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Fahan

Fathain

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

Recorded locationFahan55.08732° N · 7.46481° 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

  • Fathain · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Fahan · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Donegal
Civil parish
Fahan Upper
Coordinates
55.08732, -7.46481
Logainm ID
15198 ↗

Population over time

Fahan — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

591people · 2022

0150300450600 2016: 588 people20162022: 591 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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Fahan — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
2016588
2022591

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.

Fahan, Donegal — Census town, CSO 2006 report

2002–2006: census town

417people · 2006

0125250375500 2002: 338 people20022006: 417 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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Fahan, Donegal — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
2002338
2006417

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

Fahan, Donegal — Census town, CSO 1996 report

1991–1996: census town

284people · 1996

0100200300400 1991: 309 people19911996: 284 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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Fahan, Donegal — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
1991309
1996284

Source: CSO A0112 — Alphabetical list of towns, populations 1991 and 1996 · 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.

Fahan, Donegal

Published census settlement populations

588people · 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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Fahan, Donegal — census population
Census yearPopulation
2011569
2016588

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

Fahan, Co Donegal — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

589people · 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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Fahan, Co Donegal — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
2022589

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

Sources & further reading

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

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-10-14. How this page was prepared.