Oldtown

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Oldtown is a population centre and townland in County Dublin, Ireland. The R122 road runs through the village linking Balbriggan and Naul to St Margaret's and Dublin Airport. It is in the civil parish of Clonmethan and the local government area of Fingal.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Ed Byrne

Irish comedian

Derek Landy

author, screenwriter

Martin Finnegan

Irish motorcycle racer (1979–2008)

Francis Taylor

Mayor of Dublin and Catholic martyr

James Reilly

Irish Fine Gael politician

George Anne Bellamy

English actress

P

Pierre Mitchell

Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth

Anglo-Irish military officer, politician and nobleman

Eddie Flynn

Irish footballer (1919–2002)

J

John McDermott

Gaelic footballer

J

Joseph Finnegan

Irish judge

L

Lainey Keogh

Irish fashion designer

P

Patrick Connolly

Irish Attorney General

Richard Pigott

Irish journalist (1835-1889)

David McGuinness

Irish politician

A

Angela Scanlon

Irish television presenter

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Dublin

• Ballyboughal
  2 mi away
• Lusk
  6.1 mi away · pop. 8,806
• Balrothery
  6.8 mi away
• Donabate
  7.3 mi away · pop. 9,669
• Balscaddan
  7.4 mi away
• Balbriggan
  7.9 mi away · pop. 24,322
• Malahide
  8.3 mi away · pop. 18,608
• Portraine
  8.6 mi away
• Ongar
  10.2 mi away
• Castleknock
  10.6 mi away
• Clondalkin
  14.3 mi away · pop. 45,165
• Tallaght
  16.4 mi away · pop. 101,055

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

thorny olive

Elaeagnus pungens

Seen 2026-09-16

Red Kite

Milvus milvus

Seen 2026-09-16

Butterfly bush

Buddleja davidii

Seen 2026-09-13

Green Shield Bug

Palomena prasina

Seen 2026-09-13

Brimstone Moth

Opisthograptis luteolata

Seen 2026-09-13

European Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Seen 2026-09-13

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Seen 2026-09-13

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-09-13

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata

Seen 2026-09-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).