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Dunboyne
Dún Búinne | |
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Town | |
 Town centre, 2020 | |
  Dunboyne Location in Greater Dublin  Dunboyne Dunboyne (Ireland) | |
| Coordinates: 53°25′12″N 6°28′30″W / 53.420°N 6.475°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Meath |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population | 7,155 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | A86 |
| Telephone area code | +353(0)1 |
| Irish Grid Reference | O010422 |
Dunboyne (Irish: Dún Búinne, meaning 'Búinne's stronghold')[2] is a town in County Meath, Ireland, 15 km (9 mi) north-west of Dublin city centre. It is a commuter town for Dublin.[3] In the 20 years between the 1996 and 2016 censuses, the population of Dunboyne more than doubled from 3,080 to 7,272 inhabitants.[4] As per the 2022 census, the population decreased slightly to 7,155.[1] The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.[2]
- ^ a b "Census 2022 - F1015 Population". Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Dún Búinne/Dunboyne". Logainm.ie. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ "Priced out of Dublin? Consider Dunboyne". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Dunboyne (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.