Town

Whitechurch

An Teampall Geal

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

Recorded locationWhitechurch51.98055° N · 8.51411° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

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 Teampall Geal · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Whitechurch · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Cork
Barony
Cork
Civil parish
Whitechurch
Coordinates
51.98055, -8.51411
Logainm ID
1414057 ↗

Population over time

Whitechurch — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

712people · 2022

0200400600800 2016: 665 people20162022: 712 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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Whitechurch — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
2016665
2022712

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.

Whitechurch, Cork — Census town, CSO 2006 report

2002–2006: census town

408people · 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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Whitechurch, Cork — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
2006408

Source: CSO C0112 — Alphabetical list of towns, populations 2002 and 2006 · 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.

Whitechurch, Cork

Published census settlement populations

665people · 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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Whitechurch, Cork — census population
Census yearPopulation
2011573
2016665

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

Whitechurch, Co Cork — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

719people · 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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Whitechurch, Co Cork — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
2022719

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Whitechurch. 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.