Town

Convoy

Conmhaigh

Convoy is a town in Donegal. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationConvoy54.85956° N · 7.66689° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

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

Conmhaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
Convoy · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Donegal
Barony: Raphoe South
Civil parish: Convoy
Coordinates: 54.85956, -7.66689
Logainm ID: 1411547 ↗

Population over time

Convoy — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

1,662people · 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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Convoy — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census year	Population
2016	1,526
2022	1,662

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.

Convoy, Donegal

Published census settlement populations

1,526people · 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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Convoy, Donegal — census population
Census year	Population
2011	1,438
2016	1,526

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

Convoy, Co Donegal — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

1,702people · 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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Convoy, Co Donegal — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census year	Population
2022	1,702

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

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Convoy. 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.