Town

Caher

An Chathair

Caher is a town in Tipperary. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationCaher52.37660° N · 7.92861° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

An Chathair · Irish · main form · validated name
Caher · English · main form
Cahir · English · main form · local name

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Tipperary
Barony: Iffa and Offa West
Civil parish: Caher
Coordinates: 52.37660, -7.92861
Logainm ID: 1165655 ↗

Population over time

Cahir — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

3,716people · 2022

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.

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Cahir — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census year	Population
2016	3,593
2022	3,716

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.

Cahir, South Tipperary

Published census settlement populations

3,593people · 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.

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Cahir, South Tipperary — census population
Census year	Population
2011	3,578
2016	3,593

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

Cahir, Co Tipperary — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

3,679people · 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

Cahir, Co Tipperary — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census year	Population
2022	3,679

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

Sources & further reading

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

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.