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Bangor

Baingear

Bangor is a town in Mayo. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of Sacred Heart Church, Bangor Erris in Bangor Erris.
Illustration, Sacred Heart Church, Bangor Erris
Recorded locationBangor54.14471° N · 9.74304° 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

  • Baingear · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Bangor · English · main form
  • Bangor Erris · English · main form · local name

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Mayo
Barony
Erris
Civil parish
Kilcommon
Coordinates
54.14471, -9.74304
Logainm ID
1412322 ↗

Population over time

Bangor Erris — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

344people · 2022

0100200300400 2016: 306 people20162022: 344 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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Bangor Erris — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
2016306
2022344

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.

Bangor Erris, Mayo — Census town, CSO 2006 report

2002–2006: census town

295people · 2006

075150225300 2002: 266 people20022006: 295 people2006

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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Bangor Erris, Mayo — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
2002266
2006295

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

Bangor Erris, Mayo — Census town, CSO 1996 report

1991–1996: census town

251people · 1996

075150225300 1991: 262 people19911996: 251 people1996

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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Bangor Erris, Mayo — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
1991262
1996251

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

Bangor Erris, Mayo — Census town, CSO 1986 report

1981–1986: census town

236people · 1986

075150225300 1981: 181 people19811986: 236 people1986

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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Bangor Erris, Mayo — Census town, CSO 1986 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
1981181
1986236

Source: CSO Census 1986, Volume 1, Table 10, page 66. 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.

Bangor Erris, Mayo

Published census settlement populations

306people · 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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Bangor Erris, Mayo — census population
Census yearPopulation
2011293
2016306

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

Bangor Erris, Co Mayo — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

344people · 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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Bangor Erris, Co Mayo — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
2022344

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Bangor. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Sacred Heart Church, Bangor Erris illustration: based on a BangorErrisChurch.jpg by StaniforthHistorian. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted illustration distributed under the same licence.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.