Dunshaughlin

Dunshaughlin
Dún Seachlainn/Domhnach Seachnaill
Town
The Drumree Road in Dunshaughlin
The Drumree Road in Dunshaughlin
Dunshaughlin is located in Ireland
Dunshaughlin
Dunshaughlin
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°30′42″N 6°32′22″W / 53.5118°N 6.5395°W / 53.5118; -6.5395
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Meath
Elevation
105 m (344 ft)
Population6,644
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceN965526

Dunshaughlin (Irish: Dún Seachlainn, meaning 'the fort of Seachlainn'[2] or locally Irish: Domhnach Seachnaill, meaning 'St Seachnall's Church')[3] is a town in County Meath, Ireland. A commuter town for nearby Dublin,[4] Dunshaughlin more than tripled in population (from 2,139 to 6,644 inhabitants) between the 1996 and 2022 censuses.[5] The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.[2]

  1. ^ "F1015: Population and Average Age by Sex and List of Towns (number and percentages), 2022". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. April 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Dunshaughlin / Dún Seachlainn". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. ^ While Domhnach Seachnaill remains the common name among the natives, since the Placenames Order, 1975 the alternative recorded Irish name for the town, Dún Seachlainn, is designated as the official name. Both names are equally legitimate with Domhnach Seachnaill appearing in ecclesiastical records and Dún Seachlainn appearing in secular records.
  4. ^ "More than 900 housing units approved for Dunshaughlin, Co Meath". dublinlive.ie. 26 April 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Dunshaughlin (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 30 June 2023.