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Swords

Total population

40,776

Coordinates53.46°, -6.22°

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

Overview

Swords in County Dublin, the county town of the local government area of Fingal, is a large suburban town on the east coast of Ireland, situated ten kilometres north of Dublin city centre. It is the eighth largest urban area in Ireland, with a population of 40,776 as of the 2022 census. The town was reputedly founded c. AD 560. Located on the Ward River, Swords features Swords Castle, a restored medieval castle, a holy well from which it takes its name, a round tower and a Norman tower. Facilities in the area include the Pavilions shopping centre, one of the largest in the Dublin region, a range of civic offices, some light industries, the main storage facility and archive of the National Museum of Ireland and several parks. Dublin Airport is located nearby.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Niamh Kavanagh

Irish singer

John Lyons

Irish Labour Party politician, Dublin

Richard Montgomery

Irish-born soldier in the British Army, later in the American Continental Army (1738–1775)

Keith Duffy

Irish singer, actor, radio and television presenter and drummer

Dermot Bolger

Irish writer

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

Chicago May

Irish criminal

Séamus Ennis

Irish singer and piper (1919-1982)

George Anne Bellamy

English actress

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Luke Joseph Hooke

Irish theologian

P

Pierre Mitchell

Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth

Anglo-Irish military officer, politician and nobleman

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

Nearby places in Dublin

• Malahide
  2.8 mi away · pop. 18,608
• Donabate
  3.4 mi away · pop. 9,669
• Portraine
  5 mi away
• Lusk
  5.1 mi away · pop. 8,806
• Castleknock
  8.4 mi away
• Balrothery
  9 mi away
• Ongar
  10.1 mi away
• Balscaddan
  11 mi away
• Dundrum
  11.8 mi away
• Clondalkin
  11.9 mi away · pop. 45,165
• Ballyboden
  12.5 mi away · pop. 5,193
• Tallaght
  13.2 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.

Books about Swords

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

chicory

Cichorium intybus

Seen 2026-09-22

Common Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

Seen 2026-09-22

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-09-22

Western Yellow Centipede

Stigmatogaster subterranea

Seen 2026-09-22

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-22

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Seen 2026-09-22

Box Tree Moth

Cydalima perspectalis

Seen 2026-09-21

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Seen 2026-09-21

Red-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Seen 2026-09-21

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