduce you to a Safe Electric registered contractor covering F91.
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