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About Kilrush

Kilrush, Cill Rois in Irish, is a town in County Clare, 58 km west of Limerick, with 2,719 people at the 2016 census. It stands on the N67, N68 and R473. The map gives it 2,470 buildings and 32 named streets, with 85 places named on them in 56 kinds, and 80 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 4th largest of the 53 settlements this site covers in County Clare.

Population
2,719 at the 2016 census
Where
58 km west of Limerick, 230 km from Dublin
Position
52.6397° N, 9.4833° W, 17 m above sea level
Area
10.91 km²
Roads
N67, N68, R473, R483, L2506 and L2522
Governed
Clare County Council, in the province of Munster
Twinned with
Plouzané, France
On the model
2,470 buildings, 32 streets, 85 named places in 56 kinds
Kilrush - 5 Moore Street - Sarah's World Toy Shop
Kilrush - 5 Moore Street - Sarah's World Toy Shop·Joseph Mischyshyn, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Square, Kilrush, Co.Clare (5436106639)
The Square, Kilrush, Co.Clare (5436106639)·National Library of Ireland on The Commons, no restrictions 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 80 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N67, N68, R473, R483, L2506 and L2522 running through Kilrush.

By bus or train

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

Schools and services

4 school or colleges on the map: Adult Learning Centre, Kilrush Community School, Gaeilscoil Uí Chaoimín and Saint Senan's Primary School.

Questions people ask

Where is Kilrush?
In County Clare, in the province of Munster, 58 km west of Limerick and 230 km from Dublin, on the N67, N68 and R473.
How big is Kilrush?
2,719 people at the 2016 census. On the map it is 2,470 buildings and 32 named streets.
What is there to see in Kilrush?
80 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Kilrush Town Trails, The Shannon Dolphins and Kilrush - Visitor Information.
How do you get to Kilrush?
4 bus and train lines call at 5 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann and TFI Local Link Limerick Clare.
Has County Clare grown or shrunk?
The census counted 286,394 people in the county in 1841 and 127,938 in 2022.
2,470
buildings on the model
32
named streets
85
named places
56
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 Q963894). 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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