Town

Clogheen

An Chloichín

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

Recorded locationClogheen52.27492° N · 7.99339° 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 Chloichín · Irish · main form · validated name
Clogheen · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Tipperary
Barony: Iffa and Offa West
Civil parish: Shanrahan
Civil parish: Tullaghorton
Coordinates: 52.27492, -7.99339
Logainm ID: 1165795 ↗

Population over time

Clogheen — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

565people · 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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Clogheen — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census year	Population
2016	478
2022	565

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.

Clogheen, South Tipperary

Published census settlement populations

478people · 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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Clogheen, South Tipperary — census population
Census year	Population
2011	491
2016	478

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

Clogheen, Co Tipperary — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

564people · 2022

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

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Clogheen, Co Tipperary — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census year	Population
2022	564

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

Sources & further reading

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

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2022-01-28. How this page was prepared.