Dungarvan
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Dungarvan () is a coastal town and harbour in County Waterford, on the south-east coast of Ireland. Prior to the merger of Waterford County Council with Waterford City Council in 2014, Dungarvan was the county town and administrative centre of County Waterford. Waterford City and County Council retains administrative offices in the town. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
Key facts
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- Town
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- Dungarvan
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- Dungarvan Harbour2023.jpg
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- Dungarvan's harbour
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- Dungarvan, County Waterford Coat of Arms.png
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- 175px
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- Ní Maraidhe Go Stiúrthóir Can't Have a Mariner Without a Steersman
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- Ireland
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- right
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- Location in Ireland
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- Country
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- Ireland
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- Province
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- Munster
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- County
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- Waterford
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- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 7991
- Area
- 4.63
- Elevation
- 1
- Official website
- www.dungarbhan.ie
- Image
- Dungarvan ireland harbour.JPG
- Dialing code
- 058
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- Commons category
- Dungarvan
- Irish Grid Reference
- X259930
- native label
- Dún Garbhán
- P12749
- Burt Lancaster
- postal code
- X35
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Dungarvan () is a coastal town and harbour in County Waterford, on the south-east coast of Ireland. Prior to the merger of Waterford County Council with Waterford City Council in 2014, Dungarvan was the county town and administrative centre of County Waterford. Waterford City and County Council retains administrative offices in the town. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
Dungarvan's Irish name means 'Garbhann's fort', referring to Saint Garbhann who founded a church there in the seventh century. The town had a population of 10,081 at the 2022 census, making it the third most populous in the county.
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