Town

Ratoath

Ráth Tó

Ratoath is a town in Meath. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationRatoath53.50299° N · 6.46330° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

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

  • Ráth Tó · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Ratoath · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Meath
Barony
Ratoath
Civil parish
Ratoath
Coordinates
53.50299, -6.46330
Logainm ID
1416749 ↗

Population over time

Ratoath — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

10,187people · 2022

05K10K15K20K 2016: 9,533 people20162022: 10,187 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.

View population figures
Ratoath — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
20169,533
202210,187

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.

Ratoath, Meath

Published census settlement populations

9,533people · 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.

View population figures
Ratoath, Meath — census population
Census yearPopulation
20119,043
20169,533

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

Ratoath, Co Meath — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

10,077people · 2022

Built Up Areas use a new land-use definition. Their population figures cannot be compared directly with Census 2016 settlement counts.

View population figures
Ratoath, Co Meath — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
202210,077

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

Sources & further reading

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

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.