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Ireland - Basic Facts
Population - 3,917,203
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Population of each Province, County and City
and actual and percentage change, 1996 and 2002 |
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Population |
Persons1996 |
Persons2002 |
Males2002 |
Females2002 |
Actual change 1996-2002 |
Percentage change 1996-2002 |
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Provco |
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Leinster |
1924702 |
2105579 |
1038015 |
1067564 |
180877 |
9.4 |
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Carlow |
41616 |
46014 |
23403 |
22611 |
4398 |
10.6 |
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Dublin City and County |
1058264 |
1122821 |
544075 |
578746 |
64557 |
6.1 |
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Dublin City |
481854 |
495781 |
237813 |
257968 |
13927 |
2.9 |
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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown |
189999 |
191792 |
91337 |
100455 |
1793 |
0.9 |
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Fingal |
167683 |
196413 |
97409 |
99004 |
28730 |
17.1 |
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South Dublin |
218728 |
238835 |
117516 |
121319 |
20107 |
9.2 |
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Kildare |
134992 |
163944 |
82735 |
81209 |
28952 |
21.4 |
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Kilkenny |
75336 |
80339 |
40540 |
39799 |
5003 |
6.6 |
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Laoighis |
52945 |
58774 |
30131 |
28643 |
5829 |
11 |
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Longford |
30166 |
31068 |
15794 |
15274 |
902 |
3 |
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Louth |
92166 |
101821 |
50489 |
51332 |
9655 |
10.5 |
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Meath |
109732 |
134005 |
67733 |
66272 |
24273 |
22.1 |
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Offaly |
59117 |
63663 |
32185 |
31478 |
4546 |
7.7 |
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Westmeath |
63314 |
71858 |
35960 |
35898 |
8544 |
13.5 |
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Wexford |
104371 |
116596 |
58170 |
58426 |
12225 |
11.7 |
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Wicklow |
102683 |
114676 |
56800 |
57876 |
11993 |
11.7 |
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Munster |
1033903 |
1100614 |
550118 |
550496 |
66711 |
6.5 |
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Clare |
94006 |
103277 |
52063 |
51214 |
9271 |
9.9 |
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Cork City and County |
420510 |
447829 |
222317 |
225512 |
27319 |
6.5 |
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Cork City |
127187 |
123062 |
59263 |
63799 |
-4125 |
-3.2 |
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Cork County |
293323 |
324767 |
163054 |
161713 |
31444 |
10.7 |
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Kerry |
126130 |
132527 |
66572 |
65955 |
6397 |
5.1 |
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Limerick City and County |
165042 |
175304 |
87631 |
87673 |
10262 |
6.2 |
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Limerick City |
52039 |
54023 |
26128 |
27895 |
1984 |
3.8 |
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Limerick County |
113003 |
121281 |
61503 |
59778 |
8278 |
7.3 |
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Tipperary North |
58021 |
61010 |
30864 |
30146 |
2989 |
5.2 |
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Tipperary South |
75514 |
79121 |
39999 |
39122 |
3607 |
4.8 |
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Waterford City and County |
94680 |
101546 |
50672 |
50874 |
6866 |
7.3 |
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Waterford City |
42540 |
44594 |
21782 |
22812 |
2054 |
4.8 |
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Waterford County |
52140 |
56952 |
28890 |
28062 |
4812 |
9.2 |
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Connacht |
433231 |
464296 |
233194 |
231102 |
31065 |
7.2 |
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Galway City and County |
188854 |
209077 |
104367 |
104710 |
20223 |
10.7 |
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Galway City |
57241 |
65832 |
31015 |
34817 |
8591 |
15 |
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Galway County |
131613 |
143245 |
73352 |
69893 |
11632 |
8.8 |
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Leitrim |
25057 |
25799 |
13324 |
12475 |
742 |
3 |
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Mayo |
111524 |
117446 |
59149 |
58297 |
5922 |
5.3 |
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Roscommon |
51975 |
53774 |
27583 |
26191 |
1799 |
3.5 |
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Sligo |
55821 |
58200 |
28771 |
29429 |
2379 |
4.3 |
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Ulster (part of) |
234251 |
246714 |
124837 |
121877 |
12463 |
5.3 |
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Cavan |
52944 |
56546 |
29015 |
27531 |
3602 |
6.8 |
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Donegal |
129994 |
137575 |
69016 |
68559 |
7581 |
5.8 |
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Monaghan |
51313 |
52593 |
26806 |
25787 |
1280 |
2.5 |
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State |
3626087 |
3917203 |
1946164 |
1971039 |
291116 |
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Source: CSO
Ireland's
population (pdf) expected to grow
to 5 million by 2026
Total area: 70,282 km˛ (68,890 km˛ land area )
Coastline: 1,448kms
Highest point: Carrantuohill (KY) 1,038m
Frontier with Northern Ireland: 360kms
Birth rate: 14.21 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 8.59 deaths/1,000 population
Religions: Roman Catholic 93%, Church of Ireland (Anglican) 3%, other
1%, none 1%, unknown 2%
Constitution: 28 December 1937, adopted 1 July 1937 by plebecite.
Head of Government: An Taoiseach Mr Brian Cowen, T.D.
Legislative Branch
Seanad Éireann (Senate) upper house
Dáil (House of Representatives) lower house
Money: Euro / € (Irish Pound notes and coins withdrawn from 1.1.2002)
Official Languages: Irish and English
Timezone: UTC+1 in Summer; UTC+0 in Winter
(5 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time)
Capital: Dublin
Dublin City Population 495,781 Metro area 1.1 million. Other cities: Cork City
(123,062) Metro Area 250,000 - Cork City & County (447,829) Limerick (54,023) - Limerick City &
County (175,304) Galway (65,832) Galway City & Co (209,077) Waterford
(44,594) Waterford City & County (101,546)
Northern Ireland: Belfast (330,000)
Shop opening hours: 09h - 17h30 Mo-Sa
Most cities have at least one late night where shops are open later (eg to 20h
on Thursdays in Dublin). Many suburban supermarkets are open until 19h on
weekdays. Most towns and cities have convenience stores which open to 22 or
23h 7 days a week.
Airports
Dublin ,
Cork and Shannon
Other airports at: Belfast and Derry (Northern Ireland), Galway, Kerry,
Knock, Waterford and Sligo
Car Ferry Services
Detailed information on ferry services can be found
here.
Ferry routes to/from Ireland:
From Cherbourg, Le Harve and Rosscoff in France to Cork and Rosslare
From Cherbourg to Dublin
From Swansea (South Wales) to Cork
From Fishguard and Pembroke (South Wales) to Rosslare
From Holyhead (North Wales) to Dublin Port and Dun Laoghaire (Co Dublin)
From Isle of Man to Dublin
Ferry services to Belfast and Larne Northern Ireland from Liverpool,
Stranraer and Cairnryan (Scotland) and Isle of Man
Highways
87,400 kms of highways classified as follows:
M routes "Motorways" M1, M4, M7, M11 and M50 - ie divided highways with 4
or more lanes together with an emergency lane in either direction
National Primary Routes (N1 to N49)
National Secondary Routes (N50 to N99)
Regional Roads (R001 to R999)
Unnumbered roads
Most national primary routes have emergency lanes on either side
E Routes
The N1,M1, M11 and N11 form part of the E1 Trans European
route which runs from Larne in Northern Ireland via Dublin down the East
coast of Ireland to the Iberian Peninsula via Lisbon and ending at Seville
in Southern Spain.
The N7, N18, and M7 form part of the E20 which runs
from Ennis (CE) to Limerick to Portlaoise (where it is joined by the E201
(N8) from Cork) and on via Liverpool, Copenhagen, and Goteborg to
Stockholm in Eastern Sweden.
The N25 forms part of the E30 route which runs from Cork to
Rosslare, and on to London, Hanover, Berlin, Warsaw and Minsk to Moscow.
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