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About Ramelton

Ramelton, Ráth Mealtain in Irish, is a town in County Donegal, 208 km north-west of Dublin. It stands on the R245. The map gives it 2,401 buildings and 13 named streets, with 7 places named on them in 21 kinds, and 93 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 12th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.

Where
208 km north-west of Dublin
Position
55.0374° N, 7.6437° W, 20 m above sea level
Roads
R245
Governed
Donegal County Council, in the province of Ulster
On the model
2,401 buildings, 13 streets, 7 named places in 21 kinds
Buildings along Castle Street, Ramelton
Buildings along Castle Street, Ramelton·Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
O'Shaughnessy's, Ramelton
O'Shaughnessy's, Ramelton·Kenneth Allen, 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 93 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R245 running through Ramelton.

By bus or train

2 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 Ramelton?
In County Donegal, in the province of Ulster, 208 km north-west of Dublin and 208 km from Dublin, on the R245.
How big is Ramelton?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 2,401 buildings, 13 named streets and 7 named places, which by building count makes it the 12th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.
What is there to see in Ramelton?
93 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Carn Lough, Thorn Lough and Magheradrumman Lough.
How do you get to Ramelton?
2 bus and train lines call at 6 stops here in the published timetable, run by Patrick Gallagher 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.
2,401
buildings on the model
13
named streets
7
named places
21
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 Q2078143). 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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