Dingle
Daingean Uí Chúis | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Strand Street, Dingle | |
  Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°08′24″N 10°16′17″W / 52.13991°N 10.2715°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Kerry |
| Population | 1,671 |
| Irish Grid Reference | Q445011 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1821 | 4,538 | — |
| 1831 | 4,327 | −4.6% |
| 1841 | 3,386 | −21.7% |
| 1851 | 3,273 | −3.3% |
| 1861 | 2,260 | −31.0% |
| 1871 | 2,117 | −6.3% |
| 1881 | 1,833 | −13.4% |
| 1891 | 1,764 | −3.8% |
| 1901 | 1,786 | +1.2% |
| 1911 | 1,884 | +5.5% |
| 1926 | 1,998 | +6.1% |
| 1936 | 1,800 | −9.9% |
| 1946 | 1,683 | −6.5% |
| 1951 | 1,545 | −8.2% |
| 1956 | 1,453 | −6.0% |
| 1961 | 1,460 | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 1,406 | −3.7% |
| 1971 | 1,401 | −0.4% |
| 1981 | 1,358 | −3.1% |
| 1986 | 1,253 | −7.7% |
| 1991 | 1,272 | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 1,536 | +20.8% |
| 2002 | 1,828 | +19.0% |
| 2006 | 1,920 | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 1,965 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 2,050 | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 1,671 | −18.5% |
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Dingle (Irish: An Daingean or Daingean Uí Chúis, meaning "fort of Ó Cúis")[9] is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula, it sits on the Atlantic coast, about 50 kilometres (30 mi) southwest of Tralee and 71 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of Killarney.[10] Principal industries in the town are tourism, fishing and agriculture: Dingle Mart (livestock market) serves the surrounding countryside.
In 2022, Dingle had a population of 1,671,[1] a decrease from the 2016 census, and the oldest average age for a town in Ireland (44.4 years).[11] Situated in a Gaeltacht region, 13.7% of the population spoke Irish on a daily basis in 2016.[12] An adult Bottlenose dolphin named Fungie had been courting human contact in Dingle Bay since 1983 but disappeared in 2020.[13]
- ^ a b c "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis". CSO Ireland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Population Classified by Area" (PDF). Central Statistics Office (Ireland). April 2012. p. 39. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Census 2006 – Volume 1 – Population Classified by Area" (PDF). Central Statistics Office Census 2006 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. April 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ Census for post 1821 figures. Archived 9 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Histpop - The Online Historical Population Reports Website". www.histpop.org. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency - Census Home Page". Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ Lee, J. J. (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; Ó Gráda, 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.
- ^ McKenna 1986:10–11
- ^ Kerry County Council 2006:1
- ^ "Census of Population 2022 Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movements". Central Statistics Office Ireland. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ O’Loughlin, Ed (27 October 2020). "Fungie, Ireland's Missing Dolphin, 'Goes With the Tide'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 April 2021.