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Dunboyne
Dún Búinne | |
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Town | |
Location in Greater Dublin | |
Coordinates: 53°25′12″N 6°28′30″W / 53.420°N 6.475°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | Meath |
Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
Population | 7,155 |
Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
Eircode routing key | A86 |
Telephone area code | +353(0)1 |
Irish Grid Reference | O010422 |
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]