Town

Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown)

Muine Bheag

Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) is a town in Carlow. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationMuine Bheag (Bagenalstown)52.69871° N · 6.96116° 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

  • Muine Bheag · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) · English · main form
  • Bagenalstown · English · main form · local name

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Carlow
Civil parish
Dunleckny
Civil parish
Sliguff
Coordinates
52.69871, -6.96116
Logainm ID
3405 ↗

Population over time

Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

3,062people · 2022

01K2K3K4K 2016: 2,837 people20162022: 3,062 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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Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
20162,837
20223,062

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.

Muinebeag (Bagenalstown), Carlow — 2011 legal town and environs; 2016 census settlement

Published census settlement populations

2,837people · 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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Muinebeag (Bagenalstown), Carlow — 2011 legal town and environs; 2016 census settlement — census population
Census yearPopulation
20112,950
20162,837

Source: CSO E2016 — Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016 · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Muinebeag (Bagenalstown), Co Carlow — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

2,945people · 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
Muinebeag (Bagenalstown), Co Carlow — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
20222,945

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown). Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.