Boyle, County Roscommon
Boyle (/ˈbɔɪl/; Irish: Mainistir na Búille) is a town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located at the foot of the Curlew Mountains near Lough Key in the north of the county. Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery, the Drumanone Dolmen and the lakes of Lough Arrow and Lough Gara are also close by. As of 2016, the population of the town was 2,568.
Boyle
Mainistir na Búille | |
|---|---|
Town | |
Market Square | |
Boyle Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53.973°N 8.301°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Roscommon |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Sligo–Leitrim |
| • EU Parliament | Midlands–North-West |
| Elevation | 83 m (272 ft) |
| Population (2016) | 2,568 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | F52 |
| Telephone area code | +353(0)71 |
| Irish Grid Reference | G797019 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1813 | 2,272 | — |
| 1821 | 3,407 | +50.0% |
| 1831 | 3,433 | +0.8% |
| 1841 | 3,235 | −5.8% |
| 1851 | 2,727 | −15.7% |
| 1861 | 3,098 | +13.6% |
| 1871 | 3,347 | +8.0% |
| 1881 | 2,994 | −10.5% |
| 1891 | 2,464 | −17.7% |
| 1901 | 2,477 | +0.5% |
| 1911 | 2,691 | +8.6% |
| 1926 | 2,323 | −13.7% |
| 1936 | 1,727 | −25.7% |
| 1946 | 2,071 | +19.9% |
| 1951 | 1,934 | −6.6% |
| 1956 | 1,835 | −5.1% |
| 1961 | 1,739 | −5.2% |
| 1966 | 1,789 | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 1,939 | +8.4% |
| 1981 | 2,252 | +16.1% |
| 1986 | 2,383 | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 2,197 | −7.8% |
| 1996 | 2,222 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 2,205 | −0.8% |
| 2006 | 2,522 | +14.4% |
| 2011 | 2,588 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 2,568 | −0.8% |
| 2022 | 2,915 | +13.5% |
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