History
Leixlip was the site of the famous Battle of Confey, in which the Viking King Sigtrygg Caech of Dublin defeated the Irish King of Leinster around the year 917., The first settlement at Leixlip was an outpost of Early Scandinavian Dublin, built at the furthest point where longships could be rowed up the Liffey. The town was also home to Arthur Guinness's first brewery in 1755, where he brewed ales until he moved on to St. James's Gate Brewery, Dublin in 1759, where he first brewed Guinness. The first history of the town was published in 2005.
The population of the town is 15,452 making it the fourth largest town in Kildare and the 21st largest in Ireland .
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1821 | 1,358 | — |
| 1831 | 1,149 | −15.4% |
| 1841 | 1,086 | −5.5% |
| 1851 | 832 | −23.4% |
| 1861 | 788 | −5.3% |
| 1871 | 817 | +3.7% |
| 1881 | 741 | −9.3% |
| 1891 | 679 | −8.4% |
| 1901 | 691 | +1.8% |
| 1911 | 583 | −15.6% |
| 1926 | 558 | −4.3% |
| 1936 | 571 | +2.3% |
| 1946 | 467 | −18.2% |
| 1951 | 504 | +7.9% |
| 1956 | 898 | +78.2% |
| 1961 | 915 | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 1,059 | +15.7% |
| 1971 | 2,402 | +126.8% |
| 1979 | 7,536 | +213.7% |
| 1981 | 9,306 | +23.5% |
| 1986 | 11,938 | +28.3% |
| 1991 | 13,194 | +10.5% |
| 1996 | 13,451 | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 15,143 | +12.6% |
| 2006 | 14,676 | −3.1% |
| 2011 | 15,452 | +5.3% |
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