Town

Roscrea

Ros Cré

Roscrea is a town in Tipperary. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationRoscrea52.95583° N · 7.79611° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

ros(wooded) height; wood; promontory

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

Ros Cré · Irish · main form · validated name
Roscrea · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Tipperary
Barony: Ikerrin
Civil parish: Roscrea
Coordinates: 52.95583, -7.79611
Logainm ID: 46874 ↗

Population over time

Roscrea — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

5,746people · 2022

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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Roscrea — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census year	Population
2016	5,446
2022	5,746

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.

Roscrea, North Tipperary

Published census settlement populations

5,446people · 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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Roscrea, North Tipperary — census population
Census year	Population
2011	5,403
2016	5,446

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

Roscrea, Co Tipperary — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

5,542people · 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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Roscrea, Co Tipperary — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census year	Population
2022	5,542

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

Sources & further reading

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

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-12-29. How this page was prepared.