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About Balrothery

Balrothery, Baile an Ridire in Irish, is a village in County Dublin, 27 km north of Dublin. It stands on the M1, R132 and L1125. The map gives it 1,413 buildings and 45 named streets, with 36 places named on them in 31 kinds, and 128 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 42th largest of the 50 settlements this site covers in County Dublin.

Where
27 km north of Dublin
Position
53.5877° N, 6.1881° W
Roads
M1, R132, L1125, L1190 and L1270
Governed
Dublin County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
1,413 buildings, 45 streets, 36 named places in 31 kinds
Side view of the main greenhouse, castle in the background.
Side view of the main greenhouse, castle in the background.·DunboyneDiana, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
Side view of the stables: mainly built with stone, door and window frames are highlighted by red brick. Entry doors and windows' rails are painted green.
Side view of the stables: mainly built with stone, door and window frames are highlighted by red brick. Entry doors and windows' rails are painted green.·DunboyneDiana, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

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 128 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the M1, R132, L1125, L1190 and L1270 running through Balrothery.

By bus or train

7 lines call at 14 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

1 school or college on the map: Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa.

Questions people ask

Where is Balrothery?
In County Dublin, in the province of Leinster, 27 km north of Dublin and 27 km from Dublin, on the M1, R132 and L1125.
How big is Balrothery?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 1,413 buildings, 45 named streets and 36 named places, which by building count makes it the 42th largest of the 50 settlements this site covers in County Dublin.
What is there to see in Balrothery?
128 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Balrothery Heritage Centre, Balrothery Tower and Glebe Park.
How do you get to Balrothery?
7 bus and train lines call at 14 stops here in the published timetable, run by Balbriggan Express, Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann.
Has County Dublin grown or shrunk?
The census counted 372,773 people in the county in 1841 and 1,458,154 in 2022.
1,413
buildings on the model
45
named streets
36
named places
31
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 Q3633502). 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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