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About Killashandra

Killashandra, Cill na Seanrátha in Irish, is a village in County Cavan, 112 km north-west of Dublin, with 1,143 people at the 2016 census. It stands on the R199, R201 and L1520. The map gives it 931 buildings and 31 named streets, with 58 places named on them in 41 kinds, and 354 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 11th largest of the 39 settlements this site covers in County Cavan.

Population
1,143 at the 2016 census
Where
112 km north-west of Dublin
Position
54.0146° N, 7.5287° W, 66 m above sea level
Roads
R199, R201, L1520, L1521, L1522, L5558, L5559 and L5565
Governed
Cavan County Council, in the province of Ulster
On the model
931 buildings, 31 streets, 58 named places in 41 kinds
Killeshandra Railway StationIconic old railway station built in the 1860s and discontinued since 1947, now owned by Lakeland Dairies and becoming derelict.
Killeshandra Railway StationIconic old railway station built in the 1860s and discontinued since 1947, now owned by Lakeland Dairies and becoming derelict.·Christopher Kirk, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Killeshandra, Main Street north facing
Killeshandra, Main Street north facing·Christopher Kirk, 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 354 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R199, R201, L1520, L1521, L1522, L5558, L5559 and L5565 running through Killashandra.

By bus or train

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

Schools and services

2 school or colleges on the map: Killeshandra No. 2 National School and Scoil Bhríde National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Killashandra?
In County Cavan, in the province of Ulster, 112 km north-west of Dublin and 112 km from Dublin, on the R199, R201 and L1520.
How big is Killashandra?
1,143 people at the 2016 census. On the map it is 931 buildings and 31 named streets.
What is there to see in Killashandra?
354 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Killeshandra Irish Countrywomen's Association 70th Anniversary, Killeshandra Cavan's Land of Lakes and Pleasure Lake.
How do you get to Killashandra?
2 bus and train lines call at 2 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann and TFI Local Link Cavan Monaghan.
Has County Cavan grown or shrunk?
The census counted 243,158 people in the county in 1841 and 81,704 in 2022.
931
buildings on the model
31
named streets
58
named places
41
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 Q311566). 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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