AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · County in Ireland

Kilkenny

County IE-KK Largest city: Waterford
37%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 36% (+1.0 pts).
MODEL6th of 34 regions15.7K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
99.2K
as of 2016
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
1.6%
22nd largest of 34
People in workMODEL
42.4K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.4%
national 6.1%
Area
2,047 km²
48 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
71% live in major cities
Largest city
Waterford
49.3K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
2
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Leinster area (13 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
1.96×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
88.2%
1.6% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
36%
national 36%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
47%
national 47%
Augmentation 53%Automation 47%

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Kilkenny Ireland
Health & care 13.6%
Business services 13.6%
Retail & wholesale 11.6%
Manufacturing 9.7%
Education 8.1%
ICT & software 7.6%
Hospitality 6.7%
Construction 6.0%
Public admin 5.8%
Finance 5.3%
Transport & logistics 4.4%
Other services 4.3%
Agriculture 1.8%
Utilities 1.3%
Mining 0.2%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 2,496 Business services 2,457 Retail & wholesale 1,701 Education 1,636 ICT & software 1,472 Finance 1,225 Public admin 1,181 Manufacturing 979

Ranking in Ireland

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 34 regions.

3Cork City 37% 4Galway City 37% 5Louth 37% 6Kilkenny 37% 7Sligo 37% 8Kerry 36% 9Monaghan 36%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Ireland's real ILO sector employment across regions using population (Wikidata) and density: denser, capital-city regions get more finance, ICT and professional jobs, and rural regions more farming. Totals match national figures. AI usage figures are measured, not modelled. Methodology

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