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Munster

First-level unit, Ireland: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-IRL-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO IRL / IEStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
1,220,595
people (GHSL 2025)
24,017 km²
area
24.5%
of Ireland
45
units inside

01Ramani

Inside Munster

The 45 ADM2 units of Munster.

FIG 1 · 45 units inside Munster
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

Watu · GHSL 2025

1,220,595

24.5% of Ireland.

Watu · WorldPop 2025

1,319,016

+8% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

24,017 km²

51 people per km².

Code

IE-M

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Ukanda wa pwani ulio chini

126,076

people on land at or below 10 m, 10.3% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

45 units inside Munster

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)

Unit Code People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
ADARE-RATHKEALE LEA-6 – 32,919 33,012 754.53 44 2.7% 4,297
BANDON – KINSALE LEA-6 – 39,361 40,562 644.55 61 3.2% 210
BANTRY-WEST CORK LEA-4 – 22,208 21,835 1,232.56 18 1.8% 672
CAHIR LEA-4 – 14,635 15,046 538.3 27 1.2% 0
CAPPAMORE-KILMALLOCK LEA-7 – 37,591 36,271 1,030.83 36 3.1% 0
CARRICK-ON-SUIR LEA-5 – 14,705 14,593 579.94 25 1.2% 18
CARRIGALINE LEA-6 – 31,591 35,906 181.73 174 2.6% 1,704
CASHEL-TIPPERARY LEA-7 – 28,859 29,774 774.21 37 2.4% 0
CASTLEISLAND LEA-4 – 16,942 18,018 678.56 25 1.4% 403
CLONMEL LEA-6 – 24,787 24,741 249.4 99 2% 7
COBH LEA-6 – 51,947 52,483 295.08 176 4.3% 7,704
CORCA DHUIBHNE LEA-3 – 8,839 9,241 654.99 13 0.7% 2,492
CORK CITY NORTH EAST LEA-6 – 50,481 58,973 40.9 1,234 4.1% 685
CORK CITY NORTH WEST LEA-6 – 16,027 17,509 57.42 279 1.3% 0
CORK CITY SOUTH CENTRAL LEA-6 – 41,188 51,624 16.74 2,460 3.4% 4,523
CORK CITY SOUTH EAST LEA-6 – 42,720 45,822 32.07 1,332 3.5% 3,660
CORK CITY SOUTH WEST LEA-7 – 30,177 35,191 38.9 776 2.5% 1,232
DUNGARVAN LEA-6 – 12,296 11,933 400.22 31 1% 1,315
ENNIS LEA-7 – 28,869 33,651 172.18 168 2.4% 12,767
ENNISTIMON LEA-4 – 15,197 17,443 903.45 17 1.2% 492
FERMOY LEA-6 – 42,037 41,782 942.42 45 3.4% 132
KANTURK LEA-4 – 28,115 27,351 921.88 30 2.3% 0
KENMARE LEA-6 – 23,277 27,463 1,857.64 13 1.9% 1,624
KILLALOE LEA-5 – 20,028 21,730 963.43 21 1.6% 0
KILLARNEY LEA-7 – 26,409 32,054 576.58 46 2.2% 26
KILRUSH LEA-5 – 20,946 22,273 1,138.74 18 1.7% 2,072
LIMERICK CITY EAST LEA-7 – 42,233 49,142 125.34 337 3.5% 10,770
LIMERICK CITY NORTH LEA-7 – 42,080 56,217 21 2,004 3.4% 27,569
LIMERICK CITY WEST LEA-7 – 13,259 15,647 77.9 170 1.1% 4,374
LISMORE LEA-3 – 14,398 14,702 518.57 28 1.2% 1,444
LISTOWEL LEA-6 – 30,121 30,579 812.15 37 2.5% 4,483
MACROOM LEA-6 – 50,078 51,776 1,191.35 42 4.1% 0
MALLOW LEA-5 – 30,596 31,124 568.75 54 2.5% 0
MIDLETON LEA-7 – 40,942 42,933 550.91 74 3.4% 6,985
NENAGH LEA-5 – 20,633 22,945 633.8 33 1.7% 0
NEWCASTLE WEST LEA-6 – 24,709 24,650 734.71 34 2% 50
PORTLAW-KILMACTHOMAS LEA-5 – 25,769 26,075 710.47 36 2.1% 1,863
ROSCREA-TEMPLEMORE LEA-4 – 13,078 13,316 491.23 27 1.1% 0
SHANNON LEA-7 – 27,241 28,175 258.18 106 2.2% 7,570
SKIBBEREEN-WEST CORK LEA-5 – 29,758 30,821 756.84 39 2.4% 1,175
THURLES LEA-5 – 19,857 19,932 453.44 44 1.6% 0
TRALEE LEA-7 – 31,591 35,614 211.92 149 2.6% 9,393
TRAMORE-WATERFORD CITY WEST LEA-6 – 9,655 9,403 77.43 125 0.8% 76
WATERFORD CITY EAST LEA-6 – 16,139 18,646 111.26 145 1.3% 1,137
WATERFORD CITY SOUTH LEA-6 – 16,308 21,041 34.65 471 1.3% 3,148
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
84.4 H3 cells
Bandari
4 H3 cells
Viwanja vya ndege
1 H3 cells
Major roads
1,235.3 H3 cells
Reli
787.5 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
139.9 H3 cells
05Hatari

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Munster publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Ireland.
06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

07Vyanzo

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen IRL ADM1, source: Ordce Survey Ireland, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2022
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen IRL ADM2, source: Ordce Survey Ireland, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2015
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Nchi
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.