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About Pettigo

Pettigo, Paiteagó in Irish, is a village in County Donegal, 163 km north-east of Galway. It stands on the A35 and R232. The map gives it 498 buildings and 8 named streets, with 13 places named on them in 19 kinds, and 123 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 68th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.

Where
163 km north-east of Galway, 168 km from Dublin
Position
54.5494° N, 7.8322° W
Roads
A35 and R232
Governed
Donegal County Council, in the province of Ulster
On the model
498 buildings, 8 streets, 13 named places in 19 kinds
Dilapidated buildings in the centre of the village of Pettigo
Dilapidated buildings in the centre of the village of Pettigo·Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Mill Street, Pettigo
Mill Street, Pettigo·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 123 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the A35 and R232 running through Pettigo.

By bus or train

No stop here appears in the national timetable.

Schools and services

The map records no school inside the settlement.

Questions people ask

Where is Pettigo?
In County Donegal, in the province of Ulster, 163 km north-east of Galway and 168 km from Dublin, on the A35 and R232.
How big is Pettigo?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 498 buildings, 8 named streets and 13 named places, which by building count makes it the 68th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.
What is there to see in Pettigo?
123 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Aghafoy Lough, Black Lough and Aghalough.
How do you get to Pettigo?
No stop within 2 km of it appears in the national timetable. By road it is on the A35 and R232.
Has County Donegal grown or shrunk?
The census counted 296,448 people in the county in 1841 and 167,084 in 2022.
498
buildings on the model
8
named streets
13
named places
19
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 Q2078221). 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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