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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 coastal town in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the parish of Kilkee (formerly Kilfearagh). Kilkee is midway between Kilrush and Doonbeg on the N67 road and is a popular seaside resort.[8] The horseshoe bay is protected from the Atlantic Ocean by the Duggerna Reef.
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- ^ 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.