List of towns in the Republic of Ireland by population

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This is a list of towns in the Ireland by population. The one hundred largest towns are listed. Populations are from Table 7, Volume 1 of the 2006 census[1] and represent the entire urban area (including suburbs and environs). For convenience, administrative cities are included and are shown in bold.

Rank 2006 Change since 2002 Urban Area County Population 2006 Increase since 2002
1 steady 0 Dublin[a] County Dublin 1,045,769 4.1%
2 steady 0 Cork[a] County Cork 190,384 2.2%
3 steady 0 Limerick[a] County Limerick & County Clare 90,757 4.3%
4 steady 0 Galway[a] County Galway 72,729 9.9%
5 steady 0 Waterford[a] County Waterford & County Kilkenny 49,213 5.3%
6 increase 1 Drogheda County Louth & County Meath 35,090 13.1%
7 decrease 1 Dundalk[a] County Louth 35,085 7.9%
8 increase 1 Swords[a][b] County Fingal 33,998 25.1%
9 decrease 1 Bray County Wicklow & County Dublin 31,901 3.1%
10 increase 4 Navan[a] County Meath 24,851 28.0%
11 decrease 1 Ennis[a] County Clare 24,253 10.0%
12 decrease 1 Tralee[a] County Kerry 22,744 3.4%
13 decrease 1 Kilkenny[a][c] County Kilkenny 22,179 7.0%
14 increase 1 Carlow[a] County Carlow & County Laois 20,724 12.1%
15 increase 1 Naas[a] County Kildare 20,044 9.6%
16 decrease 3 Sligo[a] County Sligo 19,402 -1.7%
17 increase 2 Newbridge County Kildare 18,520 10.6%
18 increase 4 Mullingar[a] County Westmeath 18,416 17.9%
19 decrease 2 Wexford[a] County Wexford 18,163 5.4%
20 increase 3 Letterkenny County Donegal 17,586 15.5%
21 steady 0 Athlone County Westmeath & County Roscommon 17,544 10.1%
22 decrease 2 Celbridge County Kildare 17,262 7.8%
23 decrease 5 Clonmel[a][d] County Tipperary & County Waterford 17,008 0.6%
24 increase 9 Balbriggan 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] County Laois 14,613 20.5%
28 decrease 2 Killarney County Kerry 14,603 11.2%
29 decrease 1 Greystones County Wicklow 14,569 22.3%
30 increase 1 Tullamore[a] County Offaly 12,927 16.5%
31 decrease 1 Carrigaline County Cork 12,835 14.7%
32 decrease 3 Castlebar[a] County Mayo 11,891 4.6%
33 increase 2 Arklow County Wicklow 11,759 17.7%
34 increase 2 Cobh 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 County Cork 10,241 14.6%
38 decrease 1 Wicklow[a] County Wicklow 10,070 7.6%
39 increase 6 Midleton County Cork 10,048 26.3%
40 increase 4 Tramore County Waterford 9,634 16.0%
41 decrease 2 Enniscorthy County Wexford 9,538 6.4%
42 decrease 4 Skerries County Dublin 9,535 4.2%
43 decrease 2 Shannon 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] County Longford 8,836 16.9%
47 decrease 5 Ashbourne County Meath 8,528 34.0%
48 decrease 1 Dungarvan[a] 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] County Cavan 7,883 29.3%
52 steady 0 Nenagh[a][d] County Tipperary 7,751 20.1%
53 decrease 2 New Ross County Wexford 7,709 17.9%
54 decrease 6 Thurles 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 County Wexford 7,193 36.2%
58 decrease 2 Tuam County Galway 6,885 15.8%
59 decrease 1 Trim County Meath 6,870 16.6%
60 decrease 10 Youghal County Cork 6,785 2.8%
61 decrease 4 Monaghan[a] County Monaghan 6,710 13.0%
62 decrease 9 Ballinasloe County Galway & County Roscommon 6,303 1.4%
63 increase 15 Portarlington County Laois & County Offaly 6,004 50.1%
64 increase 1 Buncrana County Donegal 5,911 12.1%
65 decrease 3 Carrick-on-Suir County Tipperary & County Waterford 5,906 5.7%
66 increase 5 Edenderry County Offaly 5,888 29.2%
67 increase 1 Fermoy County Cork 5,873 22.3%
68 decrease 2 Bandon 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 County Mayo 5,475 -2.8%
72 increase 2 Kells County Meath 5,248 18.7%
73 increase new Lusk County Dublin 5,236 113.2%
74 decrease 5 Passage West County Cork 5,203 13.2%
75 increase 1 Newcastle West County Limerick 5,098 26.9%
76 decrease 3 Birr County Offaly & County Tipperary 5,081 14.5%
77 decrease 10 Tipperary 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 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 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 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%

Notes

  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        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 borough, may legally call itself a city.
  4. ^ a b Clonmel and Nenagh are, respectively, the county towns of South Tipperary and North Tipperary, the two administrative counties within the traditional County Tipperary.

See also

References

  1. ^ Central Statistics Office Ireland: Census 2006 Reports - Published To Date, Volume 1 - Population Classified by Area, published 26 April 2007, retrieved from archived version, dated 17 July 2011.
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