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Trim
Baile Átha Troim (Irish) | |
|---|---|
Town | |
.jpg) Finnegan's Way, Trim | |
  Trim Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°33′11″N 6°47′35″W / 53.553°N 6.793°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Meath |
| Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Population | 9,563 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | C15 |
| Telephone area code | +353(0)46 |
| Irish Grid Reference | N800567 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1813 | 1,754 | — |
| 1821 | 2,304 | +31.4% |
| 1831 | 3,282 | +42.4% |
| 1841 | 2,269 | −30.9% |
| 1851 | 1,905 | −16.0% |
| 1861 | 2,058 | +8.0% |
| 1871 | 2,195 | +6.7% |
| 1881 | 1,586 | −27.7% |
| 1891 | 1,531 | −3.5% |
| 1901 | 1,513 | −1.2% |
| 1911 | 1,488 | −1.7% |
| 1926 | 1,325 | −11.0% |
| 1936 | 1,455 | +9.8% |
| 1946 | 1,383 | −4.9% |
| 1951 | 1,309 | −5.4% |
| 1956 | 1,786 | +36.4% |
| 1961 | 1,745 | −2.3% |
| 1966 | 1,856 | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 2,255 | +21.5% |
| 1981 | 3,526 | +56.4% |
| 1986 | 4,124 | +17.0% |
| 1991 | 4,185 | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 4,405 | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 5,894 | +33.8% |
| 2006 | 6,870 | +16.6% |
| 2011 | 8,268 | +20.3% |
| 2016 | 9,194 | +11.2% |
| 2022 | 9,563 | +4.0% |
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Trim (Irish: Baile Átha Troim, meaning 'town at the ford of elderflowers')[7] is a town in County Meath, Ireland. It is situated on the River Boyne and, as of the 2022 census, had a population of 9,563.[1] The town is in a civil parish of the same name.[8]
The town is noted for Trim Castle – the largest Norman castle in Ireland. One of the two cathedrals of the United Dioceses of Meath and Kildare – St Patrick's cathedral – is located north of the river. Trim won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1972, 1984, 2014 and 2022, and was the joint winner with Ballyconnell in 1974. Trim was historically the county town of Meath, but this title was passed on in 1898 to the larger, neighbouring town of Navan.
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- ^ For a discussion on the accuracy of pre-famine census returns, see: Lee, J. J. (1981). "On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses". In Goldstrom and, J. M.; Clarkson, L. A. (eds.). Irish Population, Economy and Society. p. 54. and Mokyr, Joel; Ó Gráda, Cormac (November 1984). "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850". The Economic History Review. New Series. 37 (4): 473–488. doi:10.2307/2596554. hdl:10197/1406. JSTOR 2596554.
- ^ "Sapmap Area – Settlements – Trim". Census 2016. CSO. 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Joyce, P. W., "Irish Local Names Explained", Archived 27 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Baile Átha Troim/Trim". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 29 April 2024.