What an awesome nugget of information, thanks for sharing
Enflamed-Pancake on
Now yer Dundalk’in
sweatyknacker on
You mean FUNdalk
Cmondatown on
We don’t realise as much because the 2 major centres are split into different states but the population is extremely focused along that North Eastern belt.
Even within the 1hr30min radius shown here much of the area to the west such as parts Monaghan, Cavan, Fermanagh, Tyrone make a marginal difference. Population is focused along Dublin to Belfast coastal strip mostly (+ few dense inland pockets of Armagh & Kildare.)
WellWellWell2021 on
Total bullshit. Took me 2 hours to drive from Bray to Oldtown this morning. Id say I passed more than a million people living in Dublin on that drive
Moist-District-53 on
What a lucky 75% we are to all be living so close to the true jewels in Ireland’s crown.
Fluffy-Republic8610 on
Very interesting. Dundalk could become a major city with the right encouragement.
Make Dundalk great again!
gambra on
People outside of Newbridge fuming right now, just outside both section
qwerty_1965 on
Half the state population lives within two hours of Waterford. Viva la Deise!
plindix on
Just to clarify – is the 25% a quarter of the remaining 50% (ie 1/8 of the population) or 25% of the total? I ask because what you said implies the first but my gut says it’s the second.
“50% of Ireland’s population lives within a 1hr30m drive of Dundalk. Another 25% live within 2hrs of Limerick”?
here2dare on
Make Dunleer the Capital. Easy job.
Buglim1 on
That is complete horse shit considering Munster has a population of 1.4m and Limerick is only an hours drive from all the populated areas and only an hour from Galway and plenty of places in the midlands. The drive from Limerick to Dublin on the motorway is only 2 hours approx so some is yanking your chain OP.
gildedbluetrout on
Dunno tho. A lot of people living in the sea or on islands could be a two hour drive from limerick. Dinky country really.
mccannopener93 on
What percentage of that is the population of Dublin
CCFCEIGHTYFOUR on
Commiserations to the 50% within Dundalk’s orbit
Grand-Cup-A-Tea on
Is this the IAA suggesting an airport should be built in Dundalk?
iknowyeahlike on
Wow, what amazing destinations for people who like to drive 90-120 minutes. I only ever hear good things about those places.
Don_Mills_Mills on
Mon da town!
Gorsoon on
With unification the Dublin to Belfast corridor would likely become such an economic powerhouse that we’d have to be very careful to not let the other regions fall behind.
mintblaster on
If you drive fast enough on Ireland you live about an hour from anywhere
I propose Drogheda as the new capital and Limerick as the summer holiday capital.
Dublin will be carpet bombed and replaced with 25 stadiums to host Euro 2042
randcoolname on
More flight to shannon amirite
BXL-LUX-DUB on
Yet we all avoid it.
ElectricalAppeal238 on
I like this map and this data. Thank you
RavenBrannigan on
r/peopleliveincities
ubermick on
Because for the last 35 years, the Irish government seems completely unaware that places outside of the Dublin metropolitan area exist. It’s almost 2025 and we still don’t have a fucking motorway between Cork and Limerick, Ireland’s second and third cities, not even the ground broken.
woo-pure-3 on
i have no idea what to do with this information
epicmoe on
so 62% live in roughly 50% of the land mass. congrats there Columbo.
athenry2 on
What a stupid post 😂
Apprehensive_Ratio80 on
I want nothing less than the bullet train for an infrastructure project!!
jammydodger79 on
A perfect example of just why completing the M20 and ensuring decent West coast motorway balanced with good cross country connections on the N24 (needs upgrading), the M8, M7 M6 & N3/A5 can open up huge swathes of the country.
All of course with appropriate rail and public transport infrastructure upgrades too.
SNN can and should be a counterbalance to DUB and the development of the entire west coast and inland to Athlone can be very well served by shifting more infrastructure spending west.
shorelined on
Cork confined to the sidelines by the boys on the Shannon once again. I’d love to see how the numbers stack up for the true titan though, Athlone.
RoughAccomplished200 on
‘Mon the town!!!!
FoalKid on
The real capital(s)
duaneap on
The Dundalk Alliance vs The Limerick Confederation shall be a war the likes of which humanity has never seen
awood20 on
Why use Limerick as the centre point for the 2nd area? Cork is clearly bigger of the cities left on the island outside the first area. In fact, I think Limerick is similar in size (maybe just slightly bigger) than Derry.
The top 5 cities in population size currently are:
Dublin
Belfast
Cork
Limerick
Derry
cogra23 on
That’s a bit of a stretch. From Cookstown or Omagh you could hit Dundalk in 90mins if you don’t slow for speed limits or small children. But from any of the townlands in-between you have 15 minutes of hedges and ditches to navigate just to make it to civilization.
Tricky_Sweet3025 on
Yellow bits where the cool people live
spairni on
75% of us are withing spiting distance of Dundalk or Limerick.
No wonder we’re all miserable
howsitgoingboy on
Honestly close Dublin and Belfast ports, redevelop them for housing and green spaces and whatever they need, stick a super port in Dundalk and upgrade the M1/A1, upgrade the rail for freight and you’ve got yourself a new city to service the other two.
HenryofSkalitz1 on
Just as Wexford likes it, away from you mad folks.
Awaydayshaze on
100 percent of the country live within 7hrs of cork
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Source: [Scott Moore on Twitter, CSO and ONS data displayed through Smappen.](https://x.com/scottmoore0/status/1840130029357019140?s=46)
What an awesome nugget of information, thanks for sharing
Now yer Dundalk’in
You mean FUNdalk
We don’t realise as much because the 2 major centres are split into different states but the population is extremely focused along that North Eastern belt.
Even within the 1hr30min radius shown here much of the area to the west such as parts Monaghan, Cavan, Fermanagh, Tyrone make a marginal difference. Population is focused along Dublin to Belfast coastal strip mostly (+ few dense inland pockets of Armagh & Kildare.)
Total bullshit. Took me 2 hours to drive from Bray to Oldtown this morning. Id say I passed more than a million people living in Dublin on that drive
What a lucky 75% we are to all be living so close to the true jewels in Ireland’s crown.
Very interesting. Dundalk could become a major city with the right encouragement.
Make Dundalk great again!
People outside of Newbridge fuming right now, just outside both section
Half the state population lives within two hours of Waterford. Viva la Deise!
Just to clarify – is the 25% a quarter of the remaining 50% (ie 1/8 of the population) or 25% of the total? I ask because what you said implies the first but my gut says it’s the second.
“50% of Ireland’s population lives within a 1hr30m drive of Dundalk. Another 25% live within 2hrs of Limerick”?
Make Dunleer the Capital. Easy job.
That is complete horse shit considering Munster has a population of 1.4m and Limerick is only an hours drive from all the populated areas and only an hour from Galway and plenty of places in the midlands. The drive from Limerick to Dublin on the motorway is only 2 hours approx so some is yanking your chain OP.
Dunno tho. A lot of people living in the sea or on islands could be a two hour drive from limerick. Dinky country really.
What percentage of that is the population of Dublin
Commiserations to the 50% within Dundalk’s orbit
Is this the IAA suggesting an airport should be built in Dundalk?
Wow, what amazing destinations for people who like to drive 90-120 minutes. I only ever hear good things about those places.
Mon da town!
With unification the Dublin to Belfast corridor would likely become such an economic powerhouse that we’d have to be very careful to not let the other regions fall behind.
If you drive fast enough on Ireland you live about an hour from anywhere
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/wagabMjcMR
I propose Drogheda as the new capital and Limerick as the summer holiday capital.
Dublin will be carpet bombed and replaced with 25 stadiums to host Euro 2042
More flight to shannon amirite
Yet we all avoid it.
I like this map and this data. Thank you
r/peopleliveincities
Because for the last 35 years, the Irish government seems completely unaware that places outside of the Dublin metropolitan area exist. It’s almost 2025 and we still don’t have a fucking motorway between Cork and Limerick, Ireland’s second and third cities, not even the ground broken.
i have no idea what to do with this information
so 62% live in roughly 50% of the land mass. congrats there Columbo.
What a stupid post 😂
I want nothing less than the bullet train for an infrastructure project!!
A perfect example of just why completing the M20 and ensuring decent West coast motorway balanced with good cross country connections on the N24 (needs upgrading), the M8, M7 M6 & N3/A5 can open up huge swathes of the country.
All of course with appropriate rail and public transport infrastructure upgrades too.
SNN can and should be a counterbalance to DUB and the development of the entire west coast and inland to Athlone can be very well served by shifting more infrastructure spending west.
Cork confined to the sidelines by the boys on the Shannon once again. I’d love to see how the numbers stack up for the true titan though, Athlone.
‘Mon the town!!!!
The real capital(s)
The Dundalk Alliance vs The Limerick Confederation shall be a war the likes of which humanity has never seen
Why use Limerick as the centre point for the 2nd area? Cork is clearly bigger of the cities left on the island outside the first area. In fact, I think Limerick is similar in size (maybe just slightly bigger) than Derry.
The top 5 cities in population size currently are:
Dublin
Belfast
Cork
Limerick
Derry
That’s a bit of a stretch. From Cookstown or Omagh you could hit Dundalk in 90mins if you don’t slow for speed limits or small children. But from any of the townlands in-between you have 15 minutes of hedges and ditches to navigate just to make it to civilization.
Yellow bits where the cool people live
75% of us are withing spiting distance of Dundalk or Limerick.
No wonder we’re all miserable
Honestly close Dublin and Belfast ports, redevelop them for housing and green spaces and whatever they need, stick a super port in Dundalk and upgrade the M1/A1, upgrade the rail for freight and you’ve got yourself a new city to service the other two.
Just as Wexford likes it, away from you mad folks.
100 percent of the country live within 7hrs of cork
What do I do with this information