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About Killaloe

Killaloe is a village in County Clare, 21 km north-east of Limerick. It stands on the R463, R496 and L2167. The map gives it 997 buildings and 52 named streets, with 107 places named on them in 75 kinds, and 77 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 8th largest of the 53 settlements this site covers in County Clare.

Where
21 km north-east of Limerick, 158 km from Dublin
Position
52.8068° N, 8.4405° W
Roads
R463, R496, L2167, L3076, L3078, L3101 and L4001
Governed
Clare County Council, in the province of Munster
On the model
997 buildings, 52 streets, 107 named places in 75 kinds
St. Flannans Church - Back side (east)
St. Flannans Church - Back side (east)·GilPe, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
St. Flannans Church
St. Flannans Church·GilPe, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Clare 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.

286,39473,597127,93818412022

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 77 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R463, R496, L2167, L3076, L3078, L3101 and L4001 running through Killaloe. 6 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

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

Schools and services

2 school or colleges on the map: St. Anne's Community College and Killaloe Boys National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Killaloe?
In County Clare, in the province of Munster, 21 km north-east of Limerick and 158 km from Dublin, on the R463, R496 and L2167.
How big is Killaloe?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 997 buildings, 52 named streets and 107 named places, which by building count makes it the 8th largest of the 53 settlements this site covers in County Clare.
What is there to see in Killaloe?
77 things the map records in and around it, the closest being St Flannan's Oratory, Killaloe Tourist Office and Brian Boru Heritage Centre.
How do you get to Killaloe?
3 bus and train lines call at 9 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann and Piltown Coaches.
Has County Clare grown or shrunk?
The census counted 286,394 people in the county in 1841 and 127,938 in 2022.
997
buildings on the model
52
named streets
107
named places
75
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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