Town

Skibbereen

An Sciobairín

Skibbereen is a town in Cork. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationSkibbereen51.54765° N · 9.27076° 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 Sciobairín · Irish · main form · validated name
Skibbereen · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Cork
Barony: Carbery West (E.D.)
Civil parish: Abbeystrowry
Civil parish: Creagh
Coordinates: 51.54765, -9.27076
Logainm ID: 1166661 ↗

Population over time

Skibbereen — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

3,176people · 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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Skibbereen — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census year	Population
2016	2,778
2022	3,176

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.

Skibbereen, Cork — 2011 legal town and environs; 2016 census settlement

Published census settlement populations

2,778people · 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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Skibbereen, Cork — 2011 legal town and environs; 2016 census settlement — census population
Census year	Population
2011	2,670
2016	2,778

Source: CSO E2016 — Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016 · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Skibbereen, Co Cork — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

2,903people · 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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Skibbereen, Co Cork — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census year	Population
2022	2,903

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

Sources & further reading

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

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-08-08. How this page was prepared.