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About Ballybofey

Ballybofey, Bealach Féich in Irish, is a town in County Donegal, 189 km north-east of Galway, with 5,406 people at the 2022 census. It stands on the N15 and R252. The map gives it 4,024 buildings and 21 named streets, with 42 places named on them in 31 kinds, and 42 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 5th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.

Population
5,406 at the 2022 census
Where
189 km north-east of Galway, 189 km from Dublin
Position
54.7991° N, 7.7820° W, 30 m above sea level
Area
8.157 km²
Roads
N15 and R252
Governed
Donegal County Council, in the province of Ulster
On the model
4,024 buildings, 21 streets, 42 named places in 31 kinds
Main Street, Ballybofey
Main Street, Ballybofey·Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Donegal Road, Ballybofey
Donegal Road, Ballybofey·Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Donegal 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.

296,448108,344167,08418412022

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 42 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N15 and R252 running through Ballybofey. 2 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

10 lines call at 7 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

2 school or colleges on the map: Sessiaghoneill National School and St. Mary's NS.

Questions people ask

Where is Ballybofey?
In County Donegal, in the province of Ulster, 189 km north-east of Galway and 189 km from Dublin, on the N15 and R252.
How big is Ballybofey?
5,406 people at the 2022 census. On the map it is 4,024 buildings and 21 named streets.
What is there to see in Ballybofey?
42 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Getting around Drumboe Woods, Drumboe Woods and The Pound.
How do you get to Ballybofey?
10 bus and train lines call at 7 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Feda, Bus Éireann and TFI Local Link Donegal Sligo Leitrim.
Has County Donegal grown or shrunk?
The census counted 296,448 people in the county in 1841 and 167,084 in 2022.
4,024
buildings on the model
21
named streets
42
named places
31
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 Q805401). 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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