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About Moville

Moville, Bun an Phobail in Irish, is a town in County Donegal, 211 km north of Dublin. It stands on the R238 and R241. The map gives it 1,741 buildings and 11 named streets, with 81 places named on them in 53 kinds, and 60 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 17th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.

Where
211 km north of Dublin
Position
55.1889° N, 7.0405° W
Roads
R238 and R241
Governed
Donegal County Council, in the province of Ulster
On the model
1,741 buildings, 11 streets, 81 named places in 53 kinds
“The Market House” at the Market Square in Moville. Originally built c. 1820 and reconstructed in 1869. (See NIAH and DIA records.)
“The Market House” at the Market Square in Moville. Originally built c. 1820 and reconstructed in 1869. (See NIAH and DIA records.)·Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“The Market House” at the Market Square in Moville. Originally built c. 1820 and reconstructed in 1869. (See NIAH and DIA records.)
“The Market House” at the Market Square in Moville. Originally built c. 1820 and reconstructed in 1869. (See NIAH and DIA records.)·Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 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 60 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R238 and R241 running through Moville.

By bus or train

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

Schools and services

3 school or colleges on the map: Gaelscoil Cois Feabhail, Scoil Eoghan and Moville Community College.

Questions people ask

Where is Moville?
In County Donegal, in the province of Ulster, 211 km north of Dublin and 211 km from Dublin, on the R238 and R241.
How big is Moville?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 1,741 buildings, 11 named streets and 81 named places, which by building count makes it the 17th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.
What is there to see in Moville?
60 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Bath Green, Bath Green and Moville Old Church and Cross.
How do you get to Moville?
6 bus and train lines call at 5 stops here in the published timetable, run by John McGinley Coach Travel 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.
1,741
buildings on the model
11
named streets
81
named places
53
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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