Town

Charleville

An Ráth

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

Recorded locationCharleville52.35491° N · 8.68373° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

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

  • An Ráth · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Charleville · English · main form
  • Ráth Luirc · English · main form · local name

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Cork
Civil parish
Rathgoggan
Coordinates
52.35491, -8.68373
Logainm ID
12021 ↗

Population over time

Rathluirc (Charleville) — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

4,091people · 2022

01.3K2.5K3.8K5K 2016: 3,919 people20162022: 4,091 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.

View population figures
Rathluirc (Charleville) — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
20163,919
20224,091

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.

Rathluirc (Charleville), Cork and Limerick

Published census settlement populations

3,919people · 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.

View population figures
Rathluirc (Charleville), Cork and Limerick — census population
Census yearPopulation
20113,672
20163,919

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

Charleville, Co Cork — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

3,970people · 2022

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

View population figures
Charleville, Co Cork — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
20223,970

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

Sources & further reading

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

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.