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Kilkee
Irish: Cill Chaoi | |
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Town | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Kilkee Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°40′44″N 9°38′49″W / 52.679°N 9.647°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Clare |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.24 km2 (2.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population | 972 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | V15 |
| Telephone area code | +353(0)65 |
| Irish Grid Reference | Q885601 |
| Website | kilkee |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1821 | 409 | — |
| 1831 | 1,051 | +157.0% |
| 1841 | 1,481 | +40.9% |
| 1851 | 1,860 | +25.6% |
| 1861 | 1,856 | −0.2% |
| 1871 | 1,605 | −13.5% |
| 1881 | 1,652 | +2.9% |
| 1891 | 1,839 | +11.3% |
| 1901 | 1,762 | −4.2% |
| 1911 | 1,688 | −4.2% |
| 1926 | 1,682 | −0.4% |
| 1936 | 1,863 | +10.8% |
| 1946 | 1,804 | −3.2% |
| 1951 | 1,677 | −7.0% |
| 1956 | 1,565 | −6.7% |
| 1961 | 1,392 | −11.1% |
| 1966 | 1,377 | −1.1% |
| 1971 | 1,287 | −6.5% |
| 1981 | 1,389 | +7.9% |
| 1986 | 1,448 | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 1,315 | −9.2% |
| 1996 | 1,331 | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 1,260 | −5.3% |
| 2006 | 1,325 | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 1,024 | −22.7% |
| 2016 | 972 | −5.1% |
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Kilkee (Irish: Cill Chaoi)[7] is a small coastal town in County Clare, Ireland. It is in the parish of Kilkee, formerly Kilfearagh. Kilkee is midway between Kilrush and Doonbeg on the N67 road. The town is popular as a seaside resort.[8] The horseshoe bay is protected from the Atlantic Ocean by the Duggerna Reef.
- ^ a b "Sapmap Area: Settlements Kilkee". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Census Ireland 2011". cso.ie. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ Census for post 1821 figures.
- ^ "NISRA – Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (c) 2013". Government of the United Kingdom. 27 September 2010. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ Lee, JJ (1981). "On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses". In Goldstrom, J. M.; Clarkson, L. A. (eds.). Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Mokyr, Joel; O Grada, Cormac (November 1984). "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850". The Economic History Review. Volume. 37 (4): 473–488. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x. hdl:10197/1406. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012.
- ^ "Cill Chaoi/Kilkee". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ Clare, Stay in (17 July 2021). "Kilkee County Clare Holiday Resort with Sandy Beach". Retrieved 13 April 2024.