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About Leighlinbridge

Leighlinbridge, Leithghlinn an Droichid in Irish, is a village in County Carlow, 21 km north-east of Kilkenny. It stands on the R448, R705 and L3037. The map gives it 954 buildings and 15 named streets, with 27 places named on them in 31 kinds, and 78 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 4th largest of the 25 settlements this site covers in County Carlow.

Where
21 km north-east of Kilkenny, 83 km from Dublin
Position
52.7360° N, 6.9766° W, 41 m above sea level
Roads
R448, R705, L3037, L3038, L3046 and L7135
Governed
Carlow County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
954 buildings, 15 streets, 27 named places in 31 kinds
Leighlinbridge Castle
Leighlinbridge Castle·Jessecorcoran, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Leighlinbridge Castle
Leighlinbridge Castle·Jessecorcoran, CC BY-SA 4.0 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 78 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R448, R705, L3037, L3038, L3046 and L7135 running through Leighlinbridge.

By bus or train

3 lines call at 2 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

The map records no school inside the settlement.

Questions people ask

Where is Leighlinbridge?
In County Carlow, in the province of Leinster, 21 km north-east of Kilkenny and 83 km from Dublin, on the R448, R705 and L3037.
How big is Leighlinbridge?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 954 buildings, 15 named streets and 27 named places, which by building count makes it the 4th largest of the 25 settlements this site covers in County Carlow.
What is there to see in Leighlinbridge?
78 things the map records in and around it, the closest being The Black Castle, Columban Way and Sculpture Garden.
How do you get to Leighlinbridge?
3 bus and train lines call at 2 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann, Dunnes Coaches and TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow.
Has County Carlow grown or shrunk?
The census counted 86,228 people in the county in 1841 and 61,968 in 2022.
954
buildings on the model
15
named streets
27
named places
31
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 Q1959546). 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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