Town

Arvagh

Ármhach

Arvagh is a town in Cavan. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationArvagh53.92326° N · 7.58402° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

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

  • Ármhach · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Arvagh · English · main form
  • Arva · English · main form · local name

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Cavan
Civil parish
Killashandra
Coordinates
53.92326, -7.58402
Logainm ID
4348 ↗

Population over time

Arva — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

419people · 2022

0125250375500 2016: 411 people20162022: 419 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
Arva — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
2016411
2022419

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.

Arva, Cavan

Published census settlement populations

411people · 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
Arva, Cavan — census population
Census yearPopulation
2011380
2016411

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Arvagh. 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.