Town

Strokestown

Béal na mBuillí

Strokestown is a town in Roscommon. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationStrokestown53.77624° N · 8.10602° 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

  • Béal na mBuillí · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Strokestown · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Roscommon
Barony
Roscommon
Civil parish
Bumlin
Civil parish
Kiltrustan
Coordinates
53.77624, -8.10602
Logainm ID
44407 ↗

Population over time

Strokestown — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

1,016people · 2022

05001K1.5K2K 2016: 825 people20162022: 1,016 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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Strokestown — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
2016825
20221,016

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.

Strokestown, Roscommon — Census town, CSO 2006 report

2002–2006: census town

773people · 2006

0200400600800 2002: 631 people20022006: 773 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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Strokestown, Roscommon — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
2002631
2006773

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

Strokestown, Roscommon — Census town, CSO 1996 report

1991–1996: census town

572people · 1996

0150300450600 1991: 568 people19911996: 572 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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Strokestown, Roscommon — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
1991568
1996572

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.

Strokestown, Roscommon

Published census settlement populations

825people · 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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Strokestown, Roscommon — census population
Census yearPopulation
2011814
2016825

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

Strokestown, Co Roscommon — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

850people · 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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Strokestown, Co Roscommon — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
2022850

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Strokestown. 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.