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Most international cities in Ireland

Portlaoise, Ireland has the highest foreign-resident share of the 27 cities compared: 25.81 % (Central Statistics Office Ireland (CSO), 2022-12-31).

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Ireland cities ranked by the published share of foreign residents; definitions remain source-specific.

Items compared
27
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-08-07

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 27 rows

Original rankCity or placeSource and scope
1Portlaoise, Ireland25.81 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
2Athlone, Ireland24.85 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
3Galway, Ireland23.76 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
4Dublin, Ireland22.4 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
5Limerick, Ireland22.03 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
6Carlow, Ireland22 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
7Letterkenny, Ireland21.76 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
8Balbriggan, Ireland21.71 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
9Navan, Ireland21.52 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
10Tralee, Ireland20.89 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
11Drogheda, Ireland20.84 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
12Waterford, Ireland20.61 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
13Swords, Ireland19.94 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
14Sligo, Ireland18.98 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
15Galway city and suburbs, Ireland18.2 %2026-08-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
16Naas, Ireland18.18 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
17Dundalk, Ireland17.98 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
18Ennis, Ireland17.79 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
19Kilkenny, Ireland17.7 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
20Cork, Ireland17.56 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
21Mullingar, Ireland16.3 %2026-08-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
22Newbridge, Ireland15.8 %2026-08-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
23Wexford, Ireland15.63 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
24Bray, Ireland15.03 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
25Cork city and suburbs, Ireland14.1 %2026-08-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
26Celbridge, Ireland13.62 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
27Greystones-Delgany, Ireland11.3 %2026-08-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Portlaoise, Ireland leads at 25.81 %.
  • Greystones-Delgany, Ireland sits at the other end with 11.3 %.
  • The middle of this ranking is 18.98 %, across 27 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 14.51 %.

Quick answer

What does Most international cities in Ireland show?

Portlaoise, Ireland has the highest foreign-resident share of the 27 cities compared: 25.81 % (Central Statistics Office Ireland (CSO), 2022-12-31).

How this list is built

Every row is a published foreign-resident share observation measured in %, ranked highest first. The values were observed in 2022. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
27 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2022-12-31
Last checked
2026-08-07
With an official source link
27 of 27

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Most international cities in Ireland [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4dd254544d84d81240858a2cb20b7265]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/ireland-most-international-cities/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_most-international-cities-in-ireland_ffe24ba83799,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Most international cities in Ireland},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {4dd254544d84d81240858a2cb20b7265},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/ireland-most-international-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

  1. Central Statistics Office Ireland (CSO)Central Statistics Office Ireland (CSO) · Checked 2026-08-03
  2. Central Statistics Office Ireland (CSO)Central Statistics Office Ireland (CSO) · Checked 2026-08-07