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About Dublin

Dublin, Baile Átha Cliath in Irish, is a city in County Dublin, 102 km north-east of Kilkenny, with 592,713 people at the 2022 census. It stands on the M1, M50 and N2. The map gives it 187,154 buildings and 4,321 named streets, with 10,535 places named on them in 374 kinds, and 971 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the largest of the 50 settlements this site covers in County Dublin.

Population
592,713 at the 2022 census
Where
102 km north-east of Kilkenny
Position
53.3494° N, 6.2606° W, 20 m above sea level
Area
114,990,000 km²
Roads
M1, M50, N2, N50, L1586, R101, R102 and R103
Governed
Dublin County Council, in the province of Leinster
Twinned with
Vilnius, Lithuania, San Jose, United States, Barcelona, Spain, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Milan, Italy, Budapest, Hungary, Yambol, Bulgaria, Châteaudun, France, Podgorica, Montenegro, Bratislava, Slovakia, Guadalajara, Mexico, Cirebon, Indonesia, Kyiv, Kievan Rus', Tbilisi, Georgia and Ramallah, Ottoman Empire
Founded
841
On the model
187,154 buildings, 4,321 streets, 10,535 named places in 374 kinds
The red facade and hanging flowers of The Temple Bar.
The red facade and hanging flowers of The Temple Bar.·ESC0601, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The nave and stained-glass windows of St Patrick's Cathedral.
The nave and stained-glass windows of St Patrick's Cathedral.·Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Dublin in order

226 of the places on this map carry a date on Wikidata, running from the 800s to 2019. That is not a history of Dublin, and it is not written as one: it is the order in which the things still standing were built, which is the part a map can actually tell you.

the 800s2019Book of KellsMuseum of Literature Ireland
The eighth century
  • the 800sBook of KellsAttractions · 670 m from the centre · Memory of the World International Register
The eleventh century
The twelfth century
The thirteenth century
The fifteenth century
The sixteenth century
The seventeenth century
The eighteenth century
The nineteenth century
The twentieth century
The twenty-first century

Population of Dublin at each census

592,713506,21120062022

Census counts recorded on Wikidata for Dublin (item Q1761).

County Dublin 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.

1,458,154372,77318412022

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 971 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the M1, M50, N2, N50, L1586, R101, R102 and R103 running through Dublin. 215 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

There is a station in the settlement. 263 lines call at 2,767 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

252 school or colleges on the map.

Questions people ask

Where is Dublin?
In County Dublin, in the province of Leinster, 102 km north-east of Kilkenny, on the M1, M50 and N2.
How big is Dublin?
592,713 people at the 2022 census. On the map it is 187,154 buildings and 4,321 named streets.
What is there to see in Dublin?
971 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Cúchulainn, GPO Museum and indication parking.
How do you get to Dublin?
263 bus and train lines call at 2,767 stops here in the published timetable, run by Aircoach, Ashbourne Connect and Balbriggan Express. There is a station in the settlement itself.
Has County Dublin grown or shrunk?
The census counted 372,773 people in the county in 1841 and 1,458,154 in 2022.
187,154
buildings on the model
4321
named streets
10535
named places
374
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 Q1761). 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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