User:Conorbrady.ie/Urban areas in Ireland

Dublin
Cork
Limerick
Galway


Rank 2006 Change since 2002 Urban Area County Population 2006 Increase since 2002
1 Steady 0 Dublin[a] & Suburbs County Dublin 1,045,769 4.1%
2 Steady 0 Cork[a] & Suburbs County Cork 190,384 2.2%
3 Steady 0 Limerick[a] & Suburbs County Limerick & County Clare 90,757 4.3%
4 Steady 0 Galway[a] & Suburbs County Galway 72,729 9.9%
5 Steady 0 Waterford & Suburbs County Waterford & County Kilkenny 49,213 5.3%
6 Increase 1 Drogheda & Environs County Louth & County Meath 35,090 13.1%
7 Decrease 1 Dundalk[a] & Suburbs County Louth 35,085 7.9%
8 Increase 1 Swords[a][b] County Dublin 33,998 25.1%
9 Decrease 1 Bray & Environs County Wicklow & County Dublin 31,901 3.1%
10 Increase 4 Navan[a] & Environs County Meath 24,851 28.0%
11 Decrease 1 Ennis[a] & Environs County Clare 24,253 10.0%
12 Decrease 1 Tralee[a] & Environs County Kerry 22,744 3.4%
13 Decrease 1 Kilkenny[a] & Environs County Kilkenny 22,179 7.0%
14 Increase 1 Carlow[a] & Environs County Carlow & County Laois 20,724 12.1%
15 Increase 1 Naas[a] County Kildare 20,044 9.6%
16 Decrease 3 Sligo[a] & Environs County Sligo 19,402 -1.7%
17 Increase 2 Newbridge & Environs County Kildare 18,520 10.6%
18 Increase 4 Mullingar[a] & Environs County Westmeath 18,416 17.9%
19 Decrease 2 Wexford[a] & Environs County Wexford 18,163 5.4%
20 Increase 3 Letterkenny & Environs County Donegal 17,586 15.5%
21 Steady 0 Athlone & Environs County Westmeath & County Roscommon 17,544 10.1%
22 Decrease 2 Celbridge County Kildare 17,262 7.8%
23 Decrease 5 Clonmel[a][c] & Environs County Tipperary & County Waterford 17,008 0.6%
24 Increase 9 Balbriggan & Environs County Dublin 15,559 51.1%
25 Steady 0 Malahide County Dublin 14,937 8.0%
26 Decrease 2 Leixlip County Kildare 14,676 -2.3%
27 Steady 0 Portlaoise[a] & Environs County Laois 14,613 20.5%
28 Decrease 2 Killarney & Environs County Kerry 14,603 11.2%
29 Decrease 1 Greystones & Environs County Wicklow 14,569 22.3%
30 Increase 1 Tullamore[a] & Environs County Offaly 12,927 16.5%
31 Decrease 1 Carrigaline County Cork 12,835 14.7%
32 Decrease 3 Castlebar[a] & Environs County Mayo 11,891 4.6%
33 Increase 2 Arklow & Environs County Wicklow 11,759 17.7%
34 Increase 2 Cobh & Environs County Cork 11,303 15.2%
35 Decrease 1 Maynooth County Kildare 10,715 5.6%
36 Decrease 4 Ballina County Mayo 10,409 7.9%
37 Increase 3 Mallow & Environs County Cork 10,241 14.6%
38 Decrease 1 Wicklow[a] & Environs County Wicklow 10,070 7.6%
39 Increase 6 Midleton & Environs County Cork 10,048 26.3%
40 Increase 4 Tramore & Environs County Waterford 9,634 16.0%
41 Decrease 2 Enniscorthy & Environs County Wexford 9,538 6.4%
42 Decrease 4 Skerries County Dublin 9,535 4.2%
43 Decrease 2 Shannon & Environs County Clare 9,222 7.7%
44 Decrease 1 Portmarnock County Dublin 8,979 7.2%
45 Increase 16 Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington County Meath 8,978 60.4%
46 Steady 0 Longford[a] & Environs County Longford 8,836 16.9%
47 Decrease 5 Ashbourne County Meath 8,528 34.0%
48 Decrease 1 Dungarvan[a] & Environs County Waterford 8,362 12.2%
49 Steady 0 Rush County Dublin 8,286 22.4%
50 Increase 5 Athy County Kildare 8,218 35.9%
51 Increase 3 Cavan[a] & Environs County Cavan 7,883 29.3%
52 Steady 0 Nenagh[a][c] & Environs County Tipperary 7,751 20.1%
53 Decrease 2 New Ross & Environs County Wexford 7,709 17.9%
54 Decrease 6 Thurles & Environs County Tipperary 7,682 3.5%
55 Increase 4 Kildare County Kildare 7,538 32.4%
56 Increase 27 Ratoath County Meath 7,249 91.1%
57 Increase 7 Gorey & Environs County Wexford 7,193 36.2%
58 Decrease 2 Tuam & Environs County Galway 6,885 15.8%
59 Decrease 1 Trim & Environs County Meath 6,870 16.6%
60 Decrease 10 Youghal & Environs County Cork 6,785 2.8%
61 Decrease 4 Monaghan[a] & Environs County Monaghan 6,710 13.0%
62 Decrease 9 Ballinasloe & Environs County Galway & County Roscommon 6,303 1.4%
63 Increase 15 Portarlington County Laois & County Offaly 6,004 50.1%
64 Increase 1 Buncrana & Environs County Donegal 5,911 12.1%
65 Decrease 3 Carrick-on-Suir & Environs County Tipperary & County Waterford 5,906 5.7%
66 Increase 5 Edenderry & Environs County Offaly 5,888 29.2%
67 Increase 1 Fermoy & Environs County Cork 5,873 22.3%
68 Decrease 2 Bandon & Environs County Cork 5,822 12.8%
69 Decrease 6 Dunboyne County Meath 5,713 6.5%
70 Increase 11 Donabate County Dublin 5,499 42.7%
71 Decrease 11 Westport & Environs County Mayo 5,475 -2.8%
72 Increase 2 Kells & Environs County Meath 5,248 18.7%
73 Increase new Lusk County Dublin 5,236 113.2%
74 Decrease 5 Passage West & Environs County Cork 5,203 13.2%
75 Increase 1 Newcastle West County Limerick 5,098 26.9%
76 Decrease 3 Birr & Environs County Offaly & County Tipperary 5,081 14.5%
77 Decrease 10 Tipperary & Environs County Tipperary 5,065 2.0%
78 Decrease 6 Roscommon[a] County Roscommon 5,017 11.8%
79 Decrease 4 Clane County Kildare 4,968 12.5%
80 Decrease 10 Roscrea County Tipperary 4,910 7.3%
81 Decrease 1 Ardee & Environs County Louth 4,694 18.9%
82 Decrease 5 Loughrea County Galway 4,532 13.2%
83 Decrease 1 Carrickmacross County Monaghan 4,387 14.5%
84 Decrease 5 Listowel County Kerry 4,338 8.5%
85 Steady 0 Ballybofey-Stranorlar County Donegal 4,176 15.9%
86 Decrease 2 Clonakilty County Cork 4,154 12.3%
87 Increase 9 Kilcock County Kildare 4,100 49.6%
88 Decrease 2 Kinsale County Cork 4,099 15.3%
89 Decrease 2 Mountmellick & Environs County Laois 4,069 20.1%
90 Increase new Blessington County Wicklow 4,018 60.1%
91 Increase 2 Sallins County Kildare 3,806 30.3%
92 Increase new Kinsealy-Drinan County Dublin 3,651 73.0%
93 Decrease 1 Macroom & Environs County Cork 3,553 19.0%
94 Increase new Oranmore County Galway 3,513 107.6%
95 Decrease 5 Dunshaughlin County Meath 3,384 10.5%
96 Decrease 1 Cahir County Tipperary 3,381 20.0%
97 Decrease 9 Mitchelstown County Cork 3,365 2.0%
98 Decrease 9 Bantry County Cork 3,309 5.0%
99 Decrease 5 Kilcoole County Wicklow 3,252 15.1%
100 Increase new Duleek County Meath 3,236 48.9%

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  1.    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. Clonmel and Nenagh are, respectively, the county towns of South Tipperary and North Tipperary, the two administrative counties within the traditional County Tipperary.