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Kilcar

Cill Charthaigh

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

Recorded locationKilcar54.63257° N · 8.58892° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homesteadcillchurchdroicheadbridge

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

  • Cill Charthaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Baile an Droichid · Irish · main form · local name
  • Kilcar · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Donegal
Barony
Banagh
Civil parish
Kilcar
Within
Kilcar
Coordinates
54.63257, -8.58892
Logainm ID
1416588 ↗

Population over time

Cill Charthaigh — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

273people · 2022

075150225300 2016: 258 people20162022: 273 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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Cill Charthaigh — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
2016258
2022273

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.

Cill Charthaigh, Donegal — Census town, CSO 2006 report

2002–2006: census town

232people · 2006

075150225300 2002: 262 people20022006: 232 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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Cill Charthaigh, Donegal — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
2002262
2006232

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

Cill Charthaigh, Donegal — Census town, CSO 1996 report

1991–1996: census town

290people · 1996

0100200300400 1991: 307 people19911996: 290 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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Cill Charthaigh, Donegal — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
1991307
1996290

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

Kilcar, Donegal — Census town, CSO 1986 report

1981–1986: census town

345people · 1986

0100200300400 1981: 326 people19811986: 345 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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Kilcar, Donegal — Census town, CSO 1986 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
1981326
1986345

Source: CSO Census 1986, Volume 1, Table 10, page 70. 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.

Cill Charthaigh, Donegal

Published census settlement populations

258people · 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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Cill Charthaigh, Donegal — census population
Census yearPopulation
2011248
2016258

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

Cill Charthaigh, Co Donegal — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

403people · 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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Cill Charthaigh, Co Donegal — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
2022403

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

Sources & further reading

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

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-07-29. How this page was prepared.