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Killaloe, County Clare
Killaloe
Irish: Cill Dalua | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Killaloe on the River Shannon with St Flannan's Cathedral on the left | |
  Killaloe Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°48′N 8°27′W / 52.8°N 8.45°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Clare |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population | 1,666 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R704736 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1821 | 1,487 | — |
| 1831 | 2,243 | +50.8% |
| 1841 | 2,783 | +24.1% |
| 1851 | 2,218 | −20.3% |
| 1861 | 1,673 | −24.6% |
| 1871 | 1,479 | −11.6% |
| 1881 | 1,350 | −8.7% |
| 1891 | 1,339 | −0.8% |
| 1901 | 1,072 | −19.9% |
| 1911 | 987 | −7.9% |
| 1926 | 904 | −8.4% |
| 1936 | 890 | −1.5% |
| 1946 | 890 | +0.0% |
| 1951 | 901 | +1.2% |
| 1956 | 888 | −1.4% |
| 1961 | 835 | −6.0% |
| 1966 | 816 | −2.3% |
| 1971 | 871 | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 1,022 | +17.3% |
| 1986 | 1,033 | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 956 | −7.5% |
| 1996 | 972 | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 1,174 | +20.8% |
| 2006 | 1,035 | −11.8% |
| 2011 | 1,292 | +24.8% |
| 2016 | 1,484 | +14.9% |
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Killaloe (/ˌkɪləˈluː/ kil-ə-LOO; Irish: Cill Dalua, meaning 'church of Dalua'[7]) is a small town in east County Clare, Ireland. It lies on the River Shannon on the western bank of Lough Derg and is connected by Killaloe Bridge to the "twin town" of Ballina on the eastern bank of the lake.
The Killaloe Electoral Area is one of six such areas in County Clare and returns four members to Clare County Council. Killaloe is at the center of the Killaloe Civil parish.
- ^ a b "Sapmap Area: Settlements Killaloe". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Central Statistics Office : Census 2011". Cso.ie. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ "Histpop - The Online Historical Population Reports Website". Histpop.org. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ "NISRA - Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (c) 2013". Nisranew.nisra.gov.uk. 27 September 2010. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ Lee, JJ (1981). "On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses". In Goldstrom, J. M.; Clarkson, L. A. (eds.). Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Mokyr, Joel; O Grada, Cormac (November 1984). "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850". The Economic History Review. 37 (4): 473–488. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x. hdl:10197/1406. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012.
- ^ "Cill Dalua/Killaloe". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 23 October 2021.
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