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About Bagenalstown

Bagenalstown, Muine Bheag in Irish, is a town in County Carlow, 21 km east of Kilkenny, with 2,945 people at the 2022 census. It stands on the R705 and R724. The map gives it 2,985 buildings and 37 named streets, with 77 places named on them in 52 kinds, and 88 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the third largest of the 25 settlements this site covers in County Carlow.

Population
2,945 at the 2022 census
Where
21 km east of Kilkenny, 86 km from Dublin
Position
52.7018° N, 6.9567° W, 40 m above sea level
Area
6.95 km²
Roads
R705 and R724
Governed
Carlow County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
2,985 buildings, 37 streets, 77 named places in 52 kinds
River Barrow and Barrow Way looking towards Bagenalstown Lock
River Barrow and Barrow Way looking towards Bagenalstown Lock·A.-K. D., CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
Muine Bheag Lock No. 10 with lifting bridge
Muine Bheag Lock No. 10 with lifting bridge·A.-K. D., CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Carlow since 1841

Every census of the county, which is the only way to see what happened to rural Ireland: the fall from the Famine runs for a century, and the recovery is recent.

86,22833,34261,96818412022

Source: Central Statistics Office, table F1001 'Population at Each Census', read through the PxStat API, read 2026-09-20.

What to see

Closest to the centre first, with how far each one is.

All 88 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R705 and R724 running through Bagenalstown. 4 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

There is a station in the settlement. 5 lines call at 11 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

4 school or colleges on the map: Presentation De La Salle College, St. Mary's National School, Scoil Bhride National School and Queen of the Universe National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Bagenalstown?
In County Carlow, in the province of Leinster, 21 km east of Kilkenny and 86 km from Dublin, on the R705 and R724.
How big is Bagenalstown?
2,945 people at the 2022 census. On the map it is 2,985 buildings and 37 named streets.
What is there to see in Bagenalstown?
88 things the map records in and around it, the closest being The Columban Way, The Fair Green and Rudkins Mill.
How do you get to Bagenalstown?
5 bus and train lines call at 11 stops here in the published timetable, run by Barrow Bus, Bus Éireann and Dunnes Coaches. There is a station in the settlement itself.
Has County Carlow grown or shrunk?
The census counted 86,228 people in the county in 1841 and 61,968 in 2022.
2,985
buildings on the model
37
named streets
77
named places
52
kinds of place

Buildings, streets, places, roads and position are OpenStreetMap, counted by this site rather than quoted from anywhere. Population, elevation, area and twinning are structured claims on Wikidata (item Q735855). County population is the Central Statistics Office. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable. Every sentence on this page is written from those numbers; none of it is copied from a description of the place.

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