Town

Shannonbridge

Droichead na Sionainne

Shannonbridge is a town in Offaly. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationShannonbridge53.27886° N · 8.04232° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

droicheadbridge

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

Droichead na Sionainne · Irish · main form · validated name
Shannonbridge · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Offaly
Barony: Garrycastle
Civil parish: Clonmacnoise
Within: Raghra
Coordinates: 53.27886, -8.04232
Logainm ID: 135338 ↗

Population over time

Shannonbridge — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

169people · 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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Shannonbridge — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census year	Population
2016	175
2022	169

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.

Shannonbridge, Offaly — Census town, CSO 2006 report

2002–2006: census town

221people · 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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Shannonbridge, Offaly — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Census year	Population
2002	248
2006	221

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

Shannonbridge, Offaly — Census town, CSO 1996 report

1991–1996: census town

266people · 1996

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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Shannonbridge, Offaly — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Census year	Population
1991	312
1996	266

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

Shannonbridge, Offaly — Census town, CSO 1986 report

1981–1986: census town

310people · 1986

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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Shannonbridge, Offaly — Census town, CSO 1986 report — census population
Census year	Population
1981	285
1986	310

Source: CSO Census 1986, Volume 1, Table 10, page 52. 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.

Shannonbridge, Offaly

Published census settlement populations

175people · 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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Shannonbridge, Offaly — census population
Census year	Population
2011	206
2016	175

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

Shannonbridge, Co Offaly — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

167people · 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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Shannonbridge, Co Offaly — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census year	Population
2022	167

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

Sources & further reading

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

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-07-28. How this page was prepared.