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List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland by population

Dublin, the capital of Ireland

This is a list of urban areas in Ireland by population. The one hundred largest towns are listed below, as well as county towns which fall outside the top 100 list. Populations are from the 2016 Irish census, except for Tallaght, [1] and represent the entire settlement area of each town and city (including suburbs and environs). For convenience, all cities included are shown in bold, while county towns/cities are highlighted in green.

Contents

Cities and towns listEdit

 
1st, Dublin
 
2nd, Cork
 
3rd, Limerick
 
4th, Galway
 
5th, Waterford
 
6th, Drogheda
 
7th, Swords
 
8th, Dundalk
 
9th, Bray
 
10th, Navan
 
11th, Kilkenny
 
12th, Ennis
 
13th, Carlow
Rank
2016 		Change
since 2011 		Urban Area County Population 2016 Increase
since 2011
1   0 Dublin[a] County Dublin 1,173,179[2] 5.6%
2   0 Cork[a] County Cork 208,669[3] 5.1%
3   0 Limerick[a] County Limerick & County Clare 94,192[4] 3.0%
4   0 Galway[a] County Galway 79,934[5] 4.1%
5   0 Waterford County Waterford & County Kilkenny 53,504[6] 3.9%
6   0 Drogheda County Louth & County Meath 40,956[7] 6.2%
7   1 Swords[a][b] Fingal 39,248[8] 6.3%
8   1 Dundalk[a] County Louth 39,004[9] 3.1%
9   0 Bray County Wicklow & County Dublin 32,600[10] 2.3%
10   0 Navan[a] County Meath 30,173[11] 5.7%
11   1 Kilkenny[a][c] County Kilkenny 26,512[12] 8.6%
12   1 Ennis[a] County Clare 25,276[13] -0.3%
13   1 Carlow[a] County Carlow & County Laois 24,272[14] 5.4%
14   1 Tralee[a] County Kerry 23,691[15] -0.0%
15   0 Newbridge County Kildare 22,742[16] 5.5%
16   2 Port Laoise[a] County Laois 22,050[17] 9.5%
17   4 Balbriggan Fingal 21,722[18] 8.8%
18   2 Naas[a] County Kildare 21,393[19] 3.3%
19   2 Athlone County Westmeath & County Roscommon 21,349[20] 5.9%
20   1 Mullingar[a] County Westmeath 20,928[21] 4.1%
21   2 Celbridge County Kildare 20,288 3.8%
22   2 Wexford[a] County Wexford 20,188 0.6%
23   1 Letterkenny County Donegal 19,274 -1.6%
24   0 Sligo[a] County Sligo 19,199 -1.3%
25   1 Greystones County Wicklow 18,140 3.8%
26   1 Clonmel County Tipperary & County Waterford 17,140 -4.3%
27   0 Malahide Fingal 16,550 4.4%
28   1 Carrigaline County Cork 15,770 6.7%
29   1 Leixlip County Kildare 15,504 0.3%
30   0 Tullamore[a] County Offaly 14,607 1.7%
31   2 Maynooth County Kildare 14,585 16.6%
32   1 Killarney County Kerry 14,504 2.0%
33   1 Arklow County Wicklow 13,163 1.2%
34   0 Cobh County Cork 12,800 3.7%
35   3 Ashbourne County Meath 12,679 11.7%
36   0 Midleton County Cork 12,496 4.1%
37   0 Mallow County Cork 12,459 7.4%
38   3 Castlebar[a] County Mayo 12,068 -2.0%
39   1 Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney County Meath 11,872 9.0%
40   1 Enniscorthy County Wexford 11,381 5.0%
41   3 Cavan[a] County Cavan 10,914 6.4%
42   0 Wicklow[a] County Wicklow 10,584 2.2%
43   0 Tramore County Waterford 10,381 0.5%
44   5 Ballina County Mayo 10,171 -8.3%
45   2 Skerries Fingal 10,043 3.8%
46   2 Longford[a] County Longford 10,008 4.2%
47   4 Rush Fingal 9,943 7.7%
48   4 Gorey County Wexford 9,822[22] 7.8%
49   3 Shannon County Clare 9,729 0.6%
50   5 Athy County Kildare 9,677 -2.5%
51   2 Ratoath County Meath 9,533 5.4%
52   2 Portmarnock Fingal 9,466 1.9%
53   4 Dungarvan[a] County Waterford 9,227 -2.1%
54   1 Trim County Meath 9,194 11.2%
55   1 Nenagh[a] County Tipperary 8,968 6.3%
56   0 Tuam County Galway 8,767 6.4%
57   1 Kildare County Kildare 8,634 6.0%
58   3 Portarlington County Laois & County Offaly 8,368 7.4%
59   2 New Ross County Wexford 8,040 -1.4%
60   0 Youghal County Cork 7,963 2.2%
61   2 Thurles County Tipperary 7,940 0.1%
62   1 Lusk Fingal 7,786 10.9%
63   1 Monaghan[a] County Monaghan 7,678 3.0%
64   3 Donabate Fingal 7,443 9.8%
65   1 Edenderry County Offaly 7,359 5.5%
66   2 Clane County Kildare 7,280 8.6%
67   2 Dunboyne County Meath 7,272 4.5%
68   2 Bandon County Cork 6,957 4.8%
69   3 Buncrana County Donegal 6,785 -0.8%
70   1 Ballinasloe County Galway & County Roscommon 6,662 0.0%
71   6 Kinsealy-Drinan Fingal 6,643 14.3%
72   0 Newcastle West County Limerick 6,619 4.6%
73   2 Fermoy County Cork 6,585 1.5%
74   1 Westport County Mayo 6,198 2.2%
75   0 Kells County Meath 6,135 4.2%
76   4 Kilcock County Kildare 6,093 10.1%
77   2 Roscommon[a] County Roscommon 5,876 3.2%
78   5 Sallins County Kildare 5,849 10.7%
79   1 Passage West County Cork 5,843 0.9%
80   6 Carrick-on-Suir County Tipperary & County Waterford 5,771 -2.7%
81   5 Birr County Offaly & County Tipperary 5,741 -1.3%
82   3 Loughrea County Galway 5,556 9.8%
83   3 Blessington County Wicklow 5,520 10.2%
84   2 Roscrea County Tipperary 5,446 0.8%
85   4 Kinsale County Cork 5,281 7.9%
86   9 Carrigtwohill County Cork 5,080 11.6%
87   1 Carrickmacross County Monaghan 5,032 2.2%
88   4 Oranmore County Galway 4,990 4.0%
89   6 Tipperary County Tipperary 4,979 -6.2%
90   3 Ardee County Louth 4,928 0.0%
91   1 Ballybofey-Stranorlar County Donegal 4,852 0.0%
92   1 Listowel County Kerry 4,820 -0.2%
93   0 Mountmellick County Laois 4,777 0.9%
94   6 Tullow County Carlow 4,673 17.6%
95   1 Clonakilty County Cork 4,592 -2.7%
96   5 Athenry County Galway 4,445 12.5%
97   1 Cashel County Tipperary 4,422 9.2%
98   new Rathcoole South Dublin 4,351 27.2%
99   new Monasterevin County Kildare 4,246 14.4%
100   4 Kilcoole County Wicklow 4,239 4.7%

County townsEdit

There are four county towns which do not appear on the above list due to boundary definition, administrative reasons or because they do not rank in the top 100.

Urban Area County Population 2016
Tallaght[a] South Dublin 71,504[d][23]
Dún Laoghaire[a][e] Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown 26,525[24]
Carrick-on-Shannon[a] County Leitrim 4,062[25]
Lifford[a] County Donegal 1,626[26]

See alsoEdit

NotesEdit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac    indicates this city or town is the county town of its respective county.
  2. ^ Swords is the county town of Fingal, an administrative county within the traditional County Dublin.
  3. ^ Kilkenny, while officially a town, may legally call itself a city. (Local Government Act, 2001 §10(16) and Local Government Act, 2001 §11(16).)
  4. ^ This is the 2011 population and not 2016. Population, not of the centre of Tallaght, but all Tallaght Electoral Districts - including Tallaght-Kilnamanagh which reaches Greenhills and Walkinstown
  5. ^ Population, not of the town of Dún Laoghaire, but all Dún Laoghaire Electoral Districts

External linksEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "Census 2016". Central Statistics Office.
  2. ^ "Settlement Dublin City And Suburbs". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Settlement Cork City And Suburbs". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Settlement Limerick City And Suburbs". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Settlement Galway City And Suburbs". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Settlement Waterford City And Suburbs". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Settlement Drogheda". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Settlement Swords". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Settlement Dundalk". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Settlement Bray". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Settlement Navan (An Uaimh)". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Settlement Kilkenny". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Settlement Ennis". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Settlement Carlow". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  15. ^ "Settlement Tralee". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Settlement Droichead Nua (Newbridge)". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  17. ^ "Settlement Portlaoise (Formerly Maryborough)". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  18. ^ "Settlement Balbriggan". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  19. ^ "Settlement Naas". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  20. ^ "Settlement Athlone". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  21. ^ "Settlement Mullingar". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  22. ^ "Settlement Gorey". Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  23. ^ "Population Density and Area Size by Electoral Division, Statistical Indicator and Census Year". CSO. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  24. ^ Population of all Dún Laoghaire Electoral Districts: 042 East Central 043 Glasthule 044 Glenageary 045 Monkstown Farm 046 Mount Town 047 Sallynoggin East 048 Sallynoggin South 049 Sallynoggin West 050 Sandycove 051 Salthill 052 West Central
  25. ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Carrick-On-Shannon". Census 2016. CSO. 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  26. ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Lifford". Census 2016. CSO. 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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