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Innfield

An Bóthar Buí

Innfield is a town in Meath. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationInnfield53.41219° N · 6.83091° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

bótharroadbuíyellow

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • An Bóthar Buí · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Innfield · English · main form
  • Enfield · English · main form · local name

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Meath
Civil parish
Rathcore
Coordinates
53.41219, -6.83091
Logainm ID
1165553 ↗

Population over time

Enfield — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

3,678people · 2022

01K2K3K4K 2016: 3,239 people20162022: 3,678 people2022

Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.

View population figures
Enfield — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
20163,239
20223,678

Source: CSO Census 2022 Profile 1 — Appendix Table 1: Census 2022 De Facto Population for the 2016 Towns · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Other census areas and years

These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.

Enfield, Meath

Published census settlement populations

3,239people · 2016

Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.

View population figures
Enfield, Meath — census population
Census yearPopulation
20112,929
20163,239

Source: CSO E2016 — Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Enfield, Co Meath — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

3,663people · 2022

Built Up Areas use a new land-use definition. Their population figures cannot be compared directly with Census 2016 settlement counts.

View population figures
Enfield, Co Meath — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
20223,663

Source: CSO F1015 — Population, Census 2022 Built Up Areas. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Innfield. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.