--- entity_id: city:ie:geonames:2966154 entity_type: city name: Birr country_code: IE country: Ireland slug: birr canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ie/birr/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/ie/birr.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/ie/birr.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/ie/birr snapshot_id: approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62 generated_at: 2026-09-14 last_verified: 2026-09-06 fact_count: 9 language_location_count: 0 employment_location_count: 1 city_intent_block_count: 0 usefulness_tier: useful indexable: true metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1 citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ie/birr/ citation_title: "Birr, Ireland: air quality, climate, population" citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62 citation_version: approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62 citation_retrieval_date: 2026-09-14 citation_build_date: 2026-09-14 citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- # Birr Birr is one of the cities recorded in Ireland. Foreign residents numbered 715 at the end of 2022. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 8 µg/m³. ## Mobility Birr's nearest airport was SNN, 80 km away and offered 26 direct destinations. ## Climate Monthly mean temperature moved from 4.8°C in January to 15.1°C in July. ## Immigration An estimate placed the foreign population share at 15.37% at the end of 2022. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 715 people | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [1] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 8 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [2] | | Climate Monthly Extreme High C | `climate_monthly_extreme_high_c` | Jan 13.58 · Feb 14.42 · Mar 17.12 · Apr 20.02 · May 23.86 · Jun 26.79 · Jul 26.28 · Aug 26.58 · Sep 23.26 · Oct 19.74 · Nov 15.86 · Dec 13.72 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [3] | | Climate Monthly Extreme Low C | `climate_monthly_extreme_low_c` | Jan -7.49 · Feb -4.12 · Mar -4.27 · Apr -2.59 · May -0.37 · Jun 2.97 · Jul 5.82 · Aug 4.94 · Sep 1.34 · Oct -0.89 · Nov -4.23 · Dec -7.35 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [3] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan 4.79 · Feb 4.77 · Mar 5.88 · Apr 8.26 · May 11.02 · Jun 13.76 · Jul 15.09 · Aug 14.73 · Sep 13.01 · Oct 10.11 · Nov 7.06 · Dec 5.21 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [3] | | Foreign-resident share | `foreign_population_share_percent` | 15.37 % | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [1] | | Airport Direct Destinations Count | `airport_direct_destinations_count` | 26 count | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [4] | | Nearest Major Airport Distance Km | `nearest_major_airport_distance_km` | 80 km | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [5] | | Nearest Major Airport Iata | `nearest_major_airport_iata` | SNN | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [5] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Language courses and integration - [Education and Training Board adult English language skills and ESOL](https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-justice-home-affairs-and-migration/publications/employment-childcare-and-education/) — State Language Course · The 16 Education and Training Boards across Ireland · English · checked 2026-08-10 - [Local Authority Integration Teams (LAITs)](https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-justice-home-affairs-and-migration/publications/community-integration/) — Newcomer Adaptation · Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration · English · checked 2026-08-10 These are country-level programmes, not proof of a course location in this city. ## Public employment service - [Birr](https://www.neh.gov.ie/business-supports/intreo-recruitment-services) — Green Street, Birr, Co Offaly, R42 R271, R42 R271 Only exact city-linked public offices are listed. ## Healthcare access Migrants can receive medical care in Birr when the country-wide insurance or residence conditions are met. City capacity facts do not determine personal eligibility. - Public healthcare access for foreign residents: Conditional — [official source](https://www2.hse.ie/services/schemes-allowances/medical-cards/other-types-of-medical-card/people-from-other-eu-countries/) ## Country-wide rules Visa, benefit, tax and healthcare eligibility rules are published on the [Ireland country page](https://immigrationdb.com/countries/ireland/). ## Sources 1. Central Statistics Office Ireland (CSO) — Official source — https://www.cso.ie/en/census/census2022/2022censusdatadownloads/ 2. European Environment Agency — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query 3. NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center — Official source — https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/temporal/climatology/point?parameters=T2M%2CT2M_MAX%2CT2M_MIN&community=SB&longitude=-7.913330&latitude=53.091390&format=JSON 4. OpenFlights — Official source — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/routes.dat 5. OurAirports — Official source — https://davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data/airports.csv ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. ### APA ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 14). Birr, Ireland: air quality, climate, population [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62; version approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ie/birr/ Retrieved 2026-09-14. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ### BibTeX ```bibtex @misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_birr-ireland-air-quality-climate-population_6abd55f33af3, author = {ImmigrationDB}, title = {Birr, Ireland: air quality, climate, population}, publisher = {ImmigrationDB}, year = {2026}, date = {2026-09-14}, version = {approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62}, snapshot = {approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62}, url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ie/birr/}, note = {Retrieved 2026-09-14. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}, } ``` ### Markdown [Birr, Ireland: air quality, climate, population](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ie/birr/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62; version approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62; retrieved 2026-09-14; built 2026-09-14. - Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1` - Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ie/birr/ - Title: Birr, Ireland: air quality, climate, population - Author: ImmigrationDB - Publisher: ImmigrationDB - Snapshot: `approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62` - Version: `approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62` - Retrieved: 2026-09-14 - Built: 2026-09-14 - Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ie/birr/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/ie/birr.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/ie/birr.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/ie/birr - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - City shard index: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/index.json - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json