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About Rathvilly

Rathvilly, Ráth Bhile in Irish, is a village in County Carlow, 45 km north-east of Kilkenny. It stands on the N81. The map gives it 911 buildings and 8 named streets, with 11 places named on them in 22 kinds, and 88 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 5th largest of the 25 settlements this site covers in County Carlow.

Where
45 km north-east of Kilkenny, 60 km from Dublin
Position
52.8808° N, 6.6945° W, 120 m above sea level
Roads
N81
Governed
Carlow County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
911 buildings, 8 streets, 11 named places in 22 kinds
The Lisnavagh Estate lies just outside the village of Rathvilly in County Carlow, Ireland. Lisnavagh is the family seat of the McClintock-Bunbury family
The Lisnavagh Estate lies just outside the village of Rathvilly in County Carlow, Ireland. Lisnavagh is the family seat of the McClintock-Bunbury family·Philip Bentley, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Lisnavagh Estate lies just outside the village of Rathvilly in County Carlow, Ireland. Lisnavagh is the family seat of the McClintock-Bunbury family
The Lisnavagh Estate lies just outside the village of Rathvilly in County Carlow, Ireland. Lisnavagh is the family seat of the McClintock-Bunbury family·Philip Bentley, CC BY-SA 3.0 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 88 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N81 running through Rathvilly.

By bus or train

2 lines call at 3 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 Rathvilly?
In County Carlow, in the province of Leinster, 45 km north-east of Kilkenny and 60 km from Dublin, on the N81.
How big is Rathvilly?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 911 buildings, 8 named streets and 11 named places, which by building count makes it the 5th largest of the 25 settlements this site covers in County Carlow.
What is there to see in Rathvilly?
88 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Kevin Barry Memorial, St Patrick's Well and Rathvilly Moat.
How do you get to Rathvilly?
2 bus and train lines call at 3 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann and JJ Kavanagh.
Has County Carlow grown or shrunk?
The census counted 86,228 people in the county in 1841 and 61,968 in 2022.
911
buildings on the model
8
named streets
11
named places
22
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 Q432150). 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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