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Skull

An Scoil

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

Recorded locationSkull51.52454° N · 9.54466° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

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 Scoil · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Skull · English · main form
  • Schull · English · main form · local name

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Cork
Civil parish
Skull
Coordinates
51.52454, -9.54466
Logainm ID
1166662 ↗

Population over time

Schull — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

752people · 2022

0200400600800 2016: 700 people20162022: 752 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.

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Schull — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
2016700
2022752

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.

Schull, Cork — Census town, CSO 2006 report

2002–2006: census town

576people · 2006

0175350525700 2002: 693 people20022006: 576 people2006

These are the historical areas published in the 2006 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.

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Schull, Cork — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
2002693
2006576

Source: CSO C0112 — Alphabetical list of towns, populations 2002 and 2006 · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Schull, Cork — Census town, CSO 1996 report

1991–1996: census town

595people · 1996

0150300450600 1991: 579 people19911996: 595 people1996

These are the historical areas published in the 1996 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.

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Schull, Cork — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
1991579
1996595

Source: CSO A0112 — Alphabetical list of towns, populations 1991 and 1996 · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Schull, Cork — Census town, CSO 1986 report

1981–1986: census town

509people · 1986

0150300450600 1981: 502 people19811986: 509 people1986

Figures cover the historical town area printed in the 1986 report. Boundaries may have changed between censuses. Legal town, environs and suburb totals remain separate and differ from modern settlement boundaries.

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Schull, Cork — Census town, CSO 1986 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
1981502
1986509

Source: CSO Census 1986, Volume 1, Table 10, page 58. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (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.

Schull, Cork

Published census settlement populations

700people · 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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Schull, Cork — census population
Census yearPopulation
2011658
2016700

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

Schull, Co Cork — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

669people · 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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Schull, Co Cork — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
2022669

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Skull. 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.