Town

Urlingford

Áth na nUrlainn

Urlingford is a town in Kilkenny. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationUrlingford52.72028° N · 7.58107° 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

  • Áth na nUrlainn · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Urlingford · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Kilkenny
Barony
Galmoy
Civil parish
Urlingford
Coordinates
52.72028, -7.58107
Logainm ID
27524 ↗

Population over time

Urlingford — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

1,217people · 2022

05001K1.5K2K 2016: 1,038 people20162022: 1,217 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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Urlingford — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
20161,038
20221,217

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.

Urlingford, Kilkenny — Census town, CSO 2006 report

2002–2006: census town

867people · 2006

0225450675900 2002: 739 people20022006: 867 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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Urlingford, Kilkenny — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
2002739
2006867

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

Urlingford, Kilkenny — Census town, CSO 1996 report

1991–1996: census town

689people · 1996

0175350525700 1991: 689 people19911996: 689 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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Urlingford, Kilkenny — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
1991689
1996689

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

Urlingford, Kilkenny — Census town, CSO 1986 report

1981–1986: census town

676people · 1986

0175350525700 1981: 669 people19811986: 676 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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Urlingford, Kilkenny — Census town, CSO 1986 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
1981669
1986676

Source: CSO Census 1986, Volume 1, Table 10, page 49. 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.

Urlingford, Kilkenny

Published census settlement populations

1,038people · 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
Urlingford, Kilkenny — census population
Census yearPopulation
2011973
20161,038

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

Urlingford, Co Kilkenny — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

1,196people · 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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Urlingford, Co Kilkenny — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
20221,196

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

Sources & further reading

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

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2022-07-04. How this page was prepared.