Town

Shinrone

Suí an Róin

Shinrone is a town in Offaly. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationShinrone52.98483° N · 7.92656° 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

Suí an Róin · Irish · main form · validated name
Shinrone · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Offaly
Barony: Clonlisk
Civil parish: Shinrone
Coordinates: 52.98483, -7.92656
Logainm ID: 1416836 ↗

Population over time

Shinrone — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

712people · 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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Shinrone — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census year	Population
2016	645
2022	712

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.

Shinrone, Offaly — Census town, CSO 2006 report

2002–2006: census town

591people · 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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Shinrone, Offaly — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Census year	Population
2002	488
2006	591

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

Shinrone, Offaly — Census town, CSO 1996 report

1991–1996: census town

479people · 1996

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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Shinrone, Offaly — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Census year	Population
1991	455
1996	479

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

Shinrone, Offaly — Census town, CSO 1986 report

1981–1986: census town

479people · 1986

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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Shinrone, Offaly — Census town, CSO 1986 report — census population
Census year	Population
1981	415
1986	479

Source: CSO Census 1986, Volume 1, Table 10, page 52. 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.

Shinrone, Offaly

Published census settlement populations

645people · 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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Shinrone, Offaly — census population
Census year	Population
2011	634
2016	645

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

Shinrone, Co Offaly — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

707people · 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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Shinrone, Co Offaly — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census year	Population
2022	707

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

Sources & further reading

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

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-07-28. How this page was prepared.