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About Maghera

Maghera is a village in County Cavan, 71 km north-west of Dublin. It stands on the N3, L3024 and L7102. The map gives it 587 buildings and 15 named streets, with 21 places named on them in 27 kinds, and 243 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 22th largest of the 39 settlements this site covers in County Cavan.

Where
71 km north-west of Dublin
Position
53.7967° N, 7.0302° W
Roads
N3, L3024 and L7102
Governed
Cavan County Council, in the province of Ulster
On the model
587 buildings, 15 streets, 21 named places in 27 kinds
Maghera Cross Roads on the N3 at Carrakeelty Beg
Maghera Cross Roads on the N3 at Carrakeelty Beg·Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Bridge over the Blackwater River
Bridge over the Blackwater River·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 243 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N3, L3024 and L7102 running through Maghera.

By bus or train

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

Schools and services

1 school or college on the map: Carrigabruise National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Maghera?
In County Cavan, in the province of Ulster, 71 km north-west of Dublin and 71 km from Dublin, on the N3, L3024 and L7102.
How big is Maghera?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 587 buildings, 15 named streets and 21 named places, which by building count makes it the 22th largest of the 39 settlements this site covers in County Cavan.
What is there to see in Maghera?
243 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Bruise Hill, Islandboy and Site of RC Church.
How do you get to Maghera?
4 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.
587
buildings on the model
15
named streets
21
named places
27
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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