Bunclody
Bun Clóidí | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Bunclody's market square | |
  Bunclody Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°39′18″N 6°39′04″W / 52.655°N 6.651°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Wexford |
| Elevation | 52 m (171 ft) |
| Population | 2,053 |
| Irish Grid Reference | S909569 |
Bunclody (Irish: Bun Clóidí, meaning 'bottom of the (river) Clody'), formerly Newtownbarry (until 1950), is a small town on the River Slaney in Wexford, Ireland. It is located near the foot of Mount Leinster. Most of the town is in County Wexford; a small area at the north end of town is in County Carlow. Bunclody has received a number of high scores in the Tidy Towns competition. The town is known for the "Streams of Bunclody Festival" held during the month of July.[citation needed]
Bunclody is 20 km by road north of Enniscorthy. The R746 road intersects the N80 road in the town.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1821 | 1,095 | — |
| 1831 | 1,430 | +30.6% |
| 1841 | 1,437 | +0.5% |
| 1851 | 1,307 | −9.0% |
| 1861 | 1,097 | −16.1% |
| 1871 | 1,014 | −7.6% |
| 1881 | 960 | −5.3% |
| 1891 | 909 | −5.3% |
| 1901 | 890 | −2.1% |
| 1911 | 884 | −0.7% |
| 1926 | 709 | −19.8% |
| 1936 | 684 | −3.5% |
| 1946 | 699 | +2.2% |
| 1951 | 805 | +15.2% |
| 1956 | 976 | +21.2% |
| 1961 | 891 | −8.7% |
| 1966 | 940 | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 929 | −1.2% |
| 1981 | 1,467 | +57.9% |
| 1986 | 1,423 | −3.0% |
| 1991 | 1,316 | −7.5% |
| 1996 | 1,241 | −5.7% |
| 2002 | 1,361 | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 1,863 | +36.9% |
| 2011 | 2,012 | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 1,984 | −1.4% |
| 2022 | 2,053 | +3.5% |
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- ^ "Census 2022 | Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movement | F1015 - Population". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office Ireland. September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ www.cso.ie/census and www.histpop.org Archived 2016-05-07 at the Wayback Machine. Figures post 1951 are for Bunclody-Carrigduff, a conurbation that straddles the Wexford-Carlow borders. For a discussion on the accuracy of pre-famine census returns see J. J. Lee "On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses" in Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by J.M. Goldstrom and L.A. Clarkson (1981) p54, and also "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850" by Joel Mokyr and Cormac Ó Gráda in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (November 1984), pp. 473–488.
- ^ "Bunclody (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 18 September 2023.