List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland by population

This is a list of urban areas in Ireland by population. The one hundred largest towns are listed. Populations are from the 2016 Irish census [1] and represent the entire settlement area of each town and city (including suburbs and environs). For convenience, cities included are shown in bold and county towns and cities are highlighted in green.

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
14th, Tralee
Rank
2016		 Change
since 2011		 Urban Area County Population 2016 Increase
since 2011
1 Steady 0Dublin[lower-alpha 1]County Dublin1,173,179[2]5.6%
2 Steady 0Cork[lower-alpha 1]County Cork208,669[3]5.1%
3 Steady 0Limerick[lower-alpha 1]County Limerick & County Clare94,192[4]3.0%
4 Steady 0Galway[lower-alpha 1]County Galway79,934[5]4.1%
5 Steady 0WaterfordCounty Waterford & County Kilkenny53,504[6]3.9%
6 Steady 0DroghedaCounty Louth & County Meath 40,956[7]6.2%
7 Increase 1Swords[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]County Dublin39,248[8]6.3%
8 Decrease 1Dundalk[lower-alpha 1]County Louth39,004[9]3.1%
9 Steady 0BrayCounty Wicklow & County Dublin32,600[10]2.3%
10 Steady 0Navan[lower-alpha 1]County Meath30,173[11]5.7%
11 Increase 1Kilkenny[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 3]County Kilkenny26,512[12]8.6%
12 Decrease 1Ennis[lower-alpha 1]County Clare25,276[13]-0.3%
13 Increase 1Carlow[lower-alpha 1]County Carlow & County Laois24,272[14]5.4%
14 Decrease 1Tralee[lower-alpha 1]County Kerry23,691[15]-0.0%
15 Steady 0NewbridgeCounty Kildare22,742[16]5.5%
16 Increase 2Portlaoise[lower-alpha 1]County Laois22,050[17]9.5%
17 Increase 4BalbrigganCounty Dublin21,722[18]8.8%
18 Decrease 2Naas[lower-alpha 1]County Kildare21,393[19]3.3%
19 Decrease 2AthloneCounty Westmeath & County Roscommon21,349[20]5.9%
20 Decrease 1Mullingar[lower-alpha 1]County Westmeath20,928[21]4.1%
21 Increase 2CelbridgeCounty Kildare20,2883.8%
22 Decrease 2Wexford[lower-alpha 1]County Wexford20,1880.6%
23 Decrease 1LetterkennyCounty Donegal19,274-1.6%
24 Steady 0Sligo[lower-alpha 1]County Sligo19,199-1.3%
25 Increase 1GreystonesCounty Wicklow18,1403.8%
26 Decrease 1 ClonmelCounty Tipperary & County Waterford17,140-4.3%
27 Steady 0MalahideCounty Dublin16,5504.4%
28 Increase 1CarrigalineCounty Cork15,7706.7%
29 Decrease 1LeixlipCounty Kildare15,5040.3%
30 Steady 0Tullamore[lower-alpha 1]County Offaly14,6071.7%
31 Increase 2MaynoothCounty Kildare14,58516.6%
32 Decrease 1KillarneyCounty Kerry14,5042.0%
33 Decrease 1 ArklowCounty Wicklow13,1631.2%
34 Steady 0CobhCounty Cork12,8003.7%
35 Increase 3AshbourneCounty Meath12,67911.7%
36 Steady 0MidletonCounty Cork12,4964.1%
37 Steady 0MallowCounty Cork12,4597.4%
38 Decrease 3Castlebar[lower-alpha 1]County Mayo12,068-2.0%
39 Increase 1Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-DonacarneyCounty Meath11,8729.0%
40 Increase 1EnniscorthyCounty Wexford11,3815.0%
41 Increase 3Cavan[lower-alpha 1]County Cavan10,9146.4%
42 Steady 0Wicklow[lower-alpha 1]County Wicklow10,5842.2%
43 Steady 0TramoreCounty Waterford10,3810.5%
44 Decrease 5BallinaCounty Mayo10,171-8.3%
45 Increase 2SkerriesCounty Dublin10,0433.8%
46 Increase 2Longford[lower-alpha 1]County Longford10,0084.2%
47 Increase 4RushCounty Dublin9,9437.7%
48 Increase 4GoreyCounty Wexford9,8227.8%
49 Decrease 3ShannonCounty Clare9,7290.6%
50 Decrease 5AthyCounty Kildare9,677-2.5%
51 Increase 2RatoathCounty Meath9,5335.4%
52 Decrease 2PortmarnockCounty Dublin9,4661.9%
53 Decrease 4Dungarvan[lower-alpha 1]County Waterford9,227-2.1%
54 Increase 1TrimCounty Meath9,19411.2%
55 Decrease 1Nenagh[lower-alpha 1]County Tipperary8,9686.3%
56 Steady 0TuamCounty Galway8,7676.4%
57 Increase 1KildareCounty Kildare8,6346.0%
58 Increase 3PortarlingtonCounty Laois & County Offaly8,3687.4%
59 Decrease 2New RossCounty Wexford8,040-1.4%
60 Steady 0YoughalCounty Cork7,9632.2%
61 Decrease 2ThurlesCounty Tipperary7,9400.1%
62 Increase 1LuskCounty Dublin7,78610.9%
63 Decrease 1Monaghan[lower-alpha 1]County Monaghan7,6783.0%
64 Increase 3DonabateCounty Dublin7,4439.8%
65 Decrease 1EdenderryCounty Offaly7,3595.5%
66 Increase 2ClaneCounty Kildare7,2808.6%
67 Decrease 2DunboyneCounty Meath7,2724.5%
68 Increase 2BandonCounty Cork6,9574.8%
69 Decrease 3BuncranaCounty Donegal6,785-0.8%
70 Decrease 1BallinasloeCounty Galway & County Roscommon6,6620.0%
71 Increase 6Kinsealy-DrinanCounty Dublin6,64314.3%
72 Steady 0Newcastle WestCounty Limerick6,6194.6%
73 Decrease 2FermoyCounty Cork6,5851.5%
74 Decrease 1WestportCounty Mayo6,1982.2%
75 Steady 0KellsCounty Meath6,1354.2%
76 Increase 4KilcockCounty Kildare6,09310.1%
77 Increase 2Roscommon[lower-alpha 1]County Roscommon5,8763.2%
78 Increase 5SallinsCounty Kildare5,84910.7%
79 Decrease 1Passage WestCounty Cork5,8430.9%
80 Decrease 6Carrick-on-SuirCounty Tipperary & County Waterford5,771-2.7%
81 Increase 3LoughreaCounty Galway5,5569.8%
82 Increase 3BlessingtonCounty Wicklow5,52010.2%
83 Decrease 2RoscreaCounty Tipperary5,4460.8%
84 Increase 4KinsaleCounty Cork5,2817.9%
85 Increase 9CarrigtwohillCounty Cork5,08011.6%
86 Increase 1CarrickmacrossCounty Monaghan5,0322.2%
87 Increase 4OranmoreCounty Galway4,9904.0%
88 Decrease 6TipperaryCounty Tipperary4,979-6.2%
89 Decrease 3ArdeeCounty Louth4,9280.0%
90 Decrease 1Ballybofey-StranorlarCounty Donegal4,8520.0%
91 Decrease 1ListowelCounty Kerry4,820-0.2%
92 Steady 0MountmellickCounty Laois4,7770.9%
93 Increase 6TullowCounty Carlow4,67317.6%
94 Decrease 1ClonakiltyCounty Cork4,592-2.7%
95 Increase 5AthenryCounty Galway4,44512.5%
96 Decrease 1CashelCounty Tipperary4,4229.2%
97 Decrease 21BirrCounty Offaly & County Tipperary4,370-24.9%
98 Increase newRathcooleCounty Dublin4,35127.2%
99 Increase newMonasterevinCounty Kildare4,24614.4%
100 Decrease 4KilcooleCounty Wicklow4,2394.7%

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25   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.

References

  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.
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