Town

Cootehill

Muinchille

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

Recorded locationCootehill54.07285° N · 7.08600° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

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

Muinchille · Irish · main form · validated name
Cootehill · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Cavan
Barony: Tullygarvey
Civil parish: Drumgoon
Coordinates: 54.07285, -7.08600
Logainm ID: 4689 ↗

Population over time

Cootehill — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

2,115people · 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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Cootehill — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census year	Population
2016	1,853
2022	2,115

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.

Cootehill Legal Town, Cavan — Legal town, CSO 2006 report

2002–2006: legal town

1,243people · 2006

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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Cootehill Legal Town, Cavan — Legal town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Census year	Population
2002	1,399
2006	1,243

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

Cootehill Environs, Cavan — Town environs only, CSO 2006 report

2002–2006: town environs only

649people · 2006

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Cootehill Environs, Cavan — Town environs only, CSO 2006 report — census population
Census year	Population
2002	345
2006	649

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

Cootehill Legal Town, Cavan — Legal town, CSO 1996 report

1991–1996: legal town

1,461people · 1996

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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Cootehill Legal Town, Cavan — Legal town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Census year	Population
1991	1,452
1996	1,461

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

Cootehill Environs, Cavan — Town environs only, CSO 1996 report

1991–1996: town environs only

361people · 1996

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Cootehill Environs, Cavan — Town environs only, CSO 1996 report — census population
Census year	Population
1991	339
1996	361

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

Cootehill, Cavan — Legal town, CSO 1986 report

1981–1986: legal town

1,487people · 1986

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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Cootehill, Cavan — Legal town, CSO 1986 report — census population
Census year	Population
1981	1,554
1986	1,487

Source: CSO Census 1986, Volume 1, Table 10, page 68. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Cootehill, Cavan — Town environs only, CSO 1986 report

1981–1986: town environs only

309people · 1986

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Cootehill, Cavan — Town environs only, CSO 1986 report — census population
Census year	Population
1981	251
1986	309

Source: CSO Census 1986, Volume 1, Table 10, page 68. 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.

Cootehill, Cavan — 2011 legal town and environs; 2016 census settlement

Published census settlement populations

1,853people · 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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Cootehill, Cavan — 2011 legal town and environs; 2016 census settlement — census population
Census year	Population
2011	2,123
2016	1,853

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

Cootehill, Co Cavan — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

1,856people · 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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Cootehill, Co Cavan — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census year	Population
2022	1,856

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

Sources & further reading

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

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-09-01. How this page was prepared.