Dunboyne

Dunboyne
Dún Búinne
Town
Town centre, 2020
Town centre, 2020
Dunboyne is located in Dublin
Dunboyne
Dunboyne
Location in Greater Dublin
Dunboyne is located in Ireland
Dunboyne
Dunboyne
Dunboyne (Ireland)
Coordinates: 53°25′12″N 6°28′30″W / 53.420°N 6.475°W / 53.420; -6.475
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyMeath
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population7,155
Time zoneUTC±0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing key
A86
Telephone area code+353(0)1
Irish Grid ReferenceO010422

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]

  1. ^ a b "Census 2022 - F1015 Population". Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Dún Búinne/Dunboyne". Logainm.ie. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Dunboyne (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

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