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About Virginia

Virginia, Achadh an Iúir in Irish, is a town in County Cavan, 77 km north-west of Dublin, with 1,734 people at the 2006 census. It stands on the N3, R178 and R194. The map gives it 3,519 buildings and 115 named streets, with 233 places named on them in 102 kinds, and 258 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the third largest of the 39 settlements this site covers in County Cavan.

Population
1,734 at the 2006 census
Where
77 km north-west of Dublin
Position
53.8351° N, 7.0832° W, 113 m above sea level
Area
1.99 km²
Roads
N3, R178, R194, R195, L3012, L3022, L3023 and L7040
Governed
Cavan County Council, in the province of Ulster
On the model
3,519 buildings, 115 streets, 233 named places in 102 kinds
County Cavan, Lurgan Church of Ireland.
County Cavan, Lurgan Church of Ireland.·Irishshagua, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
County Cavan, Lee Bridge.
County Cavan, Lee Bridge.·Irishshagua, CC BY-SA 4.0 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 258 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N3, R178, R194, R195, L3012, L3022, L3023 and L7040 running through Virginia. 14 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

9 lines call at 8 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

4 school or colleges on the map: The European College of Reflexology and Massage, Saint Mary's National School, Knockatemple National School and Virginia College.

Questions people ask

Where is Virginia?
In County Cavan, in the province of Ulster, 77 km north-west of Dublin and 77 km from Dublin, on the N3, R178 and R194.
How big is Virginia?
1,734 people at the 2006 census. On the map it is 3,519 buildings and 115 named streets.
What is there to see in Virginia?
258 things the map records in and around it, the closest being WWI Memorial, Virginia Handball Club and Welcome to Virginia.
How do you get to Virginia?
9 bus and train lines call at 8 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann, Streamline Coaches 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.
3,519
buildings on the model
115
named streets
233
named places
102
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 Q255427). 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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