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The following table and map show the areas in Ireland, previously designated as Cities, Boroughs, or Towns in the Local Government Act 2001. Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, Ireland had a two-tier system of local authorities. The first tier consisted of administrative counties and county boroughs.
List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland. This is a link page for cities, towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland, including townships or urban centres in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and other major urban areas. Cities are shown in bold; see City status in Ireland for an independent list. Contents: Top. 0–9. A. B.
Athlone (/ æθˈloʊn /; Irish: Baile Átha Luain, meaning 'The town of Luan's ford ') [2] is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree. It is the second most populous town in the Midlands Region with a population of 22,869 in the 2022 census.
Artane, [4] as described from Thom's Almanac and Official Directory: County Dublin Directory, in 1862: "A village and parish in Coolock barony, Dublin county, three miles (5 km) N. from the General Post Office, Dublin, comprising an area of 954 acres (3.86 km 2). Population, 457. The village is on the road to Malahide.
Athenry (/ æθənˈraɪ /; [a] Irish: Baile Átha an Rí, meaning 'Town of the Ford of the King') is a town in County Galway, Ireland, which lies 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Galway city. Some of the attractions of the medieval town are its town wall, Athenry Castle, its priory and its 13th-century street-plan. The town is also well known by ...
Letterkenny (Irish: Leitir Ceanainn [ˈl̠ʲɛtʲəɾʲ ˈcanˠən̠ʲ], meaning "hillside of the O'Cannons"), nicknamed the Cathedral Town, [3][4][5] is a large town in County Donegal, Ireland, on the River Swilly in the north-west of Ulster. [1] Along with the nearby city of Derry, Letterkenny is a regional economic gateway for the north-west ...
City Assembly House. City Assembly House is a Georgian gallery, exhibition space and office developed by the Society of Artists in Ireland as a purpose built venue to hold exhibitions and display the works of Irish artists. It is often claimed to have been the first purpose built art gallery in either the UK or Ireland.
Athy was the largest town in Kildare from the first official records in 1813 (population 3,192) until 1891 (population 4,886), and again between 1926 and 1946 and between 1951 and 1961. In 1837 the population was 4,494. [31] The 2022 census established the population of Athy at 11,035.