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About Brittas

Brittas is a village in County Dublin, 18 km south-west of Dublin. It stands on the N81 and R114. The map gives it 268 buildings and 12 named streets, with 8 places named on them in 20 kinds, and 218 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 50th largest of the 50 settlements this site covers in County Dublin.

Where
18 km south-west of Dublin
Position
53.2360° N, 6.4542° W
Roads
N81 and R114
Governed
Dublin County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
268 buildings, 12 streets, 8 named places in 20 kinds
The former Blue Gardenia public house (1), Blessington Road, Brittas, S. Dublin
The former Blue Gardenia public house (1), Blessington Road, Brittas, S. Dublin·P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Brittas, County Dublin The village of Brittas on the Blesington Road (N81) in County Dublin
Brittas, County Dublin The village of Brittas on the Blesington Road (N81) in County Dublin·Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 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 218 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N81 and R114 running through Brittas.

By bus or train

2 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: Martin’s National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Brittas?
In County Dublin, in the province of Leinster, 18 km south-west of Dublin and 18 km from Dublin, on the N81 and R114.
How big is Brittas?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 268 buildings, 12 named streets and 8 named places, which by building count makes it the 50th largest of the 50 settlements this site covers in County Dublin.
What is there to see in Brittas?
218 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Brittas Lake, Saggart Hill and Slade Valley MTB.
How do you get to Brittas?
2 bus and train lines call at 14 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus.
Has County Dublin grown or shrunk?
The census counted 372,773 people in the county in 1841 and 1,458,154 in 2022.
268
buildings on the model
12
named streets
8
named places
20
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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