Town

Tullaghan

An Tulachán

Tullaghan is a town in Leitrim. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationTullaghan54.46873° N · 8.32814° 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 Tulachán · Irish · main form · validated name
Tullaghan · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Leitrim
Barony: Rosclogher
Civil parish: Rossinver
Coordinates: 54.46873, -8.32814
Logainm ID: 1166851 ↗

Population over time

Tullaghan — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

303people · 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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Tullaghan — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census year	Population
2016	253
2022	303

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.

Tullaghan, Leitrim — Census town, CSO 2006 report

2002–2006: census town

216people · 2006

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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Tullaghan, Leitrim — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Census year	Population
2006	216

Source: CSO C0112 — Alphabetical list of towns, populations 2002 and 2006 · 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.

Tullaghan, Leitrim

Published census settlement populations

253people · 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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Tullaghan, Leitrim — census population
Census year	Population
2011	228
2016	253

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

Tullaghan, Co Leitrim — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

293people · 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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Tullaghan, Co Leitrim — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census year	Population
2022	293

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

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Tullaghan. 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.