Listowel
Lios Tuathail | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 John B. Keane statue in the Small Square | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Listowel Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°26′49″N 9°29′10″W / 52.447°N 9.486°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Kerry |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.4 km2 (2.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,794 |
| • Rank | 92nd |
| • Density | 890/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | V31 |
| Telephone area code | +353(0)68 |
| Irish Grid Reference | Q988338 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1831 | 2,289 | — |
| 1841 | 2,598 | +13.5% |
| 1851 | 2,134 | −17.9% |
| 1861 | 2,273 | +6.5% |
| 1871 | 2,199 | −3.3% |
| 1881 | 2,965 | +34.8% |
| 1891 | 3,566 | +20.3% |
| 1901 | 3,605 | +1.1% |
| 1911 | 3,409 | −5.4% |
| 1926 | 2,917 | −14.4% |
| 1936 | 3,098 | +6.2% |
| 1946 | 3,311 | +6.9% |
| 1951 | 3,149 | −4.9% |
| 1956 | 3,144 | −0.2% |
| 1961 | 2,859 | −9.1% |
| 1966 | 2,822 | −1.3% |
| 1971 | 3,021 | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 3,649 | +20.8% |
| 1986 | 3,693 | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 3,597 | −2.6% |
| 1996 | 3,656 | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 3,999 | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 4,338 | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 4,820 | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 4,794 | −0.5% |
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Listowel (/ˈlɪstoʊl/ LISS-tohl; Irish: Lios Tuathail, meaning 'Tuathal's ringfort',[5] pronounced [l̠ʲɪsˠ ˈt̪ˠuəhəlʲ]) is a heritage market town in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the River Feale, 28 km (17 mi) from the county town, Tralee. The town of Listowel had a population of 4,794 according to the 2022 census, the third largest in the county.[2] Listowel is also the name of a townland within the town and an encompassing civil parish.[5]
Described by the organisers of Listowel's writers festival as the "Literary Capital of Ireland",[6] a number of internationally known playwrights and authors have lived there, including Bryan MacMahon and John B. Keane.
- ^ "Population Density and Area Size 2016". CSO. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Listowel". CSO Ireland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "CSO: Census: Census Home Page". Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2010. and http://www.histpop.org Archived 2016-05-07 at the Wayback Machine. Post 1991 figures include environs of Listowel. 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 JM Goldstrom and LA 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.
- ^ "Sapmap Area – Settlements – Listowel". Census 2016. CSO. 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Lios Tuathail/Listowel". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Listowel Writers' Week – Information – Listowel". Archived from the original on 18 December 2007.