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Ardnacrusha

Ard na Croise

Ardnacrusha is a town in Clare. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationArdnacrusha52.71447° N · 8.60624° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

ardheight; highcroiscross; crossroads

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Ard na Croise · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Ardnacrusha · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Clare
Civil parish
Saint Patrick's
Coordinates
52.71447, -8.60624
Logainm ID
1166978 ↗

Population over time

Ardnacrusha or Castlebank — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

1,332people · 2022

05001K1.5K2K 2016: 1,383 people20162022: 1,332 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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Ardnacrusha or Castlebank — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
20161,383
20221,332

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.

Ardnacrusha (Castlebank), Clare

Published census settlement populations

1,383people · 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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Ardnacrusha (Castlebank), Clare — census population
Census yearPopulation
20111,414
20161,383

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

Ardnacrusha, Co Clare — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

1,229people · 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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Ardnacrusha, Co Clare — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
20221,229

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Ardnacrusha. 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.