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Athlone
Athlone (Baile Átha Luain) is a Midlands Irish town split by the River Shannon between Westmeath and Roscommon, centered on its 1210 Anglo-Norman castle, the 1690-91 sieges, and growth as a Regional Growth Centre.
Ballyhaunis
Ballyhaunis (Beal Átha hAmhnais) is a market town in east Mayo, Ireland, at the N60/N83 junction on the Dublin–Westport rail line. Population 2,366 (2016); home to Ireland's first purpose-built mosque and St Mary's Augustinian friary.
Bandon, County Cork
Bandon (Droichead na Bandan) is a market town on the River Bandon in County Cork, Ireland, about 27 km southwest of Cork city. Founded as a walled plantation town in 1604 by English settlers under Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork; population 8,196 in 2022.
Belmullet
Belmullet (Béal an Mhuirthead), the main town of Erris in northwest County Mayo, Ireland, stands on the isthmus between Blacksod Bay and Broadhaven Bay; developed from the 1820s by William Henry Carter, a Gaeltacht market town linked to the 1944 D-Day weather forecast.
Cavan
Cavan (Cabhán, "hollow") is the county town of County Cavan, Ireland; a Gaelic O'Reilly foundation, Ireland's only medieval Gaelic town, incorporated first under the Ulster Plantation by James I's charter of 15 November 1610; population 11,741 in 2022.
Cobh
Cobh (formerly Queenstown) is a port town on Great Island in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Titanic's last port of call (1912), major emigration port, home of St Colman's Cathedral, Ireland's dedicated cruise port.
Cork (city)
Cork (Corcaigh, from the Irish for marsh) is Ireland's second city, on the River Lee in the south. Founded as a 7th-century monastery by Saint Fin Barre, walled by the Anglo-Normans, it had 222,333 people and hosts UCC and MTU.
Dingle
Dingle (Irish: An Daingean) is a port town in County Kerry, Ireland, the most westerly town in the country and the center of the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht.
Donabate
Donabate is a fast-growing coastal town in Fingal, north County Dublin, Ireland, about 20 km from Dublin city, known for Donabate and Balcarrick beaches, Newbridge House, its rail commuter link, and rapid population growth.
Drogheda
Drogheda (Droichead Átha) is Ireland's largest town, 44,135 people in Census 2022, on the River Boyne spanning Louth and Meath. Founded under Hugh de Lacy (charter 1194), walled by 1334, sacked by Cromwell in 1649, near the 1690 Battle of the Boyne site.
Dublin
Dublin (Irish: Áth Cliath), capital and largest city of Ireland on the River Liffey; region of 1,597,700 people (28.9% of Ireland, April 2026). Viking-founded in AD 841, Norman-captured 1170; major housing rezoning for 25,000 homes in 2026.
Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire, formerly Dunleary and Kingstown (1821–1920), is a coastal town 12 km south of Dublin, population about 26,500, built around its 1817 asylum harbour, Ireland's first railway (1834), and a former ferry port.
Dundalk
Dundalk (Dún Dealgan), County Louth, Ireland: a walled Anglo-Norman port town founded in the 12th century, named after the fort linked to Cú Chulainn; second largest Irish town, 43,112 people in 2022.
Dungarvan
Dungarvan (Dún Garbhán) is a coastal market and port town in County Waterford, Ireland, at the head of Dungarvan Harbour on the River Colligan. Chartered by King John in 1215, it is a former county town, RSES Key Town, and terminus of the 46 km Waterford Greenway.
Enniscorthy
Enniscorthy, County Wexford town on the River Slaney; 12,310 people in 2022. Anglo-Norman castle (1190), 1798 Rebellion and Vinegar Hill, 1916 Rising, long-running flood relief scheme and planned growth to 20,000.
Fermoy
Fermoy (Mainistir Fhear Maí) is a town in east County Cork, Ireland, on the River Blackwater. Founded as a 12th-century Cistercian monastery site, the modern town was built from 1791 by John Anderson around British military barracks.
Galway
Galway, or Gaillimh, is a city on Ireland's west coast where the River Corrib flows into Galway Bay. First recorded in 1124, it is known as the City of Tribes and a UNESCO City of Film.
Gorey
Gorey (Irish: Guaire) is a market town in north County Wexford, Ireland, laid out by the Ram family and chartered as Newborough in 1619. Population 11,517 (2022); a fast-growing Key Town on the Dublin–Rosslare rail line and M11.
Kilkenny
Kilkenny, a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland, known as the medieval capital of Ireland for its 13th-century walls, St Canice's Cathedral, and Kilkenny Castle; ranked fourth cleanest Irish town in the 2024 IBAL survey.
Killarney
Killarney (Cill Airne) is a tourist town in County Kerry, Ireland, on Lough Leane and gateway to Killarney National Park; the name also applies to communities in Ontario, Manitoba, and Vancouver, Canada.
Kinsale
Kinsale (Ceann tSaile, "Head of the Sea") is a historic coastal town in County Cork, Ireland: a medieval walled port chartered in 1333, site of the 1601 Battle of Kinsale, home of Charles and James Forts, and known as Ireland's gourmet capital.
Letterkenny
Letterkenny (Leitir Ceanainn) is the largest town in County Donegal, Ireland, founded as a 1611 Ulster Plantation market town under Patrick Crawford and Sir George Marbury; known for the Letterkenny 2040 regeneration strategy, courthouse revival, and transport constraints.
Lifford
Lifford (Leifear), county town of Donegal, Ireland, at the Finn-Mourne-Foyle confluence on the border with Strabane, Co. Tyrone. Castle of 1527, 1746 courthouse, 2022 population 1,613.
Limerick
Limerick, known in Irish as Luimneach, is a city in western Ireland on the River Shannon, founded by the Vikings and the principal city of Munster's Mid West region.
Lisdoonvarna
Lisdoonvarna (Lios Dúin Bhearna), County Clare, Ireland's only active spa town, grew around sulphur and iron springs in the Clare Shales and hosts Europe's largest September matchmaking festival, drawing over 60,000 visitors.
Listowel
Listowel (Lios Tuathail) is a market town on the River Feale in County Kerry, Ireland, population 4,861 (2022). Known for Listowel Castle, the 1888 Lartigue monorail, and Writers' Week, Ireland's oldest literary festival, founded 1970.
Longford
Longford (An Longfort) is an Irish midlands county and its county town, named from Longphort Uí Fhearghail, the O'Farrell stronghold. Census 2022 recorded 46,751 people, the fastest county growth in Ireland, and St Mel's Cathedral is its landmark.
Malahide
Malahide (Mullach Íde) is a coastal commuter town in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland, on the Broadmeadow estuary. Known for Talbot-owned Malahide Castle, a 300-berth marina, and over 40% of workers commuting to Dublin.
Midleton
Midleton (Mainistir na Corann) is East Cork's largest town, Ireland, on the Owenacurra river, home since 1825 of the Midleton Distillery (Jameson, Midleton Very Rare) and a €56m flood relief scheme after Storm Babet.
Mullingar
Mullingar (An Muileann gCearr), county town of Westmeath, Ireland, on the River Brosna and Royal Canal. Norman-founded, shire town since 1542, canal 1806, railway 1848, population 22,667 in 2022.