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About Grange

Grange is a village in County Carlow, 38 km north-east of Kilkenny. It stands on the R725, R726 and R727. The map gives it 417 buildings and 7 named streets, with 8 places named on them in 23 kinds, and 88 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 19th largest of the 25 settlements this site covers in County Carlow.

Where
38 km north-east of Kilkenny, 67 km from Dublin
Position
52.8379° N, 6.7834° W
Roads
R725, R726 and R727
Governed
Carlow County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
417 buildings, 7 streets, 8 named places in 23 kinds
Grange Church Grange Church in County Carlowon the R418 road between Castledermot and Tullow in County Carlow
Grange Church Grange Church in County Carlowon the R418 road between Castledermot and Tullow in County Carlow·Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Killerig, County Carlow, near to Kilcrrig Cross Roads, Friarstown Bridge and Moatabower Bridge, Carlow, Ireland. At Killerig Crossroads, County Carlow
Killerig, County Carlow, near to Kilcrrig Cross Roads, Friarstown Bridge and Moatabower Bridge, Carlow, Ireland. At Killerig Crossroads, County Carlow·sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Grange in order

4 of the places on this map carry a date on Wikidata, running from the 1210s to 1973. That is not a history of Grange, and it is not written as one: it is the order in which the things still standing were built, which is the part a map can actually tell you.

the 1210s1973Carlow CastleCarlow County Museum
The thirteenth century
  • the 1210sCarlow CastleCastles · 10 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland, national monument of Ireland
The nineteenth century
The twentieth century

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 R725, R726 and R727 running through Grange.

By bus or train

No stop here appears in the national timetable.

Schools and services

1 school or college on the map: St. Brigid's National School, Grange.

Questions people ask

Where is Grange?
In County Carlow, in the province of Leinster, 38 km north-east of Kilkenny and 67 km from Dublin, on the R725, R726 and R727.
How big is Grange?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 417 buildings, 7 named streets and 8 named places, which by building count makes it the 19th largest of the 25 settlements this site covers in County Carlow.
What is there to see in Grange?
88 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Church (in ruins), Moatabower and Grangeford Rath.
How do you get to Grange?
No stop within 2 km of it appears in the national timetable. By road it is on the R725 and R726.
Has County Carlow grown or shrunk?
The census counted 86,228 people in the county in 1841 and 61,968 in 2022.
417
buildings on the model
7
named streets
8
named places
23
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. 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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