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About Bailieborough

Bailieborough, Coill an Chollaigh in Irish, is a town in County Cavan, 79 km north-west of Dublin, with 1,966 people at the 2006 census. It stands on the R165, R178 and R191. The map gives it 3,953 buildings and 115 named streets, with 181 places named on them in 78 kinds, and 328 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the second largest of the 39 settlements this site covers in County Cavan.

Population
1,966 at the 2006 census
Where
79 km north-west of Dublin
Position
53.9169° N, 6.9707° W
Area
4.09 km²
Roads
R165, R178, R191, L3529, L3538, L3539, L3540 and L3548
Governed
Cavan County Council, in the province of Ulster
On the model
3,953 buildings, 115 streets, 181 named places in 78 kinds
Baillieboro' Parish Church
Baillieboro' Parish Church·Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Bailieborough Fire Station, Shercock Street
Bailieborough Fire Station, Shercock Street·Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Cavan 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.

243,15852,61881,70418412022

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 328 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R165, R178, R191, L3529, L3538, L3539, L3540 and L3548 running through Bailieborough. 4 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

5 lines call at 19 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

4 school or colleges on the map: Ballinamoney National School, Bailieborough Community School, Saint Anne's National School and Saint Felim's National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Bailieborough?
In County Cavan, in the province of Ulster, 79 km north-west of Dublin and 79 km from Dublin, on the R165, R178 and R191.
How big is Bailieborough?
1,966 people at the 2006 census. On the map it is 3,953 buildings and 115 named streets.
What is there to see in Bailieborough?
328 things the map records in and around it, the closest being The Bailieborough Bridewell, Lake View and Bailieborough Lough.
How do you get to Bailieborough?
5 bus and train lines call at 19 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bailieboro Car & Coach Hire, Bus Éireann and Royal Breffni Tours.
Has County Cavan grown or shrunk?
The census counted 243,158 people in the county in 1841 and 81,704 in 2022.
3,953
buildings on the model
115
named streets
181
named places
78
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 Q803843). 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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