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About Kilmacrennan

Kilmacrennan, Cill Mhic Réanáin in Irish, is a village in County Donegal, 211 km north-west of Dublin. It stands on the N56 and R249. The map gives it 937 buildings and 8 named streets, with 12 places named on them in 23 kinds, and 112 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 34th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.

Where
211 km north-west of Dublin
Position
55.0305° N, 7.7792° W
Roads
N56 and R249
Governed
Donegal County Council, in the province of Ulster
On the model
937 buildings, 8 streets, 12 named places in 23 kinds
Kilmacrennan crossroads, County Donegal
Kilmacrennan crossroads, County Donegal·MaxPride (talk), CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Dublin Gate 1608 displaying the heads of Irish rebels Cahir O'Doherty and Felim Riabhach McDavitt
Dublin Gate 1608 displaying the heads of Irish rebels Cahir O'Doherty and Felim Riabhach McDavitt·Unknown photographer, public domain 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 112 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N56 and R249 running through Kilmacrennan.

By bus or train

4 lines call at 6 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

The map records no school inside the settlement.

Questions people ask

Where is Kilmacrennan?
In County Donegal, in the province of Ulster, 211 km north-west of Dublin and 211 km from Dublin, on the N56 and R249.
How big is Kilmacrennan?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 937 buildings, 8 named streets and 12 named places, which by building count makes it the 34th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.
What is there to see in Kilmacrennan?
112 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Kilmacrennan Celtic FC, Colm Cille Old Church and Colm Cille Old Abbey.
How do you get to Kilmacrennan?
4 bus and train lines call at 6 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Feda, John McGinley Coach Travel and Mangan Tours.
Has County Donegal grown or shrunk?
The census counted 296,448 people in the county in 1841 and 167,084 in 2022.
937
buildings on the model
8
named streets
12
named places
23
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 Q2081743). 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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