Laytown
Irish: An Inse | |
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Village | |
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Coordinates: 53°41′02″N 6°14′36″W / 53.6838°N 6.2433°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Meath |
Irish Grid Reference | O162714 |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1831 | 587 | — |
1841 | 317 | −46.0% |
1851 | 333 | +5.0% |
1861 | 68 | −79.6% |
1901 | 112 | +64.7% |
1936 | 258 | +130.4% |
1946 | 401 | +55.4% |
1951 | 411 | +2.5% |
1956 | 1,117 | +171.8% |
1961 | 1,034 | −7.4% |
1966 | 1,339 | +29.5% |
1971 | 1,882 | +40.6% |
1981 | 2,997 | +59.2% |
1986 | 3,321 | +10.8% |
1991 | 3,360 | +1.2% |
1996 | 3,678 | +9.5% |
2002 | 5,597 | +52.2% |
2006 | 8,978 | +60.4% |
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Laytown (Irish: An Inse, meaning 'the holm')[2] is a village in County Meath, Ireland, located on the R150 regional road and overlooking the Irish Sea. Historically it was called Ninch,[2] after the townland it occupies.[3] Together with the neighbouring villages of Mornington, Bettystown and Donacarney, it comprises the census town of Laytown–Bettystown–Mornington–Donacarney, which recorded a population of 15,642 in the 2022 census.[4]
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