Coill Dubh | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Coill Dubh Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°17′32″N 6°49′03″W / 53.29236°N 6.81752°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Population | 1,476 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 645 | — |
| 1966 | 786 | +21.9% |
| 1971 | 920 | +17.0% |
| 1981 | 876 | −4.8% |
| 1986 | 772 | −11.9% |
| 1991 | 693 | −10.2% |
| 1996 | 682 | −1.6% |
| 2002 | 592 | −13.2% |
| 2006 | 684 | +15.5% |
| 2011 | 693 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 746 | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 1,476 | +97.9% |
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Coill Dubh (Irish pronunciation: [ˌkəil̠ʲ ˈd̪ˠʊw]; meaning "black wood"[5]), also known as Blackwood,[1] is a town in Ireland in northern County Kildare, at the junction of the R403 and R408 regional roads, about 40 km (25 mi) from Dublin. It was one of the fastest growing urban area in Ireland between the 2016 and 2022 census, with its population doubling from 746 to 1,476.[1][2]
The village is home to Coill Dubh GAA club, which has won the Kildare Senior Hurling Championship eleven times.
- ^ a b c d "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Coill Dubh (Blackwood)". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Coill Dubh (Blackwood)". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ http://www.cso.ie/census and www.histpop.org
- ^ "Coill Dubh (Kildare, All Towns, Ireland) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information".
- ^ "Coill Dubh / Coill Dubh". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 6 January 2020.